If you are looking for a different & useful type of Christmas card this year, please look at these cards from Project Hands. Though not detailed in this link, you can buy in quantities of 10 cards for just $15. (the larger quantity orders can be personalized)All proceeds from the cards go directly to Project Hands. I am ordering some cards; they look beautiful in addition to being a lovely way to give... and your cards will help spread the word of this organization. The website also offers info on giving donations as gift cards.
I am still breaking, but really wanted to share this link for those of you interested - so you have time to order. Please do.
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So pretty and what a great cause--thanks for the tip.
Also, I made a bunch of tasty stuff from ED&BV last night and posted about it.....Thank you so much for such wonderful recipes.
Urban Vegan, you take the cake with that confession!! Love the post (and THANK YOU), and most of all I love your colorful, playful cookbook doodles. I'll have you illustrate for me in the future, okay?! :)
Thank you so much for spending time on wheat-free and also gluten-free VEGAN dessert recipes! Your work is greatly appreciated!
Hi Dreena,
I just wanted to let you know that I bought all your books. The others are on the away but I got Viva La Vegan and saw many reciped with hemp so we went to our store today to get some hemp producst, did not even know if we would find any. We were only able to find hemp nuts and hemp protein powder and it was too expensive almosy $20 US for a little package.
Anyway, my question is what can I sub. for hemp products in recipes? Is hemp generally this expensive or just expensive in my area? Is it cheaper in BC?
Thanks.
Here in VA a bag od Hemp seed is 9.99 for a 10 oz bag. I have heard they should be cheaper but the US has it laws
Hi there.. I am in Baltimore. And we went to David's i think they have it down in VA as well. I can not remember buit it was a small bag for $19.99. It was too much for me. Especially because I did not even know the taste.
I know I can sub peanut butter for hemp seed butter but the other stuff.. think I would rather sub something else.
This site has hemp seed
http://www.livingnutritionals.com/index.php?cPath=2000347_2000351
7.85 for a 10oz bag or you can get a sample bag for 1.89 I think.
I truely love the hemp seed so much! I put it on my smoothies every morning
http://www.livingnutritionals.com
Anonymous, I'm really glad to hear you're liking the wheat-free and gluten-free recipes in ed&bv... thanks!
Anonymous, there are a few replies already about the hemp seed, and in our area, the bags of Manitoba Harvest hemp seeds is about $8-9, and the hemp seed nut butter is about $10-11 a jar. It's pricey, but if I compare hemp seed nut butter to a jar of raw almond butter, it's about the same - unless the almond butter is on special, which it sometimes is. I mostly only buy the hemp seed and hemp seed nut butter, since they offer the protein content in the nut in addition to the efa's. I don't love the protein powder - it's a bit strong tasting for me, and while I use the hemp oil occasionally, for me the best bang for my buck is with the seeds and seed butter. You can certainly substitute almond butter for hemp nut butter in the dessert recipes that use hemp butter, and I mention that in some of the individual recipes. If subbing hemp seeds in the recipes, I'd either use sesame seeds (though they have a stronger flavor imo), or ground almonds or another ground/crushed nut, or maybe a combo of both. I checked amazon.com and you can buy the MH brand there for $7.99, here's the link: http://www.amazon.com/Manitoba-Harvest-Hemp-Seed-Nut/dp/B0001M11NC/ref=pd_bbs_4?ie=UTF8&s=gourmet-food&qid=1194817887&sr=8-4
Maybe pick up one bag and use it in a few recipes to see what you think. I use the seed in ed&bv as well - in 'Spicoli Burgers' and 'Hemp-anola' - and both those recipes are worth buying the seed for!! :) Good luck!
Thank you very much for all the comments and your time. I really appreciate it. I will check out the links you have posted an try these mighty hemp stuff :)
Take care,
Mom to Bobby and Emine
Dreena, I wanted to let you know that I tried your Homestyle Chocolate Chip Cookies recipe for the first time today. I used spelt flour and they turned out SO wonderful, so thank you thank you thank you!
HI Dreena, I've been trying out VLV from the library and I love it so much that I'm definitely buying all of your cookbooks. Easy, everyday recipes but nothing "simple" about them, lots of fresh and exciting (but not intimidating) new recipe ideas to try and all nutritious. You hit it spot on.
I have a question for you- you often call for quick oats in your recipes, especially to be ground into oat flour. I have always preferred to buy old fashioned oats and I'm wondering if they will work as a substitute in your recipes? Have you tried changing them up at all, either whole or as the flour that you like to grind them into?
I figured I would probably just need to add more liquid, but I thought I'd check with you first because altering baking recipes sometimes yields unpredictable results for me. Can you recommend roughly how much extra liquid would be needed?
hi anonymous... ooops, sorry I'm just getting to your question! First, thank you for those warm words about my books. :) Next, I have played around a little with rolled oats and have had a few folks e-mail telling me they have as well, so I think you can sub them most times. With things like muffins and quick breads, you may need a touch more liquid since the ground rolled oats will probably absorb more liquid. Also, the final texture may be more dense and heavier, but not overly so - just more than if using the ground quick oats. When you mix the wet and dry ingredients, if the batter is on the thick side, just add an extra tbsp of soy or other non-dairy milk at a time... I don't think you'd need more than an extra 1-3 tbsp for any given muffin/quick bread recipe. I hope this helps, and let me know if the trials work out nicely!! thx... :)
Instead of a store-bought Christmas card that will be thrown out no matter what cause you supported when you bought it (sadly to say), why not a little homemade photo on some cardstock with a little border of some other kind of paper. People will keep it, maybe even frame it.
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