Category: Dessert
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Snow Cones
Snow Cones Serves 4 4 cups of crushed ice 3 tablespoons plant based Jel Dessert mix (any flavor, I like the brand Simply Delish or Bakol) In a blender, place the crushed ice and Jel mix. Blend the ice and Jel mix together until finely crushed. You may need to turn off the blender and…
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Pink Cupcakes
Pink Cupcakes Makes 12 cupcakes 2 sticks of vegan butter at room temperature 4 T. Just Eggs (or any egg substitute) 1 cup of sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 2 cups of flour 1 teaspoon baking soda ½ teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 cup of plant based milk Red food coloring (plant based,…
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Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Glaze
Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Glaze (Gluten Free) Cake: 2 cups finely shredded/minced carrot 2 cups whole grain oat flour 1 cup almond flour 1 ½ cups sugar ¼ cup molasses 1T. cinnamon 1 tsp. baking soda 2 tsp. baking powder Glaze: 1 8oz. container vegan cream cheese (room temperature) 1 T. vanilla extract 1…
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Mud Pie
A book that is revving with energy is Kate & Jim McMullan’s, I’m Dirty! This book really makes you want to get outside and play hard. It also has a great lesson for cleaning up! The backhoe loader in the story does a great job at clearing out junk and putting things back in order. Next time…
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Banana Cream Filled Chocolates
In the book Curious George Goes to a Chocolate Factory, by Margret & H.A. Rey, George’s curiosity leads him into the packaging room of a chocolate factory. With one careless step, George causes trouble for the workers but as always he ends up saving the day. This story really leaves you wanting to try a…
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Dinosaur Meatballs (for plant eaters)
The book How Do Dinosaurs Eat Their Food?, by Jane Yolen & Mark Teague, is wonderful for every child learning about table manners. The authors describe very well how one might think a dinosaur would behave at the dinner table. We learn throughout the story that even dinosaurs have good manners after all. One of…
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Bunny Carrot Brownies
This time of year, with bunnies all around, I always like to read books by Margaret Wise Brown. The Runaway Bunny, by Margaret Wise Brown and pictures by Clement Hurd, is a sweet story of a rabbit’s devotion to her little bunny. The little bunny in the story tells his mother that he is going…
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Spider Cookies
This recipe makes a really fun activity for the kids! I was making a Halloween cake for a school function and decided to make the top look like a big spider web. I iced the cake with chocolate frosting and then piped white icing circles on the top, small one in the middle and then…
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