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Vegan Green Tea and Ginger Whoopie Pies

Becky Striepe — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 08:30:05 +0000

My pal Robert’s birthday was this weekend, and we headed to his house for a sushi party! The rule at Rob’s sushi parties is that everyone has to name their rolls before we’re allowed to eat them. I made a “Swamp Thing” with avocado, mushrooms, and scallion topped with seaweed flakes; “Mushroom Bomb” with mushrooms and jalapeno; and a “Dark Side” with avocado, scallion, and pickled radishes topped with black sesame seeds. YUM!

For some reason, I got it into my head that I needed to bring a dessert, and what goes better with sushi than green tea and ginger? Nothing, I say! These whoopie pies were a total hit, and they weren’t hard to make at all. You can bet I’ll be making them again soon.

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Vegan Jello Shots Starring Agar Agar

Becky Striepe — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 11:00:56 +0000

Gelatin is not vegan. It’s not even vegetarian! Conventional gelatin is made from ground up bones and tendons. YUM! Some folks have told me that Kosher gelatin is vegan, but from what I’ve read, it’s derived from dead fish.

Luckily, you don’t need powered bones to make a jelly dessert. You can just grab some agar agar and get to it!

Confession: I am not a big booze-drinker. At most parties, I’d much rather stick to beer or wine. The way to get me to do the booze thing is to hide it in desserts, so when my friend Kip said that she wanted to make grown-up vegan jello shots for her birthday party, I was all in!

We made root beer shoots and cosmopolitan ones, and we learned some lessons. For the cosmo shots, we used exactly the amount of agar that the recipe called for. For the root beer ones, we doubled it. The cosmo ones came out OK, but they were a little bit soft. The root beer ones….I think I’m still chewing the root beer one that I tried. The lesson: use one and a half times the amount of agar agar! Here are the recipes we used (adapted from Jelly Shot Test Kitchen), adjusted accordingly.

Vegan Cosmopolitan Jello Shots

Ingredients

1c cranberry juice (the 100% juice blend kind)
1c orange vodka
1/4c lime juice
1/4c orange liqueur
1 3/4 agar agar powder
lime zest

Cooking Directions

In a small saucepan, heat half of the cranberry juice and lime juice with the agar agar, until it’s simmering. Stir for a few minutes, until the agar agar is fully dissolved.
Quickly add the rest of the juices, stir, then add your booze.
Pour the mixture into a square pan and chill for a few hours, until everything is gelatinized.
Flip your jello shots onto a flat surface, like a cutting board, and slice them into cubes. Grate some lime zest over them, and you’re ready to serve!

Vegan Root Beer Jello Shots

Ingredients

1c root beer
1 1/2t agar agar powder
2/3 cup root beer flavored vodka (I think you could use regular vodka or vanilla vodka instead.)
toothpicks

Cooking Directions

Bring the root beer to a simmer on the stove, and stir in the agar agar. Keep stirring on low heat until it’s fully dissolved.
Remove the pan from the heat, and add your booze, then pour the mixture into a square pan.
Chill for a few hours, until everything is gelatinized.
Flip your jello shots onto a flat surface, like a cutting board, and slice them into cubes. Add your toothpicks, so folks can eat them like fancy finger food!

Of course, now I’m a little bit obsessed with agar agar. I’d never cooked with it before, and it set up like magic! Have you guys made any cool vegan jello shots or anything else with agar agar? I want to play around with it some more!

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Vegan Nutella

Becky Striepe — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 13:27:43 +0000

Oh my goodness, you guys! I made nutella, and it was vegan! Not only that, it was delicious, easy, and used only four ingredients!

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Mulberry Buckle

Becky Striepe — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 17:45:10 +0000

Hey, so remember that mulberry tree we discovered? It turns out, there are mulberry trees all over my neighborhood! On Friday, the birds got to our tree out back before I did, so there were maybe five mulberries that I could reach on there. Dangit!

Luckily, I remembered a really heavily-producing tree just a block away! My little sister, bless her heart, agreed to stop with me on the way to my house from the airport on Friday, so that we could gather the four cups of mulberries you need to make a buckle.

Our fingers were purple by the time we’d finished, but we were able to collect a serious mulberry bounty! We headed straight home to buckle down!
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Orange Ginger Cupcakes with Spicy Ginger Frosting

Becky Striepe — Wed, 05 May 2010 14:00:23 +0000

I’m not sure what happened, but I’m on a serious cupcake kick these days! Maybe it all started with those Coconut Lime Cupcakes with Molasses Rum Buttercream Frosting? Or maybe my little sister’s sushi cupcakes were the culprit! Regardless, I keep ending up in the kitchen hoping that I’ve still got enough pan liners, powdered sugar, and flour!

