Category: Dessert
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Taro Balls and Sweet Potato Balls Sugar Free Gluten Free
An iconic Taiwanese dessert, these soft, chewy, pillowy balls are so widely loved can be found in literally any boba tea shop and Asian dessert shop. It’s super easy to make at home and you only need four ingredients! Taro balls and sweet potato balls, or Yu Yuan, in Chinese, is a popular traditional dessert…
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Rice Paper Apple Cinnamon Rolls
Easiest gluten-free apple cinnamon rolls ever! No “knead” for any dough or flour, these come together so quickly and make a perfect breakfast and snack. When I made my savory rice paper power curls (named by you guys btw!) filled with tofu and veggies, so many of you requested a sweet version and I was…
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Cookie Monster Ice Cream Vegan No Dye No Churn
The iconic cookie monster ice cream flavor but made vegan and wholesome. No chemical dye and no dairy, plus a high protein homemade chickpea cookie dough! In the wise words of Cookie Monster, “bestie, me think you need to treat yourself today!” And what’s a better treat than this stunning vibrant vegan cookie monster ice…
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Japanese Konnyaku Jelly | High Fiber Low Calorie Snack
As adorable to the eye as they are fun to play with, and even better for our gut health! Konnyaku jelly is made from a root vegetable called Konjac, or Konnyaku, a plant native to southwest China. It’s been widely used in Eastern Asian cuisines, both in savory dishes like hot pot, salad, stew, and…
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Upside Down Plum Almond Cake Vegan Dairy Free
A dreamy cake that’s as pretty as it’s irresistibly delicious! Very beginner friendly as well, hard to mess up this one ^^ With all the beautiful summer stone fruits, I felt the calling of the season to make an upside down cake and when I was designing the flavor profile in my head, I suddenly…
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Purple Sweet Potato Mochi Pancake
A love child between pancakes and mochi – fluffy, sweet, and slightly crispy on the outside like pancakes, and chewy, stretchy, and tender on the inside like mochi! Mochi is one of my all time favorite Asian dessert, the chewy, sticky, stretch texture is just so satisfying and addicting, and of course, it’s NOT TOO…
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Black Sesame Soup – Ancient Chinese Beauty Secret for Healthy Hair
This is a bowl of literal black gold that is not only a decadent sweet treat, but will also nourish your skin, hair, and body from within. Did you ever notice the concept of dessert is quite different in Eastern and Western cultures? In North America and most European countries, desserts are often indulging and…
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Snow Ear Soup Ancient Chinese Beauty Secret
Unlock the ancient Chinese beauty secret with this ethereal treat! It’s a dessert AND a medicinal soup that nourishes our skin and health from inside out. Snow ear and peach gum soup is a popular Chinese dessert known for its nourishing and rejuvenating properties. It’s believed to give our skin a healthy glow, promote collagen…
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Ba Bao Fan 8-Treasure Sticky Rice
A literal treasure with a long history, this traditional Chinese dish is simply ingenious. And how much treasures can you count? 😉 Ba Bao Fan, which literally means eight treasure rice in Chinese, is a culturally significant dish as it’s always served at the most important occasions – weddings, Lunar New Year’s Eve, milestone birthdays…
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Dragon Fruit Coconut Mousse with Mango Vegan Dairy Free
Inspired by the Brazilian passion fruit mousse, this light, refreshing, and fruity dessert is a breeze to make and a dream to eat! One of my biggest joy in cooking and recipe creating is learning about food from different cultures and trying to recreate them. And when I happened to see a photo of the…
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One Ingredient Pineapple Snow Cone with Salted Condensed Coconut Milk
A literal ONE ingredient frozen dessert that’ll for sure be your summer favorite! This is the one of the very few trendy recipes that I tried and actually loved, and haven’t been able to live without. Making frozen summer treat has never been easier! I don’t know who first invented this frozen fruits to snow…
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Kiwi Coconut Agar Agar Jelly
These cutest layered agar agar jellies are the perfect balance of sweet and refreshing. They’re 100% plant-based, gluten-free, dairy-free, and refined sugar-free. All you need is a pot and a fridge, no baking needed! Whatever the weather, I can never say no jellies! Especially a layered one, they’re not only easier on the eyes but…
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Papaya Coconut Milk Jelly Vegan Dairy Free
A dreamy tropical summer dessert, juicy, sweet, and perfectly ripe papaya meets creamy, tender, and slightly crunchy coconut milk jelly – it’s magic at the first bite. Papaya and coconut are a match made in heaven to begin with, their flavors pair so well and now with the coconut jelly, there’s even more depth in…
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Purple Sweet Potato and Yogurt Pudding (Vegan, Non-Dairy)
The easiest Asian dessert you could ever make and yet this little purple tower is so satisfying to all senses and 100 percent wholesome and healthy. If you ever go to an authentic Chinese restaurant, or better yet, a restaurant in China, you’ll find an elaborate list of appetizers that do not shy in comparison…
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Two-Ingredient Oat Waffles Vegan Gluten Free
The easiest waffles ever! These crispy, fluffy, chewy, and perfectly sweet waffles only call for two ingredients, super quick to make even when you’re pressed for time. These oatmeal waffles are here to redefine “quick breakfast”, just grab your favorite oatmeal, add a bit of plant milk, and quickly enough you’ll get a delicious breakfast…
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