February 9, 2024
For the second installment of Valentine’s Day treats, something a bit more healthy! Starting with a date and nut crust. Hands up if Medjool dates remind you of water bugs from a previous Brooklyn apartment? Ew. Quickly soak and grind them with whatever nuts you have lying around to change Read more…
November 23, 2023
The big food holiday was here and I planned to make a 6-course all-vegan spread in my new kitchen! And I was surprised and pleased how easy it all went down… I even had time to do batches of dishes between prep tasks. With planning, this can be even more Read more…
October 12, 2023
Using the last of the store-bought puff pastry, these very easy apple pop tarts. The apple stash is dwindling! I do believe I will meet my goal of using all the apples we picked. Many recipes have these made with honey, but I just used maple syrup. The pastry dough Read more…
October 3, 2023
These Apple Rose tarts might be the easiest and prettiest of apple baking. All you need are some strips of pastry dough. You can purchase premade for an extremely easy endeavor or make your own! Pepperidge Farms puff pastry dough is vegan, though pumped with garbagey stuff. I would use Read more…
September 25, 2023
Now that I have a slew of apples to use, my first undertaking would be from Rainbow Nourishment, one of my favorite vegan blogs to hunt for recipes. It starts with a quick crust in the food processor. I made two tarts. This is the first, the circle. As a Read more…
July 24, 2022
One of the differences between growing up in a rural vs. suburban area is an ingrained sense of boundaries. In the suburbs, where I grew up, nature exists between managed borders, named by an official sign. It’s on the way, in between, with a superficial depth indicative of the priority Read more…
April 25, 2021
My sweet landlady always gives me the surplus produce from her weekly delivery from the senior center. Though I don’t always need it, I know it makes her feel good to share. This time, when she knocked on my door with her hands full of apples, I knew I’d be Read more…
March 13, 2021
It’s that time of the school year! Though I missed Pi Day in my classroom last year because of, well, you know, it was on the calendar eerily when I returned back to my classroom finally 6 months later. This year Pi Day would fall on a Sunday, so I Read more…
February 20, 2021
In a moment of thinking “I need to improve my pie game…” I bought a slew of Granny Smith apples. Then there they sat in my fruit bowl staring at me. But already mourning the impending loss of endless hours at home, since school would commence in the classroom next Read more…
January 17, 2021
With so many pears sitting in my fruit bowl from my latest Misfits box, I new I needed to utilize them all in one fell swoop… packing them with warming spices for these cold days. Using them in a galette appealed to me as it is more rustic and forgiving Read more…
December 25, 2019
Maybe I invented this? Holiday Rainbow Cookie Parfaits. It started off okay. I was going to make Rainbow Cookies to bring to my folks’ on Christmas. Then… the parchment became obsessed with the baked layers, not wanting to leave their side. I had to pry them apart. After, there wasn’t Read more…
November 28, 2019
This was my first spoken sentence apparently. I wanted a banana. I liked bananas (see below) and I still do very much. Banana desserts, especially. So on Thanksgiving dessert duty, a pie. A banana pudding pie with a Golden Oreo crust. Vanilla pudding, another childhood favorite So my ripe bananas Read more…
July 22, 2019
I want desperately to be gone, yet here I am thanks to a terrible decision to teach summer school. So while I lay low, some home stuff. Like the strange orange glow that lured me out of my apartment. Magic. Pancakes are an easy dinner, especially when you don’t want Read more…
June 13, 2019
You remember that pie a few posts ago? Well I got in there finally. And with a dollop of Reddi Wip‘s all-vegan coconut whip cream! Yes, now “Big Whipped Cream” is cashing in on woke eaters. Also, Happy Real Flag Day tomorrow. I really liked this recipe because it wasn’t Read more…
June 9, 2019
Pie is not really my thing, but it’s now berry season! And I have had this Willams Sonoma Flag Pie Top crust-cutter for quite some time. After a visit to my neighborhood farmers market and picking some beautiful strawberries, I busted it out. Plus, I was totally sure today, Sunday Read more…
April 15, 2019
Box-free Baking, Cakes & Cupcakes, Cooking Stuff, Dressing Up, Hosting Duty, Pies, Tarts, & Parfaits, Special Events
It was finally time for the Season 8 premiere of Game of Thrones! And it was time to completely nerd out. And have a vegan Game of Thrones feast with all the bells and whistles. My weekend was full of prep and running around… and then festivities. Here it is Read more…
March 20, 2019
“She liked the last one I gave her. This one turned out better.” This special baked treat was not on my original vegan Game of Thrones menu, but it seems ridiculous not include the most famous of the series’ baked treats: Hot Pie’s Direwolf Bread. I also just used the Read more…
March 14, 2019
I’m a math teacher. I’m a vegan food blogger. So, I had to make pies for Ο day, March 14. I made a s’more pie for each of my classes… and I tried to make them see how delicious math is. I made them help me double the recipe, too. Read more…
July 29, 2018
This is the time of year where I make a lot of parfaits. For one, it’s berry season and the farmers market has bright, beautiful berries a-plenty that bring those creepy Driscoll’s berries to shame. (Besides its labor practices, their berries pretty much taste like NOTHING.) For two, both my Read more…
June 9, 2018
I’m going to tell you a fruit secret.Β Dragon Fruit, or Pitaya, though exotic looking both on the outside and inside, doesn’t have much flavor.Β Β But boy, wouldn’t she be a gorgeous addition to a parfait? Despite its complicated skin, it’s easy to get to the black-speckled flesh within.Β With Read more…
May 27, 2018
Summer time parfaits started with banana cake (not bread)… using the rest of the bananas. Then the chocolate ganache I had leftover from the Mother’s Day cupcakes.Β Coconut whip, berries, and we’re ready to assemble. Mint from the backyard and a shaving of chocolate to hint at those thick, rich Read more…
March 14, 2018
As a math teacher, I am obligated to make a big stink about Pi Day (3/14).Β I made two pies from scratch last night after work while eating a PB&J sammy for dinner. Today, I incorporated them into the day’s activities.Β (For more, see my work blog here.)Β Now, I’m Read more…
July 4, 2017
A birthday this big requires a great cake. So, I will make one.Β These colors are from the Rockville Centre Farmers Market. Happy Birthday, U.S.A.! Ok, more sweet treats for America with the leftover batter and berries. These are for my parents. And some pyrotechnics… Taking a slice of America. Read more…
July 4, 2016
Porno for pyros Pink, white & teal, close enough Fountainhead Marshmallow meringue parfaits Independent lunch–Field Roast burger, potato salad, corn on the cob Black-eyed Susan up, with ladybug superfly friend A Big Galoot snuck in to cool off. So handsome. Lilies are up. Tomatoes dropping already. Frank knows I’m heading Read more…
July 19, 2015
Animals, Arts & Crafts, Beautiful Places Close By, Box-free Baking, Eating Out, Pies, Tarts, & Parfaits, Product Reviews
Dad & Sister coconut whip, blueberry, strawberry chocolate cake parfaits. Happy July Birthdays! Fluff keeping cool in the shade.Β Collaborative craft for a special Momma. 5 people are better than 1! Symmetry is a kind of beauty. This salad is from The Purple Elephant in Northport, Long Island. This Buffalo Read more…
March 14, 2015
Finally, perfect marshmallow fluff using Versawhip and this recipe!