Happy National Parfait Day!

Blogger of the Day: Marilyn at Vegan Bite by Bite
Pubs: Vegan Bite by Bite

Marilyn's mission is to help make a positive difference in the world for humans and animals alike...she loves teaching people about leading a healthy and compassionate life. She offers classes and workshops, plus cooking, catering and online consulting. She's also served as “Vegan Chef of the Rich and Famous”! You can share in her vegan magic through her bestselling book, which gently walks you through exploring and enjoying a vegan lifestyle, and through blissfully simple recipes like Lemon Cheesecake with Blueberry Crush. For Parfait Day, stripe yourself an easy colorful treat, then make a positive difference! Celebrate Adopt a Senior Pet Month by considering an older animal companion or by entering your senior sweetie into the ASPCA #FureverYoung14 photo contest!  :)

Rainbow Parfait

Avocado-Tofu Sandwich

Purple Kale Pepper Salad

Neat Loaf

Udon Noodles, Broccoli & Tofu with Spicy Peanut Ginger Sauce

Stuffed Portabello Mushrooms

Scrambled Tofu

BBQ Tempeh Burgers

Seitan Stew

Nachos with Cashew Sour Cream and Guacamole

How do you layer a perfect parfait? Have you adopted a senior pet? Who's your favorite furever youngster?  :)

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Happy Nutty Pie Day!

Blogger of the Day: Elle at Modern Veganista
Pubs: Quick & Easy Breakfast Ideas

Elle is a rising star Aussie photographer, capturing world cuisine on camera and creating fabulous vegan gluten-free foods in her sunny kitchen! Healthy recipes, lotsa of rockin' raw treats and ohyeah chocolate, nuts and truffles too! You can't get more yumfully nutty than Elle's medjooled quadruple nut pie, a delicious spin on our Southern classic. If you're feeling fruity, try her delightfully easy Raw Lemon Lime Avocado Pie. If it's pure decadence you want, indulge in a chunk of her chocolatedrenched Sexy Raw Brownies!  ;)

Georgian Pecan Pie

To Die For Chocolate Muffins

Very Berry Smoothie

Minted Mashed Peas

Apple & White Bean Curry

Provençale Pasta Sauce with Buckwheat Spaghetti

Spicy Cajun Pumpkin Dip

Driving Me Bananas Bread

Almond Crusted Chocolate Truffles

Double Choc Peanut Butter Balls

and a peek at her White Choc Pecan Pie!

Are you feeling nutty, fruity or chocolaty today? Do you prefer baked or raw pies? What pies are on your plate this week?  :)

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Happy National Eat A Cranberry Day!

Blogger of the Day: Andrea at Andrea's Easy Vegan Cooking

I ambled over to Andrea's friendly website years ago looking for a French toast recipe, and I stayed because it's such a warm comfy yumful place to hang out! Andrea shares dozens of soulsatisfying recipes, sage advice, interesting info and simple stories of life's bumpy rides, from the ease of entertaining to the crazy brilliance of cakeballs. Plus Andrea was based in WI, my homestate so I enjoyed the local slant, but she’s recently relocated to Seattle.  {{{sigh}}}  Madtown's loss is the Emerald City's gain I guess...Andrea, we miss you!  ;)

On to the cranbees! It takes a lot to get me to love cranberries but stuff them into chocolate chip muffins and I'm all over them! Andrea's Cranberry-Chocolate Chip Muffins are squealingly delish! The post also includes a bonus recipe for her just-as-yumful Cranberry-Ginger Corn Muffins...soooo good covered in tangy orange jam!  :)

Bonus points for these magical red berries...they're inexpensive, easy to use and extrahealthy. Plus you can string them around a backyard tree or make an edible wreath to share them with your feathered and furry friends!  :)

Cranberry-Chocolate Chip Muffins

and Cranberry-Ginger Corn Muffins

Apple-Cranberry Cake

Cranberry-Apple Sauce

Roasted Sweet Potato Paté

Bean and Corn Fritters

Carrot and Cabbage Salad with Smoky Orange Dressing

Smoky Spicy Black Beans and Rice

Fudgy Flaxseed Brownies

Sesame Seed Cookies with Maple-Tahini Icing

Blueberry Lemon Flaugnarde

Golden Cake

Multitalented Andrea designs groovycool tees too!

Are you a cranberry fan? What’s your favorite cranberry recipe? How veganfriendly is your city?  :)

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Happy National Cashew Day!

Blogger of the Day: Shira at In Pursuit of More

Shira believes that through simple soulful saving you can live with less and give more...she even started a nonprofit called Not So Fast to teach everyone how to help! She also organizes community foodsharing programs, leads cooking classes and quietly inspires everyone she meets to make the world a better healthier happier place.  :)

And she makes a crazyawesome cashew loaf! This nutty chunker is fabulicious sliced and sandwiched or serve it sauced for a potluck or family feast! The cheezy sauce is fast and easy, or go for the roasted recipe that follows for a smokier approach...so good on sliders and fries! And enjoy a few more of her yumful uses for cashews...  :)

Cashew Rice Loaf & Red Pepper Cheese Sauce

Roasted Cashew & Red Pepper Spread

Creamy Roasted Parsnip & Potato Soup

Classic Shepherd’s Pie

Sweet & Sour Tofu with Cashews, Veggies & Cilantro

Kale Veggie Slaw with Sesame Miso Dressing

Versatile Nut & Fresh Herb Sauce

Pasta Alfredo With Roasted Asparagus

Cashew Shortbread

plus a couple other nutty treats!

Banana Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies

Nutty No Bake Cranberry Seed Bars with Dark Chocolate

If someone gave you a cartload of cashews, what would you make first?  ;)

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Happy Gingerbread Day!

Blogger of the Day: Rachel at Figgy Bakery

Rachel heads up Figgy Bakery, based in SoCal but delivering delicious desserts across the US! They specialize in organic treats using natural sustainable ingredients...any can be made vegan or allergenfree. They bake, cater, take custom orders and create stunningly yumful dessert tables for festive events...I am so craving those cupcakes!

With Thanksgiving right around the corner, today I can say I'm grateful for the wondrous benefits of ginger...perfect excuse to make this sweetly spicy soulwarming ginnycake!  :)

Gingerbread Cake Loaf

GF Apple-Granola Pie made with GF Maple Granola

Cinnamon Blueberry-Chocolate Chip Cookies

Pumpkin Loaf

Banana Oat Bars

Chocolate Chip-Pretzel Cookies

Cookie Butter Fudge

Berry Tart Bars

Maple-Raspberry Cocoa Cookies

Triple Layer Crispy Brownies

Carrot Cake Loaf

For Rachel's nonvegan recipes, just sub in molasses, maple or agave syrup for honey, vegan milk for milk, etc. where needed. She recommends using mashed bananas as a vegan sub for Greek yogurt to replace its especially thick consistency (1 large banana = 1/2 cup Greek yogurt). Photo credits: Rachel/Figgy Bakery or Paige Jones Photography (formerly Paige Lowe Photography)  :)

How are you spicing up your weekend?  ;)

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