Breakfasts

Plum Hazelnut Porridge

Plum Hazelnut Porridge You know it's autumn when your Instagram and Pinterest  feed is jam-packed with endless images of pumpkin recipes, Halloween treats and porridge. Lots and lots of porridge!  Not that I would ever complain about an abundance of porridge posts. After all I basically live of porridge during the cooler autumn months and definitely once winter kicks in. There is nothing more comforting and satisfying than a bowl of warm oats with a HUGE mug of tea on a chilly morning.  It's so much more difficult to get out of bed in the morning when A) it's still pitch black outside B) it's so cold and C) your bed is so lovely and warm! I already struggle getting out of [...]

Roasted Vegetable Tofu Quiche (Vegan & Gluten-free)

Roasted Vegetable Tofu Quiche (Vegan & Gluten-free) You can't beat a good quiche with a side salad for lunch. But this is no ordinary quiche. This is a plant-based quiche made with tofu! Tofu is an amazing plant-based substitute for meat and eggs. It's a great source of calcium, protein, omega-3, selenium and zinc, all nutrients that can be lacking in a plant-based diet. I added some nutritional yeast to give it a cheesy/nutty flavour and some homemade sun-dried tomato pesto for an Italian twist. Packed full of delicious herby veggies to add more flavour, texture and vibrant colours!  The crust is a simple mixture of oat flour, buckwheat flour and ground almonds which made for a scrumptious crumbly base. This quiche [...]

Simple Gluten-free Vegan Crepes

Simple Gluten-free Vegan Crepes Although I already have a basic vegan crepes recipe, my oat & spelt crepes, which is very similar to this recipe, I wanted to make a gluten-free version so my readers with a gluten allergy/sensitivity can also enjoy them. So I made a couple of tweaks to the original recipe and substituted the spelt flour for buckwheat flour.  These gluten-free vegan crepes are so easy to make and only call for a handful of ingredients and are ready in no time! Perfect for a fun and chilled Saturday or Sunday morning to serve to friends and family.  You can stack them, sprinkle with fruit and nuts, or fill them with nut butter or homemade Nutella and roll them.  [...]

Golden Smoothie & Chia Pudding Parfait

Golden Smoothie & Chia Pudding Parfait If you've seen my golden turmeric milk post, you'll know how much I love turmeric and everything it has to offer. It's an ingredient I try to incorporate in my daily diet as a natural anti-inflammatory agent to help keep my eczema, IBS and inflammation at bay.  So many of you loved the golden turmeric milk so much that I thought it would be appropriate for me to show you another easy way to incorporate this amazing ingredient into your diet. Another thing that I love just as much as turmeric is pre-prepared breakfasts. That's meals that you prepare the night before to take the stress out of breakfast time the following morning. I'm one of [...]

Grilled Peaches with Cinnamon Granola + Tesco Scan As You Shop Service Review

Since summer is still in full swing, even though it may not always feel like it with our UK yo-yo weather, I wanted to take a break from my usual type of recipes, typically chocolate centred treats, and focus on creating something fruity. Something light that's perfect served at a BBQ or a summer dinner party with ice cream! But before I get into that, I want to talk food shopping! Tesco invited me to try out their Scan As You Shop service at my local store, and to be honest prior to that I didn't really know much about it, how it worked and why to use it! Call me strange, but I'm one of those people who loves food shopping and [...]

Chocolate Tahini Doughnuts (Vegan, Gluten-free)

Chocolate Tahini Doughnuts  I have yet another tahini recipe for you. I just couldn't resist. It's such a delicious and nutritionally amazing ingredient that I just want to add it/drizzle it onto anything and everything! There is no doubt that I eat tahini on a daily basis, either in my breakfast in the form of a drizzle over my smoothies, mixed into my porridge, or on the side of my lunch in hummus or just drizzled over my salad/veggies.  These chocolate tahini doughnuts are vegan, gluten-free and refined sugar free made using oats instead of flour, tahini instead of oil and dates instead of a refined sweetener. Not only are they much healthier than normal doughnuts, they're also super dense, [...]

Chocolate Covered Almond Coconut Flapjacks

Chocolate Covered Almond Coconut Flapjacks This is my first ever flapjack recipe!  EVER!! Can you believe it? How have I been blogging for this long without making flapjacks before? I honestly don't know the answer to that question because I LOVE FLAPJACKS!  I guess flapjacks can come across as a slightly less interesting treat. Are they a dessert? Are they a snack? They feel like they're somewhere in between. Depending on how you make them they can look slightly bland and uninspiring, especially in the eyes of a food blogger who wants to create something visually stunning that the camera will love.  So I finally got my act together and made my first batch of flapjacks. I couldn't make any plain old flapjacks though. I [...]

Organic Chocolate Cherry Smoothie Bowl

Organic Chocolate Cherry Smoothie Bowl More and more people are choosing to buy organic produce. Whether that be to avoid pesticides, for environmental reasons or for health reasons, there is no doubt that the UK’s appetite for organic food is growing. You can see it in the ever growing organic section in supermarkets and organic drinks and breakfasts/snacks offered in some cafes. Organic food is best, no doubt about it. Here are a few reasons why: Organic food is good for you and in a lot of cases tastier and more delicious too! They have fewer pesticides and in some cases more nutrients. Choosing organic is better for the animals. Happy animals with high standards of animal welfare and no routine use of antibiotics. [...]

Super Simple Vegan Pancakes

Super Simple Vegan Pancakes Sundays are for pancakes! Or sometimes waffles, but pancakes are much easier to make and all you need is a bowl to mix the ingredients and a frying pan. Although I'm not a fan of non-stick pans and I wouldn't recommend them since they're usually made with materials and metals that are harmful to our health, when it comes to pancakes no other type of pan seems to work for me! I've tried both ceramic and stainless steel pans to make pancakes, but they always stick no matter what I do! It's so frustrating when you prepare the ingredients and you have an idea in your head of what you would like the end result to look like only [...]

A Full Day of Healthy Eating (Vegan & Gluten-Free)

A Full Day of Healthy Eating (Vegan & Gluten-Free) A few of you have asked me to shoot a 'what I eat in a day' style video and I really liked that idea. So I decided to film a full day of healthy recipes - breakfast, lunch and dinner and finish it off with some snack/dessert suggestions.  I really enjoy watching these kind of videos as they give me new ideas and inspire me to try something different. I wanted to share recipes that are quick and easy to make and are also healthy and delicious. This way you can enjoy nourishing food without feeling like you're missing out or feeling like you're on a 'diet'. As soon as you think [...]

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