Double Chocolate Mini Donuts with Coconut

Moist and balanced in flavour, these sweet-but-not-too-sweet chocolate donuts beg to be downed with a glass of milk (non-dairy in my case). As an afternoon or evening snack, or for breakfast, these mini donuts happily accept a variety of finishing touches. Top them with chocolate ganache and coconut or ganache and chopped nuts, or simply dip them in granulated sugar. Chocolate cravings can thus be … Continue reading Double Chocolate Mini Donuts with Coconut

aiming4simpleMay 2013July 201313 Comments

gluten free, paleo, recipes

Pesto Shrimp Salad Bites

These petite hors d’Oeuvres are refreshing, flavorful (thanks to the citrus-spiked pesto), and so simple to make. Once you have pesto sauce made, you need only three ingredients. Another variation on this theme is to add some salad greens to create an entrée salad. The pesto sauce, with a little more olive oil added, serves as the salad dressing. Recipe for Pesto Shrimp Salad Bites … Continue reading Pesto Shrimp Salad Bites

aiming4simpleApril 2013May 201310 Comments

gluten free, recipes

Rice Vermicelli with Cilantro Pesto Sauce: A Gluten Free, Dairy Free Recipe

When I see a compelling recipe, I tend to make some version of it as soon as I can (hence the tagline of this blog). The very next day day after seeing this pistachio pesto at 5 and Spice, I was happily blending up some aromatic green sauce of my own. Sadly, it had been more than a year since I had made pesto at … Continue reading Rice Vermicelli with Cilantro Pesto Sauce: A Gluten Free, Dairy Free Recipe

aiming4simpleApril 2013April 201315 Comments

recipes, sweet, vegan

Carrot Spice Granola

Carrots and Spring make a lovely pairing, even if you are not permitted by the weather to start sowing seeds in your garden. When you add carrots to granola with cardamom, bliss in a bowl is what you should rightly expect. And this recipe did not disappoint. I almost titled the recipe “Can’t-Stop-Eating-This Carrot Granola.” Carrot Spice Granola can be enjoyed in a variety of … Continue reading Carrot Spice Granola

aiming4simpleMarch 2013October 20137 Comments