Back in 2007 I reviewed a Vegan baking book called My Sweet Vegan for my blogging friend Hannah Kaminsky. If you don’t know Hannah, she runs the blog Bittersweet. One of the things I love about Hannah is that even though she is Vegan herself she is more than okay with others not being Vegan. While I very much liked her first book, I must say that Hannah has really grown in her dessert making in the years between. There are quite a few vegan books out on the market these days but very few dessert ones. As many of you know I have a slight dairy allergy so I *try* to not have dairy all that often, usually turning to coconut milk based ice creams, as I can also not have soy as well. The first recipe I noticed right away was for Mojito cookies which I made, but you won’t be seeing them until an upcoming Farm Update post as I used the mint from my own farm for the cookies. I made them the non-vegan way and that is okay. Just like when I make something that is non-vegan and vegans come … [Read more...]
That just happened…
So I made salted caramel ice cream. I put it on top of a vanilla bean cake which is a recipe I will share this weekend. Then I got distracted (shiny squirrel) only to come back later and notice that I left my ice cream out and it melted. I don’t like the texture of melted ice cream refrozen so I knew I wouldn’t be freezing it again. Well crap I thought. And then I thought again. I thought what if I just let it come to room temperature and then make it into frosting? So that’s what I did. If you are going to give this a go you can use any ice cream I suspect, but I would steer clear of any overly sweet ice creams to start with as you will be adding more sugar to make frosting. While I have been loving my new ice cream book, I thought I would go back to my first ice cream book that I had much success with, The Perfect Scoop. I chose to make a salted caramel ice cream because while I have enjoyed it elsewhere I never have made it at home. This works great because it is not too … [Read more...]
Five servings of fruits and veggies…
I have what I feel is an unnatural addiction to corn (not to be confused with porn…spelling is very important here kids). For years growing up it was one of the few *vegetables* I would eat (along with the other fake vegetables of peas and potatoes)…oh and green beans, I loved those as well. I really should have been born somewhere in the Midwest as I would gladly eat corn with every meal. I put it in my scrambled eggs with a little basil…mmmm. I eat giant bowls of it with just butter and sea salt as a meal. Of course on the cob. Creamed. You named it. So naturally, years ago when passing a corn stand and seeing “try our corn ice cream” I decided why the heck not. And holy goodness. So when I got ahold of Jenni’s Splendid Ice Cream book and the first things I saw in the summer section was a recipe for Sweet Corn Ice Cream with Black Raspberry sauce I KNEW that was the first thing I was making no questions asked!!! It did not let me down. If you even remotely like corn … [Read more...]
