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Veggie Lover’s Flatbread Pizza

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Veggie lover’s pizza made grain-free with Bob’s Red Mill Flatbread Mix. Add sauce, vegan cheese, and your fav toppings for a fun plant-based pizza night in! 

Veggie Lover's Flatbread Pizza by Flora & Vino  

Story time: M and I have never been on a *real* dinner date; you know, the whole dinner and drinks thing.

Yes, dating during a pandemic is, well, less than ideal. 

On our first date we went hiking, and I showed up in hiking boots, a loose olive green shirt, and yoga pants.

“You look ready to hike,” he said. I was. 

Honestly, I found it a lot more fun to walk and talk than to sit and stare across a blank tablecloth, anyway.

It was nice to have something to do with my legs and arms while my mind was spinning like the tea cups at the amusement park.

But eating together is a fun way to connect, so it wasn’t long before we started sharing food at home. 

On our second date I cooked for him at my place, the 1-Pot Pasta from the blog. 

Since then, we’ve curated a collection of recipes that we enjoy making together, including but not limited to: tacos, spaghetti squash, and anything in a bowl. 

Lately, one of the things we enjoy creating together is homemade pizza.

We ask Alexa to “shuffle songs by Alt-J” and start pizza prep across the gray granite kitchen island. 

Together, we craft two personal pizzas, one for each of us, both similar but deliciously unique.

So today I’m sharing this Veggie Lover’s Flatbread Pizza with you that we made on a recent date night. 

It’s ridiculously easy to make while being magically vegan, grain-free, and gluten-free!

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Date Caramel Nougat Bars

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Gooey caramel nougat bars made with Medjool dates and an almond flour nougat base. Dunk them in vegan chocolate for a Snickers dessert feel! 

Date Caramel Nougat Bars by Flora & Vino

Lately, I’ve been a recipe-testing machine. 

I’m *this* close to finalizing my recipes for the cookbook, so the fridge is loaded with leftovers and the freezer is nope-ing out on any additions. 

Not to mention the usual creative chaos of recipe testing for my first love, this space on the internet. 

I currently feel like my attention is divided between two needy children, and I oscillate between them like a bobblehead; not wanting to play favorites.

Trying to keep things even. 

Such as, which recipes do I save for the book and which do I keep for the Internet?

I imagine it’s how my mom and dad felt divvying up gifts for my sister and I on our birthdays (exactly one week apart in the Spring). 

Particularly because I kept numerical score, carefully counting the number of Rachel’s wrapped gifts to compare to my own loot tally the following week. 

Haha. 

M and I have a system of passing on decision-making for the evening, meaning the other person has to make any and all decisions, including, but not limited to: what to eat for dinner, which yoga class to stream, and which show to watch on Netflix. 

Life decisions during COVID are hard. 

Luckily, the cookbook is meal-prep focused, which narrows down my scope a bit. 

And while these Caramel Almond Nougat Bars are highly delicious and addicting, they’re not a meal prep essential, freeing me to share them with you now. 

Oh, but they *are* essential; essentially delicious with just six ingredients and an easy no-bake method! 

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Dark Chocolate Tahini

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Dark chocolate tahini made oil-free and refined-sugar-free with just three ingredients. Blend it up and serve with baked apple chips for dipping! 

Dark Chocolate Tahini Spread by Flora & Vino

During quarantine, I became irrevocably infatuated with a store-bought chocolate tahini spread. 

I used it like I would a chocolate dessert syrup.

Then I got M on the chocolate tahini train, too. 

And, well…sharing is hard. 

With a chocolate tahini shortage imminent, I knew I had one of two choices. 

I could either hoard and hide those sweet sesame seed butter jars, or learn to make dark chocolate tahini myself.

Obviously, I took the higher path. 

Are you proud of me?

This Dark Chocolate Tahini requires just 3 ingredients and 30 minutes to be yours to hide and hoard.

Or, you know, to share.

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Vegan Raspberry Cheesecake

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Vegan raspberry cheesecake with a gluten-free almond-oat crust, dairy-free cashew coconut cream cheese filling, and a tart raspberry topping. 

Vegan Raspberry Cheesecake by Flora & Vino

I’m writing to you today from bright snow-covered Virginia. 

