Cauli-Shroom Sausage Patties
(vegan, gluten-free) I am a fan of Javant Benton’s YouTube site “Healthy Vegan Cooking,” partly because I aspire to maybe one day developing his physique before I leave this mortal coil, but mostly because I admire his wizardry with vegan cooking. His recipe for vegan ground meat, made with cauliflower, mushrooms, nuts, and spices, has…
Carrot Veggie Burgers
(vegan, gluten-free) My wife prefers carrots cooked. My sons and I prefer carrots raw. Creating carrot veggie burgers seemed to please all of us, especially when we put the patties on homemade gluten-free buns and covered them with lettuce, tomato, onion, and barbecue sauce. It’s all about compromise. These patties are delicious, and they have…
Iced Lime Scones
(vegan, gluten-free) Back in my young adult life, I purchased a small scone cookbook, and I proceeded to make scones on a weekly basis: cream scones, dried fruit scones, savory scones, ginger scones, etc. The question I asked over and over again was “Will it scone?” and the answer was almost always a resounding “Yes!”…
Vegan GF Salted Caramel Apple Dutch Baby
(vegan, gluten-free) The gauntlet had been thrown down. My friend had all but challenged me to create my own personal vegan gluten-free salted caramel apple Dutch baby pancake recipe. I picked up the gauntlet and slapped him back. “Honor shall be mine,” I stated plainly. OK, in reality, my friend had tried to redux his…
Basic Gluten-Free Vegan Pancakes
(vegan, gluten-free) I have incredibly fond memories of my father’s Saturday morning pancakes. He was a creature of habit with an engineer’s experimental mind, so once he tweaked the recipe and ritual to his liking, he rarely veered from its course. The whole process was a sacred ritual. It began with him announcing to the…
Pizza Crust #2 (New & Improved)
(vegan, gluten-free) I’ve been mucking about with my gluten-free pizza crust recipe for a couple years now, trying to improve its flavor, rise, and overall breadiness, while still maintaining a good crust structure that holds up after a couple days in the refrigerator. Also, I wanted to make it vegan, just in case I came…
Chocolate-Filled Buns
(vegan, gluten-free) Imagine a slightly sweet hamburger bun filled with chocolate and pecans. I imagined it, I experimented with it, I made it, and I am very happy with the results. These chocolate-filled breads pair very nicely with an afternoon cup of coffee. I tried to come up with a snappy name, but “chocolate-filled buns”…
Hamburger Buns
(vegan, gluten-free) These vegan, gluten-free hamburger buns are soft and a slightly airy, but still contain enough integrity to make them taste like real bread and not the flavorless commercial air-pumped gluten-filled pillows or the dry-as-sawdust gluten-free pucks that our industrialized palates have become accustomed to. Just because you are gluten free doesn’t mean you…
Dirt Burgers
(vegan, gluten-free) These burgers are much lower in protein than Beyond Burgers, but they have about ¾ the calories, ⅔ the fat, and 1½ the fiber. In other words, these are more a delicious vehicle for sneaking veggies into your family diet, and less about making sure they hit a specific protein target.
Puissance Waffles
(vegan, gluten-free) These Puissance Waffles, which I can’t stress enough taste like proper delicious waffles, are vegan, gluten-free, and high in fiber (2g/waffle) and protein (4.2g/waffle).
Power Muffins
(vegan, gluten-free) I developed this vegan, gluten-free recipe that has no added oil (other than nuts, nut flour, and flaxseed) and is relatively high in protein and fiber. What’s more, the muffins are filling without being dense or dry, they are tasty and texturally complex, and they can be eaten by gluten-free vegans and wheat-eating…
Microwave Mug Muffins
(vegan-possible, gluten-free) I developed my own version of the mug muffin mix a couple of years ago for my son who needed more protein, fiber, and calories in his diet and had grown tired of standard breakfast fare. I have tweaked the original recipe and made it easier to measure.
Sweet Potato Quick Bread
(vegan, gluten-free) This vegan gluten-free quick bread recipe is meant to capture the essence of sweet potato pie or mashed sweet potatoes with a sprinkle of brown sugar.
Strawberry Lemon Pancookie Bites
(vegan, gluten-free) Did I just invent the pancookie bite? Could this be the new dessert of the 2020s? Will my name be forever associated with millions of new pancookie bite recipes, followed by millions of dollars in recipe royalties? Probably not. But this original gluten-free recipe combines the concept of a dense pancake with an…
Vegan Blood Sausage
(vegan, gluten free) First and foremost, let’s get something straight. No, this is not a sausage made from the blood of vegans. Nor is it a dead-on vegan redux of a carnivore delicacy. This recipe is a deep red sausage made from vegetables, nuts, binders, and spices. The sausages are lower in protein but higher…
Wolfsong Gluten-Free All-Purpose Flour Blend
(vegan, gluten-free) There is no shortage of recipes on the Interwebs and the TwitterToks for the “perfect” gluten-free all-purpose flour blend. Some are vegan, some have milk powder, some are starch heavy, some are grain heavy, some add in binders such as xanthan gum, all have their own distinct personality. Here is mine. It’s personality…
Smoky Bourbon Pumpkin Loaf
(vegan, gluten-free) This gluten-free vegan quick bread recipe is reminiscent of a campfire; essences of bourbon and smoke are balanced by cinnamon and ginger. The loaf can be sliced and served with coffee for a morning breakfast, or it can be served with a shot of whiskey or brandy as a late-night snack. If you…
Carobanana Cookies
(vegan, gluten-free) Carob has always had a special place in my heart. Through most of my childhood, my allergy to chocolate removed all forms of chocolate from my diet. My mother, a strong advocate of the natural foods co-op movement and an experimentalist in her own right, introduced me to carob as a chocolate substitute.…
Tofu Salami
(vegan, gluten-free) As a follow-up to my previous recipe for Sage Tofu Sausage Links, I present my recipe for vegan, gluten-free, oat-free salami. Unlike my previous recipe, I use flattened rice or poha instead of the cooked brown rice, which works much better as an oat substitute, both for its dehydrating potential and its overall…
Chocolate Chip Banana Pecan Snack Cakes
(vegan, gluten-free) OK, the name of this dessert is quite a mouthful, but then again, so is the cake itself. These cakes are gluten free and vegan, but they make a great afternoon snack, dessert, or late night Noom-be-screwed craving. Each cake has a good amount of fiber (1.6 g) and protein (3.2 g), but…
Wolfsong Diner 