Tonight, I am finally, officially on Christmas break! Hooray! What better way to start the break than to share my newest chocolate cake recipe! Yay! This cake is quite dense, which makes it perfect for a layered cake. For this, I used cranberry sauce and coconut frosting: perfect match! Here is what you need: 3Continue reading “Christmas series: Chocolate cake!”
Category Archives: Christmas Series 2015
Christmas series: Cranberry Sauce!
This is my first time making cranberry sauce, and I seriously don’t know why: it’s so easy and tasty! Here is what you need: 200g cranberries 1/2 cup sugar 1 clementine water Here is what you need to do: Pulse the peeled clementine in your blender. Add water to the blended clementine so that youContinue reading “Christmas series: Cranberry Sauce!”
Christmas Series: Hot Pot Dinner!
I am so excited to share this recipe with you! I had a lot of fun planning, cooking and eating it! As I was looking for a fun recipe for a Christmas dinner party, I wanted to stay away from fake turkeys, or any traditional food. I wanted something refreshing, original and shareable. When IContinue reading “Christmas Series: Hot Pot Dinner!”
Christmas series: Appetizer kale chips
Another appetizer recipe! These are very easy to make, tasty and ready to be customized. If your guests are a little bit reluctant to try these kale chips as an appetizer, why not guide them into discovery by using them as garnish? (It’s less work for you too!) This is a very simple, mild, yetContinue reading “Christmas series: Appetizer kale chips”
Christmas series: Appetizer bites!
If you are hosting a Christmas party you should try these out! They take no time to prepare, they are tasty, you can personalize them and they are very cute! If you are new to cashew “cheeses” or spreads, this is a great way to start. The only thing you really need for this isContinue reading “Christmas series: Appetizer bites!”
Christmas Menu: The Soup
We have now arrived to the most exiting part of the Christmas series: The food! As a mixed child with one fork in French culture and one chopstick in Vietnamese culture, I can’t say that my family has any particular “Christmas” foods. Every year we eat delicious food depending on our inspiration all together withContinue reading “Christmas Menu: The Soup”
Christmas Series: Easiest chocolates!
A few days ago I stumbled upon these amazing little things and just fell in love with the idea. I really wanted to try them out, and so I went out to buy organic oranges. While in the store, I also picked up some pears, apples and fresh mint leaves. Why stop at oranges? TheContinue reading “Christmas Series: Easiest chocolates!”
Christmas Series: Two Really Easy Vegan Truffles Bases
Every Christmas, my French grandmother sends us a box of homemade chocolate truffles. These truffles are chocolaty, and sugar crusted; they melt in your mouth and just beg to be eaten. I really wanted to recreate my own vegan version of these delicious truffles and here is what I came up with. I actually madeContinue reading “Christmas Series: Two Really Easy Vegan Truffles Bases”
Christmas series: Fun, eco-friendly wrapings
If you celebrate Christmas with presents, you can fall into two categories: you are a wrapping paper serial killer who bursts open the gifts with no thoughts going to the wrapper, or you are a delicate being who uses scissors or a knife to open your gifts. I have to say, I love keeping ChristmasContinue reading “Christmas series: Fun, eco-friendly wrapings”
Christmas series: Gifts for your vegan friend
It can be tricky to give gifts for a new vegan friend. Of course the important thing to remember is that this person is a friend, so you know what they like. However, here are a few ideas to help your friend (or yourself really!) in their vegan journey, or just in their regular life.Continue reading “Christmas series: Gifts for your vegan friend”
My Lighthearted Kitchen 