ZIPPY SALAD

This is probably Phil's favorite "raw" recipe. I love it too but not like he does. He will eat it for days so I always make a lot. Zippy Salad—Lynne Snyder


3-4 diced tomatoes (I used roma)
3 cups frozen corn OR fresh corn, cut off the cob
1 cup chopped celery
1 chopped red bell pepper
1 large cucumber, peeled and chopped OR 1 small jicama, peeled and diced
¼ cup chopped onion or 1 Tbs. dried onion

Dressing:
¼ cup (total) mixture of Olive oil
and Safflower oil
1/3 cup lime juice
8 sundried tomatoes (in oil), chopped
1 garlic clove, pressed
¼ to ½ tsp crushed red pepper flakes
1½ tsp. salt
½ tsp. cumin
1 tsp. dry basil OR use fresh basil, julienned
¼ tsp Italian seasoning or oregano
¼ tsp. dill weed

Mix salad ingredients together set aside. Mix dressing ingredients together, pour over salad, mix well.

CRUNCHY, SWEET AND SAVORY SALAD

This was adapted from a recipe from Juliano, (THE UNCOOK BOOK). He owns a raw restaurant called "Juliano's Raw" in Santa Monica, California.

NOTE: It makes a LOT, way too much for normal consumption. Cut it in half or even in fourth.

1 red bell pepper, julienned

1 yellow or orange bell pepper, julienned

1 large carrot, julienned

1 large yam or 2 medium, sliced and julienned

1/2 cup quartered walnuts

1/2 cup cashews

2 large apples, peeled, sliced thin and cut in half--I used Fuji

1 cup dried cranberries

1 bunch chopped green onions, including most of the tops

1/2-1 jalapeno, minced--I forgot to do this

1 cup--or to taste--fresh squeezed orange juice

1/4 to 1/2 cup--or to taste--maple syrup--start with lower measurement

1/4 cup--or to taste--fresh squeezed lemon juice

4-6 cloves garlic, pressed

2-3 Tbs. olive oil

2-3 Tbs. balsamic vinegar

2-3 Tbs. Nama Shoyu OR soy sauce

1 tsp-1 Tbs. freshly grated ginger--more if you are crazy about ginger.

Mix the first set of ingredients together. Mix the second set of ingredients together and taste, adjust to suit your taste. Pour over fruit and veggies and mix well.

VEGAN CHEESE SAUCE

This is a dry vegan cheese sauce mix that I found on Veggies Unite. It is not really called Veggies Unite but that is how I have it bookmarked--actually I think that's what it used to be called. It's really VegWeb.com.

Dragonfly's Bulk, Dry Uncheese Mix

3 cups raw, organic cashew pieces

2 cups either Red Star or Vegetarian Support, nutritional yeast

3 Tbsp seasoning salt

3 Tbsp garlic powder (NOT garlic salt)

3 Tbsp of onion powder (NOT onion salt)

8 Tbsp of arrowroot powder. Can use cornstarch, but it is not stringy like arrowroot.

Directions:

Using a VERY dry blender, blend the nuts till they are very fine. (I tried using the blender but switched to the food processor.) Then, blend in batches of about 1 cup and then mix in a dry container.You can keep this tightly covered in the frig for about 6 weeks.

To make up, add one heaping 1/2 cup of mix to 1 cup of water and stir over heat till thickened. Use less water and add salsa for queso dip. Pour over hot veggies and/or pasta. Spread on vegan bread and toast for grilled uncheeses...or look up my enchilada recipe and use it that way. Serves: many! Preparation time: 15 minutes

This is what I made with the dry cheese mix.

3/4 pound of curly noodles

chopped broccoli

Boil pasta according to package directions and add broccoli during the last 2-4 minutes. Drain, and pour over sauteed veggies and uncheese sauce. Directions follow:

1 cup dry cheese mix

2 cups hot pasta water

green onions

yellow bell pepper

chopped mushrooms

fresh spinach

Saute green onions, bell pepper and mushrooms in extra virgin olive oil. Add cheese mix and water. Stir well, Add spinach, pour hot noodles and broccoli over and mix well.

Any veggies could be used, I think. This was good. There are a lot of suggestions of how to use this sauce mix on the web site.

