Raw Vegan Eggnog
There are some traditions that should never be let go of just because you cannot consume a certain type of food. For me, that’s eggnog, hands down–probably my most favorite part of this season. I used to never say no to eggnog… Imagine my delight when non-dairy milk brands were coming out with their own...
Gluten-Free/Vegan Gingerbread Men Cookies
Gingerbread Men are so 2011. This Christmas, gingerbread is coming in Ninja form: They shall be named NINJABREAD MEN! Have a seat, friends, we need to talk. Have you been feeling down this holiday season because you are gluten-free? Have you felt that pang in your heart as you have had to pass the plate of...
Vegan Sweet Potatoes with Candied Pecans
I will be the first to admit that this dish doesn’t necessarily look all that appetizing. Part of the problem was I made this recipe with canned yams and omitted the egg yolks from my stepmom’s famous Thanksgiving recipe–and a bunch of mush is what it turned out to be. However, might I add...
The Perfect Waffle
My roommate’s eyes widened as the brilliant idea came to her mind as we stood in the kitchen. “I have THE best idea! You know what we should do Cara???” Okay pause right here; allow me to first interject a little backgroud knowledge. I am learning that anytime my roommate uses the word “we” while we are...
Frozen Peanut Butter and Jellies
The funny thing about my connection to peanut butter & jelly is my mother’s perfume: Estee Lauder’s Cinnabar. A rather strange connection, yes, but one that is completely etched into my memory none-the-less. Back in grade school and junior high my mother used to make my lunch. A standard lunch: an apple (or some form...
Gluten-Free Pizza Dough
If you could eat one food every day for the rest of your life, what would you choose? Someone asked me this the other day and I found that I couldn’t narrow it down to just one. I have a few favorites of which include: french fries, chips and salsa, and potato chips (the food of champions, yes,...
Ice Cream Brownie Sandies
If there is one thing that I am learning about life as of late, it is that nothing is permanent. Expectations and forward-looking should always be held gently in our hands. Right now is all we have so we approach the future light-heartedly. Staying centered within the person we are will remind us that whether we have or...
Cookie Dough Ice Cream, yo
I imagine the idea of creating an ice cream flavor full of cookie dough came from a little kid who, while eating an ice cream cone, went to scoop out a finger-full of his mom’s homemade cookie dough, only to find a piece of it plopped down onto his cone. Bothered at first, he looked down...
Rocky Road Ice Cream
There is a story of a woman running away from tigers. She runs and runs, and the tigers are getting closer and closer. When she comes to the edge of a cliff, she sees some vines there, so she climbs down and holds on to the vines. Looking down, she sees that there are tigers...
Stuffed Bell Peppers
GiGi and Pixie–Consider this your lucky day! The 2 of you just won 2 boxes of whatever flavors of cookies your hearts delight from Enjoy Life. Email me at myforkandbeans@gmail.com I don’t like being late. In fact, I hate it. I start to sweat, my fists tighten and my teeth clench at the thought of being...
Easy Homemade Chipwiches
Yesterday I spent my morning at a local coffee shop, reading and sipping my favorite caffeinated beverage. Okay, that was a long, round-about way to describe coffee. So there I was, drinking coffee when an older man approached me where I was sitting. As he stood above me he explained to me that he had...
Pot Pie Cupcakes
Everything is fodder for the soul. This was the meditation of one of my professors in grad school that, whether I wanted it to or not, has been forever etched into my internal audio tape. The basic meaning behind it is that everything that happens in your life is always an invitation to grow, become...
