Sugar Free Vegan Sorbet Recipes

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Get ready for frosty bliss with these fabulous sugar free vegan sorbet recipes. Prep is quick and easy in most cases and the flavor variety is endless. Sorbets make the most of whatever fruit is in season. In summer, that means plenty of citrus and melons down at your local farmer’s market. You can even satisfy your chocolate cravings with a creamy sorbet, without milk or sugar. So grab your chocolate, fruit, freezer and blender and fall madly in love with your spoon over the sugar free vegan sorbet recipes below.

Blueberry Sorbet (DF, GF, SF, K, V, VG) (Spark People)

Cherry Sorbet (DF, GF, SF, K, V, VG) (Good Food Channel)

Chocolate Sorbet (DF, GF, SF, K, V, VG) (Heal With Food)

Cranberry Sorbet (DF, GF, SF, K, V, VG) (Fat Free Vegan)

Mango Sorbet (DF, GF, SF, K, V, VG) (Sugar Free Mom)

Watermelon Sorbet (DF, GF, SF, K, V, VG) (Easy Sugar Free Recipes)

Need more sugar free vegan recipes? Our Recipe Index is loaded with them.

Be sure to check out my sustainable food poem at D.W. Metz’s unknown poetry blog.

Dairy Free Vegan Bread Recipes

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Indulge your lust for cheesy biscuits and cream cheese on pumpkin bread with these dairy free vegan bread recipes. The recipes in this post reveal mystery binders, dairy substitutes and flavor exponentiators that you would never guess if you tried. And kids will love helping with the Farmhouse Seed Bread. So settle in with a cup of coffee or tea and read on.

Let’s begin with savory breads. Don’t you just LOVE a good crispbread, aka cracker, especially a whole grain, for spreads and dips? Gluten Free Vegan Girl’s Whole Grain Crispbread is great to keep on hand for lunch boxes, snacks and appetizers. Play with herb and vegetable add-ins.

From Ali and Tom at the Whole Life Nutrition Kitchen comes Farmhouse Seed Bread, a megahit with their readers. The comments feature an abundance of substitution trials and results. My favorites are for that Honey Wheat flavor and shaping into bagels, bread bowls and pitas. This is a perfect recipe for kid chefs to learn how to knead.

Shirley Braden at Gluten Free Easily did a little leftover experiment and came up with this brilliant dairy free vegan bread recipe for Brazilian Un-Cheese Rolls/Biscuits. You will not believe her secret ingredient for the cheesy flavor in these low carb, three-inch-wide, easy drop biscuits. The secret ingredient is also the flavor variable, with reader recipes in the comments.

Let’s start off the sweet dairy free vegan bread recipes with Blueberry Banana Pancakes, from Jeanine and Jack at Love and Lemons. I’m a big pancake fan with a weakness for blueberries and bananas. Jeanine discovered that bananas have magic in them beyond their renowned nutritional value. They can actually make pancakes practically levitate. My favorite tip in the comments is not to make your batter the night before.

I saved the superstar for last: Allyson Kramer’s Cinnamon Swirl Pumpkin Bread. You won’t want pumpkin bread any other way once you try this dairy free vegan bread recipe. Be sure to make extra batches upfront, so your family will get a chance at it. The best comments are those on cutting sugar and adding apples. Store bought pumpkin rolls can’t hold a candle to this! 

  

Whole Grain Crispbread (DF, GF, SF, V, VG)

Gluten Free Vegan Girl

Farmhouse Seed Bread (DF, GF, SF, V, VG)

The Whole Life Nutrition Kitchen

Brazilian Un-Cheese Rolls/Biscuits (SF, GF, SF, V, VG)

Gluten Free Easily

Blueberry Banana Pancakes (DF, GF, SF, V, VG)

Love and Lemons

Cinnamon Swirl Pumpkin Bread (DF, GF, V, VG)

Allyson Kramer

Remember to visit our Recipe Index for more delicious Dairy Free Vegan Bread Recipes. Bon appetit!

Do you prefer savory or sweet breads? Do you like kneading dough?

Gluten Free Tuesday: Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Halloween Tips & Gluten Free Vegan Recipe

Guest Blogger: Julie Thompson, RD (UK)

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Happy Halloween and Gluten Free Tuesday! Café Belinda is honoured to welcome guest blogger Julie Thompson, RD of the Calm Gut Clinic in West Yorkshire, UK. She is a dietitian working in private practice and with the NHS, and Diet Advisor to the IBS Network (the UK charity for people with Irritable Bowel Syndrome). 

