Crispy Peanut Butter Buckeye Balls – great for the holidays or an easy snack! Um so in the past few days, something has pretty much changed my life a second time around. No, it is not a profession of my love of peanut butter, although let’s be real, I’m pretty sure peanut butter would be […]
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Vegan Pistachio Chocolate Cheesecake with Cashew Date Crust
Vegan Pistachio Chocolate Cheesecake with Cashew Date Crust I used to be intimidated by the word “vegan”. In my mind, this term was used for those who had overly complicated diets and aggressively judged anybody who chose to eat any form of animals or animal products. I thought that vegan baked goods would lose their […]
Butternut Squash Carrot Soup
Let me preface this post with the following statement: IMMERSION BLENDERS ARE THE BEST. You can seriously make so many different things with them, and you don’t have to worry about cleaning the inside of a blender. It’s amazing. Want a slushie? Blenderize it in the cup you want to drink with this thing. Got […]
Vegetarian Couscous Stuffed Peppers
Hello, my lovely readers. This is going to be a little bit of a personal post today, so feel free to skip ahead to the recipe =P Here I am in the big city. I’d like to say I’m not overwhelmed and that I’m adjusting well, but frankly, I’m not. I love my program so […]
Tomato Soup
My last few culinary adventures have been very nostalgic for me. First Rice Krispie Squares and then I made rice porridge (chinese congee). Rice porridge is the Vietnamese staple for when you’re sick; kind of like chicken noodle soup or tomato soup. It reminds me of the times I spent sick in bed, not that […]
Vietnamese Fresh Spring Rolls with Peanut Sauce (Goi Cuon voi Tuong Dau Phong)
After about a year doing mostly baked goods, I’ve decided to start posting my Vietnamese food. Though it’s not as pretty as churros per se, but I figured I might as well learn/document it now before I forget everything. I never knew what these were called in English, the best description I’ve ever heard was from my […]