Apple Cinnamon Muffin Binge

I had a craving for muffins today, and just had to whip some up. I ended up at the supermarket with no real direction, and waited for some inspiration. The apples in the produce department caught my eye, and I ended up with these beauties!

Okay, okay... I wouldn't exactly call these beauties either, I can never get those big mountainous muffin tops that I used to get before I switched to vegan baking... but these sure are damn tasty. Tasty enough to forget about their sad, stubby little tops. I kind of threw this together combining a few different recipes I had scanned over. I ended up with this recipe:

-The Dry Ingredients-

1-1/2 cups all purpose flour

1 cup whole wheat flour
3/4 cup brown sugar

1 tablespoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

1-1/2 teaspoons cinnamon

1 teaspoon ground ginger

-The Wet Ingredients-

2 cups peeled & chopped apples

1/2 cup apple sauce

1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar

1 cup of non-dairy milk (I used almond this time)

1/3 cup canola oil

1 teaspoon vanilla

Preheat your oven to 375 F, combine your dry ingredients, the add your wet ingredients. Bake for 25-30 minutes. Then gorge yourself!

Avocado Pesto Pasta

I tried a new recipe for dinner last night, it was a recipe that I had stumbled across while perusing Chef Chloe Coscarelli's website. Chloe Coscarelli is the vegan chef that won Food Networks Cupcake Wars (Twice I think???). I figured if her cupcakes are so amazing, which they are... I've tried a bunch of her cupcake recipes with great success, then surely her savory dishes would be great as well!

This was such an easy recipe to make, all you have to do is boil some noodles, puree some veggies in your handy dandy food processor, combine and viola! Super delicious and super easy dinner! The creaminess of the avocado is just superb with pasta, who knew? Oh, I tossed in some sun-dried tomatoes as the recipe suggests, and it is not optional, it is freaking necessary! So Good!  

Click here to get the recipe for this magical dish!