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Dark chocolate truffle tart: Gluten and Dairy free

PlumJoyful — Wed, 30 Mar 2016 19:51:35 +0000

Dark chocolate is a serious thing in our household. For example, if I go to the freezer to get that last square I’ve been dreaming about all day and find my husband got there before me?…. I’m going to bring the pain and I’m going to bring it hard. You don’t want to come between me and my chocolate unless your some kind of masochist. However, occasionally after Easter we have such a surplus of chocolate even I must share! I have been wanting to adapt this recipe from The Cilantropist for a little while, and I had the perfect excuse to do it with all our easter chocolate! My version is gluten and dairy free of course, and can be made Paleo if you opt for no crust, or use a great paleo chocolate cookie like this one from The Texanerin (but that will mean extra baking, so keep that in mind). This recipe is fairly simple and SO delicious. So if you have some extra Easter chocolate around, or even if you don’t, your gonna want to make this showstopper of a dessert. It takes chocolate to another level. Ingredients 3/4 stick Earth Balance soy free Vegan Buttery […]

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Naturally dyed Easter eggs

PlumJoyful — Mon, 14 Mar 2016 07:32:31 +0000

Technically this is my daughter’s second Easter, but it is the first one she will actually be able to participate in and enjoy, so I wanted to make some traditional dyed Easter Eggs for her. I wanted dye that would be non toxic and natural since pretty much everything ends up in her mouth at some point. So I tried my hand at making some naturally dyed eggs from simple ingredients you can find in your kitchen, and they turned out awesome! It wasn’t complicated at all, and it’s a good way to get kids excited about fresh vegetables and spices because that’s what you’re going to be using! All that is required is some red cabbage, red and yellow onions, red beets, red wine, turmeric, and chlorophyll (ok maybe that’s not a regular staple of most kitchens but it’s easy to find at any health food store), salt and white vinegar. And hard-boiled eggs of course. Blue dye For blue dye we are going to use red cabbage. It seems like this should make purple dye, but it actually makes the most beautiful vibrant blue that’s almost a teal color. Shred a head of red cabbage. For every cup of […]

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