This recipe for Chocolate Beet Brownies poses the question: if no one knows there are vegetables in the brownies, are they really in there? If a beet falls in a forest....... A few years ago I posted a recipe for my Iced Beet Cake and it was a huge success. I had a lot of great feedback and some glowing comments, but I sort of accidently fell into that recipe. It was supposed to be more of a blonde brownie then a cake, but that didn’t work out so well for me. They were definitely large [continue reading...]
Copycat Starbucks Recipes Round-Up for Summer
With summer just around the corner, we are turning away from our hot frothy coffee drinks, and diving into lighter drinks like lemonades and iced tea. Our addiction habits at Starbucks change just like our choices in lighter clothing and healthier foods in the summer. I am more likely to order a Berry Hibiscus Refresher with an extra shot of green bean coffee powder to keep me in my zone than I am a steamed Venti double shot espresso latte. I have heard rumors that there may be some new [continue reading...]
Spinach, Egg, and Feta Toast
Jump to recipe Happy Monday. Happy Meatless Monday. Are you one of the millions of people in over 44 countries that have joined the Meatless Monday Global Movement? This week, along with every week, I share one of my favorite meatless recipes- and this week I am going breakfast-y on you. With this super easy, and super healthy Spinach, Egg, and Feta Toast. Mr. Beet eats bread daily, hourly sometimes. He can put away a loaf od bread and never gain an ounce. Then again, he runs long [continue reading...]
Homemade Cola
Every time Mr. Beet and I travel, I have this unfounded desire to drink a soda. It doesn’t matter if it Pepsi or Cocoa-Cola, it doesn’t matter if we are driving or flying, I love to grab a soda. The caramel chemical bubbly beverage is also my go to medicinal assistance when I get a migraine as it soothes my head and calms my stomach. And I have tried to substitute the “healthier” versions with raw cane sugar, or the “natural” soda (is soda natural?) and I always find myself going back to those [continue reading...]
Brussels Sprouts Hash with Poached Eggs
Mr. Beet and I drove from Orlando, Florida to northern Indiana for the holidays. While we have done the drive in past years, this year we took our kittens with us. They are no strangers to road trips as we bring them with us sometimes when we drive somewhere - that’s what happens when you are the cat of a travel blogger. But the drive Florida to Indiana is a long one. We ended up splitting the drive into three days- the first day we drove from Orlando to Atlanta, the second day was Atlanta to [continue reading...]
Cashew Vegan French Toast
Happy New Year! My Mom once told me how you spend January 1st sets you up for the rest of the year. If you start it healthy, your year will be healthy. If you are happy and productive on January 1st, the rest of the year will be happy and productive. So we in Beetstown are starting out the New Year with a healthy recipe for Cashew Vegan French Toast. I am not usually a resolution person on New Year’s, but this year is different. I have set some goals for the year, but then I am also going [continue reading...]
#NoBake Vegan Cheesecake
When I was a senior in high school I worked in cheesecake shop. I ate so much cheesecake you would think I would be sick of it, even to this day, but I am not. I love cheesecake. I am sure my boss thought we would grow tired of all the free cheesecake, but he gravely underestimated me. And back when I was 17 my metabolism was quicker than my mouth. I managed to eat cheesecake my entire shift and still lose weight. Now I gain a pound just thinking about dreamy creamy cheesecake, why does God [continue reading...]
Easy, Thick, and Creamy Dairy Free Egg Nog
When I was growing up in Washington, DC, we lived near a convenience store called High’s Dairy and every year at Christmas time, we stocked up on High’s Egg Nog. It was so thick, so creamy, and so delicious. I crave High’s Egg Nog year round. As I got older, I learned how incredibly fattening my favorite egg nog really was and then Mr. Beet and I stopped drinking dairy milk. Fast forward to the varieties of almond nog and coconut nog that have now hit the market. All in all, these aren’t bad but [continue reading...]
Brussels Sprouts in Fish Sauce Dressing
I am on this big fermented kick. Not fermenting my own stuff, but in trying things that are fermented. I am already a huge fan of Kombucha. Kombucha is basically fermented tea. I have also just recently discovered the joy of Kimchi, basically fermented vegetables. I think there is something so interesting in the process of fermentation. Sure, we all know about how yeast and grapes are used for fermentation to make beer and wine, but did you know that fish can fermented with salt to make fish [continue reading...]
Chickpea Mash
I am a huge fan of meals that come together quickly, and it’s even better with a recipe calls for only a few ingredients. For years I thought being a Vegan meant spending lots of time in the kitchen, prepping ingredients, trying to be creative in making fancy dishes that will appeal to everyone in the house. As Mr. Beet and I eat more healthy we have found it quite easy to find Vegan dishes that require little effort. Like this 2-minute 3-ingredient chickpea mash. I find most of my [continue reading...]
