Category: Desserts

  • Baked Apples

    In the process of trying to come up with a gluten-free, healthier alternative for fall dessert for friends who were health conscious, I decided to give baked apples a try. There are many recipes out there, but I settled up this Baked Apples recipe on Simply Recipes for my fruit fix. Not being a huge […]

  • Pousse-Pousse, Paris, France

    Whenever I run across a raw restaurant in my travels, I feel compelled to try it. Raw food often times is prepared very creatively in gourmet restaurants. Upon reading about Pousse-Pousse, a small vegetarian restaurant and juice bar with mostly raw and vegan selections, I was eager to try it. We took 4 connections on […]

  • Vegan Folie’s, Paris, France

    Finding vegan desserts anywhere, let alone in France, can be challenging at times. I was impressed to find an all vegan, organic bakery in Paris. Vegan Folie’s was located in the charming Mouffetard section of the city on a small, boutique-lined street. If we had more time during this visit, I would have loved to […]

  • Saveurs Végét’Halles, Paris, France

    For our anniversary dinner in Paris, I wanted try Saveurs Végét’Halles, a vegetarian, mostly vegan restaurant based on some good reviews I read in online forums and websites like Happy Cow. We were able to get seated right away at the dinner hour and appreciated the nice, simple decorum and clean bathrooms (I know it […]

  • Le Speakeasy, Nice, France

    We recently were in France, visiting my husband’s family and sightseeing in the French Riviera and Paris. I was nervous about traveling to France, assuming I would be able to find little to eat vegan-wise. While I did mostly eat salad, cheese-less pizzas, baguettes, and vegan croissants, we were able to explore a few gems […]