The snow started on Sunday and white stuff has been falling off and on since then for the last three days (it’s now Tuesday).

I dawned sapphire snowpants, my blue Northface down jacket, and a cerulean wool hat my sister knit me for Christmas to take my daily walk. 

“The blueberry”, M and I fondly referred to the monochromatic ensemble, laughing as we made two sets of footprints in freshly fallen snow.  

Yeah, you have to be pretty darn confident to rock that many shades of blue at the same time in public. 

So I was feeling so conspicuous and cool that I decided to make my first snow angel in 15 years. 

We staked out a fresh plot of snow away from the kids sledding and the half-built snowmen to imprint my likeness. 

Have you made a snow angel recently?

I plopped down on my back and laid there for a second, feeling the cold clarity of the snow underneath me. 

Guys, for a split second I wasn’t quite sure what to do.

Finally, I waved my arms and legs back and forth wildly, feeling snow shift around me in small mounds. 

I stood up to admire my snow-art, giving M the thumbs up as he laughed, recording the ridiculousness on his phone.

It also snowed last week on M’s birthday! 

Which brings me to my recipe for today; Vegan Raspberry Cheesecake.

It’s baked in the oven and made deliciously dairy-free with three layers! 

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Cracker Crusted Zucchini Fries

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Oven- baked zucchini fries coated in cracker crumbs! These oil-free, gluten-free, and plant-based fries make a delicious appetizer or snack. 

Cracker Crusted Zucchini Fries by Flora & Vino

Is it fry-day yet?

Wow, what a week it’s been. 

Since we last spoke we have a new President of the United States.

It was snowing here while the Inauguration ceremony broadcast on my TV in all of it’s patriotic pomp and circumstance.

The giant white flakes flying across my peripheral vision felt symbolic of a brave new beginning. 

My eyes welled up with tears as I watched Kamala Harris repeat the oath of office and become the first female, black, and south-Asian Vice President of the United States of America. 

I squeezed M’s hand in recognition of such a pivotol moment of progress, for me, for us, for the world. 

President Biden’s speech about unity left me optimistic and hopeful that we can get through all of this stuff- this heavy, hard, imperative, polarizing stuff- together. 

If you’re feeling done with American politics and election coverage, that’s cool, because it’s snack time here at F&V. 

Here’s to a new unity that I’ve been personally working on these past few week– crackers and zucchini. 

Ditch the breading and make these Cracker Crusted Zucchini Fries that are grain-free and oil-free and made with just three ingredients! 

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Almond Butter Chocolate Chunk Cookie Bars

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Almond butter chocolate chunk cookie bars layered with a chocolate date topping. A fun vegan, gluten-free, grain-free, and refined-sugar-free dessert!

Almond Butter Chocolate Chunk Cookie Bars by Flora & Vino

How’s 2021 treating you so far, everyone?

It’s been really busy here.

Between creating blog content, working on a cookbook deal, and the day to day life stuff, I feel like the best visual representation of myself is somewhere between the exhausted and skeleton emoji.  

But I really can’t complain because all of this; all of this awesome expansive busy-ness are dreams of my own creation. 

I wrote “I published a cookbook” in my manifestation journal over and over and over. 

Every single day in 2020 until in fall it finally came to fruition and I forwarded the acceptance email to M with big capital letters that read, “THIS IS SO EXCITING.” 

I’m trying to access and harness that initial wonder and excitement in this busy season of overwhelm.  

I don’t think you’ll have *any* trouble harnessing wonder and excitement when it comes to my latest recipe today.

It may be crunch time for me, but it’s munch time for you.

These Almond Butter Chocolate Chunk Cookie Bars are entirely n0-bake with TWO layers of vegan and gluten-free deliciousness. 

Let’s make cookie bars! 

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Thai Salad with SunButter Dressing

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Vegetable Thai salad with raw vegetables, baked tofu, cilantro, and an easy oil-free SunButter dressing. Perfect for an easy meal prep lunch or dinner!

Thai Salad with SunButter Dressing by Flora & Vino         

Last week I impulsively decided to cut my bangs. 

New year, new hair? 

