fall Tag

Date-Sweetened Pumpkin Cream Cheese Bread (oil-, gluten- & refined sugar-free) sweetsimplevegan.com Moist, creamy, pumpkin-y AND still healthy AF ;) Yuppp, another bread recipe for you guys because you seem to love baked goodies as much as I do ;) I decided to veganize AND health-ify a classic recipe I see every fall, and I am so so pleased with the outcome. Not only is this bread moist, but it is perfectly sweet + creamy from the cream cheese! Adding cream cheese, nut butters, etc. is common practice for a lot of people when enjoying bread, so why not have the two already married into one? ❤️

Pumpkin Chickpea Chocolate Chip Cookies {Gluten-& Oil-free} sweetsimplevegan.comAhhh, fall is finally here, and you know what that means...pumpkin spiced EVERYTHING. It was inevitable that I share a recipe here, but I promise you this is a winner -- and of course sweet, simple and vegan ;) I decided I would play around with my Chickpea Chocolate Chip Cookies recipe, a recent hit on my blog (thank you all so so much for the love) and one of my absolute favorite recipes, EVER <3
I filmed a brand new video (above) for this recipe, I hope you guys like it!

Curried Sweet Potato Soup w/ Kale & Savory Granola {gf}Winter is approaching, and although that doesn't mean much in LA, I know a lot of you in colder climates will dig this recipe for that cozy feel you crave when you're stuck indoors! My boyfriend Chris recently moved here from New Jersey, and I thought that it was hilarious that I was complaining of not being able to wear shorts to school this morning in 60F weather, and he was telling me it was like summer for him! Well, I guess this soup is more for me than him right now in this LA weather, but I could honestly go for some soup any time of the year, and with this recipe, well so could you ;)Curried Sweet Potato Soup w/ Kale & Savory Granola {gf}

The Easiest Way to Open & Clean A Pumpkin: The Coco Jack!Soooo this happened.The Coco Jack crew figured out that  you can easily open up a pumpkin AND scoop out the pulp with The Coco Jack and scoop! When I tried it out, I had it all done in about 2-3 minutes, and it saved me a lot of mess. My family and I have a huge pumpkin carving party every year at my home, and the last few years I have dreaded carving because of the very task of cleaning the dang pumpkins! My hands turn orange, it gets all up in my nails, and all over my clothes no matter how hard I try to avoid it. I don't know if I am doing something wrong, but regardless, it is a challenge for me. This is going to be perfect for pumpkin carving party this year, and it also inspired me to prepare more recipes with fresh pumpkin!

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Here is a short clip of me opening the coconut, and also a fun video The Coco Jack put together with a few different ways to utilize this method!

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Roasted Brussels Sprouts w: Orange Maple Glaze and Thyme Roasted Cranberries One thing that I dislike about the holidays is all the stress I come under when it comes down to the cooking. I always try to plan ahead but, well, things don't always go as planned. I decided that this year I would make simple, easy vegetable dishes that I could share with those of you in the same shoes. Roasted Brussels Sprouts w: Orange Maple Glaze and Thyme Roasted Cranberries Brussels sprouts always get a bad rep for being stinky and bitter, but that's because your mamas were cooking them wrong for you as a kid. This recipe will make you appreciate these little gems and hopefully share them with your family during the holidays.

Organic-Dried-Fruit-Compote-e1418354881392-739x1024 After Thanksgiving, I realized that I had a lot of leftover dried fruit and I had to figure out what to do with it! Well, after getting my hands on a copy of the book Veganish: The Omnivores Guide To Plant-Based Cooking, I found a recipe! I read and reviewed this book on a previous post, which you can find here <3 I definitely recommend this book to those that are transitioning into a plant-based diet. It covers basic topics of transitioning as well as specifics in cooking techniques that will help you improve your skills in the kitchen as well. Dried Fruit Compote & Giveaway