Tag Archives: Vegan

Red Cabbage Tahini Salad Wraps

Ingredients:

  • 1 Red cabbage
  • Lemon & thyme tahini
  • 1 carrot julienned
  • Lettuce leaves
  • Cocktail Sticks
  • Salt & Pepper

Break off whole cabbage leaves, be careful not to tear…

…And wash them throughly ready to prepare. 

Fill with a spoon of tahini and give it a a good spread…

…and fill with lettuce and carrots or other salad vegetables instead.

Now roll into a wrap, secure with a cocktail stick and then your ready to crunch…


…delicious and colourful cabbage wraps – perfect for your next lunch!

👌💚😋

Apricot Ice Cream 

When it’s hot and the sun shines through, only an ice cold breakfast will do!

This delicious treat creamy and sweet is the perfect refreshing breakfast to eat! 

Ingredients:

  • 6 frozen organic apricots 
  • 6-8 organic frozen bananas
  • 1/2 cup of organic almond milk

Oh this recipe is so delicious – we could let out a large scream! 

Are you ready to make a bowl of sugar-free vegan ice cream?

Place all ingredients in your jug ready to blend… 

…🍑🍦

Place on the setting you use to crush ice… And in a minute or two – voila!: 

  


We can never have too many photos of this bowl of mmmhmmmm! 

 

Zoom in on this mouth watering delight …

  

Why not top with fresh apricots too?

  

….And enjoy! Waking up to breakfast this yummy is just such a refreshing start to the day!

 

A picture says 1000 words… 👌  

Bon Appétit!  

 

Apple Spice Poppy Seed Bread Muffins 

You know that feeling when you wake up, open the curtains, the sun is shining, and your mixing bowl just has that shining sparkle that says: it’s a bake-and-make kind of morning!?

This morning was one of those mornings. The great thing about this recipe is that it was completely spontaneous and turned out just right!

The final texture resulted in a hybrid between bread and muffin – a Bruffin? It is therefore perfectly suitable for any time of day.

You can sweeten if you would like to make it more dessert like or the apples when cooked in pieces alone inside the mixture make it a perfect more savoury bread without added sweetner.

Enjoy!

Ingredients:

  • 1 1/2 cup of ground raw buckwheat (or buckwheat flour)
  • 1/4 cup of olive oil (or coconut oil)
  • 1 peeled and diced apple
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon of mixed spice
  • 1/2 teaspoon of baking powder
  • 1 handful of poppy seeds
  • Maple syrup/agave nectar/ sweetner of choice (optional)

1. Preheat your oven.

2. Ground your buckwheat groats or measure out your flour – we blended our buckwheat into flour in our vitamix dry jug… 
3.Then measure out your oil
4. Peel and chop one apple (green or red would be fine)  

Apple peeled and diced. You can leave the peel on if you prefer. 
5. Measured out your spices….  

6. Add all ingredients to a mixing bowl and stir well…  Stirring in those poppy seeds 👌    Really giving the mixture a good stir!   

7. Now time to fill up or muffin tray! You could also use muffin cases


Zoom in on that oh so delicious mixture!

8. Now 30 minutes cooking time in the oven at 200 degrees Celsius on the clock!   
They’ve risen and they’re done!   

9. Mandatory test bite! Oh so fluffy and warm 😆  

Looking good!

Good and golden 💛
10. Voila!  Enjoy! 

Cacao & Vine Fruit Ice Cream 🍦

Delicious chocolate-like sweet ice cream in less then 30 seconds and only 2 ingredients necessary – are you ready 🙉🍦🍫🍌 

Ingredients 

  • 5-6 sliced frozen ripe bananas 
  • 1 cup of cacao powder 
  • Handful of mixed vine fruit (raisins, currants, sultanas) (optional)

Place bananas and cacao powder in your blender with just enough water to cover your blender blades. 

Then if you’re using a Vitamix – put on the ice/frozen setting or if using another blender, blend as you would if you were crushing ice. The result should look something like this:
    

Serve immediately topped with vine fruit or other topping up choice 👌 

Perfect to satisfy an afternoon need for sweetness, dessert or even a Monday Morning breakfast 😉


Healthy, nutritious and delicious 😋 

Spinach & Potato Buckwheat Burgers 🌿

We love making our own homemade burgers, we’ve made experiments galore! Here’s one we particularly enjoyed for you to have a go and explore! 

Ingredients:

  • 2 handfuls of washed fresh spinach leaves 
  • 1/2 red pepper washed and chopped
  • 3 fresh garlic cloves 
  • 1/2 white onion peeled & diced
  • 1/4 cup of buckwheat flour 
  • 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper 
  • 2-3 tsps dried chopped mint, 
  • 2-3 tsps dried chopped basil, 
  • 2-3 tsps dried chopped thyme, 
  • A generous pinch of Maldon salt
  • Ground pepper 
  • 1 tbsp olive oil

Add the spinach, onion, garlic, pepper and some water to blend…

Pulse for a few seconds, this is the kind of mixture your aiming for in the end…

Steam your potatoes and mash until fluffy – oh this part is such fun!

Then add all the herbs and seasonings each and every one!
Pour in now, the spinach, pepper, onion and garlic mixture too;And stir and mash again until the mix is completely green right through!    Now add the flour which will make the mixture thicker,

Then create your burgers, perhaps using a press like this will be much quicker!    Drizzle the tops with olive oil which will give them that extra crunch…  

And bake for 30 minutes one side and 30 minutes on the other and they’ll be soon be ready for your dinner or lunch! 👌       

Buckwheat Flour & Potato Gnocchi 

Ladies and gentlemen here’s another delicious simple recipe for you to create…

…you’ll soon be making your own gnocchi at a speedy efficient rate!

