I always like to check out the discount produce section at grocery stores. I’ve always found its are the best place to get ripe bananas that are just begging to be baked into a delicious banana bread or muffin. One day when checking out our local grocery store, we found it loaded with packages of pomegranates. The produce priced at 6 for $1.49, was ripe, but still decent enough to last a few days. Considering the usual price of pomegranates, I thought it was a steal of a deal and picked up a package.
I spent the next few days covered in pomegranate juice. There was no dignified way to eat one and not look like I was in a terrible accident. When I was finally down to two pomegranates, I was at my wits end and turned to the internet for advice.
These are Trevor’s favourite cookies, for more reasons than one. Since they don’t have milk in them, he can eat them whenever he pleases without suffering the consequences of his lactose intolerance. They also don’t have eggs in them so we are able to save the eggs for more important things, like breakfast (our favourite meal of the day). Lastly, since they are so easy to whip up in a moments notice, I tend to make them more often than any other recipe and he is able to enjoy them more frequently.
This recipe is loosely adapted from Isa Chandra Moskowitz and Terry Hope Romero’s wildly popular cookbook Vegan Cookies Invade Your Cookie Jar. I bought this book from Chapters from a gift card I got from my birthday in hopes of finding more dairy-free dessert recipes that Trevor could also enjoy. I’m not against consuming dairy and eggs, but I definitely don’t like being stuck eating all my baking myself.
While I love their cookbook, the one thing I found a little disappointing was their excessive use of other dairy-free milks in their recipes. Even though we always have a healthy stock of almond milk on hand, I was hoping to find some more creative recipes that didn’t involve any milk at all. If anyone has any books or websites to suggest, that would be greatly appreciated! 🙂
It’s 2012 and the first blog-oversary of She Bakes Here, so I thought I would come clean – I have a weird food confession. Despite everything I bake, I’ve discovered that spinach is one of my favourite foods. Ever. I would eat it for every meal if I could. I throw it in my pasta, lasagna and on pizza. Spinach salads are delicious and are often eaten in favour of other mixed greens. In fact, if there is someway to make spinach delicious in baked goods like cookies, I would be golden.
Instead there is spanakopita, which I’m honestly convinced is heaven sent because besides spinach, it also incorporates feta cheese, green onion, butter and phyllo pastry. Could there really be an more perfect food in this world?
I love making simple recipes during the busy holiday season. Don’t get me wrong, I would sometimes love to spend all my free time baking and decorating my Christmas treats, but there comes a point in the 3rd hour of piping icing onto sugar cookies, which is when you realize you can’t see straight and your piping hand has a killer cramp in it.
I am full-fledged into the Christmas spirit! Trevor and I have been watching holiday films all for the last two weeks to get in the mood and we haven’t slowed down. We started with the “our generation’s” classics (Elf, Home Alone, Love Actually), we’ve burned through our favourite TV show’s holiday episodes (Modern Family, Community, Glee, The Simpsons) and now we’re prepping for the “old classics” (White Christmas, It’s a Wonderful Life, A Christmas Carol). The last ones don’t usually air until closer to the 25th, so chances are better that we’ll catch them at my parents’ place.
To get us through these films, I’ve been prepping holiday-themed treats to be paired with our hot drinks. Trevor raved about this recipe, so I figured it was worth posting and remembering for next year.
I would also like to apologize in advance for the low light in these photos. I thought I would have enough time to do the photoshoot before the sun set, but I ran out of time. And I knew that if I didn’t shoot them the night I made them, there was no guarantee that the best looking ones (or any for that matter) would be available the next day.
Canadian food blogger, baking and eating her way through life. Musical theatre fanatic. Personal finance nerd. Sometimes runner/yogi. Green smoothies are pretty amazing.
