The Consummate Chocolate Chip Cookie

I would like to start this post by giving a shout out to the greatest football team ever to walk God’s Green Earth: the Pittsburgh Steelers.
In honor of the World’s Best Football Team, I bring you the World’s Best Chocolate Chip Cookie. Each – the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Chocolate Chip Cookie – really [...]

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Spritz Cookies

After the cake debacle left me with no sweet treat for my guests, I kicked into overdrive to find an adequate replacement that I could make with the clock ticking. As I scanned my cupboards for inspiration, one thing jumped out at me, a most unsuspecting item: a box that looked like it came [...]

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Thai Tapioca Pudding

The other day, I was involved in the type of incident that makes me think, “Only me….”
Wednesday was Kamehameha Day, a state holiday in Hawaii. I was enjoying my day off, but there was some work to be done, so I stopped by one of our facilities on my way to town to do [...]

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Coconut Rum Cake

Often times, people seemed surprised when they find out that I enjoy cooking and food magazines. As the majority of cooking magazines do not cater to a vegan audience, this surprise is well merited. In the true spirit of the DIY lifestyle, I enjoy a good challenge and most of the recipes in [...]

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Daring Bakers Challenge: L’Opera Cake

This month’s Daring Bakers challenge was a L’Opera Cake, which features a cake made with 6 egg whites and 6 whole eggs. *Sigh* Daring Bakers, what are you trying to do to me? Make me throw my vegan lovin’ hands up in frustration and cry “Woe is me!”?
Ha! Not this gal. [...]

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Carob Strawberry Ice Cream

It’s been a busy month. Forgive me?
Now that it is mid-May and spring is beginning to work its wondrous magic in most places, I do not have to feel guilty about sharing a recipe for a warm weather treat like ice cream. I love ice cream and I highly recommend that everyone, if you [...]

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Passover Seder

When I was younger, I wanted to be Jewish.
My friends all attended Hebrew school in the evenings or on the weekends. Every summer they all went away to co-ed summer camp run by the Jewish Community Center. (I was shipped off every summer to an all girls’ Christian camp.)  My friends all attended JCC dances, [...]

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Daring Bakers Challenge: Chocolate Covered Cheesecake Pops

I return to you red-faced and ashamed.  Several weeks have gone by with nary a peep from the Outpost, and yet another day would have passed with no updates had I not at the last minute remembered that today is the posting day for the April Daring Bakers challenge.  Happily, I have been scheming and [...]

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Raw Parfait

I must apologize for my long absence from the blog.  My job has seemingly swallowed me whole recently, but I am coming up for air and with me I am bringing one of our favorite dessert recipes (as a peace offering, of course!).
I try to assimilate as many foods in their natural state as possible [...]

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Daring Bakers Challenge: Dorie Greenspan’s Perfect Party Cake

 

 Another month, another Daring Bakers challenge. This month’s challenge was cake and, due to a hectic work schedule and then vacation (woo-hoo!) it came down to the wire for me this month and I baked this up at the last minute, unfortunately with no real reason for having a cake on hand. That [...]

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