We’ve partnered with Vitamix to create this Vegan Chocolate Peanut Butter Silk Tart recipe. Enjoy! Everyone has their favorite pie or tart, and one that I LOVE but almost *never* eat is chocolate pudding pie. I remember in my younger days chowing down on chocolate pudding pies with a graham cracker crust and topped with
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Category Archive: ‘Desserts & Sweet Stuff’
Happy Halloween! It’s time for pumpkin brownies. The Perfect Fall Dessert Though, I have to say, if you’re like me, you’re not the biggest fan of Halloween. This past summer, I went into total fangirl mode at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter in Florida, and proceeded to buy a Quidditch sweater, justifying it with
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Thanks to the lunar calendar, the date of the annual Mid-Autumn Festival changes year-to-year, but it always hovers around mid-September to early October. This year’s Mid-Autumn Festival is on October 4, which means…it’s time for a mooncake recipe! Whether you’re just making a batch for your family or giving them as a gift, this is
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Fresh, sweet, and fragrant peaches are one of my favorite fruits to eat, and they’re pretty much only good in the summertime. My latest seasonal peach recipe? Peach pancakes. I’ll explain. Going Peach Crazy When peach season strikes, Judy and I go a little crazy. Why buy a tiny basket of peaches when you could
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Happy Dragon Boat Festival! You’ll have to look elsewhere for your dragon boat races, but we do have a pretty special Alkaline zongzi recipe to share with you today as a holiday treat. Jianshui Zong (碱水粽), also known as Lye Water Rice Dumplings, or Alkaline Rice Dumplings, are a Cantonese-style rice dumpling popular this time
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I love a good berry dessert. Those of you who’ve been following this blog for a while know this. I make a mean strawberry cheesecake, and I’m all about that fancy multi-tiered fresh berry cake life. Plus, Monday is Memorial Day, and we (in Jersey/NYC) have already had a couple of 90 degree days, which
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Well, it’s Valentine’s Day. Take a moment to turn away from the plastered explosions of pink and red. The cheap stuffed bears clinging to stuffed hearts. The rows and rows of cloyingly sweet boxes of chocolates. Instead, what better way to relieve the ennui inspired by this corporate-sanctioned celebration of love than by biting into
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When it comes to Chinese New Year, there’s so much devotion to dinner, that it’s pretty common to just lose steam by the time you get to the question of dessert. We know this is true for our family. We usually end up eating fruit or skipping dessert altogether. This year, in the name of
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