The Blooming Platter of Vegan Recipes :

Vegan Skinny Indian Soup

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For this low-fat/low-calorie recipe and some "chat" about it, please visit my new Blooming Platter website . When you do, I invite you to subscribe to that site, as I am phasing this one out through May 1 when I will make the final switch. Hope[...]

Vegan Ginger-Spice Caramel Pecan Rolls

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For this morning's decadent breakfast, please visit my new Blooming Platter website which will replace this one on May 1. I ate two of them--shh!--but I went on some nice long dog walks with my friend Lynda.

Vegan Cheddar "Cheese" Spread

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Since I now have a new website, the domain for which I own, I am phasing out this blogspot site by May 1 (sniff, sniff), so please go to The Blooming Platter for this habit-forming spread and all my recipes and news from now on. I hope you'll[...]

Quenna's Raw and Vegan--New Restaurant in Norfolk, VA

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If you live in the Hampton Roads, Virginia, area or if you come for a visit, run, don?t walk?actually, take your fuel efficient vehicle?to the Ocean View section of Norfolk for food that fairly bursts with nearly indescribable flavor and color.[...]

Vegan Rosemary-Garlic Breadsticks

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Yield: 8 breadsticks Last Tuesday, I came down with a ferocious bug, the same one to which everyone, adults and children, has been succombing in our area. You know the one: fever, body aches, congestion, cough, yaddi, yaddi. For two days, all I[...]

Vegan Creamed Corn and Spinach Cakes

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Yield: 8 corncakes This recipe telescopes me right back to childhood and my Mama's Double Corn Fingers made with creamed corn. She would make a big pan--crusty on the outside and tender on the inside--and we would have nothing but them and a[...]

Vegan Spinach-Three Bean Dip Gets All Dressed Up

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Presentation is everything, no? Recently, I needed to make a batch of my almost-famous Vegan Spinach-Three Bean Dip for a National Art Honor Society meeting. As my school's sponsor, I created it a few years back knowing how popular spinach dip[...]

Happy Vegan Valentine's Day--Vegan Chocolate Truffles

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These exquisite chocolate truffles are a bit different than most vegan recipes you see. Many recipes call for making a cashew cream of equal parts cashews and water which I find WAY too thin. These recipes also often call for melted chocolate[...]

Be Sure to Make Room at Your Super Bowl Table for This Guest: Vegan Spinach-Bean Dip

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My Vegan Spinach-Bean Dip is a protein-packed version of its inspiration and perennial favorite: ubiquitous spinach dip, the one guest everyone hopes will be at the party. A few years ago, wanting a "throw together" dip for my school's National[...]

Grid Iron Grub--Fill Your (Super) Bowl with Vegan Queso con Carne Dip

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Vegan Queso con Carne Dip is a meal and a snack in one. Low in fat fat, but still rich, creamy and hearty--oh, and did I mention tasty?--this dip makes everyone a winner.