GENERAL TAO'S TOFU

I got this recipe from vegweb.com, recipe and pictures are here. It's the highest rated recipe on the site. I doubled the sauce because I was afraid there wouldn't be enough, I was also adding a red pepper and putting the broccoli in with the tofu--sauce is doubled here on this recipe--and added some red bell pepper. I wish I had added some asparagus as I have three pounds in the fridge. I forgot to make rice and since we were hungry and brown rice takes 50 minutes we just ate it with a slice of whole wheat bread.

GENERAL TAO'S TOFU

1 box of firm tofu

egg substitute for 1 egg--I forgot to use this and it turned out fine

3/4 cup cornstarch

vegetable oil for frying

3 chopped green onions

1/2 to 1 red bell pepper, sliced

other veggies, maybe asparagus

2 Tbs minced ginger

2 Tbs minced garlic

1 1/3 cup vegetable stock

¼ cup soy sauce

½ cup sugar

red pepper flakes to taste--I used 1/4 tsp. but it could have used a bit more, I think

2 Tbs sherry (optional)--I didn't use this

2 Tbs white vinegar--I used cider vinegar

steamed broccoli--I used the flourettes and peeled and diced the stems and used them too.

Drain, dry and cut tofu into 1/2 by 1 inch chunks. I had frozen tofu in the freezer from FOREVER AGO. It gives it a firmer texture, more chicken-like consistency. Mix the egg replacer as specified on the box and add an additional 3 tablespoons water--I forgot to do this Dip tofu in egg replacer/water mixture, coat completely. Sprinkle 3/4 cup cornstarch over tofu and coat completely. Watch out that the cornstarch doesn't clump up at bottom of the bowl.

Heat oil in pan and fry tofu pieces until golden. Drain. Heat 3 Tablespoons vegetable oil--too much oil, I used about one--in pan on medium heat. Add green onions, red pepper and other veggies if using, ginger and garlic, cook for about 2 minutes. Be careful not to burn garlic. Add vegetable stock, soy sauce, sugar, red pepper and vinegar. Mix ¼ cup water with 2 Tbs cornstarch and pour into mixture stirring well. Add fried tofu and coat evenly Add broccoli--original recipe did not add broccoli to sauce. Serve over rice.

VEGETABLE AND RED LENTIL SOUP

This is adapted from a recipe in the February, 2008 Good Housekeeping magazine, page 154

1-2 Tbs. Olive oil

4 medium carrots, chopped

1 medium or large onion, diced

Tomatoes of your choice: I used 4 large Roma's, the original recipe called for a can (14.5 oz.) of diced tomatoes

Some kind of tomato sauce--I had some V-8 so used that but next time I will add a can (8 oz.) or even two, of tomato sauce--the original recipe didn't use this but I thought it needed it for a good flavor

Cabbage, optional. I had some so I chopped about a cup and a half and added it.

*Veggie broth, your choice: I used a powdered veggie broth but the original recipe called for a can (14-14.5 oz.) of veggie broth. I used about a Tbs., maybe more of the powdered broth powder--of course I added water

1 tsp. cumin

1 cup dried red lentils

1 bag (5 oz.) fresh spinach

salt to taste

pepper to taste, 1/4 to 1/2 tsp.

Water as needed--I added quite a bit, at least 5 cups, maybe more

Saute the onions and carrots in the olive oil for 4-6 minutes--I was talking on the phone and burned some of the onions and carrots and had to pick them out--until lightly browned--not black, like mine. Add cumin and cook one minute. Add tomatoes, broth, tomato sauce, lentils, and water and simmer, covered--oops, I simmered uncovered--until lentils are tender, about 10 minutes. Taste and add salt and pepper as needed. Add spinach, remove from heat and serve.

*Bryanna Grogan, a wonderful cookbook author, has a powdered veggie broth recipe. Recipe is here. She is the most gracious and generous cookbook author I know. I have several of her cookbooks and love them.

Here is another site where she posts recipes, answers questions and gives help so freely. I used to post on that site all the time with questions or to share recipes. I guess I should start again. I posted as Natashia--of Boris and Natashia fame.

RUSSIAN TEACAKES

Roll the dough into small balls.

Bake them.Dust them with powdered sugar.Do it again.Store them in tins.

Russian Teacakes are also called Crescents (shaped like a new moon), Mexican Wedding Cookies, Snowballs, and, the very creative name (which Gilmore Girl and I prefer), Little White Cookies.

