Trendster Bagels (Vegan, Paleo, Keto)
These bagels will likely irritate bagel purists. ☺️ But this is the Internet, and everything offends somebody, so I’m posting these vegan, paleo, and keto “bagels” with pride. They’re one of those rare magical unicorn foods that are made with zero animal products, are grain-free and gluten-free,…
Creamy Coconut Blackberry N’Oatmeal
It’s a rainy winter morning here in San Francisco, so I crafted this Creamy Coconut Blackberry N’Oatmeal to bring a bit of early springtime color and sweetness to the day. I have been giving some thought to more meatless recipes here on Fresh Planet Flavor in the past…
Pumpkin Spice Latte Creme Cups (and Food+Tech Connect September Showcase)
I‘m back! I took an unintentional month-long hiatus from blogging, because sometimes life gets unexpectedly busy, but I’m delighted to be back in time to present my first pumpkin recipe of the year. This is my small tribute to the famous, ubiquitous Pumpkin Spice Latte… in…
Vegan Parsley Pesto with Egg and Avocado (How to Fight Food Waste at Home)
Getting food from the farm to our fork eats up 10% of the total U.S. energy budget, uses 50% of U.S. land, and swallows 80% of all freshwater consumed in the United States. That’s the statement by Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) scientist and “food…
Building a Balanced Salad
More than a month ago I posted the strategy for Building A Balanced Breakfast, now it’s time for the second installment in the series: Building A Balanced Salad. I have included a recipe related to a balanced salad at the bottom of this post, but learning…
Pumpkin Swirl Cashew “Cheesecake” Bites
Attention friends and pumpkin enthusiasts: few times have I been more excited to share a recipe with you than I am today. If you’re looking to make a flock of festive little treats that tip their caps to the season while pleasing touchy tummies, these…
No-Bake Coconut Cookie Dough in a Jar
No-bake cookie dough. In a jar. If that doesn’t spell lazy decadence, I don’t know what does. This no-bake cookie dough is perfect for those moments when you are desperately craving something sweet and chocolate-y, but don’t have the time (or patience) to make a full-blown…
12 Fresh Avocado Recipes
Avocados are just one of my favorite food on the planet, no big deal. It’s always the right time to eat avocados, they can hold my interest meal after meal. Equally delicious as guacamole loaded onto plantain chips, sprinkled over baked eggs for breakfast or eaten plain with a…
Flourless Brownies
These flourless brownies are seriously delish, only take about 15 minutes to prep (faster if you don’t stand around licking the spoon like I did… no raw egg, so why not?) and feature some rockstar ingredients. Are you ready for this? ALMOND BUTTER and AVOCADO. Yep, totally flourless brownies that include two…
Gluten-Free Chocolate Chip Cookies
These Gluten-Free Chocolate Chip Cookies have a lot going on. They’re vegan, gluten free, “paleo” (as much as a cookie can be) and delicious in a nutty, crispy way. If you like your cookies gooey, these Gluten-Free Chocolate Chip Cookies aren’t for you, because firm…
Pumpkin Espresso Hazelnut “Fudge”
Yes, I know some of you are thinking have you succumbed to pumpkin mania already? To that I say no, because it can’t be pumpkin mania when pumpkin is torturing me. More specifically, every time I go to the coffee shop for my usual unsweetened…
Only Coconut Cookies
These cookies are pretty much a thought experiment, or a stunt. Can a cookie made of nothing but a variety of coconut products hold together and taste good? Um, yes! I’m curious why nobody has tried this before, but I’ve never seen a cookie like…
2 Ingredient Banana Coconut Cookies
I saw some two ingredient cookies on Instagram, then on Tumblr. I didn’t see THESE two ingredient cookies, let’s be clear, I saw banana plus oatmeal cookies. That version, which inspired my banana coconut cookies, is pretty common in vegan circles but I thought when I saw…
Macazu Sauce
Or is that “MaCaZu Sauce” because it’s made with macadamia nuts, cashews and zucchini? 🙂 This post has been a long time coming. I don’t typically spend much thought on sauce recipes… usually it’s curries, soups, appetizers and sweet treats that catch my attention with…
Spaghetti Squash Yoga Bowl
The past two Saturday mornings I have happily toted my mat across town for a group yoga session and core workout under huge, spreading oaks in Golden Gate Park. It’s a perfect way to kick-start the weekend, and has left me feeling refreshed, centered and…
Montezuma’s Spicy Chocolate Tart
This is no ordinary chocolate tart. Its chipotle-spattered topping gives you the first clue: this dessert is muy caliente. Beginning with an ancho chile crust, it features a filling of rich date paste studded with Brazil nuts (and spiced with more ancho chiles and cayenne…
Allergy-Friendly Sex in a Pan (Updated with Sustainable Shortening)
This recipe is an allergy-friendly recreation of Sex in a Pan, which is traditionally layers of pudding, cream cheese and whipped cream stacked on a sweet crust. I changed the ingredients to be dairy-free and grain-free, but still accomplished six layers of decadence. The cashew…
Asian Noodle Salad
I haven’t posted many salads on this site, in fact, this may be the first one ever. It makes use of one of my favorite ingredients: shirataki noodles. They’re thin, translucent, gelatinous traditional Japanese noodles made from the konjac yam (devil’s tongue yam or elephant yam). The word “shirataki”…
Simple Spiced Spaghetti Squash
Just dropping in to share a quick recipe. A vegan recipe, actually. I’ve had a large spaghetti squash hanging out on my counter for the past . . . three weeks? Month? But when I finally got around to slamming it into the microwave, scraping…
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