Category Archives: Dairy-Free Dessert Recipes
Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies Recipe. Gluten-Free Adaptable
Posted on 17th of June, 2013 by Lévana
Chocolate and peanut butter: A marriage made in cookie heaven! These are so much fun, cracked all over and forming dark ridges on the white-dusted tops: hide them well! Dear Gluten-Free Friends, boy you’ll be happy to know these are every bit as delicious made with Gluten-Free flour! Ingredients: 1 cup...
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Filed under: Chocolate Recipes, Cookie Recipes, Dairy-Free Dessert Recipes, Dairy-Free Recipes, Gluten-free Cookie Recipes, Gluten-Free Dessert Recipes, Natural Foods Recipes, Peanut Butter Recipes, Recipes
Chocolate Peanut Butter Ice Cream Cake Recipe
Posted on 25th of May, 2013 by Lévana
I made this cake for my niece Chana’s Sheva Brachot this week. I had plotted the layers the flavors the textures over and over, taking this out, adding that, sprinkling with the other, all in my mind’s eye, as meticulously and obsessively as if I was preparing to go on...
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Filed under: Agave Syrup Recipes, Apricot Recipes, Cake Recipes, Chocolate Cake Recipes, Chocolate Recipes, Coconut Milk Recipes, Coconut Recipes, Dairy Recipes, Dairy-Free Cake recipes, Dairy-Free Dessert Recipes, Dessert Recipes, Ice Cream Cake Recipes, Ice Cream Recipes, Kosher Ice Cream, Kosher Natural Foods, Kosher Recipes, Nuts Recipes, Party Cake Recipes, Peanut Butter Recipes, Recipes
Blueberry Cake with Almond Streusel Recipe
Posted on 5th of May, 2013 by Lévana
Blueberries: You just say the word, and I wax lyrical. Blueberries can do no wrong! All of my friends who used to summer with us in the mountains think of me fondly each time they make this cake. I can’t remember how many thousands I have made; I still have pictures of...
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Filed under: Almond Recipes, Blueberry Recipes, Cake Recipes, Dairy-Free Cake recipes, Dairy-Free Dessert Recipes, Dairy-Free Recipes, Dessert Recipes, Kosher Recipes, Natural and Kosher Recipes, Natural Foods Recipes, Recipes, Streusel Recipes
Banana Coconut Poppy Seed Cake Recipe. Gluten-Free Adaptation included.
Posted on 29th of April, 2013 by Lévana
Last night, Erev Lag Baomer, I was baking up a storm for my children’s Lag Baomer BBQ party, Chabad of Washington Heights. I am always graciously asked, don’t you dare show up without my chocolate chip cookies so of course, I made a mountain of these. I had lots of bananas...
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Filed under: Banana Cake Recipes, Banana Popsicle Recipes, Banana Recipes, Cake Recipes, Coconut Recipes, Dairy-Free Dessert Recipes, Gluten-Free Dessert Recipes, Healthy Snacks Recipes, Natural Foods Recipes, Poppy Seeds Recipes, Recipes
My Last Sheva Brachot Menu and Recipes
Posted on 17th of March, 2013 by Lévana
I was asked by several of my guests to share my recipes for the Sheva Brachot we hosted this week for my niece Mushkie and her husband Zalman, and I am delighted to oblige. So, here comes, complete with recipes. I used some wonderful treats Grow and Behold sent me,...
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Halva Maple Mousse with Pistachios. Gluten-Free
Posted on 4th of March, 2013 by Lévana
Like many of us halva lovers, I dread the amount of sugar contained in commercial halva. But the good news is, it is so intensely flavored that I always tinker with ways to make the included sugar go a much longer way while getting the full measure of the Tehina...
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Filed under: Dairy-Free Dessert Recipes, Dairy-Free Recipes, Dessert Recipes, Gelatin Desserts, Gluten Free Recipes, Gluten-Free Dessert Recipes, Halva Recipes, Kosher Recipes, Mousse Recipes
Lemon Coconut Mousse. Gluten-Free
Posted on 3rd of March, 2013 by Lévana
Another treat born of good flavor matchmaking! Anyone not a lemon lover, or coconut lover, need not apply! Naturally gluten-free. In my catering days I have always used unflavored kosher gelatin in many exciting desserts but had never offered any of them in my cookbooks and my demos, as it...
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Filed under: Coconut Recipes, Dairy-Free Dessert Recipes, Dessert Recipes, Gelatin Desserts, Gluten Free Recipes, Gluten-Free Dessert Recipes, Kosher Recipes, Lemon Recipes, Mousse Recipes, Recipes
Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Coconut Cookies Recipe. Gluten-Free Friendly.
Posted on 30th of January, 2013 by Lévana
Photo courtesy of tasteofhome.com This recipe is directly inspired from my original “mother” oatmeal cookie recipe, which I developed for my latest cookbook, one of the many variations for them I have included. I’m a total sucker for oats, and look for any conceivable excuse to spread them on thick....
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Filed under: Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipes, Chocolate Recipes, Coconut Recipes, Cookie Recipes, Dairy-Free Dessert Recipes, Dessert Recipes, Gluten-free Cookie Recipes, Gluten-Free Dessert Recipes, Healthy Cookie Recipes, Healthy Snacks Recipes, Heathy Cookies Recipes, Oatmeal Recipes, Pareve Recipes, Recipes
Kosherfest 2012 Standout New Products
Posted on 25th of November, 2012 by Lévana
Kosherfest in Secaucus was great fun this year. I and quite a few others marveled at how the staff at Kosherfest pulled off the whole show with their hands often tied behind their backs, so soon after Hurricane Sandy, which crippled many warehouses and made transportation a nightmare. Although I...
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Chocolate Chestnut Coconut Cake Recipe
Posted on 13th of September, 2012 by Lévana
Picture Courtesy of www.gliving.com I am constantly asked how I go about developing all my recipes, and although it is hard to make a non-food professional visualize all the steps involved, let me still name one no-brainer vital initial step, which I think my fellow food professionals will second readily:...
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