6 Things a Registered Dietitian Can Help You With

Julie specializes in the dietary treatment of gut disorders. Patients come to her with problems such as Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), Crohns Disease, Ulcerative Colitis, Coeliac Disease (Celiac Disease in the US), Lactose & Fructose Malabsorption and Complex Food Intolerances. Julie joins us today to share a vegan recipe and vegan IBS tips for a happy Halloween. – BYH

About Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)

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Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is the name given to a longstanding illness consisting of frequent abdominal discomfort and bowel symptoms that cannot be explained by any other disease. Symptoms include abdominal cramps, bloating, diarrhoea and/or constipation. Patients frequently suffer from food intolerances to a variety of different carbohydrates found in the diet. Evidence has shown that with the help of a dietitian and reduction of gut Fermentable carbohydrates, such as Oligosaccharides, Disaccharides, Monosaccharides And Polyols (FODMAPs), symptoms can resolve in up to 70-80% of people.

How to Eat Safely for Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) & Avoid a Frightful FODMAP Gut This Halloween

(8 Vegan Tips)

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Eating out with a food intolerance around any holiday can be challenging. Avoiding fermentable carbohydrates is more than difficult when the diet is not well known. The following tips should help you to avoid major problems. Planning in advance is usually the best idea of all.

1. If you are going to a party, call ahead and ensure the host is aware of your requirements. Send a list of suitable food so that everyone can eat the same food. For instance, garlic infused oil can be safely substituted for garlic.

2. Also, communicate with wait staff or anyone serving your food to avoid problems.

3. If you avoid gluten (gluten intolerance) check out the Coeliac UK site on eating out and refer people catering for you to the food industry professionals section of the site if contamination is a problem. You may have to check for other ingredients containing FODMAPs.

4. Choose appropriate foods according to your requirements. Remember to check food labels for problematic food. Sweets may contain high fructose corn syrup, for example.

5. Remember that food allergy labelling does not include information on food intolerances such as fructose. Be sure to check the ingredients list. Your dietitian can advise you about which ingredients you need to avoid.

6. If you don’t tolerate onion and garlic, then choose plain vegan alternatives, like Smoked Tofu, Quorn, Quinoa, rice, potatoes, plain dairy free cheeses and allowed vegetables. As for nuts, take a small handful only, not cashew or pistachio, as they may result in problems. Choose a variety of foods containing protein to get all the amino acids your body requires.

7. You can always plan to do something that doesn’t include eating. It is important to enjoy events, which can have a positive effect. Consider watching a film with friends and family, play a Halloween game or make some Halloween decorations.

8. If avoiding problematic food is too difficult, follow your diet very closely before and after the event and try to avoid eating too much of the suspected food. Remember: most FODMAP foods are dose related, except onion and garlic. Those who have problems with onion and garlic need to avoid even small amounts. Symptoms are unpleasant, but should not cause any long term problems. If symptoms occur, see http://www.theibsnetwork.org/the-self-care-plan/ for advice.

IBS Vegan Halloween Recipe

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Spicy Paprika Crackers

These delicious snack crackers are low FODMAP, dairy free, gluten free, wheat free and vegan. Enjoy your Halloween!

Check out these recommended links:
Celiac Sprue Association - an American celiac site
Eating Out in the US
Gluten Free Holidays & Travel Country Guides

The IBS Diet

CalmGutClinic - Julie’s professional site

Julie Thompson, RD on Pinterest

Julie Thompson, RD has written for the Guardian, Sainsbury’s Magazine, NHD Magazine and GUT Reaction. She has also presented at the Allergy & Free From Show and IBS Network Well-Being Day.

Do you have questions about IBS, Celiac Disease, FODMAPs or how to live on a dairy free, gluten free, vegan diet? Please leave a comment. Happy Halloween!

Gluten Free Vegan Bread Recipes

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Going gluten free can wreak havoc with your carb addiction, but these Gluten Free Vegan Bread Recipes will put you back in the saddle in no time. The key is in discovering the wide world of alternate flours and xanthan gum. This revelation will open the door to incredible flavors, textures and kid fun, too.

A big concern is sandwich and side breads for lunch and dinner. Garlic, pumpernickel and rye quickly come to mind. Karina, the Gluten Free Goddess, feels the same way and developed a delicious Ryeless Rye Bread using her Breadman. Imagine, a gluten free cycle on a bread machine, right where you need it. She also includes regular oven instructions, until your bread machine comes in.