1 cup butter (to make these vegan use 2/3 cup oil)

½ cup powdered sugar
1 tsp. vanilla

1½ cups flour

1 tsp. cornstarch
¼ tsp. salt
¾ to 1 cups finely chopped almonds--you can use walnuts but once you taste them with almonds you'll never use walnuts again

Additional powdered sugar

Mix butter, powdered sugar, and vanilla together well. Add dry ingredients and nuts . Shape dough into tiny balls. Chill. Place 1 inch apart on un-greased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees until brown on the bottom, about 18-24 minutes--my oven takes about 21-22 minutes. Dust cookies once with powdered sugar while warm, then again after they've cooled. Makes about 4 dozen.

Note: I make the cookies into dough balls and keep them in the cold garage until needed to bake.

Store in a Christmas tin in the garage where it is cold. Sneak into the garage and eat a cookie when "the craving" strikes. Remember to brush off the tale tale powdered sugar that drops off the cookie onto your shirt.

STRAWBERRIES ROMANOFF WITH CASHEW CREAM—Lynne Snyder

1 pound sliced strawberries

2 OPTIONS:

1st option
¼-1/3 cup orange juice
½ tsp. orange zest
2-3 Tb. agave syrup
pinch or 2 of cinnamon

2nd option:

4 Tbs. agave
1 ½ Tbs. balsamic

Pour all ingredients over strawberries; refrigerate for an hour or more (unless you can’t wait—like us). Top with cashew cream.


CASHEW CREAM

1 cup cashews, soaked
½ cup dates. packed, soaked
¼ cup maple syrup
2-6 Tbs. water
1 tsp. vanilla
1/8 to ¼ tsp. butter flavor
Pinch salt

Blend well, add water by tablespoons until desired consistency. Refrigerate.

VEGAN STUFFED POTATOES--Lynne Snyder

I love these.

Scrub and cut out any blemishes on about 8-10 large potatoes. Prick with a knife and bake in preheated 400° oven for one hour or until tender. Remove and scoop baked potato out (hold potatoes with a hot pad), leaving a bit of potato with the skin so it will hold together.

Mash the hot potato with one recipe reduced fat or regular sour cream--recipes on this site--with double the onion powder, garlic powder and salt. Add a bit of water if the potato mixture is too stiff. Taste and add seasonings or salt if needed.

Stuff potato skins, fluffing the mixture up in peaks if possible. Return potatoes to oven and bake about a half hour or so until they are hot and the peaks start to brown.

PASTA WITH FRESH TOMATOES AND SPINACH--Lynne Snyder

I ate a pasta like this at a restaurant and so came home and fiddled with ingredients until I came up with something I liked. This will serve 8

Roma tomatoes, about 20 or about 4 pounds
1-2 pounds fresh spinach, chopped
1-2 onions, chopped
6-10 garlic cloves, chopped
olive oil
1-2 Tbs. dried basil--or use a whole lot of fresh
1 recipe Reduced Fat Sour Cream W/ Double Spices and Salt
22 ounces curly (or other) pasta

Sauté garlic and onions in olive oil until onions are wilted. Add chopped tomatoes and sauté ½ hour. Add basil and simmer a few minutes longer. Boil pasta until al dente, drain. Put spinach on top of tomato mixture, top with pasta and sour cream, stir.

Reduced fat sour cream w/ double spice and salt recipe
½ cup cashews
1 recipe thick water
¼ cup water
1 Tbs. extra virgin olive oil
2 Tbs. lemon juice
2 tsp. salt
1 tsp onion powder
½ tsp. garlic powder
Put water (not thick water), lemon juice, cashews and oil in a blender and blend until the cashews are liquefied. Add thick water, spices and salt mix well.

Note: These spices and the salt are doubled! If making regular sour cream cut them in half.

Thick Water—Lynne Snyder

1 cup water
2 Tbs. Arrowroot powder or cornstarch

Bring ¾ cup water to a boil, mix ¼ cup water with arrowroot powder and stir into boiling water. Boil and stir, one half minute or until clear.

OYSTER MUSHROOMS AND ASPARAGUS OVER ANGEL HAIR PASTA--Lynne Snyder

One day I saw oyster mushrooms in the grocery store and so i bought them. I think the angels were hovering because I had never heard of a recipe like this so one of them must have whispered in my ear. Serves 2 hungry people or 3 polite ones.

