Today I had a request from my little one for ‘dark’ tomato soup with crusty bread “That long one you get” aka a baguette. After a busy day I was all for picking up a packet or tin of the longed for soup. I checked all the packets and cans and found they were either [...]
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Jam on toast ~ raw style!
A super easy and healthy take on jam on toast I got from the great book ‘Raw Food Kitchen’ by Dunja Gulin. I sprouted some spelt grain, processed it with a little sea salt and dehydrated for a few hours. I then blitzed four ripe apricots with a tablespoon of agave syrup to make the [...]
Crazy Sexy Tempeh & Chickpea Chilli…
Here’s a summery, spicy offering, from the brilliant Cray Sexy Life website. Perfect for summer evenings…big thanks to Joanne for picking this gorgeous offering and sending me her photos of the finished dish… Ingredients: 1 tablespoon olive oil 1 medium onion, diced ½ teaspoon salt 3 cloves garlic, minced 1 – 8 oz. package tempeh, [...]
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Living Foods vegan Strawberry Cheesecake
I’ve long been promising myself to make a raw cheesecake and yesterday was the day! Using a simple recipe from The Rawtarian I made a gorgeous cheesecake to rival any dairy offering I’ve ever had. I absolutely LOVE making raw desserts because they look and taste amazing and they are far healthier than their dairy [...]
I Am Hopeful ~ Pad Thai
After my good friend sent over pictures of the food from ‘Café Gratitude’ I knew I had to get the recipe books pronto. They arrived two days ago and I wasn’t disappointed, full of inspiring words and beautiful living food/raw recipes I couldn’t wait to get started. My first meal from the book is the [...]
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A Raw Dinner for four..
I have been making lots of raw dishes for some months now and I really love it (my ever expanding recipe book shelf is testament to this!), so last night I bit the raw vegan bullet and made dinner for four, using recipes I have learnt from the brilliant chef David Bailey. Dinner was Raw [...]
Time for Summer Smoothies…
Todays smoothie was a frozen strawberry and cucumber affair and it was every bit as refreshing as it sounds, bring on the sun! Ingredients: 2 cups of organic almond milk 1 cup of frozen strawberries 1 organic ripe banana 1 tablespoon of maple syrup 1 large organic cucumber (chopped with skin on) 1 organic apple [...]
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Raisin’ the Bar…
I discovered this gorgeous sweet treat a few weeks ago and thought I would test them for you (I’m good like that!). I warn you though, there are quite a few in the packet so if you start, you are going to finish the lot! Chocolate raisins were my favourite ‘sweets’ as a kid, so [...]
Cake Friday! ~ Vegan Chocolate Chip Muffins
Here is a great recipe sent by Joanne, my ‘Plant happy’ friend stateside. I hope you all have a great weekend and a very happy ‘Cake friday’! Makes 12 muffins 1 cup almond milk or your favorite nondairy milk (I used soy) 1 heaped tablespoon instant coffee crystals (optional) 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar 2 [...]
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Quick and Healthy Kid’s meal..
Here’s an idea for a very quick and simple kid’s lunch/dinner…Gabe can be pretty weird about some foods but for whatever reason (and I’m not questioning it!) he loves brown rice and tofu, so I’m going with that and getting the greens in there too. Ingredients: Shortgrain brown rice Salad sprouts of your choice [...]
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Tomato Soup Homestyle
Road Stop Rabbit.