These orange ginger cupcakes were inspired by the beautiful oranges that arrived in our Vegetable Husband baskets last week.

Orange Ginger Cupcakes
Whip up a batch of your favorite vanilla cupcake recipe with the following changes:

Use half white and half wheat flour instead of all white flour.
Add 1/4t orange extract, and omit any other extracts the recipe calls for.
Fold 2t grated ginger and 2t grated orange zest into the batter.

Ginger Frosting
1/4c non-hydrogenated vegetable shortening
1T grated ginger – A food processor works best. The finer the better!
1 3/4c powdered sugar
1-2T almond milk, as needed

Whip the ginger and shortening together until very well combined, then whip in the powdered sugar until the frosting is totally smooth. Add almond milk by the teaspoon, if it needs thinning out.

Frost the cupcakes just before serving. I used a spoon to just put a generous dollop on top of each one this time, since the recipe made so much frosting!

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Post tags: baking, cooking, cupcakes, dessert, Food, ginger, orange, vegan

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Coconut Mango Cupcakes

Becky Striepe — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 14:31:22 +0000

I bought a little container of dried, candied mango a few weeks ago and it’s been languishing in the pantry since then, begging to be used in some sort of tasty baked good. I’m not sure how it took me that long to come up with a solution: CUPCAKES!

Just like the Coconut Lime Cupcakes with Molasses Rum Buttercream Frosting, these are based on the golden vanilla cupcakes from Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World. You could also use your favorite vanilla cupcake recipe, if you prefer. Just make these simple substitutions and additions:
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Sushi….Cupcakes? My Little Sister is Brilliant!

Becky Striepe — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 14:30:29 +0000

My little sister, Amanda, made these sushi cupcakes – aren’t they awesome?? They were for a friend’s birthday at a sushi restaurant, and the owner was so impressed he asked if they did catering!

She didn’t use a vegan recipe, but I’m sure the Golden Vanilla Cupcakes with Vanilla Buttercream Frosting from Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World would work just as well. Here’s how Amanda says she made these amazing dessert sushi cupcakes (and a few more photos!):
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Squelching a Cookie Craving with…Toast!

Becky Striepe — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 14:30:10 +0000

I had a craft market this weekend, and we tend to have very little food in the house after I’ve spent the weekend tending a booth. Unfortunately, my belly didn’t get the message, and I could not shake a craving for COOKIES.

Normally, if a cookie craving strikes, I whip up a batch, but I was pretty pooped after a busy weekend. Luckily, we did have the makings for some whole grain cinnamon toast! Hurrah!

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Cooking Experiment: Vegan Maple Almond Fudge sans Candy Thermometer

Becky Striepe — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:30:12 +0000

Gathering the ingredients. This recipe calls for so much maple syrup!

So, last week I got an itch to make some fudge, and a rainy Saturday sealed the deal!

I’ve never made fudge from scratch before, and I don’t own a candy thermometer, so this was a fly by the seat of my pants operation. Want to see how it turned out? Here’s the scoop…
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Veganize It: Maple Almond Fudge

Becky Striepe — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:30:08 +0000

I wish our maple syrup was this cute!

Yesterday, the amazing Alix of Cute and Delicious posted this recipe for vegan fudge. In the comments, I asked if she thought maple syrup would work in place of the corn syrup in the recipe. As soon as thoughts of maple syrup entered my brain, though, my mind shifted gears to dreams of maple fudge.

Obviously, needs to happen in my kitchen ASAP. It is 100% on, and I want to try to do it by veganizing this recipe.

The plan is to sub Silk creamer for the light cream, almonds for the walnuts, and possibly use additional maple syrup in place of the corn syrup, since that’s not something I’m too into buying.

Here is my reason for this post

So, I’m planning to give this a whirl over the weekend most likely and wanted to get some feedback from you guys on my veganization plan. Do you think it’s going to work? Someone suggested agave instead of corn syrup, or I could pick up brown rice syrup if you think the syrup is mission critical.

Not that I’m scared of a cooking fail, but it’s more fun to end up with a tray of delicious fudge than to….not end up with a tray of delicious fudge!

Image Credit: Creative Commons photo by Focus on Ottawa

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