 Ingredients

  • Some peeled and diced chopped potatoes
  • 1 cup of Buckwheat Flour 

Steam potatoes until soft enough to mash through…  

Then use a fork, masher or ricer to soften – don’t use a blender whatever you do! Here’s the final result fluffy, silky and smooth:  
You can add any seasonings at this point if you’re in a real culinary groove 😉  

Then measure out one cup of buckwheat flour ready to pour…  

…into your mixing bowl and make a hole in the centre for…   

…your fluffy potato, add to the centre in a ball……and knead the flour into the potato here’s what it should look like in all…  
Roll the dough into little round balls just like so…  

  …and place them in a pan of boiling water, and when they’re ready how will you know?

Because in a minute or two they’ll rise up to the top! And that’s when you take them out so the cooking will stop!

Then serve warm with your favourite sauce, we used tomato as you can see here…    

After this delicious meal you’ll soon be in good cheer!   

Red Pepper & Onion Quinoa Balls

Ladies and Gentlemen these Quinoa Balls are a delicious bite to eat! Round and scrumptious and so beautifully neat!

Ingredients

  • A bowl of cooked quinoa
  • Half an onion diced
  • Half a red pepper diced
  • Salt/pepper to taste
  • Coconut oil for frying 
  • Basil or other seasoning of choice 

Fry your onions and shiny pepper red…

  

…Add and mix with salt, pepper and basil in their fluffy quinoa bed.  

Use your hands to roll a handful of mixture into a neat and round ball…  

…And whilst preparing do your very best not to eat them all! 😊😉Serve with salad and enjoy your round burst of protein!

  

A meal fit for any Quinoa King or Queen! 👑     

Mint, Red Onion, Carrot and Mashed Potato Baked Balls

Ingredients

  • 1 large baking potato (or several little potatoes) 
  • Approximately 6-8 carrots. Though any number would be fine.
  • 3 tsp Dried chopped basil 
  • 1 tbsp Dried chopped mint
  • 3 garlic cloves finely chopped
  • Salt/pepper to taste 
  • Olive Oil (optional)
  • Ice Cream Scoop

 Peel, chop and steam your potatoes and carrots until soft. Ours usually take 30 minutes  

Place your steamed vegetables in a bowl with mint, basil, sliced garlic cloves and salt and pepper.  

Finely dice your red onion…  

Mash together and stir in the onion. Do not use a blender the potatoes will become all gluey!   Then fill an ice cream scoop with the mixture .

  

And place the balls on a baking sheet or oven tray.  

We added a little olive oil for extra crispness however this is optional. You could omit the added oil if using a non-stick tray.    

If you’re placing the balls in a stone pan however it is recommended to use a little oil so the balls do not stick to the bottom of the pan.    

Bake for 20-30 minutes depending on how crispy you like them!

These were in the oven for 30 minutes at 200 degrees. Just until they browned nicely at the edges.

Serve with salad and enjoy!     

 

Lettuce Salad Wraps 

Ladies and Gentlemen here’s a delicious idea to give your meal a nutritious start…It’s so wonderfully vibrant it is edible art! 

Ingredients

  • Lettuce head with large leaves. We used Batavia, though Cos could work well too.
  • Julienned or thinly sliced salad vegetables.
  • Salt/pepper to taste
  • Cocktail sticks
  • Favourite dip/sauce (optional)

First wash out your leaves and lay them out flat..

  
Then lay salad items in strips…just like that! 

We used julienned, cucumber, carrot, red onion and pepper too. Though you could add any fillings that you wish to.   

Sprinkle a little salt and pepper for extra spice and roll the green leaf up like a wrap, oh it looks so nice!   

We always find piercing a cocktail stick through the middle helps it to stay, so your delicious crunchy centres don’t unfold away.
Voila! There we go our wraps are ready and complete, ready for a delicious healthy bite to eat 👌 
Here’s another tasty tip…Why not serve our lettuce wraps alongside your favourite  sauce or dip?  

Ground Flax Flour-Free Pizza Base 

 It’s Bank holiday Monday and there is an all round vote for Pizza tonight… Alas! We are out of flour and so this poses a real dilemma in our household this evening…

Do Not Fear inspiration is here! We happened to find another jar of ground flax seed in the pantry earlier this evening 👌

Ingredients:

  • 1 and 1/2 Cups ground flaxseed/linseed 
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 2 teaspoons oregano
  • 3 tablespoons of oil
  • 3 flax eggs ( 3 tablespoons of flax + 9 tablespoons of water stirred and left to solidify in the fridge for 15 minutes)
  • 1/2 cup water

Flax seed measured into our mixing bowl….

  

Add all ingredients… 

  

See that baking powder beginning to foam! 

  

Mix all ingredients together and leave to thicken for 5 minutes… 

  

Roll out mixture onto a silicone tray to desired thickness  

 
Shaping this pizza fair and SQUARE ☺️😂 ( Well it became more rectangular actually!) then bake for 15-20 minutes 

 

Et voila! The mixture solidifies and turns a wonderful brown crispy golden colour.

  

You can see that the base has solidified and begun to rise from the silicone sheet… 

  
Now to spread our Perfect Pizza Sauce

  

And apply toppings! First fresh organic leaf spinach…

  

 …and now organic washed broccoli including thinly slicing the stalks…

 

…finally some sliced organic and washed yellow pepper  

  

Completed with a sprinkle of salt, ground pepper and mixed herbs 👌

  

Into the oven for a further 15-20 minutes then your flax crust pizza is complete.