one haiku, one pic/one recipe, no meat, no/fish, no photoshop
in the woods, last fall’s
leaves are an orange and red
crumbly topping
1 1/4 c flour, 1 c sugar, 1/3 c cocoa, 3/4 t soda, 1/2 t salt, 1/3 c canola oil, 1 t vanilla, 1 t cider vinegar, 1 c water, 1/2 c mini chocolate chips
mix in an 8×8 pan, 325 F, 40 minutes or until a knife comes out clean, dust with powdered sugar
blocks of good chocolate
quarantined in the cupboard
for the last 6 months
source, 4 servings
1/3 c sugar, 1/3 c cocoa, 2 T cornstarch, pinch sea salt, 2 c full fat unsweetened almond milk, 6 oz bittersweet chocolate, 1 t vanilla
heat first 5 until bubbling, add chocolate, cook until thickened, remove from heat, stir in vanilla, pour into ramekins
black plastic on the
newly-melted garden whips
in the wind like waves
source, 8 servings
1 can pumpkin, 1 can coconut milk, 12 slices bread, cubed; 1 t cinnamon, 1 t nutmeg, 1 t salt, 1/2 c brown sugar, 3/4 c mini chocolate chips
mix, sprinkle top with brown sugar in an oiled 9×13 dish, 350 F, 35-45 minutes
as the pond softens
under its coat of winter
ice, so goes this cake
source, 4 servings
1 stick butter melted with 6 oz bittersweet chocolate, 1/4 c cocoa, 3 T sugar, pinch salt, 2 eggs, 2 yolks
whisk sugar, salt, into melted chocolate; whisk in eggs for 50 strokes, whisk in cocoa, divide into buttered and cocoa-d ramekins, 450 F, 7-9 minutes, stand 1 minute, turn out, serve
snow creeps away from
the house; when no one watches
the dog digs his holes
16 servings, 253 calories
3 c white whole wheat flour, 1 c powdered sugar, 7/8 c olive oil, 2 T lemon juice, 1 T rosemary, 1/2 c mini chocolate chips, sea salt, for top
form a crumbly dough with hands, press into an oiled pan, sprinkle with salt, 325 F, 45-60 minutes
a smell memory:
summer days when it’s too hot
to use the oven
previous version, 10 servings, 214 calories unfrosted, 481 calories frosted
1.5 c flour, 1/2 c sugar, 1/4 c cocoa, 1 t soda, 1/2 t salt, 1/2 t cinnamon, 1/4 t powder, 1/2 t vanilla, 1/2 c canola oil, 1 T distilled vinegar, 1 c warm water, frosting: 8 oz earth balance buttery sticks, room temp; 1/2 c cocoa, 1 T vanilla, 2 c powdered sugar
mix, pour into oiled rice cooker bowl (even if nonstick), cook 45-60 minutes or until a knife comes out clean; one-button models: cycle back into cook mode after 5 minutes on warm mode, repeat
eaten on knees while
ordering train tickets to
a far-off city
1 c avocado oil, 2 c flour, pinch salt, pinch soda, 1 t powder, 1.5 c sugar, 3 eggs, 1 1/4 c milk, zest & juice of a clementine
whisk, pour into an oiled pie dish, sprinkle with sugar, 375 F, 50-60 minutes or until a knife comes out clean
made with one hand, with
hot cocoa in the other
in time for breakfast
source, 4 servings
1 1/4 c milk, 2/3 c sugar, 3 eggs, 1 T vanilla, pinch salt, 1 c flour, 2 c berries
whisk milk, 1/3 c sugar, eggs, vanilla, salt, flour; pour half into a buttered dish and bake at 350 F for 3 minutes, add berries, 1/3 c sugar, rest of batter; bake 50 minutes or until a knife comes out clean
no chocolate chips or
melted blocks of chocolate, just
good cocoa powder
source, 12 servings, 189 calories
10 T miyoko’s cultured vegan butter, melted; 2 namaste egg replacer eggs, heaping 3/4 c cocoa, pinch salt, 1/2 t vanilla, 1 1/4 c sugar, 1/2 c flour
stir vigorously, bake on parchment in an 8-inch pan, 325 F, 50 minutes
three feet of snow but
in the bathtub, the ghost of
last summer’s sock tan
source, 16 servings
6 T olive oil, 1 c flour, generous pinch salt, generous pinch powder, 1/4 c cocoa, 3 oz unsweetened chocolate, melted; 1 egg, 1 T vanilla, 3/4 c brown sugar, 1/3 c sugar, 1/2 c chocolate chips, sea salt for sprinkling
mix melted chocolate, cocoa, 1/4 c hot water, vanilla, egg, salt, oil; stir in remaining, line an 8×8 pan with parchment, 350 F, 20 minutes, sprinkle with sea salt
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