I grew up eating the classic meat-based shepherd’s pie, but once I became vegetarian, I wanted a vegetarian version. I made a delish Veggie Shepherd’s Pie with soy ground round, but as I’m getting further along in my preservative-free journey, I want to eat more and more whole foods. Enter my Sweet Potato & Lentil…
Pies
Vodka Pie Crust: Preservative-Free & Tasty AF!
Do you usually use boxed pie crusts, IF you make pies? Trying to avoid preservatives in your food, but just love you some pie? Try making this Preservative-Free Vodka Pie Crust! It’s flaky, buttery, melt-in-your-mouth good, and works equally well in a hearty pie or as a dessert pie. If you’re going to eat pie,…
Shortbread Crumble Apple Pie, a Bonus Vegan Version, and my Christmas Baking Plans
A few weeks ago it was my father’s birthday, and as he always requests an apple pie instead of cake, that’s what I baked. But I love trying new things in the kitchen (plus one of my sisters is dairy-free) so I baked a Shortbread Crumble Apple Pie, instead of my Ultimate Caramel Crumb Apple…
April Fool’s Food: Sky High Apple Pie (Fruit-Free Version)!
Apple Pie! Is it or isn’t it? In fact…it isn’t! It looks like Apple pie (it fooled the DH) and tastes like Apple pie (there’s some serious chemistry behind why), but…it’s not apple pie! It’s actually made out of crackers, with lemon juice, cream of tartar, sugar, and cinnamon. The cream of tartar tastes slightly…
BCM: I Can Bake A Cherry Pie! Or at least a Cherry Crumb Tart
This week’s Baking Chez Moi bake-a-long recipe is for Cherry Crumb Tart. In classic Dorie Greenspan style, she starts off the recipe by describing how she came up with the idea to make a tart with cherries after a drive through Alsace, France. As for me, my strongest association with cherries in baked form is…