Basic Chocolate Ice Cream (Coconut Milk)

The coconut milk makes a creamy non-dairy ice cream, which is hard to come by in non-dairy frozen desserts. It also adds a delicious coconut flavor. Other non-dairy milks can be substituted, but the resulting ice cream will be icier, less creamy, and also harder when allowed to freeze in the freezer. The amount of [...]

Chocolate-Dipped Almond Biscotti

Here’s one of the baked goods I took in to the bookstore yesterday. They turned out beautifully. I’m kicking myself right now for not taking a picture, but now you know how crazy the last week has been. The original recipe called for unrefined sugar, eggs, and adding the chocolate chips into the dough. Instead [...]

Raw Nut Milk – Almond or Hazelnut

Previously, I would use my soy milk maker to make raw nut milk, but I am now using the easiest tool of all to make the nut milk — my Vita-Mix. Straining is virtually unnecessary in the Vita-Mix because it grinds the nuts to such a fine consistency. There is one other way to make [...]