SincerelyTori

I’m also excited that it’s Valentine’s Day this weekend because I’ve been loving the pink theme on my Instagram. So, going along with the theme I had the inspiration for these cookie bars with raspberry jelly and peanut butter and chocolate. Okay, so maybe putting chocolate on sandwiches that are already pushing the line between lunch and dessert is a bit of a stretch, but I’m just gonna tell you that it’s really working on these bars. Oh, and before the chocolate happened I had already opted to add crunchy peanut butter over creamy and realized that these needed extra peanuts too.

So I’m very aware that some people are going to be sitting shaking their heads at me when I start saying how good these are without non-plant-based ingredients. The flavors that give potstickers their amazing taste are garlic, ginger, onion, and sesame oil. I’m proud to say that I have made the gyoza wrappers a few times before and they do taste even better from scratch. Did you know that you do not have to use oil for potstickers if you have a non-stick pan?

, I’ve been a food blogger for years, worked at restaurant for a good minute, (serving and working in the kitchen), worked in a bakery, and I’ve been vegan for about 3 years. Maybe that much familiarity with food and ingredients gives me an advantage in understanding basic food allergies/ways of eating, but my goodness! Yes, the texture you get with gluten free flours is going to be a little different than refined white flour These save well for days afterwards and if you don’t want to use mini bundt pans (I used these Nordic Ware Micro Mini Bundts )

Okay, let’s break this simple recipe down before you try it… Start by soaking the cashews. Get the onion and garlic cooking in a saucepan, I like to use vegetable broth as needed to sauté them but feel free to use oil if you prefer. Now while everything is cooking, drain the cashews and put in a blender or food processor with the other random ingredients, then blend until really creamy. [Now, if you’re going to use my little blending trick to hide the mushrooms this is where you’d take the onion/mushrooms off the heat and cool enough to add them to the blender.