This warming drink is like a warm blanket on those cold nights. Just throw the ingredients into a blender (strain if you can be bothered) and sip yourself into a chocolatey bliss. This drink also goes down a treat with the little ones – but substitute in some coconut milk (to add more creaminess)
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RECIPE: Broccoli Pakora & Sour Cherry & Date Chutney
Are you needing a little bro-mance in your bro-coli relationship? This pakora recipe will add a little spice into the mix and are accompanied by a delicious sour cherry and date chutney to sweeten the deal. The broccoli in these pakoras is left in florets which gives the dish texture and leaves it less doughy than
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These delicious raw vegan mars bars are packed full of protein, and are actually quite reminiscent of actual mars or moro bars. In fact blind tasting proved quite difficult for friends and family who tried these tasty morsels to confidently tell the difference. But there is a difference of course. Not only are they packed full of
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Any good truffle starts with a good ganache. Of course a ganache is made from melted chocolate and cream. So how does one make a dairy-free and vegan ganache that tastes at least as good as the cream based one? Well the answer of course is activated watermelon seeds! Watermelon seeds are white in colour,
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This yummy Vegan Raw Chocolate Ganache Tart has the hallmarks of many great raw desserts – it is both deliciously rich and deeply satisfying (in the sense that you will not overindulge). This is because it is not only packed full of whole foods such as banana and dried sour cherries, activated pecans, activated almonds,
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The saying goes that inspiration can come from the strangest of places. Well this is not true in this case. In cooking, inspiration often comes from ingredients that are in season or through the use of leftovers. In fact developing recipes is often a step by step process where you create one dish and then get
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Another raw recipe for you all! I just can’t get enough of them at the moment. Not only because I happen to have a pantry full of ‘raw’ ingredients, but also because they are so easy to make and taste sooo delicious (and healthy). This vegan raw chocolate brownie certainly takes the cake! I had some of
Continue readingVEGAN WHIPPED CREAM: An Amazing Technique Using Linseeds
This vegan whipped cream (can also be called a vegan meringue or whipped egg whites) is truly an amazing technique to learn for all kinds of cooking. You will see the slimy mucilage of the linseed (otherwise known as flaxseed) turn into a light fluffy and delicious whipped cream/meringue. Now I have mentioned before that
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