These oddly named cookies may be a holiday classic, but that is no reason to overlook them the rest of the year. Although a few vegan cook books I own feature a recipe for snickerdoodles, they are lacking a key ingredient: cream of tar tar. Cream of tartar (or tartaric acid) gives these cookies thei[...]
March 3rd, 2010 - 12:30 am § in Recipes
Potato Skins
Ok, for my last recipe for the Teese blog challenge, I decided to go with the appetizer classic potato skins. A relatively simple endeavor, but oh so good.[...]
March 3rd, 2010 - 12:16 am § in Recipes
Poutine
Continuing with the Chicago Soy Dairy Teese blog challenge, my next creation hails from our neighbors to the north. Perhaps the greatest gift the Canadians ever gave the world, poutine is the ingenious combination of french fries, gravy, and cheese curds.[...]
February 28th, 2010 - 9:06 pm § in Recipes
Smoky Artichoke Spinach Dip
For my second creation for the Chicago Soy Dairy Teese blog challenge I decided to take on the party classic, spinach artichoke dip. I added smoked salt to give it a deeper base flavor and served it in a sourdough bread bowl. I would note that this recipe makes a lot of dip so you [...][...]
February 28th, 2010 - 8:30 pm § in Recipes
Portabella Teese Steaks
Recently the folks at Chicago Soy Dairy were kind enough to send out some samples of their tasty vegan cheese, Teese, to those of us in the vegan blogosphere to see what we could come up with outside of the usual pizza or lasagna. Here is the first of what I came up with, more [...][...]
February 23rd, 2010 - 11:31 pm § in Recipes
Lavender Cake with Raspberry Sauce
Although becoming a bit more popular recently, lavender is often overlooked as a culinary ingredient and relegated to the realm of bath products. Lavender has a lovely floral flavor that goes well with lemon, cream, and berries. Here we have a cake flavored with lavender and paired with a lemon R[...]