Olive oil
1 red onion, thinly sliced
1/2 bunch asparagus, sliced diagonally (or use broccoli)
1 8 oz. container oyster mushrooms, sliced
1/2 can black olives, cut in
half
garlic powder
salt and pepper

Heat several Tbs. olive oil in fry pan and sauté onion. When almost done add asparagus and oyster mushrooms, sauté a few more minutes. Add chopped olives, season with garlic powder, salt & pepper and serve over hot angel hair pasta.

SPICY SPAGHETTI SAUCE--Lynne Snyder

Elizabeth used to love the "Angry Penne"--I think it was Penne Arrabbiato--that Macaroni Grill served. I tried to clone it. I don't know how close this is but its fabulous. I serve spaghetti the first day and then use this sauce to make lasagna.

2-3 Tbs. olive oil
12 cloves minced or crushed garlic
6 to 8 (8 oz) cans tomato sauce,
2 (16 oz.) cans diced or crushed tomatoes
1 ½ tsp. basil
½ tsp. dried oregano
½ tsp.seasoned salt
¼ to 1 tsp.dried chili flakes (optional—this makes the sauce spicy--Elizabeth says there is no use making it if you're not going to make it spicy—I use 1 tsp.)

Sauté garlic in medium hot oil until it just starts to turn a light tan. Immediately add tomato sauce, tomatoes and chili flakes. Simmer until thick as desired. Add basil, seasoned salt and oregano and simmer a few more minutes.

VEGAN CHEESE BALL--Lynne Snyder

I had forgotten how good this was.

1/4 cup flour
3/4 cup water
1 Tbs. Braggs Liquid Aminos
1 Tbs. arrowroot powder or cornstarch
1 1/2 tsp. garlic powder
1 tsp. onion powder
1 tsp. Real Salt
1 tsp. prepared mustard, Dijon if possible
1/4 tsp. pepper
1/4 tsp. liquid smoke
3/4 cup nutritional yeast
3 Tbs. extra virgin olive oil
1 (8 oz.) container Better Than Cream Cheese
Chopped nuts (optional)

Put flour in a dry pan over medium heat; stir constantly until the flour is a bit brown. Wisk in remaining ingredients (except oil, Better Than Cream Cheese and nuts) stirring until mixture is very thick. Remove from the heat and add the olive oil; let cool until barely warm. Stir in Better Than Cream Cheese and refrigerate until very cold. Form mixture into a ball and roll it in the chopped nuts.

Note: I don’t usually form it into a ball, I just put it in a storage container and refrigerate. When I serve it we put it into individual smaller containers (like a custard cup) to eat with crackers, etc.

BRYANNA'S FRANKLY FIBEROUS CHOCOLATE CHIP BRAN MUFFINS--Bryanna Grogan on Vegsourse

Bryanna has a vegetarian site on Vegsource. I have some of her cookbooks and they are really good. I made these muffins so often I doubled the batch. (The double proportions are in parenthesis.) Because I made her muffins so often I bought a huge bag--maybe 25 pounds--of bran and then after making the muffins a few more times I quit. Phil found the bag in the basement recently and said, "what shall we do with this?" I don't have a clue. I guess I'll have to make two thousand batches of this soon. If you want some bran come on over. I have plenty.

MIX TOGETHER:
1 and 1/2 c. wheat bran (3 cups)
1 and 1/2 c. water (3 cups)
Let soak 15 min.

ADD WET MIX:
1/4 c. applesauce (1/2 cup)
2 T. Lynne’s low-fat homemade margarine (1/4 cup) or oil
1 T. flax seeds ground (1/4 cup)
1/4 c. water blended with flax seed til “gloppy” (1/2 cup)

DRY MIX:
1 c. spelt flour (2 cups) Other flour would be fine.
¼ cup sugar (1/2 cup)
1 T. baking powder (2 Tbs.)
1/2 tsp. salt (1 tsp.)
1/2 T. EnerG egg replacer (1 T.)

ADDITIONAL INGREDIENTS1/2 c. semisweet chocolate chips (1 cup)

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Grease 12 muffin cups. (24)

Soak the bran and “milk” (water) together in a medium bowl for 15 minutes.

