Blood Orange Syrup

Breakfast, Desserts, Food, Gluten-Free, Recipe, Sweet, Vegan, Vegetarian

Action shot of pouring homemade blood orange syrup on Trader Joe’s frozen pancakes from side up close

I made my own blood orange syrup and you can too! All you need to make your own flavored syrup are two ingredients: sugar and flavoring, and you can make any custom syrup you want.

Creating your own syrup is simple and fun. The base of simple syrup is just sugar and water boiled together on a stovetop until the mixture reaches the desired syrup consistency.

Though it may seem more difficult, the process of making flavored syrup is just as easy as making simple syrup: boil together the flavoring, sugar, and water together, and voila! Flavored syrup!

This is where it gets fun.

5/23

Two-Ingredient Candied Blood Orange Rounds

Desserts, Food, Gluten-Free, Recipe, Sweet, Vegan, Vegetarian

Candied blood orange rounds drying and hardening after candying

A few months ago, I saw these adorable Two-Ingredient Candied Citrus Pops and mentally filed them away as something I wanted to try. Fast forward a few months to when I saw a pack of blood oranges at the grocery store and I knew now was the time to try candying some blood oranges.

In a funny twist, I completely forgot the details of my original inspiration and proceeded to create candied blood oranges as sliced rounds! Woops. I still loved the result and I hope you do too.

1/23

Wheat Whey Chocolate Chip Muffins

Breakfast, Food, Healthy, Muffins, Recipe, Small Bites, Sweet, Vegetarian, Weekday Approved

Wheat Whey Chocolate Chip Muffins up close from above in muffin tray

After recently making Greek yogurt for the first time with my Instant Pot, I found myself with a container full of whey. I’ve never been in this position before, so I turned to Google and settled upon making a batch of Wheat Whey Chocolate Chip Muffins for my soon to arrive house guests.

1/21

Teriyaki Tofu and Veggie Sushi

Appetizers, Food, Gluten-Free, Grains, Meal Ideas, Recipe, Savory, Small Bites, Vegan, Vegetarian, Veggie Based, Weekday Approved

Finished Teriyaki Tofu and Veggie Sushi from above

This week, I’ve had Sushi on the mind. I adore Japanese cuisine, but as a Vegetarian, I get satisfying Japanese food far less often than I would like. My favorite Japanese restaurant is a hole in the wall up in San Francisco named Cha-Ya, but I so rarely go there now that I’m no longer living a few blocks away.

So, today, I made basic vegetable sushi with three types of filling: teriyaki tofu, carrots, and kabocha squash. The teriyaki tofu added a savory touch, the fresh carrots added a satisfying crunch, and the roasted kabocha squash added a smooth, sweet juxtaposition. I hope you enjoy this Teriyaki Tofu and Veggie Sushi as much as I did!