Chocolate Pecan Carmelitas

Chocolate Pecan Carmelitas (A Seat at the Table)

This is another recipe from February’s Carroll Cafe.  These bars are chocolatey, sweet, nutty and chewy.  Carmelitas are a bit like oatmeal cookies, but with the extra deliciousness of chocolate, caramel and pecans!  These are easy to throw together and are easy to customize to your taste preferences. Chocolate Pecan Carmelitas Serves about 18 AdaptedRead more

Curried Ginger Red Lentil and Quinoa Soup

Curried Ginger Red Lentil Quinoa Soup (A Seat at the Table)

This is one flavorful vegan soup!  Even though I know better, it’s still sometimes hard to think of vegetarian/vegan soups as something complex and flavorful.  Meat adds a lot of flavorful layers to a soup, even if there’s a lot of vegetables mixed in.  However, this soup is definitely not lacking in complex flavors!  Read more

Cornbread Scallion Muffins

Cornbread Scallion Muffins (A Seat at the Table)

In addition to chili, I also made these cornbread scallion muffins, because what goes better with chili than cornbread?  Well maybe cheese… Anyway, back to these muffins.  These are simple, delicious corny-corn muffins.  It’s a great addition to the chili and the scallions add a nice subtle onion flavor and some fresh green. Cornbread ScallionRead more

Monster Cookies (gluten-free)

These cookies are full of all the tasty things a cookie monster loves, they’ve got peanut butter, chocolate chips, M&Ms, toffee and oats.  And they just happen to be gluten-free.  I don’t normally look for gluten-free recipes, but for last month’s Carroll Cafe, I thought it might be nice to have one gluten-free option.  TheseRead more

Pumpkin Pie Cupcakes and November’s Carroll Cafe Menu

Carroll Cafe will be this Friday, November 8th.  There will be a fantastic line-up of treats once again!  The menu includes: Fresh Apple Bundt Cake King Arthur Brownies Cranberry Upside Down Pumpkin Cake Monster Cookies (gluten-free) Brown Sugar Oatmeal Cookies Hope to see you there! And just in time for the next Carroll Cafe, here’sRead more