I haven’t done *true* bangs in almost 15 years, since I was obsessed with Anne Hathaway’s thick bang in the Devil Wears Prada.

Remember how chick she looked, guys!?

Well, I didn’t look like that at all. 

The hacked locks stacked on my forehead like a massive mop, a hair helmet of sorts.

So yeah, I’ve been avoiding bangs for a bit. 

But change is good, and I’m getting used to the feeling of movement across my forehead. 

Aaand coming to terms with the fact that, if I actually want them to lay right, I need to style them. 

Doh. 

I’d much rather just style my salads…

I’m excited to share this Thai Salad with SunButter Dressing with you as a fresh option after post-holiday indulgences! 

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Oil-Free Roasted Spiced Chickpeas

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These oil-free roasted chickpeas are an easy protein-packed snack and make the perfect addition to salads and bowls. Sub in your favorite seasoning!

Oil-Free Roasted Spiced Chickpeas by Flora & Vino

And the countdown to the new year keeps marching on. 

It’s the silent prayer on everyone’s lips…2021. 

Last night I attended an intention setting and new year manifestation virtual yoga class. 

The class was divided into three themed segments where we moved and breathed into our past, present, and future. 

It was a beautiful 75 minutes, and looking backwards and forwards made me feel a lot more grounded in the here and now. 

So, here we are, with days left in what many people are calling the hardest year of our lives. 

In reflecting in an Instagram post this past week, I realized that while this year was so devastatingly hard in so many ways, it also inspired personal growth at an accelerated rate. 

And most of it feels pretty good. 

I’m also feeling pretty good about ending the year snacking on Oil-Free Roasted Spiced Chickpeas.

They’re baked with your favorite seasonings and zero added oils for an easy protein-packed snack and make the perfect addition to salads and bowls! 

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Pumpkin Apple Bake

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Pumpkin apple bake made with pumpkin puree and apples naturally sweetened with banana. Perfect for a breakfast or holiday side dish!

Pumpkin Apple Bake by Flora & Vino

My laptop has about the same birthday as Flora & Vino, the blog, circa January 2017.  

Which means they’re both just on the verge of their fourth birthday. 

So it’s actually kind of a miracle that the glowing lettered squares on my keyboard *just* started sticking this week. 

Since last weekend the “y” and “l” keys require aggressive tap-tap-tapping with my index finger before they grace the cursor with their appearance. 

Which, naturally, led to a whole heck of a lot of typos this week. 

Guys, do you know just how many words contain a “y” and an “l”???

Too many.

You’d think with all of the food I photograph that a sticky spill might be the culprit, but I can’t pinpoint any instance of spillage. 

Hm. I guess I need to make a visit to the tech store sometime soon.

Well, you know what else is sticky but a lot sweeter? 

This Pumpkin Apple Bake that’s made with pumpkin puree and apples, sweetened with banana.

It’s excellent to whip up for a unique cold weather breakfast or holiday side!

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Cumin Roasted Carrots

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Roasted carrots simply seasoned with ground cumin, garlic, and fresh herbs. Enjoy as a colorful side on your plant-based plate!

Cumin Roasted Carrots by Flora & Vino

Yesterday I completed a socially distant gift drop off at my parents’ house. 

I piled brown paper bags to their full capacity with wrapped presents and managed to corral them into the car with only one red bow jumping ship.

Huzzah. 

I felt a bit like Santa Claus, humming to classic Christmas music with gifts in tow, driving down highways to where I used to live.

I dropped their gifts perched on my old front porch and scooped up gifts addressed “To: Lauren” in their stead. 

I inwardly laughed, because they had used the same Whole Foods brown paper bags to transport the gifts as I had. 

It was a bit strange, waving at my parents behind a mask and a storm door, but I know they could tell I was grinning. 

When I got home, M said that the mini tree was too small; the sea of new gifts dwarfed its green needled stature. 

It’s going to be a good Christmas, friends. 

Do you typically have your big Christmas meal on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day? 

Typically, we’ve always done the “nicer” dinner on Christmas Eve and saved leftovers for Christmas Day. 

This year, let’s try roasting carrots as a colorful side! 

These Cumin Roasted Carrots are so easy to roast and serve with your plant-based main. 

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