Deborah Mesdag

How to Make Vegan Clover Honee

I have been making my own vegan honee for a couple of years now, and I still love my original honee recipe! It uses chamomile tea bags to give the honee a floral note and make it taste like honey from bees. Last month, though, our yard was covered with dandelions and my mom and …

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Vegan (& Gluten Free) Double Chocolate Muffins!

These muffins have a wonderful texture and a rich chocolate flavor! When made in a jumbo muffin pan, they are a perfect copycat of the big double chocolate muffins at Costco that I used to love. I made many, many batches of this recipe before getting it just right! The jumbo muffins are my favorite, …

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Easy Vegan Chocolate Glaze or Icing

This simple and delicious chocolate icing has just five ingredients and only takes a few minutes to make! I use it on quick breads, bundt cakes, and doughnuts to make them extra special. (This recipe makes enough icing for a 9″ x 5″ loaf, or for 12 doughnuts, and I double the recipe for a …

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Which Formulas for Tube Feeding are Vegan?

As some of you already know, I have CCHS and celiac disease. Most people are familiar with celiac, but CCHS (Congenital Central Hypoventilation Syndrome) is rare and not well known. It basically means my brain does not tell my lungs to breathe and I am dependent on mechanical ventilation. I have a tracheostomy and, like …

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Which Vegan Cheese Makes the Best Grilled Cheese Sandwiches?

I already shared my mom’s tips for how to make a perfect grilled cheese sandwich, but didn’t say yet which was my favorite cheese. My mom and I tested thirteen different vegan cheeses to see which had the best flavor, texture, and meltability on grilled cheese sandwiches! Here are ten of the ones we tried: …

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How to Make a Perfect Vegan Grilled Cheese Sandwich!

My mom makes the best vegan grilled cheese sandwiches! The bread is always perfectly browned and the vegan cheese is always perfectly melted. That is the real challenge to making an ideal vegan grilled cheese sandwich, because you need the cheese to melt and the bread to brown at the same rate. This post shows …

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Review Post – Vegan Cheese for Pizza!

I tried the original Daiya mozzarella shreds year ago and they were disgusting! They tasted like rancid margarine when melted and I didn’t have much hope for ever having a good cheezy pizza ever again. Thankfully, there are much better options now! I recently tried six vegan cheese options for pizza to see which had …

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Gluten Free (& Vegan) Pizza Crust!

It is really easy and inexpensive to make gluten free and vegan pizza crust! I have been using this recipe for years and it always turns out perfectly, with crispy edges and a fluffy, soft middle. Here are the ingredients you will need to make it: I highly recommend using flour that is made with …

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Vegan & Gluten Free Shopping at Aldi

I love shopping at Aldi, and I always start there before going to other stores. Unless another store has a significant sale, Aldi has the best prices in my town. I took a bunch of photos last time I was there so I could show you all the great vegan and gluten free options they …

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A Lovely Vegan Mother’s Day!

My mom and I had a wonderful Mother’s Day! We made lots of delicious vegan food and watched Jane Austen movies. It was fun to cook together and just take a day to relax! We actually started celebrating early by watching The Jane Austen Book Club on Saturday evening: For our Mother’s Day breakfast, we …

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