Meanwhile, mix the Dry Mix ingredients together in a small bowl. After the bran has soaked for 15 minutes, add the Wet Mix to the bowl, stirring briefly. Dump in the Dry Mix and stir briefly. Scoop evenly into the prepared muffin tin. Sprinkle chocolate chips over the top and push them into the batter with a toothpick. Bake 20 minutes.

Loosen the muffins carefully with a knife and set them on their sides in their muffin cups. Place the tin on a rack. Let sit for about 10 minutes before serving. These muffins are very moist when just taken from the oven, but firm up on standing, and remain moist the next day. Cool thoroughly and store in a closed plastic bag or container. They will keep moist for 2 or 3 days. These freeze well. (Calories each made with oil--174, 3 weight watcher points. Calories made with homemade margarine--159, 2 w w points)

TEMPURA BATTER FOR SUNBURGERS MADE INTO SWEET AND SOUR "CHICKEN"--Chef Deb from Vegsource

Deborah on the Vegsource Recipe Board gave me this recipe years ago.

1 cup flour
1/4 cup cornstarch
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. oil
1/2 tsp. sugar (optional)
1/4 tsp. salt
ice water
oil for frying

Vegetables (thin slices of squash, bell pepper, eggplant, broccoli and cauliflower florets or whole green beans.)

Mix flour, cornstarch, salt, and baking powder. Add ice water slowly, stirring until mixture is like a thick pancake batter. Dip vegetables into batter, shake off excess. Fry vegetables in oil heated to 350 degrees until light brown and crispy. drain on paper towels.

SUNBURGERS--Doris and Dee Olsen and Lynne Snyder

These burgers have the best texture of any homemade burger I have tasted. I used to make them all the time. I probably should make them again and share them with my daughter's Vegan friends

Bring 10 cups water to a boil and add:
1 1/2 cups powdered imitation beef soup base (I used Frontier brand)
1 1/2 cups nutritional yeast
3/4 cups dry onion flakes
1 Tbs. garlic powder
1 Tbs. thyme
1 Tbs. basil
1 Tbs. dry parsley
Simmer about 3 minutes, remove from heat and add:
1 1/2 cups Braggs Liquid Aminos
1/2 cup soy sauce
3 Tbs. oil
1/4 cup A-1 Steak Sauce
1 Tbs. liquid smoke
Stir into:
15 to 20 cups oatmeal
1 cup sunflower seeds

Mixture should be virtually instantly stiff and almost too hard to stir, if not, add additional oats. Scoop out balls using ice cream scoop and place on lightly oiled cookie sheet. Flatten patties and bake in 350 degree oven for 10-15 minutes on each side. Patties can be placed in Tupperware containers or plastic bags and frozen. This
recipe makes 40-50 3-inch patties.

Note: Doris and Dee used a small Tupperware hamburger press to shape their patties and I bought one too. Humm. I wonder where it is? To re-heat frozen patties place in a fry pan sprayed with vegetable spray and cook over medium heat about 5 minutes on each side.

To make nuggets cut in one inch pieces, wet with water and shake in flour.
Fry in oil until brown.

To make sweet and sour chicken substitute chicken flavor soup base for the beef soup base. Cut burgers into one inch pieces, dip in tempura batter and fry in hot oil.
Serve with sweet and sour sauce.

VEGAN STROGANOFF--Lynne Snyder

Vegan Stroganoff--Lynne Snyder

Onions, cut in half and thinly sliced
mushrooms, sliced
garlic, minced or pressed
Superior Touch Better than Bouillon Vegetable Base
Olive oil
water
Fettuccine Noodles

Sauté onions in oil (or steam in water). Add mushrooms, garlic, some Bouillon and a bit of water; cover and steam until mushrooms are to your liking. Uncover, add white sauce, simmer a minute or two to blend flavors and serve over hot noodles.

White Sauce
flour
pepper
oil
soy milk
salt

Sauté flour and pepper (pepper is the secret ingredient in a good white sauce--it must be sautéd with the flour and oil) in oil for a minute or two, stirring constantly. Whisk in soy milk and salt to taste. Heat until it is thick.

VEGAN CLAM DIP--Lynne Snyder

When we were Vegan two of our boys "stole" the Vegan Clam Dip and barricaded themselves in a bedroom with a bag of chips. They thought they had the "real" non-vegan version. They practically ate the whole batch before coming out. When we told them they blustered and stammered but they had been caught--they couldn't tell the difference!

