Tag: soy-free

Peanut Butter Addiction

September 8, 2011 Alisa's Recipes
I was looking through the recipes I’ve created thus far for my next book, and close to 50% of them have peanut butter, nut butter, seed butter, or ground nuts in them (with a hefty chunk being just peanut butter). FIFTY PERCENT! I think I need to tone this down…

Homemade Maple Oat Bread

August 27, 2010 Alisa's Recipes
I owe you all some winners from the last two giveaways, but today is recipe day, so that will have to wait. Nothing fancy, just a good loaf of bread that I adapted from Kevin’s recipe over at Closet Cooking. He tops the loaf with maple sugar. I did sprinkle…

Peanut Butter Truffles and Cheap PB Cup Molds

August 6, 2010 Alisa's Recipes
This past week I was honored to do a guest post on Maggie’s blog, Say Yes to Salad, in honor of her much-anticipated marriage. I chose to write about the peanut butter truffles we made by hand (about 300 of them!) for the favor at a good friend’s wedding. This post…

Fresh and Nutty Maple Fig Spread

July 27, 2010 Alisa's Recipes
Today I am doing a guest post on The Whole Gang for a continuation of 30 Days to a Food Revolution. But, I also get to post it here. The idea is that I offer a tip for healthy living (whole foods and from scratch kind of stuff), and a…

Chocolate Explosion Oatmeal Cookies

July 23, 2010 Alisa's Recipes
I was in a baking mood and my husband was in a cookie eating mood, so I whipped out my copy of Vegan Cookies Invade Your Cookie Jar for a little inspiration, and to give the book another go. So far, it has been a little hit and miss ……

Spiced Apricot-Cashew Smoothie

July 9, 2010 Alisa's Recipes
Two days before we had scheduled for a week-long vacation, my CSA delivered with the motherload. Figures. Not that I am complaining, but finding ways to use up bags of fragile greens in two days is no easy feat. And then there were the apricots. 5 lbs of Blenheims and…

Apricot-Raspberry Crumble Bars

July 5, 2010 Alisa's Recipes
My home is still overflowing with apricots from our CSA, so I knew they would make their way into some sort of dish for our “neighborhood” 4th of July BBQ. Last year we moved into a small group of tall condos that share a very nice common backyard. Since it is a tourist…

Economical Whole-Grain Spelt Tortillas

June 24, 2010 Alisa's Recipes
Usually, I only post recipes that are “my own” in the sense that I made them up in my little head (not to say someone else out there couldn’t have made up a similar one in their own head – really, how many original recipe ideas are truly left?!) or I…

Soft Serve-Style Peanut Butter Cravings

June 15, 2010 Alisa's Recipes
I just noticed that most of the smoothies on my blog include banana. Believe it or not, I do take the occasional banana break using mango, avocado, or other fruits for thickening power, but I am not going to apologize for my love of this sweet and highly accessible fruit.…

Thick Mexican Chocolate Smoothie

May 25, 2010 Alisa's Recipes
Do you ever associate things in your head that may or may not actually be related? I really have no idea what a classic “Mexican chocolate” type of recipe would entail, but when I think of cinnamon, almonds, and chocolate the label just fits. If your version of Mexican chocolate…

Sweet Simplicity: Whole Wheat Vegan Pancakes

May 6, 2010 Alisa's Recipes
With mother’s day on the horizon, and many pancake Sundays to come, I just had to share this delightful yet oh-so-basic breakfast / brunch recipe. These pancakes have a very pleasant flavor that is not too sweet (just right for your favorite toppings), and a perfectly fluffy texture. I frequently…

BSI Recipe: Sweet Asian Sunflower Slaw

April 25, 2010 Alisa's Recipes
Wow, did I have a heck of a time coming up with sunflower seed recipes that I was happy with! You can read about my many trials here, but I did finally settle on a couple of recipes for the BSI submission. Here is one of them … My husband…