For pumpernickel, Responsible Eating And Living/REAL offers a gluten free vegan bread recipe using a home blend of flours, including brown rice, garbanzo and tapioca flours. Megan, the Gluten Free Vegan’s Italian Garlic Breadsticks go well with soup, salad, pasta and all things Italian. I love her readers’ comments and vote for adding olive oil to the plastic bag before adding the dough and snipping a smaller hole. Kid chefs can pipe it onto the sheet and add the garlic and parsley.

Your family needs a healthy breakfast that leaves them full, smiling and on schedule. Keep a big batch of sweet and hearty Buckwheat Banana Nut Muffins from the Detoxinista in the fridge for convenient breakfasts on the go and handy after school snacks. Scroll down the comments at Detoxinista for tips on coconut oil, pre-ground versus home-ground buckwheat groats and add-in variations and results. When it comes to gluten free vegan bread recipes, you can learn a lot from the comments section.

Chocolate cupcakes are a must, for desserts, special occasions, tailgating, holidays, lunch boxes, you name it. And what are cupcakes without a good buttercream frosting and plenty of chocolate? Hollie, Annie and Chelsea, the three sisters at Natural Sweet Recipes, bring it all together for you.

When switching to gluten free vegan bread recipes, which cupcake flavors do you prefer? Which savory breads are your flavor faves?

Ryeless Rye Bread (DF, GF, SF, V, VG)

Gluten Free Goddess

Pumpernickel Bread (DF, GF, V, VG)

Responsible Eating And Living/REAL

Italian Garlic Breadsticks (DF, GF, SF, V, VG)

The Gluten Free Vegan

Buckwheat Banana Nut Muffins (DF, GF, SF, V, VG)

Detoxinista

Chocolate Cupcakes (DF, GF, SF, V, VG)

Natural Sweet Recipes

Chocolate Buttercream Frosting (DF, GF, SF, V, VG)

Natural Sweet Recipes

Be sure to stop by our Recipe Index for more Gluten Free Vegan Bread Recipes. Bon appetit!

Meatless Monday: Vegan Soup Recipes

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Even with Spring well on its way here in Zone 8B, a piping hot bowl of soup still hits the spot on a chilly day. The garlic and onions I just pressed into the soil are already marching around my raised beds with long, tall greens, but won’t be ready for these soups for several more weeks. Also, my seed potatoes have not yet leafed, nor have I started my bean and tomato seeds in the greenhouse. But I’m more than in the mood for these hearty Meatless Monday vegan soup recipes.

Bean and Tomato Soup (DF, GF, SF, K, V, VG) (BDunner/SparkPeople)
Broccoli Soup (DF, GF, SF, K, V, VG) (Nakkeya/All Recipes)
French Onion Soup (DF, GF, SF, K, V, VG) (Go Dairy Free)
Kale and Roasted Vegetable Soup (DF, GF, SF, K, V, VG) (Simply Recipes/Yummly)
Lentil Dal Soup (DF, GF, SF, K, V, VG) (Vegan Soup Recipes)

Remember to visit our Recipe Index for more Meatless Monday vegan soup recipes. Bon appetit!

Sugar Free Vegan Soup Recipes

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“Only the pure in heart can make a good soup,” said Beethoven. Whether you’re pure of heart, naughty but nice or what teachers politely call a rascal, there are times in life when you just need some good sugar free vegan soup recipes. Be it weather, a rough day, medical issues or simply a desire, soup has been a global go-to cure for centuries.

This course of a thousand flavors can be your best friend when you’re trying to drop a few extra pounds. According to Eating Well, two recent studies have shown that diners who start with soup tend to conserve calories, thanks to the water content.

The great comedian Milton Berle liked to joke about his wife, “She loves to make soup--especially cream of yesterday. “ Contrary to Mrs. Berle, you’ll want to include these sugar free vegan soups in your menu every day. With outstanding nutritional content, soup-erior flavor profiles and simple preparation, they’re just that good.

Quick and Easy Tortilla Soup (DF, SF, K, V, VG) (The Sugar Free Vegan)
Roasted Red Pepper and Squash Soup (DF, SF, K, V, VG) (Diet, Dessert and Dogs)
Rosemary Ginger Potato Leek Soup (DF, GF, SF, K, V, VG) (Gluten, Dairy, Sugar Free)
White Bean and Kale Soup (DF, GF, SF, K, V, VG) (Simply Sugar and Gluten Free)
Quick Chili (DF, SF, K, V, VG) (Choose Veg)

Remember to visit our Recipe Index for more sugar free soup recipes. Bon appetit!

