Author: chefalice

This is one of my favorite desserts. It is dairy-free, vegan, and gluten-free, but it contains all the flavor of a traditional cheesecake. Plus, it is packed with the antioxidants naturally found in pomegranates, known as polyphenols. They have anticancerous properties, and help to protect you against heart disease as well as brain disease. This no-bake cheesecake is as good as the real thing. It takes only about thirty minutes to make once all the ingredients are ready, but it does require some inactive time: twelve to twenty-four hours to allow the cashews to ferment and then four to six…

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Keeping small-town tourism alive one nibble at a time, and populating charming little farmers’ markets across the land, thick slabs of maple fudge are enchantingly rural. Really, you can’t get more Canadian than this. The recipe is a bit trickier than most, and through the ups and downs of developing it, I discovered that a hand mixer and a candy thermometer are worth their weight in golden maple fudge. Use the best dark maple syrup you can get your hands on. And if you’re not a nut-free household, adding 1 cup chopped walnuts is the perfect counterpart to this smooth…

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This is a great way to make veggies fun! My kids don’t always love veggies. Micah jokes that he is a carnivore, like a T. rex! But I tell him that even in his meatloaf and chili, there are plants like parsley and oregano, as well as tomato sauce or salsa. He laughs and agrees, but that conversation got me to thinking that we eat with our eyes. So I decided to serve fun-shaped veggies at Easter.

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