one haiku, one pic/one recipe, no meat, no/fish, no photoshop
small, sweet, and filling;
eat chocolate while the snow falls
outside the window
source, 4 servings
1/2 c cashew butter, 1/2 c coconut oil, 1/4 c cashew milk, 1/4 c cocoa, 1/4 c maple syrup, pinch salt, 1 t vanilla
microwave until liquid, stir well, divide, chill until set
alcohol and fat
require extra freezing
time for this custard
previous version, 6 servings
2 c whole milk, 2 c heavy cream, zest of 1 orange, 1 c sugar, pinch salt, 5 yolks, 1 T vanilla, 3 T Grand Marnier
boil milk and cream, add zest, stand 30 minutes; add 1/2 c sugar , salt, return to a simmer, remove from heat; meanwhile beat yolks and remaining sugar until pale and thick; spoon some of the milk mixture into the yolks to warm them; add yolks to milk mixture, stir until slightly thickened, stir in alcohols, chill 8 hours, churn and transfer to a frozen container, freeze 4 hours
chunks of ice thrown out
on the frozen pond surface
sing in the cold air
source, 12 servings
1 1/4 c butter, room temp; 2 c powdered sugar, 1 c cocoa, 2 t salt, 1 t vanilla, 1 3/4 c flour, filling: 4 c powdered sugar, 1 stick butter melted and cooled, 1 T vanilla
cream butter and sugar, beat in rest, dough should be crumbly; freeze 15 minutes, roll out between wax paper, keeping unused dough chilled, cut circles; bake on parchment, 350 F, 10 minutes, cool completely; beat icing ingredients until a thick dough forms, adding water if necessary; form a log the diameter of cookies, chill until firm enough to slice, assemble cookies
like most cupcakes with
no oil or sugar, these
are best on day two
source, 12 servings, 220 calories
2 c pitted medjool dates, 2 c water, 2/3 c cocoa, 2 T powder, 2 t vanilla, pinch salt, 2 c flour, 1/2 c unsweetened almond milk; frosting: 2 c pitted medjool dates, 1 – 1 2/3 c unsweetened almond milk, 1 c unsweetened almond butter, 1/2 c cocoa, pinch salt
blender, adding water only if frequent stirring doesn’t allow batter to blend smooth, use silpat, 350 F, 25 minutes, cool completely; frosting: blender, same method, starting with 1 c milk, chill frosting if necessary
chocolate dough mixed with
vanilla dough with chocolate
chips in both of them
24 servings
2 c flour, 1 c sugar, 1 t soda, 1 t salt, 2 T ground flax, 1 t vanilla, 2 T canola oil, 3/4 c almond milk, 1 c chocolate chips, 1/4 c cocoa
mix everything except cocoa, divide, mix cocoa into half, drop spoon-fulls of each half right next to each other on parchment, 350 F, 12 minutes
snow day: shovel for
forty-five minutes, and then
eat oatmeal cookies
20 servings, 86 calories
3 (4-oz size) containers gerber bananas, 1/4 c cashew butter, soft; 1 t powder, 1 t salt, 1 t vanilla, 1 t cinnamon, 1/4 c cocoa, 6 packets stevia, 1/2 c stevia-sweetened chocolate chips, 2.5 c quick oats
mix to combine, use parchment, 350 F, 18 minutes
a winter weather
advisory, schools closing,
pot of pears bobbing
pears, cored; 1:2 sugar:water; cinnamon stick, vanilla bean paste, orange peel
simmer until tender, serve hot or cold, plain or with yogurt, ice cream, or ricotta
november snow melt:
the dog on the patio
sunning his belly
3 servings, 226 calories
1 (4 oz-size) container gerber bananas, 4 packets stevia, cinnamon, vanilla, 1/2 c whole chia seeds, 2 c warm water, 2 T cocoa
blend, chill 2 hours, top with cinnamon and stevia-sweetened chocolate chips
lemon frosting or
vanilla, chocolate chips or
plain, dipped in coffee
previous version, 24 servings, 180 calories unfrosted
3 c white whole wheat flour, 2 t ginger, 2 t cinnamon, 1 t salt, 1/2 t black pepper, 1/2 t soda, 1/2 t powder, 1/2 c canola oil, 1/2 c molasses, 1/2 c brown sugar, 2 T ground flax, 1/2 c warm water, 1 c mini chocolate chips, icing: powdered sugar, lemon juice, lemon zest; or powdered sugar, vanilla, water, cocoa (optional)
mix in a stand mixer until a ball forms, roll out on wax paper, cut out and bake on parchment, 350 F until tops are firm, cool, frost
summer is over
many open sleeves of grahams
from past campfires
1 stick melted butter, 1 sleeve grahams, 2 T sugar processed in the food processor and pressed into the bottom of a pie dish; 1 c warm milk, 1 c sugar, 3 T flour, 1 T cocoa, 3 yolks lightly beaten, 2 T butter, 1/2 t vanilla, 1/4 t salt; fresh whipped cream made with vanilla extract and sugar
in a pan, combine the sugar, flour, cocoa, milk, yolks; cook 5 minutes or until thick, remove from heat and add butter, vanilla, salt; chill in crust, top with whipped cream and cocoa
