Vegan baking
Vegan Chocolate Brownie
This is one bold recipe! Tweaked by me. Inspired by Dana at The Minimalist Baker (a truly heavenly place to hang out on the interwebs). There’s just enough drys in here to give structure to the gooey fudgey deliciousness inside. And it’s not overly sweet, which means your toppings can have more of a stage. […]
Chewy chickpea cookies
I’m loving these high protein gluten-free cookies. They’re super easy to make, great for the lunch box and perfect for a mid morning cuppa. Warning: eating only one is a little tricky. The chia seeds act as an egg substitute bringing essential omegas and slow release energy, whilst also being another source of protein. But […]
Go Go Goji Berry Bar
We eat a lot of bliss balls in our house. Like these ones and these ones. But when time is short and the lunchbox calls. I ‘press’ instead of roll. 1 C dried coconut 1 C oats 2 cups dates, chopped (soak if hard) ½ C goji berries, chopped 1 tsp vanilla essence 1 Tbl […]
Vegan Christmas Cake
This cake is a good mix of ‘easy’ + ‘Xmas-spice-fruity combo’. And with molasses and not too much sugar I call it health food. Actually I’ve been known to call it breakfast! It’s not a long lasting cake but never needs to be! 675 g mixed fruit 450 ml water 150 ml oil (rice bran) […]
Egg & dairy-free fruity loaf
As a child I remember bowls of dried fruit soaked in tea overnight ready for baking the next day. This recipe harks back to a rhythm and comfort of my mother’s kitchen. It’s hard to beat a thick slice of moist spicy fruit loaf. Of course in those days it was covered in butter. But it tastes […]
Sugar-free sweet potato brownie
Hail to Deliciously Ella for the idea of putting kumara (sweet potato) into a brownie recipe. The satisfying starch works beautifully to fill up hungry children. The original recipe uses almond meal so can easily be gluten free. I’ve changed it according to what I had in the pantry and it worked just fine. I’ve […]
Gluten free cookies for kids on the go (& adults)
Confession. There are a couple of occasions when my oil free mantra goes out the window – garlicky oil drizzled on homemade pizza – or worse the temptation of a hot chip. Yes I’m imperfectly perfect. So these cookies are one of the few recipes in these pages that contain coconut oil. 1 Tbl chia soaked […]
How to substitute eggs
An excellent resource! My favourite alternatives are flax & chia seeds.
Rhubarb Cake
This is a great example of an egg-free cake – full, moist with the sweet tart flavour of rhubarb. On first bite my friend Jim suggested I open a cafe! 1 cup soy/almond milk 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar (white vinegar or lemon is ok) 1/2 cup rice bran oil 1 cup raw/brown sugar 1 […]
Vegan cookies for kids
Strangely it was the Edmonds cookbook I reached for when thinking what to feed the 6-year-olds after their last day of school before the Easter holidays. Mmmm Easter biscuits seemed fitting – now how am I going to do that? Not all recipes adapt willingly to a vegan makeover but thankfully this one did. Icing only […]