Today we are teaching our second vegan cooking class at a local college. The theme is stunning desserts, dairy free. We are going to share how to create Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter and Banana Pie, Key Lime Pie and Dark Choco-nut Truffles. I love these recipes because they are simple to make and positively decadent to […]
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Enter to win prizes for our birthday celebration! On April 21st Exploits of A Vegan Wannabe will turn one year old. Beginning Monday April 19th I will give away a birthday present every day until Saturday April 24th. One of the prizes is a copy of The Conscious Cook by vegan celebrity chef Tal Ronnen. […]
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Enter to win prizes for our birthday celebration! On April 21st Exploits of A Vegan Wannabe will turn one year old. Beginning Monday April 19th I will give away a birthday present every day until Saturday April 24th. The goods I am currently compiling are so exciting that I can hardly keep them a secret, […]
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This weekend we have the opportunity to see Born To Be Wild, a 3D nature documentary narrated by Morgan Freeman. We were given a pair of complimentary tickets so it is like date night for free with an animal movie in 3D. It is similar to winning the vegan lottery. Now all I have to […]
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Happy Meatless Monday. I have a recipe for a soup that is going to elevate your love for your stock pot. I have never really met a soup that I have considered sublime or mind boggling until now. The flavor of this soup is so layered that you could easily assume it had taken the […]
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I received exciting news Yesterday. The Exploits recipe for Polenta Fries with Basil Sea Salt will be a featured recipe on the Meatless Mondays site this Monday. I am so incredibly happy and honored. The mission of the Meatless Mondays organization is to help people reduce meat consumption by 15% in order to improve personal […]
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Last Summer I shared Project Produce with you. It was our grass roots program where Sandy and I collected fresh fruits and vegetables in a big pink cart in our farmers market every Friday. When the market closed at 1pm we drove the fresh foods to our local domestic violence shelter for the women and […]
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Yesterday I wanted to try out a new dessert recipe from the Engine 2 book. It was for blueberry cobbler. Sounds great to me. I love baked fruit. So, I realize that I don’t have enough blueberries, but I can fill in with strawberries. I don’t have whole wheat pastry flour, but I do have […]
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One of my most fave flavor profiles is Mexican. I love the sweet and the savory and the heat of Mexican/tex mex/fresh mex/Mayan inspired edibles. I shared the Black Bean Burgers with you a few weeks ago. They were an enormous hit in this house and we have enjoyed them over and over since the […]
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I realize this is kind of a blasphemous statement for many, but I have never been a great fan of pasta. With cheese, without it, didn’t really matter. It was okay, but it had never been a go to or even a go between until I met Sandy. You can taste her deep and consuming […]
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