Healthy Vegan Carrot Cake with Cinnamon Cream Cheese Icing

Healthy Vegan Carrot Cake with Cinnamon Cream Cheese Icing

ByCeara March 23, 2015July 28, 2023

OH my word, friends. This Healthy Vegan Carrot Carrot Cake Loaf is one to remember! This might just be my new favorite quick bread. Moist, soft and flavorful vegan carrot cake topped off with a thick layer of Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting. Let’s just say this Vegan Carrot Cake did not stand a chance around…

Vegan Cream Cheese Frosting

ByCeara March 19, 2015July 28, 2023

What’s your favorite kind of frosting? I loooooove cream cheese frosting. You could probably make Vegan Cream Cheese Frosting out of Vegan Cream Cheese but that would just be too easy (and if you’ve ever found a store bought vegan cream cheese frosting that is actually yummy I’d love to know in the comments below!)….

Vegan Stuffed Peppers

ByCeara March 16, 2015July 28, 2023

Happy Monday everyone! Boy do I have a recipe to share with you today – I am in looooove with these bright Vegan Stuffed Peppers. Don’t they just exude summer and springtime? They are so comforting and healthy, these Vegan Stuffed Peppers have quickly become our new favorite meal around here. I love that they are…

Chocolate Chip Banana Oat Blender Pancakes

ByCeara March 9, 2015July 28, 2023

I’ve been seriouuusly obsessed with chocolate chips lately. Choocolate Chips in everything! From my Chocolate Chip Quick Bread to my Healthy Chocolate Chip Banana Bread Bars. And now introducing Chocolate Chip Banana-Oat Blender Pancakes. Can we all agree that chocolate chips are the perfect way to cheer up any Monday!?!

Vegetarian Broken Spaghetti Risotto

ByCeara March 6, 2015July 28, 2023

TGIF friends!! Who else is happy the weekend is HEEEEERE!?! What a silly question! Let’s celebrate with some super, quick + easy Vegetarian Broken Spaghetti Risotto 🙂 This weekend, J and I are headed back to where we met in Lille, France. I’m looking forward to a thesis-free weekend enjoying french wine, strolling the cobblestone…

Tomato Freekeh Pilaf

ByCeara February 26, 2015July 28, 2023

We are going to get freak-ayyy today! No not that kind of freaky, ha! Freekay for this new superfood grain I’m in love with — Freekeh — featured in this super easy. tasty and simple Tomato Freekeh Pilaf. Have you cooked with freekeh before? It’s basically this amazing grain with a killer nutritional profile. I mean…

Healthy Chocolate Chip Banana Bread Bars

ByCeara February 23, 2015July 28, 2023

Do you like buying food in bulk? J came back from a trip to Canada yesterday and my Family stocked him up with all my baking and cooking essentials from Costco and David’s Tea. I think that liking things in bulk is totally an American/Canadian thing. I just like knowing that I have chia seeds…

Homemade Quick Gnocchi

ByCeara February 15, 2015July 28, 2023

What do you get when you mix instant mashed potatoes, water and flour? Some of the best and easiest Homemade Quick Gnocchi that you will ever eat! Who ever thought, right!? When I was younger, my mom’s Italian friend would come over and they would spend the entire day in the kitchen making Gnocchi. You…

Homemade Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Spread

ByCeara February 12, 2015July 28, 2023

How about a chocolate spread that tastes so naughty and delicious it tastes like melted peanut butter cups, turned and turned into a delicious, rich and creamy spread?! That is exactly what this Homemade Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Spread tastes like. Rich, decadent and addictingl-y good, I’m convinced this Chocolate Peanut Butter tastes ah-mazing on…

Creamy Kale Pasta

ByCeara February 2, 2015July 28, 2023

How was your weekend? We took a trip to the Ardennes and enjoyed a relaxing weekend with J’s family in the woods near the villages of Durbuy and Barvaux. They are both two super adorable and quaint picturesque villages located in the French speaking part of Belgium. We went for a great hike, dined, drank…

Red Pepper Healthy Risotto with Cashew Cream

ByCeara January 22, 2015July 28, 2023

Do you have experience cooking in a small kitchen? How about an itsy, bitsy, tiny kitchen that just so happens to be in the shape of a triangle? When J and I first met together in student residence in France we did all of our cooking out of one pot like pan (that we used…

Fancy Sauteed Snow Peas

ByCeara January 19, 2015July 28, 2023

Over the Christmas holidays I went out with my family to eat at a steakhouse. Before I became a vegetarian I would have never guessed what in the world a vegetarian eats at a steakhouse. Eating out as a vegetarian or vegan is always an adventure of sorts. I’ve been to more than one restaurant where there…

Hearty Split Pea Soup

ByCeara January 15, 2015July 28, 2023

I’m officially back in Belgium and my exams are done, done, done!! My blog posts have been prettyyy sporadic lately due to the holidays, being home and then trying to write my last couple papers which were all due on Monday. Let’s just say, my fingers needed a little break from typing after pulling an…

Easy 3 Ingredient Tofu Scramble

ByCeara January 8, 2015July 28, 2023

Since I’ve been home in Toronto my whole routine has been shot out the window. And you know what? It’s kind of nice to have a nice change of pace and switch things up a bit! My chia-seed morning oatmeal has been swapped for pancakes, scrambles, monkey breads and fun family brunches. It’s been great…

The Best Vegan Chocolate Chunk Cookies

ByCeara December 18, 2014July 28, 2023

I’ve been on the hunt for the the perfect Vegan Chocolate Chunk Cookies for awhile. And I have very high expectations with cookies. The perfect Chocolate Chunk Cookie for me is soft and thick in the middle and perfectly chewy around the edges. Not too greasy (can we all agree that greasy chocolate chunk cookies are…

Healthy Monkey Bread {Vegan}

ByCeara December 11, 2014July 28, 2023

What’s your Christmas morning tradition? When we were kids, we were always so excited Christmas morning we could never sleep. My parents actually got into the habit of setting the clocks back an hour so we didn’t wake them up at 5 in the morning to see if Santa came. When it was finally time to…

Cheesy Oil Free Kale Chips

ByCeara December 5, 2014July 28, 2023

Everyday I’m more and more excited that I’m heading home SO soon (15 more sleeps but who’s counting lol!). I’m sure anybody who lives far away can relate. Are you travelling long distances over the holidays? I head home twice a year, once during the holidays and once during the summertime. And the couple of…

Flourless Almond Butter Chocolate Chunk Cookies

ByCeara November 27, 2014July 28, 2023

These Flourless Almond Butter Chocolate Chunk Cookies are so easy, healthy and delicious it’s not even funny. Made with 7 simple ingredients: Almond butter, oats, ground flax seed, maple syrup, vanilla extract, baking powder and chocolate chunks + sea salt if you count that as an ingredient. Which I don’t because technically it’s a finishing touch….

The Best Healthy Dairy Free Mac and Cheese + Mom’s Secret Ingredients!

ByCeara November 20, 2014July 28, 2023

My mom’s mac and cheese was famous growing up. We’d beg her to make us for us when we were kids because Mac & Cheese night was always the best night of the week. And birthday, holidays you name it – I always wanted her to make her Mac & Cheese for every special occasion. I…

Chocolate Chunk Pumpkin Banana Bars

ByCeara November 13, 2014July 28, 2023

Is it okay if I share a couple more pumpkin recipes with you this season? Honestly, there have been sooo many good pumpkin recipes floating around it’s hard to know where to start. And things have gotten pretty pumpkin craazzayy around here this Fall. I mean, I’ve been putting pumpkin in almost everything we eat….

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