Krispie Squares

Using these....

and the basic recipe,

with the melting of the mallows, earth balance and vanilla.

Behold the vegan rice krispie square :P

Tropical Island coconut cake

Its been awhile since my last post, getting back into the swing of things after the holidays has been a bit of a struggle. We are starting the renovations to our home this week including the kitchen. I am not sure what to expect as I have never done anything like this before. I am assuming that my kitchen will have limited use for the next few months. Perhaps a few more raw recipes :P

Edward and Sons sent me another box of goodies to try out, including a bag of organic coconut flour. I have never worked with it before, so I was sort of unsure of how to use it. When I opened the bag I got lost in the sweet smell of coconut. The flour has a course powdery texture. It is also gluten free but because my family and I are not sensitive to gluten I cut it with all purpose flour.  They also sent me organic coconut flakes, which are crazy good! I toasted them a little for the topping and "glued" them on with this coconut spread I picked up in Quebec. Spread some blueberry jam in the middle  and made a quick blueberry sauce and put it all together to get this....

Coconut Cake Recipe

2 cups flour
3/4 cup Coconut flour
1 cup sugar
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp sea salt
1/3 cup canola oil
1 tsp vanilla
1 1/4 cup soy milk

Combine all the ingredients in a bowl. Mix well.
Pour into a greased pan ( I used a round 8)
Bake at 350 for 45 minutes or until the knife comes out clean.

Chocolate zucchini loaf

I am going to tell you a secret....I love CHOCOLATE! It makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. I read an interesting article about chocolate here. I wish I could grow it :P


1 1/4 cups flour
1/2 cup cocoa powder
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt

1/3 cup canola oil
1/2 cup water
1 tsp vinegar
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup applesauce
2 cups grated zucchini
1/2 cup dark chocolate- roughly chopped

Preheat oven to 375. Grease a loaf pan
Combine dry ingredients and wet in separate bowls.
Add wet to dry. Stir it up.
Pour it into pan. Bake until done, about 1 hour.