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Eggplant Challenge

  I am such a Nervous Nelly when it comes to planting "exotic" plants like this little hardy(?) eggplant.  10 seeds cost me $7.   When/if it actually germinates indoors, then, the following instructions:  "Using a clear plastic cloche or floating row cover (hoop bed????) will help growth by increasing warmth.  Cool Temps increase leafy growth but no fruit will set. Plastic mulch(????) placed over the  prepared and fertilized soil for a week before transplanting will increase the temperature and increase better fruit set. Grow like peppers BUT keep in mind that eggplants need even more warmth before transplanting (mid to late June.) If the plant is below 21°C (70°F) the fruit may not set "ARGHHH *West Coast Seeds: Untreated seeds for organic growing, non-GMO

Granny Eats Chocolate-- Vegan Cakes, Cookies, Brownies, and Other Recipes Using Chocolate

Organic Granny is a fan of Fair Trade, vegan chocolate, cacao, cocoa, and the products that are made from "the bean". What you find below are links to all the vegan chocolate recipes I have posted over the past several years. Most of the chocolate recipes here use "natural sweeteners" or suggest them as alternatives to the usual commercial sugars.  There are also many recipes listed that are made with gluten-free flour or ingredients.   VEGAN BANANA LOAF RECIPES: 3 Delicious vegan/vegetarian chocolate banana bread recipes VEGAN BROWNIE RECIPES: Black bean brownies Cookie crumb unbaked brownies Orange-walnut date-oatmeal brownies Quick omega3 fudgey raw carob brownies VEGAN CAKE RECIPES: Gluten-free Vegan Chocolate Cake  Raw Nanaimo Bar squares Raw royal chocolate chiazz cake Simple delicious vegan chocolate cake Sweetheart raw chocolate cheez cake VEGAN COOKIE RECIPES: Buckwheat-oat chocolate chip cookies Decadent chocolate bean cookies Garlicky maple walnut chocola

Simple, Delicious Vegan Chocolate Cake Recipe

  Simple Delicious Vegan Chocolate Cake                    Image courtesy of Mr. Gojowy This is a truly simple cake recipe (under 10 ingredients) that produces a really delicious chocolate cake, similar-tasting to the ones made with egg and dairy. It is modeled on the  "Deep Chocolate Vegan Cake" recipe written up in Moosewood Restaurant Classics with a few adjustments to the ingredients. We love it (maybe a little too much).  I am also refining a duplicate gluten-free recipe.  Follow me here to get the notification of that recipe, and other vegan and gluten-free vegan recipes to come. INGREDIENTS: 1 1/2  cups unbleached white flour 2/3 cup of Fair Trade cacao powder (or standard unsweetened cocoa) 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt 1 cup organic cane sugar 1/2 cup coconut oil, melted 1 cup cold water (or cold brewed coffee or coffee substitute) 2 teaspoons orange or vanilla flavor 2 tablepoons apple cider vinegar METHOD : Preheat the oven to 375 F/190.56C.

Vegan Corn Bread with Fresh Corn and Raisins

This corn bread is so delicious with baked-in fresh or frozen thawed corn giblets and Thompson raisins.  It is vegan and I used psyllium husk powder as a binder (you could use flax or chia seed instead but psyllium husk is my latest discovery for light fluffiness). INGREDIENTS : 1 cup organic yellow cornmeal 1 cup all-purpose flour 1 tablespoon baking powder 2 tablespoons psyllium husk powder 1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt 1/2 cup sugar (optional) 1/4 cup melted coconut oil 3 cups liquid (1 cup full-fat coconut milk and 2 cups water or aqua fava (fluid left over from cooking chickpeas) or (1 cup water and 1 cup aqua fava.) 1 cup corn niblets, patted dry 1/2 cup raisins METHOD :  1.Set oven to 400 degrees F. 2. Grease a pan or line with parchment or use a silicone pan 3. In medium large bowl, measure in corn meal. 4. Sift all-purpose flour and baking powder into the bowl. Add in psyllium husk powder and salt. Stir well. 5. Stir in sugar 6. Fold in oil and liquid just until flour is incorp