Gluten Free Soup Recipes

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Abraham Maslow quipped, “A first-rate soup is more creative than a second-rate painting.” This collection of five gluten free soup recipes is absolutely first-rate. Start your family and guests off with a culinary masterpiece of tomato, potato, okra, black bean or celery. When you sip a cup or bowl of soup, you’re actually taking a trip around the world in a spoon. The term “soup” originally hails from Sanskrit, one of the many languages of India. In that tongue, it translates to “good nutrition."

Nutrition is exactly what you’ll get with these hearty soups. Tomatoes and potatoes both carry a whopping 60% Recommended DailyAllowance of Vitamin D. Hippocrates wasn’t kidding around when he said, “Let thy food be thy medicine.” In the ancient Indian healing system of Ayurveda, garlic and onions are both recommended for heart disease and high blood pressure, among many other ailments. So invite your family and friends to join you in a bowl of soup. It’s big enough for everyone. 

Quick and Easy Tomato Basil Soup (Cold ala Gazpacho) (About.com) (DF, GF, SF, K, V, VG)

African Peanut Potato Stew (Fat Free Vegan) (DF, GF, SF, K, V, VG) 

Gumbo (Simply Gluten-Free) (DF, GF, SF, K, V, VG) 

Black Bean and Vegetable Kamikaze Cook Soup (Spark People) (DF, GF, SF, K, V, VG)  

Curried Cream of Celery Soup (Vegetarian Times) (DF, GF, SF, K, V, VG) 

Remember to visit our Recipe Index for more gluten free soup recipes. Bon appetit!

Dairy Free Soup Recipes

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When winter chills your bones and cold and flu season’s got you sneezin’, dairy free soup recipes are just what the doctor ordered. I found these delicious bowls of dairy free perfection while toodling about the blogosphere. Laurie Colwin once wrote, “To feel safe and warm on a cold wet night, all you really need is soup.”  These soups will warm you right up, especially the spicy Chinese Hot and Sour Soup and Chunky Chipotle Chili. "Is chicken soup good for your health?" "Not if you're the chicken." Well, there’s no chicken in this “Chicken” Noodle Soup or any of the dairy free soups in our Recipe Index. According to SoupHoopla, all but 1% of American homes spend $5 billion a year on soup, altogether. Imagine how much you’ll save making your own at home with these savory, dairy free soup recipes.

“Chicken” Noodle Soup (DF, SF, K, V, VG) (Choose Veg)

“Cream” of Tomato Soup (DF, GF, SF, K, V, VG) (Vegan Family)

Red Lentil and Vegetable Soup (DF, GF, SG, K, V, VG) (Good Housekeeping/Delish)

Chinese Hot and Sour Soup (DF, GF, SF, K, V, VG) (About.com)

Chunky Chipotle Chili (DF, GF, SF, K, V, VG) (Vegan Coach)

Remember to visit our Recipe Index for more dairy free soup recipes. Bon appetit!

Meatless Monday: Vegan Chocolate Recipes for Valentine’s Day

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“All you need is love,” sang the Beatles. Lucy in Peanuts by Charles Schultz added, “but a little chocolate now and then doesn’t hurt.” Whether your chocoholic sweetheart swoons to the tune of cocoa, cake, cupcakes, cookies or candy, you’ll find the perfect Meatless Monday vegan chocolate recipes for Valentine’s Day here. Your love muffin will be pudding in your hands by the time you’re through.

Start them off with a blissful cup of classic Hot Cocoa and a Black and White Muffin. Let the kid chefs loose with Flourless Chocolate Cake and Chocolate Chip Cookies. Turn up the heat with Chocolate Chipotle Cupcakes, an Iron Cupcake Challenge entry. Cool down with Chocolate Mint Cupcakes.

For the big finish, serve up dishes of Chocolate Chia Pudding with homemade Raw Chocolate Orange Truffles alongside. With these Meatless Monday vegan chocolate recipes for Valentine’s Day, you and your loved ones will be in endorphin overload. Perhaps you’ll even discover some new flavor favorites while showing Mother Earth some love. Happy Valentine’s Day and bon appetit!

