Recipes

As the title says…this is super gooey, super ugly and super sticky cinnamon rolls made with pumpkin dough and pumpkin jam as a topping…and super delicious. This all pumpkin rolls, literally pumpkin in the dough and pumpkin in the topping are super, let me emphasize, super delicious if you are an all pumpkin fan like I am.  Every bite is screaming pumpkin…the soft and cottony dough filled with pumpkin spice, sugar and butter covered with a layer (or two) of gooey and sticky pumpkin jam is absolutely heaven… – Why these pumpkin cinnamon rolls are different? To keep the color...

This dish was inspired by a recipe my boyfriend once took home from him from work, in a brief stint as a chef at a mediterranean restaurant. It was so comforting and rich, and we tried to make it again using the same ingredients, but could never get it quite right *as in, he put a 1/3rd block of butter in it, convinced that was the correct quantity, and then was shocked when the sauce ended up being 80% oil, 20% cream* plus, some of the ingredients were pricey, like truffle oil. So, we decided to concoct our own, much...

A tea-of-the-moment, which happens to be thousands of years old, is turmeric tea, a highly antioxidant, anti-inflammatory herbal tea. Revered as a ‘golden spice’ in Ayurvedic medicine for more than 5000 years, it has long been drunk as a tea. When brewing black tea, you can add ¼ teaspoon ground turmeric to the cup before pouring in the hot water. For a simple tisane, ground turmeric or fresh root slices with hot water is popular. But for a most impressive healthful gift, Vahdam’s Turmeric Tea Tales (photos #1 and #2) is the way to gift it in style. An elegant...

If you're looking for a unique and different Thanksgiving pie recipe, this black bottom oatmeal pie recipe is for you! First popularized by famed Brooklyn pie shop, Four & Twenty Blackbirds, this pie is inspired by the flavors of an oatmeal chocolate chip cookie—jump to the recipe! For even more flavor, be sure to use organic all-purpose flour and old-fashioned rolled oats from my sponsor, Bob's Red Mill. As always, all thoughts and opinions are my own, and thank you for supporting the brands that keep the lights on at Hummingbird High!Thanksgiving PiesEvery year, when Thanksgiving rolls around, I am...

Banana pudding is a perfect dessert. Puddings and custards in general are key ingredients of all my favorite confections: creme brulee, flan, custard filled donuts, rice pudding, etc. They are also less forgiving and more difficult to veganize than baked goods like cakes, cookies, and muffins. A year into being vegan and I have found excellent versions of many of the above desserts or managed to make them myself, but banana pudding had been an insurmountable craving for both Maddy and I until last week, when I attempted a banana pudding for a Friendsgiving, aka the ultimate chance to show...