Mocha Almond Fudge Bars
Do you like creamy ice cream, thick fudgey sauce, chocolate, and almonds? If the answer is yes, you’re in for a treat. A Mocha Almond Fudge Bar by So Delicious is as good as the name sounds – rich, creamy, decadent, and so delicious. A non-dairy frozen dessert (technically, these bars are not ice cream because they are made with almond milk instead of milk from a cow), the Mocha Almond Fudge Bars taste every bit like yummy ice cream covered in chocolate and crunchy roasted almonds. Read more 
Kite Hill Ravioli
Kite Hill – a California-based brand owned by Lyrical Foods, Inc. – has done what no other company has been able to do: make a truly delicious homemade ravioli with all the attributes we relish: the rich flavor of “cheese” and fillings enveloped in homemade pasta – but without the dairy products. Using artisanal almond milk products (that have been cultured just like dairy milk products) along with simple fresh ingredients, Kite Hill applies traditional methods to make one of America’s favorite comfort foods plant-based. Read more
Go Raw Sprouted Bars
Go Raw Sprouted Bars are the essence of simplicity in a nutritious snack bar. Made of raw sprouted ingredients, the Go Raw Sprouted Bars are similar to a fruit leather bar: chewy and sweet, slightly tart with a bit of crunch. The bars come in five flavors made with all organic ingredients: Read more
Parma Vegan Cheese
Parma is good karma!
Watching a fresh hunk of Italian parmesan cheese turn into a snowfest on top of my pasta used to make me giddy with delight. After all, what’s better than a big bowl of pasta covered in tomato or pesto sauce and freshly grated parmesan cheese? Few things are, so going dairy-free relegated parmesan cheese to a distant bittersweet memory. But life has a way of opening a new door after one has been shut. Read more
The 5-Minute Super (Healthy) Sandwich
Grabbing an energy bar for a late morning or afternoon snack beats the hunger blues but for a tasty change, consider the 5-Minute Super (Healthy) Sandwich. Packed with nutrients and fiber, this easy-to-make sandwich is a feast for the senses: colorful, delicious, and a handful.
Creamy avocado with sun-ripened fresh tomato slices along with crunchy sprouts give this big fat sandwich a variety of flavors and textures that make it one very satisfying snack. When I served this sandwich to a friend, he stared at it, said that he felt like he was in California where “everyone” eats healthy, and then gobbled it up. It’s that good. Read more
Foodie Gift Ideas
The holiday season is all about food and lots of it at the office, restaurants, and at home. So many of the rich foods associated with the holidays contain dairy (i.e. butter, milk, cream), eggs, or animal products but there are many specialty holiday foods without these ingredients that are fresh and taste as rich and delicious as traditional favorites. Here are a few great gift ideas for the foodie in your life: Read more
Jennifer’s Homemade Breadsticks and Flatbread
You can taste the love in every bite.
Jennifer’s Homemade Breadsticks and Flatbread are made from scratch with only the finest natural ingredients: wheat flour, extra virgin olive oil, kosher salt and fresh rosemary. Crunchy, delicious, and naturally vegan, the breadsticks and flatbread are versatile which makes them perfect for snacking and entertaining. Simply place the flatbreads in a bread basket or the breadsticks in a wide mouth jar on a table and watch them disappear. Read more
Eden Shake
The Eden Shake is a sesame and sea vegetable seasoning made with sesame seeds (black and white), pickled red shiso leaf (red shiso, sea salt, ume plum vinegar) and nori seaweed. Although sesame seeds are relatively mainstream, red shiso leaf and nori seaweed may leave some people scratching their heads.
Red shiso leaf is a culinary herb belonging to the mint family that is often used as a seasoning in China and Japan. Nori seaweed is an edible seaweed that is commonly used as a wrap for sushi. Together these four ingredients make for a very tasty, low sodium, and low-calorie seasoning agent for cooked vegetables, salads, tofu, pasta, potatoes, grains, and more. Read more
Ry’s Ruffery Healthy Dog Treats
Don’t feed your dog what you wouldn’t eat yourself.
Ry’s Ruffery was born of a young boy’s desire to make healthy and delicious dog treats (that also smell good) for his puppy, a beagle named Barkley. Using the most wholesome ingredients available, Ry’s Ruffery makes three varieties of dog biscuits – Peanut Butter, Pumpkin-Apple, and Cheddar – all of which are grain-free, vegetarian, crunchy, wholesome, and pretty darn good (yes, I did taste a peanut butter biscuit). But, the ultimate judge is the dog and in my home, both my dogs gobble these treats down. Read more
“More Great Good Dairy-Free Desserts Naturally”
Eat your fruits and vegetables but make sure you leave room for dessert, as long as the dessert tastes excellent and is made with healthful, honest ingredients…
Imagine a cake without butter, sour cream, milk, or eggs that actually tastes rich and delicious with a light crumb and moist texture. Hard to do? Not if you’re making one of the cakes made from a recipe in More Great Good Dairy-Free Desserts Naturally by Fran Costigan, a professionally trained pastry chef who has shown the world that desserts – and especially cakes – don’t need dairy products to be truly great and absolutely scrumptious. Read more
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