Hot Cocoa (Calorie Count)

Black and White Muffins (Vegan Family)

Raw Chocolate Orange Truffles (Cocoa Heaven)

Flourless Chocolate Cake (WedMD)

Chocolate Chip Cookies (Oh She Glows)

Chocolate Chipotle Cupcake (Cupquake)

Chocolate Mint Cupcakes (Vegan Cupcake Recipes)

Chocolate Chia Pudding (Food.com)

Chocolate Quotes (Famous Quotes and Quotations)

Visit our Recipe Index for more Vegan Chocolate Recipes for Meatless Monday, Valentine’s Day and any day.

   

Kosher Vegan Chocolate Recipes for Valentine’s Day

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What do Kosher Vegan Valentines eat? Why chocolate, of course, and plenty of it! These Kosher Vegan Chocolate Recipes offer plenty of options for Valentine’s Day and other occasions. With Valentine’s Day just a few days after Shabbat Shekalim (Shabbat before New Month of Adar) and Rosh Chodesh Adar (New Month of Adar) and before the Ta’anit Esther (Fast of Esther), it makes sense to have plenty of Kosher Vegan Chocolate noshes on hand.

If your sweetheart is the traditional type, bribe them with Buckwheat Blintzes, Honey Cake or Chocolate Cheesecake. Taking Hamantaschen to vegan friends? Check out the chocolate version below.

Teaching children to keep Vegan Kosher at the most chocolate-full time of the year? Kid chefs will enjoy preparing Chocolate Chip Challah and Chocolate Chip Cookies.

For a fancier Valentine’s Day menu, whip up a Chocolate Mousse. A decadent batch of Chocolate Truffles will touch the heart of any chocolate-loving Kosher Vegan. These recipes will also add a finishing touch to the celebration of birthdays, weddings and bar and bat mitzvahs.

Hamantaschen (triangle cookies, chocolate option) (ShalomVeg)

Chocolate Cheesecake (Vegan Chef)

Chocolate Chip Challah (Climbin Vegan)

Buckwheat Blintzes (chocolate option) (Smarter Fitter)

Honey Cake (contains cocoa, no honey) (My Jewish Learning)

Chocolate Mousse (Healthy Shabbat)

Chocolate Chip Cookies (Style It Kosher)

Chocolate Truffles (Levana Cooks)

Remember to visit our Recipe Index for more Kosher Vegan flavors. Happy Valentine’s Day and Bon Appetit!

Other Resources:

Jewish Holiday Calendar

Kiddush

Keeping Vegan and Kosher

Hamantasch

15 Dairy Free and Gluten Free Recipes for a Thanksgiving Menu

Go for a blend of traditional and not-so-traditional dishes with these dairy and gluten free recipes for Thanksgiving. These sweet and savory delicacies comprise a full meatless menu: drinks, bread, soup, salad, starch, vegetable, meat substitute and dessert. Holiday flavors, such as carrot, apple, cranberry and orange, set a festive tone, while sweet potato and faux turkey take pride of place.

Substitution Quick Tips:

·        Milk = Soy milk

·        Eggs = Ener G Egg Replacer

·        Flour = Coconut flour

·        Sugar = Agave nectar

·        Meat = Tofu and/or tempeh (marinated in seasoning of your choice)

Savings Tip:

DollarTree carries WestSoy Plain Lowfat Soymilk Drink, usually on the top shelf, halfway down the grocery aisle. The Ingredient List states: “filtered water, organic soymilk, organic dehydrated cane juice, sea salt and vitamins A, D2 and B2”. At only $1 per quart, this is a significant savings over WalMart prices. Unfortunately, it’s not on their large order website at this time. Maybe if enough of us lobby them it may come about. J

 

Apple Orchard Punch (Yummly)

Pull Apart Dinner Rolls (Vegan Richa)

Curried Carrot Soup with Pan Toasted Cornbread Croutons (Gluten Free Goddess)

Cornbread Dressing (Weight Watchers Community)

Cranberry Orange Rice Pilaf (About.com> Vegetarian Food)

Sweet Potato Casserole (aka Yam Bake, Cooking Gluten & Dairy Free)

Faux Turkey Breasts (Ann Gentry, HuffPost> Food)

Spiced Cranberry Relish (About.com>French Food)

Pumpkin Pie with Pecan Crust (OhSheGlows)

Fudge-tastic Brownies (HealthfulPursuit)

 

Chocolate Chip Cookies (Elana’s Pantry)

Coconut Cream Truffles (Delicious Obsessions)

Visit our Recipe Index for more dairy and gluten free recipes for Thanksgiving, with easy to understand codes for your convenience. Bon appetit and Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours!