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Vegan Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cherry Bites

December 6, 2012 by EmmaEats

It can’t be so. Cookies with no nuts, no butter and no eggs and entirely irresistible. Well, it is indeed so. These incredibly flavourful cookies are definite crowd-pleasers and even diehard non-vegans won’t even notice that these tasty morsels are in fact without the butter, egg and nut triumvirate. Emma picked these for her school snack day awhile back and the platter came back clean. Empty. As were the bowls of them at her birthday party. As was the tray […]

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Get the Balance Right — Homemade Caramel Corn, 4 ways

August 9, 2012 by EmmaEats

We’re fresh off a visit to Disney World. One of Emma’s favourite Disney treats, among the many, is caramel corn. In general, it’s off-limits since most varieties are plastered with peanut warnings or contain added nuts. So we’re not talking just any caramel corn here. This is a nut-free, explicitly-stated-on-the-package kind which we only find at one shop over on Main Street. On past trips, we’ve even returned home with a few bags. This time, however, we didn’t have to! […]

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I’ve Got to Find Sweet Cherries – Simple Cherry Preserves

July 26, 2012 by EmmaEats

We’ve been fortunate to get our hands on some delicious cherries this summer. Of course, the season is so short. I thought I’d try my hand at drawing it out a bit longer since we’ve all been enjoying this sweet ruby fruit so much. The first time I made these preserves they were for these lovely little black forest cakes. Just the thought of black forest cakes takes me back a few years (it’s not often I hear of them […]

Categories: Really Yum Yum, Recipes, Sides, Vegan • Tags: Cherry, Cooking, Dessert, desserts, Family-friendly, Food, food-photography, Fruit preserves, Homemade, Kid-friendly, nut-free, quick and easy, Recipes, summer recipes, Vegan

Don’t Think Twice – Individual Black Forest Icebox Cakes

July 20, 2012 by EmmaEats

A rich, flavourful and gorgeous individual serving-sized cake that requires no baking? Inconceivable! When you don’t have central air conditioning, keeping the house cool during hot weather becomes high priority. We’ve had a lot of hot weather this year. As a result, most of our cooking has been happening outside to avoid turning on the oven or stove. That’s where this cake comes in. It requires no baking and only requires cooking if you decide to make the cherry preserves […]

Categories: Desserts, Really Yum Yum, Recipes, Vegan • Tags: Black Forest, Cherry, Chocolate, coconut, Dessert, desserts, Family-friendly, Food, food-photography, Homemade, Icebox cake, Kid-friendly, nut-free, quick and easy, Recipes, Vegan

Her name is Cherry – Chewy Dark Chocolate Cherry Oatmeal Cookies

April 12, 2012 by EmmaEats

Originally, I had no intention of posting a dessert recipe this week. We had a big family Easter weekend where we consumed so many sinful sweets like nanaimo bars and lemon squares, chocolate cake and truffles, not to mention the many chocolate eggs from the kids’ Easter egg hunt. After “Feaster”, this week should have been a “get-back-to-healthy-eating” week. But then, as I admired the eggs in Emma and Katie’s Easter basket, I remembered these cookies. Their dark and sweet and […]

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Ladybug ladybug…

November 11, 2010 by EmmaEats

Our little Emma turns three on Sunday. I can’t believe how quickly the time is flying by! Emma had a few requests for celebrating her birthday: a Tinkerbell party, sausage rolls to eat and ladybug cupcakes. A few times this past year, I made some cupcakes for her, including this incredible set of Chocolate Cherry Cupcakes from Nigella. Not only does this recipe taste delicious, it’s a no-mixer required and almost a 1 bowl recipe (aside from beating the eggs […]

Categories: Desserts, Really Yum Yum, Recipes • Tags: baking, Baking and Confections, Cherry, Chocolate, Cooking, Cupcakes, Dessert, Family-friendly, Food, food-photography, Kid-friendly, Nigella Lawson, nut-free, quick and easy