Hey guys! I hope you are enjoying your weekend! I don’t know what the weather is like where you live, but over here in Long Beach it is absolutely fantastic! Right now, I’m sitting on our L-shaped grey Ikea couch, Kahlua has squeezed herself between my thigh and the back pillow, my boyfriend sits on [...]

Hey guys! I hope you are well. I wanted to share some of the things I’m grateful for and/or enjoying. Perhaps you shall enjoy them too! I’m grateful to Hail Merry for sending me three flavors of their raw, vegan, gluten-free & kosher macaroons! Did they know that I was in the middle of saying, [...]

Hey guys! I’m going to be honest…I feel bad that recently all my posts sound like this: “wa wa wa!” That said, I swore (to myself) that I would be honest here and this blog is one of the few places I  can be authentic and not pretend to be “on” (it’s really hard to [...]

Hey guys! Want to try some of Fabe’s vegan & gluten-free cookies? Now’s your chance! I had mentioned that I “met” Fabe’s at Expo West and was introduced to their mother-load of vegan and gluten-free products:See what I mean? I took home a box of Fabe’s individual serving cookies & their organic brownie. Ok, I [...]

When my mom was growing up in Costa Rica, Christmas was a huge ordeal in her predominantly Catholic community. One of the community’s traditions was a “nativity set screening,” where every family would open their home to their neighbors to share in one another’s nativity sets. This was a big deal and some families devoted [...]

Hey guys! I don’t think I need many words to convince you that you should try this recipe… Dense. Gooey. Healthy. Yea, this ish markets itself. It’s vegan bread 2.0. Ingredients 2 cups flour (I used white whole wheat; don’t use bleached or 100% white; if you’re going to use regular whole wheat, use 1/2 [...]

Hey guys! Since the 4th of July is nearly a day away, I thought I would share appealing recipes I’ve found that would bode over well at a BBQ event (cuz, let’s face it – there’s nothing more American than roasting animal flesh over a grill lol (and oy!)). So, here are some vegan goodies [...]

Hey guys! A very special someone celebrated his birthday recently — someone who loves film, steam punk, archaeology and, apparently, cranky bloggers. Yep, that would be my boyfriend! He also happens to love poppy seed cake and, man, does he deserve one all to himself on his birthday. Determined to make him the best vegan [...]

I remember trick-or-treating one Halloween with my twin and arriving to a house where the porch light was on, the door closed and a stool set up with a basket on top. We knew an older woman lived there, so we figured the basket was there for us trick-or-treaters. What could it be, we wondered. [...]

Hey guys! The following recipe was inspired by 101 Cookbook’s Carrot Oatmeal Cookies recipe…until I realized that peeling baby carrots to make 1 cup of shredded carrot is about as fun as peeling my own fingers (since that’s what happens, and baby carrots were all I had on hand). So, I decided I’d take the [...]