1 (8 oz.) pkg. Tofutti Better than Cream Cheese
½ cup soy milk
1 Tbs. A-1 steak sauce
1 Tbs. Braggs Liquid Aminos
¼ tsp. garlic powder
¼ tsp. onion powder
1/8 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. pepper
½ cup dry Chicken TVP (or plain TVP or seafood TVP if you can find it)
additional soy milk if needed

Blend everything (except TVP) together well; then add TVP. It will take about 15 minutes for the TVP to re-hydrate and the dip to thicken (if it gets too thick add more soymilk, a few drops at a time). Serve with fresh vegetables and chips.

NEW POTATOES AND PEAS--Lynne's Mom

As soon as Mom could dig the first new potatoes in the early summer we were sure to have new potatoes and peas for dinner. She only peeled part of the skin off, usually in a little spiral around the potato but I am guessing she peeled the part of the potato that the shovel might have nicked. This dish meant summer to me, along with rhubarb (which I adored) and asparagus (which I did not adore but have since learned to).

New potatoes
Fresh or frozen peas
milk or soy milk
green onions (optional)
garlic (optional)
oil
flour
pepper
salt

Clean and boil new potatoes until tender. (If they are too large cut in half or fourths.) Put frozen peas (or fresh picked if you are lucky enough to have them) into the boiling potato water and remove pot from the heat. Let stand one or two minutes. Drain.

Sauté green onions and garlic (if using) in oil a minute or two, add flour and pepper (pepper is the secret to a good white sauce) and continue sautéing a couple of minutes, stirring constantly. Whisk in milk or soy milk and salt to taste. Add drained potatoes and peas.

LEMON BARS--Sharee Snyder

Sharee made a double batch of this years ago for a wedding shower. They were so good they have been in the family cookbook ever since.

Crust:
1 cake mix-lemon or chocolate (if using chocolate eliminate lemon juice. We have never tried chocolate because we love the lemon so much.)
1 egg or egg substitute--I have used EnerG egg replacer, adding a tsp. nutritional yeast to each “egg.”
1/3 cup oil

Mix cake mix, 1 egg and the oil together well. Save out one cup of mixture. Press remaining mixture into 9x13 pan; bake 350° for 15 min.

Middle layer

1 egg or replacement
1 8 oz pkg. cream cheese (I have used Tofutti Better Than Cream Cheese for the vegan version)
1/3 cup sugar
1 tsp. lemon juice

Cream together cream cheese, egg or egg substitute, sugar and lemon juice until smooth and light. Pour over baked crumbs.

Topping: Sprinkle remaining crumb mixture over top and bake at 350° 13 more minutes.

CARROT CAKE--Lynne Snyder

I got this recipe years and years ago, when I was newly married. I wrote down the baking temperature as 225 °--I was too inexperienced to know that no one would bake a cake at 225°. So, I baked it at that temperature and it baked and baked and baked. Finally the toothpick test said it was done. Well it was fabulous. Everyone LOVED it. The only problem is that the cake rose and slurped over the top and the slurped part burned in the bottom of the oven. But we loved it and so we had slurping cake for years and years. When we went Vegan I modified it to use tofu. No more slurping over and it was just as good.

2 cups sugar
1 (12.3 oz.) pkg. silken tofu
1 cup oil (original recipe called for a cup and a half)
1 tsp. vanilla
2 cups flour
1 scant tsp. salt
1 Tbs. soda
1 Tbs. cinnamon
3 cups grated carrots
1 to 2 cups chopped walnuts (I use almonds if I know someone is allergic to walnuts and it's just as good)

Blend sugar and tofu well in food processor--they must be mixed very well or there will be tofu lumps. Pour mixture into a bowl and add oil and vanilla, mix well. Mix together flour, salt, soda and cinnamon, then stir in tofu mixture. Stir carrots and nuts into batter and pour into a Pam sprayed 9 by 13 inch glass pan. Bake at 225 degrees (note unusual temperature!) for 2 to 2½ hours. Test with a toothpick.

Frost with Duncan Heinz cream cheese frosting or if making this vegan frost with cream cheese frosting made with Better than Cream Cheese, powdered sugar, some soy or rice milk, a little oil and some vanilla.