Perfect Thanksgiving Potato and sweet potato puree with vegan chipotle queso

The easiest dark chocolate and pumpkin bread

This year has gone by so fast, it just flew by don’t you think? I feel like we went from eating watermelon to pumpkin dishes. This pumpkin pie granola is one of my favorite things to eat during fall. It is so easy to make and your home will smell delicious. Just like fall, Thanksgiving and all those great memories that get triggered by the pumpkin pie smell. I love fall, the cooler breeze, the flavors, and warm meals. Fall, in my opinion, has one of the best climates of the year. I truly believe it is amazing in every way. The ingredients that I…

Perfect Thanksgiving Potato and sweet potato puree with vegan chipotle queso

This potato and sweet potato puree with vegan chipotle queso is completely different from the classic version. Still delicious though. At this time of year, at Christmas and Thanksgiving, mashed potatoes are a must on our table. Well, I’ll tell you that in my house it is very common throughout the year. The truth is that we love them and we eat potatoes and sweet potatoes pretty often. This puree is one of our favorites, and the best part of this potato and sweet potato puree is that I can use the leftovers to make tacos or “tostadas“. I made this recipe for Thanksgiving one year…

The easiest dark chocolate and pumpkin bread

Yes, you read right. This dark chocolate and pumpkin bread is so easy to prepare, it will soon become one of your favorite vegan treats. In this time of year, well since October, everywhere you turn around you see pumpkins. Fresh ones, canned and everything is pumpkin flavored. I really thought I was over it when I prepared the pumpkin pie granola. But I saw the dark chocolate and pumpkin combination in a magazine and knew immediately I had to prepare something. So I came home and developed this recipe. This vegan pumpkin bread really is the easiest dark chocolate and pumpkin bread you’ll ever find….

Stovetop granola in five minutes

This recipe for stovetop granola in five minutes is a lifesaver. It is so fast and easy to prepare that you can even make it before you go to work or you send your kids to school. I know that when you think of preparing granola you think of slow baking, LONG TIME IN THE OVEN GRANOLA RECIPES. But not anymore believe me, this granola made over the stove is so fast that it will only take five minutes of your time. And not only is almost as fast as opening the ceral box, with this healty and vegan breakfast you will only eat GOOD…

Vegan Day of the Dead Bread

This Day of the Dead, vegan Day of the Dead bread is so easy and delicious to prepare that I’m sure you’ll bake more than one. Day of the Dead in México is a big celebration. And it is not to celebrate death, is to celebrate the people that left us. It is a way to keep giving love and respect to our loved ones. The most common way to pay our respects to the deceased is to do an altar. This altar is to let the dead know that they are welcome and that we still love them and miss them. Usually, there is…

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