Satisfy your sweet tooth with these luscious Vegan Chocolate-Peanut Butter Truffle Mini Tarts. This easy dessert recipe is a chocoholic’s dream. It’s vegan and gluten-free. Rouxbe Essential Vegan Desserts As I mentioned a few weeks ago, I’ve been taking Fran Costigan’s Essential Vegan Desserts course with Rouxbe. The course’s final assignment is to throw a…
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Vegan Avocado Chocolate Mousse
This healthy Vegan Avocado Chocolate Mousse will satisfy any chocolate craving. The rich chocolaty flavor and creamy texture will disguise this treat’s secret ingredient – avocado. This easy to make avocado pudding is vegan and gluten-free. Vegan Avocado Chocolate Mousse I’ve served this Avocado Chocolate Mousse to friends for dessert at dinner parties, and they’re…
Vegan Chocolate Almond Date Truffles
Your sweetie will swoon over these Vegan Chocolate Almond Date Truffles this Valentine’s Day. Serve a plate of them for dessert, or just have one to satisfy your sweet tooth. They’re super easy to make, and they’re healthy, too! These luscious vegan truffles are dairy-free and gluten-free. Vegan Chocolate Almond Date Truffles I love these…
Vegan Chocolate Shake from 40 Days of Green Smoothies
Start your day with a healthy vegan Chocolate Shake! Most people make resolutions in the new year, but I prefer to make goals. One of my goals this year is to get back to my morning green smoothie habit. I had been drinking green smoothies for breakfast for quite a while, but somehow I fell of…
10 Health Benefits of Chocolate
Hello, my name is Dianne and I’m a chocoholic. Dark chocolate is my favorite food. There’s nothing quite like it – it’s rich, decadent, and delicious. And it actually can be quite nutritious! In fact, there are many health benefits of chocolate. What is Chocolate? Chocolate actually comes from beans (the seeds of the theobroma cacao…
Vegan Chocolate Cream Pie
This chocolate cream pie is a healthy vegan version of an old family favorite. It’s perfect for holidays, celebrations, and anytime you’re craving something sweet! Family Favorite Desserts, Veganized When Angela from Canned Time asked me to participate in the Family Favorites Desserts series, I immediately jumped at the opportunity. Each month, Canned Time is featuring a different…
Double Chocolate Berry Good Cookies from Crave Eat Heal
I’ve been anxiously awaiting the release of Annie Oliverio’s cookbook Crave Eat Heal for about a year now. We’ve never met in person, but Annie has become a friend though the vegan blogging community, and she was kind enough to include one of my recipes in the book. I was also a recipe test for…
10 Recipes for a Vegan Valentine’s Day
For a vegan Valentine’s Day, I’ve put together a list of dishes that are not only quite tasty (if I do say so myself), they contain ingredients that are known to enhance amorous feelings. When people think of food with aphrodisiac effects, they often think of oysters, but the truth is that most aphrodisiac-like foods…
Almond Joy Chia Pudding
Chocolate, almonds, and coconut come together deliciously in this Almond Joy Chia Pudding, which is perfect for both breakfast and dessert! Getting back to normal It’s been over a month since my surgery, but I’m still feeling some of its effects, like making weird mistakes, experiencing fatigue and low energy, and having digestive problems….
Bittersweet Chocolate Truffles from Vegan Chocolate by Fran Costigan
Two of my favorite words in the English language are “vegan” and “chocolate”, so Fran Costigan already had me as a fan for her newest cookbook Vegan Chocolate before I even set eyes on it. Vegan Chocolate is a beautiful hardcover book packed with the most gorgeous, mouthwatering photos of cakes, pies, cookies and other drool-worthy chocolatey…