A sweet custard with a buttery crust, Bean Pie is comfort food personified. Made with Navy Beans, the fact it’s protein packed and gluten free is a bonus.
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Lisa’s Cherry Cheesecake Bars
Filled with antioxidant rich cherries and gluten free too, Lisa’s Cherry Cheesecake Bars will make your dessert table shine.
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Strawberry Cardamom Sauce
Cannot quite fathom that the holidays are almost upon us. Seems like 2020 is lasting 24 months, 18 at a minimum. Although, it has not been entirely terrible, for example I made this Strawberry Cardamom Sauce for a friend’s birthday. But what is up with the Charlie Brown Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center? Damn, damn,…
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Ginger Cookie Ice Cream Sandwich
Ginger Cookie Ice Cream Sandwiches are the adult version of your childhood treat.
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Chocolate Laced Triple Ginger Cookies
I believe I am known as a talker. The actions that occurred in North Carolina over the weekend have nevertheless rendered me virtually mute. Yet, I realize I have to resist the urge to shut up and cook. If police feel embolden enough to pepper spray eager Black voters and children, I have to match…
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No Nut Buttercup Smoothie
I used to tutor Brown, Black and White elementary school children in after school programs. The first Black principal in Tucson Unified School District, Dr. Anna Jolivet used to be the principal at a school I tutored at; her husband Clarence Jolivet was a descendant of Buffalo Soldiers, the Black men that moved West to…
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Hibiscus Ice Cream Float
The Hibiscus Ice Cream Float is the cool treat you’ll enjoy all summer long.
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Perfect Peach Cobbler
I did make a Peach Cobbler for the Christmas dessert table. All you need do is follow my Vegan Blueberry Cobbler recipe but add peaches, fresh grated ginger and nutmeg in addition to the butter (or vegan butter if you prefer) and sugar. I don’t add a lot of sugar because I want the natural…
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Colorado Border Wall Bulldog
In my 20’s, when I wanted to stay relatively sober and stable during a night out with friends, Baileys Irish Cream on the rocks with a splash of club soda was my choice cocktail. I could drink that all night long and still maintain control. I learned of the drink in the early ’90’s when…
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Vegan Blueberry Cobbler
I grew up eating Duncan Hines Blueberry Muffins for breakfast on weekends – of course they don’t make that mix anymore. Unlike Nana my paternal grandmother, outside of homemade biscuits, this was as close to baking as my mother ever got although she was and to this day is a fantastic cook. Thus, because Nana…
