Perfect Vegan Vanilla Cupcake Recipe – dairy-free, gluten-free, allergy-free I think I might have half a dozen cupcake recipes on the blog, and yet not one — until now – is a vanilla cupcake recipe. There was a reason. Chocolate cake recipes — which most of my cupcake recipes are — pass recipe testing easier… Read More
Healthy Easy Recipes with Chocolate
A collection of healthy easy recipes with chocolate, as well as vegan, plant-based, usually gluten-free, always refined-sugar-free and dairy-free found on my blog at Green Smoothie Gourmet
Chocolate Vegan Marzipan (almond paste) Cups
Chocolate Vegan Marzipan (almond paste) Cups Such an adventure, making vegan marzipan. Marzipan is really almond paste with varying degrees of sweetening. It is, of course, a sweet creamy concoction long found in pastries. Commercial versions are available of course, but full of processed ingredients and also quite expensive. It used to be hard to… Read More
Sparkling Sugar Chocolate-Coated Cookies & the Boston Marathon
Sparkling Sugar Chocolate-Coated Cookies & the Boston Marathon (vegan, dairy-free) I grew up in Boston. I went to college in Boston. I don’t live there now, but Boston will always be my hometown. So I am in a good position to know that Boston is also home to the sugar cookie. Bakeries abound there dedicated… Read More
Chocolate Marshmallow S’mores No-bake Squares (vegan, dairy-free, gluten-free)
Chocolate Marshmallow S’mores No-bake Squares (vegan, dairy-free, gluten-free) If there is any dessert that transcends all barriers, generational, geographical, politics and food tastes, it’s S’mores! A beautiful graham crackery chocolatey carmelly marshmallowy square that sinks warmly in your fingers and melts sweetly in your mouth says so much more than plain old dessert, doesn’t it?… Read More
Chocolate Devil’s Food Cake with Pumpkin (vegan, dairy-free, gluten-free)
Chocolate Devil’s Food Cake with Pumpkin (vegan, dairy-free, gluten-free) Pumpkin is a wondrous ingredient to put into chocolate cake. Like beets, it adds incredible nutrients and texture. In fact, pumpkin is loaded with the antioxidant beta-carotene, which is one of the plant carotenoids converted to Vitamin A in the body. Vitamin A is essential for… Read More
Black Pepper Chocolate Truffles + Microwave Tempering (vegan, dairy-free, gluten-free)
Black Pepper Chocolate Truffles + Microwave Tempering (vegan, dairy-free, gluten-free) I love shortcuts. Haha, if you have been following any of my other recipes, you know this by now. Perhaps you like short-cuts too and that’s why you follow me? Here I decided I wanted shiny snappy chocolate to coat my treats like truffles and… Read More
Salted Oats Dark Chocolate Popsicles + Easy Homemade Oat Milk
Salted Oats Dark Chocolate Popsicles + Easy Homemade Oat Milk It’s fudge popsicle time again. This time I added salt to the equation and oh my! The fudgy creamy dreamy pop and the salty-sweet crunch of the oatmeal makes me feel as though I am eating a cookie popsicle! And healthy? Yeesss! Rolled oats are… Read More
Healthy Nutella Goji Berry Parfait (mood-booster, vegan, dairy-free)
Healthy Nutella Goji Berry Parfait (mood-booster, vegan, dairy-free) This parfait features the Goji Berry. This superfood berry, also called the wolfberry, is a bright orange-red berry that comes from a shrub native to China. Goji berries are known for their unusual amount of amino acids (it is really unusual for a plant to provide a… Read More
Easy Chocolate Glazed Vanilla Baked Donuts (vegan, dairy-free, gluten-free)
Easy Chocolate Glazed Vanilla Baked Donuts (vegan, dairy-free, gluten-free) These donuts. Oh my. Fluffy, light, cinnamon-y, and that chocolate glaze! We were craving donuts this week and while I often make my chickpea baked chocolate donuts, we wanted a vanilla cake batter, and we wanted a lighter, bouncier cake texture. So taking my mother’s basic… Read More
Black Tahini & Black Cocoa Frosted Vegan Cupcakes
Black Tahini & Black Cocoa Frosted Vegan Cupcakes It was only a matter of time that I would merge black cocoa with black tahini, right? This luscious chocolate dreamy cupcake has both in the cake and in the frosting. Why is that a good thing? Well nutrition-wise, black tahini is higher in calcium and antioxidants… Read More
