I love the earthy flavor of cooked mushrooms. Roasted, sautéed, grilled. They all lead to goodness. Here’s another way to harness the flavor and love of mushrooms—cream of mushroom soup. And it’s dairy-free. I use either cashew cream or cauliflower for the creamy base. The flavor is equally good in both, but for a slightly …
Zucchini Rollatini {dairy-free}
This recipe is great any time of year, but especially when zucchini is in season. There’s 3 recipes all rolled into one here: a very quick, easy marina sauce, cashew ricotta cheese, and finally, the rollatini. You can grill or pan-fry the zucchini strips. And, if it’s hot outside you can get away with baking …
Raw Berry Cheesecake
I find raw cheesecake one of the easiest cake styles to make. There’s no baking, just soaking of raw cashews and some processing of nuts and in this case, berries. You will need a food processor or high-speed blender to get a creamy consistency. After that, layer all the ingredients in a spring-form pan or pie …
Creamed Spinach {dairy-free}
If you’re a creamed spinach lover but you’re not eating dairy, no need to wonder what other dishes you’ll be able to eat. You can have this. Creamed spinach is usually made with dairy-based cream and cheese, which is not an option for folks avoiding dairy. This recipe uses cashew cream and spinach. The cashew cream …
Ranch Dressing {egg-free & dairy-free}
A few weeks ago I cut out dairy in an effort to get rid of intermittent migraines. And it worked. I think I was eating too much aged cheese and chocolate. The great thing was it gave me the chance to dig into some healthy dairy-free options, like this ranch dressing recipe. I usually make …
Cashew Banana Yogurt Parfait
Cashew banana yogurt using your favorite probiotic, from Gena Hamshaw. In search of a quick and easy dairy-free yogurt to boost your smoothies? Don’t want any stuff besides yogurt in your yogurt? Gena Hamshaw has graciously agreed to share a recipe for dairy-free yogurt from her new book, Choosing Raw. If you’ve been avoiding yogurt because it’s either …
Sesame Noodles {quick & easy}
Cold sesame noodles, zucchini style. I’m forever in search of quick, easy, tasty recipes. If you are too, join me for sesame noodles using peeled zucchini. And if you don’t care for zucchini, cucumber noodles go well with this sauce, too. Or better yet—use both zucchini and cucumber noodles. Just to refresh your options for creating …
Blueberry Cheesecake Bars {dairy-free}
A raw blueberry cheesecake tart—perfect for making cheesecake bars. All I can say is: LIFE. It’s unpredictable, exhilarating, funny, painful, and reminds me that I am alive. I am therefore a bit backed up posting here, and I have so many recipes I’d love to share. And yet, this was a last minute recipe. My coconut flour …
Trail Mix Bars
I’ve seen a lot of Kind bar replica recipes lately, which kicked me into working on a replacement for my old granola bar recipe, which was desperately in need of an update. I’ve also revisited the ratio and ingredients for two other snack bars from way back, using toasted brown rice and millet. My older son and …
Raw Chocolate Cheesecake
I truly belong in a chocolate lovers support group. I few weeks ago I starting feeling a bit sick from eating too many raw brownie bites in order to keep me going on a crazy schedule and fill in for some missed lunches. I’ve successfully avoided chocolate with evaporated cane sugar, but I think I overdosed …
Raw Blackberry Cheesecake
Summer has indeed come to an end. Everyone is heads down in school, the yard is empty, the roses have slowed down, the dog is lonely, and it’s getting darker earlier. But the blackberries are going strong. The 2012 Seattle eternal summer brought quite a bounty of blackberries. All along the streets in my neighborhood …
Cashew Bread {Brioche}
For many of you, I can’t imagine that you’re very excited to turn on your oven and bake some bread. It’s probably hot where you are – a large portion of Comfy Belly readers are in the U.S., and most of the country is hot. I however, am in Seattle—possibly the only place in the …
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