Breakfasts

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 [...]

Vegan Chocolate Hot Cross Bun Ice Cream Sandwiches

Vegan Chocolate Hot Cross Bun Ice Cream Sandwiches  This truly is the ultimate Easter weekend treat. Vegan chocolate hot cross buns served with vegan ice cream instead of plain butter, because if you're going to do it, you might as well go all out! They're really easy to make (watch video at the top of the page) and so much tastier than shop bought hot cross buns with less sugar and completely plant-based. To make them even more decadent I had to add in some Love Cocoa 70% Ecuador dairy-free organic chocolate. Let's be honest, every treat tastes better with chocolate, well almost every treat. When I think a dessert will taste better with chocolate, I'm the first to add it in! It's [...]

Raw Salted Caramel Brownies

Raw Salted Caramel Brownies A treat to satisfy your chocolate cravings without any processed sugar, processed oils or any other nasty added ingredients.  I'm a huge fan of energy/bliss balls - basically any snack made out of dates and nuts. They make a great snack because they're high in fibre, good fats and they're sweet without the need to add any kind of processed refined sugars. Nothing beats whole dates as a form of sweetener, not even the sugar-free varieties, which we are yet to find out their long-term effects as they're relatively new to our diets.  Instead of blending dates and nuts and shaping them into balls, I added in some cocoa powder into the mix and pressed the mixture into [...]

PB&J Pop Tarts – Vegan & Gluten-free

PB&J Pop Tarts - Vegan & Gluten-free I've probably only tried Pop Tarts once or twice many many years ago. I don't even remember the flavour I tried. I do however remember always thinking they're so cute! Because they're imported from the U.S. they were always too expensive for us and considered a luxury item that we just didn't need. I remember them being around the £5 mark but I think they're a lot cheaper now and more readily available here in the UK, but you would never catch me eating one for breakfast nowadays! If you've seen the list of ingredients on one of the packets, you'll know why!  One thing that I do love about Pop Tarts is all [...]

Healthified Homemade Nutella (Video)

When you think of Nutella, you think 'hazelnut+cocoa', but when you look at the ingredients a typical jar is made up of only 13% hazelnuts! In fact, the first 2 ingredients are sugar and oil! That's not to say you cannot enjoy it from time to time as part of a balanced diet, but if you want to eat it on a daily basis, why not make you own healthy version that tastes equally as good!

Vegan Banana Chocolate Chip Pancakes

Vegan Banana Chocolate Chip Pancakes Only two more days before Pancake Day! You didn't think I would let it pass without sharing another vegan and gluten-free pancake recipe, did you? Last week I made a basic maple pancakes recipe with four basic main ingredients - gluten-free flour, milk, coconut oil and maple syrup. Today I'm sharing a slightly fancier recipe with a few more ingredients including chocolate chips, which is one of my favourite ingredients to add to pancakes. They instantly make them taste so much fancier and more luxurious. and who doesn't like having chocolate for breakfast? What would make these pancakes even more luxurious and special? Drizzling them with melted chocolate of course! You can leave this step out if you think having [...]

2017-02-26T18:20:46+01:00February 26, 2017|Breakfasts, Dairy Free, Gluten Free, Pancakes, Vegan, Vegetarian|7 Comments

Maple Pancakes – Vegan & Gluten-free

  Maple Pancakes - Vegan & Gluten-free I've made a few variations of a 'basic' pancakes recipe before (like my strawberry choc chip pancakes and English pancakes), but this recipe by far is the easiest! Pancakes shouldn't be complicated and they definitely don't need loads of ingredients and additions to make them taste good! With pancake day around the corner, blogs and social media is saturated with pancake recipes. I wanted to post a recipe that's easy to make, requires very few ingredients and is both vegan and gluten-free. Many of the recipes I've seen are either gluten-free or vegan, but rarely tick both boxes. That's not ideal for someone like me who wants to avoid both irritants to keep [...]

Vegan Protein Snickers – Video

Vegan Protein Snickers A treat to satisfy both you peanut butter AND chocolate cravings!  It's national peanut butter day! Although I'm pretty sure that most of us don't need an excuse to eat it on the daily :P It's such a versatile ingredient that can be used in so many recipes, form breakfasts, snacks, curries and of course lost and lots of desserts. Another thing that everyone loves are Snickers! So to celebrate national peanut butter day, I made these delicious vegan protein snickers. To keep them as healthy as possible, I  used a mixture of oat flour and vegan protein powder to create the base, topped with a layer of natural peanut butter and some peanuts to give it a more [...]

Superfood Chocolate Mousse Parfait – Video

Superfood Chocolate Mousse Parfait January is the time when everyone is on the hunt for healthy recipes that will help detox their bodies from the potential damage caused by the holiday's overeating and overindulging. And even though everyone seems to be on a diet or restricting their food intake, I still think there is room for desserts and treats, especially when they're super healthy like these superfood chocolate mousse parfait jars :D I'm usually wary of the word 'detox' when it's attached to a product as it's been over used and abused over the last few years. There are so many detox foods and diets out there promising to rid your body of toxins when in reality the body is fully capable of detoxifying itself. [...]

Healthy Christmas Day Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner Ideas

Healthy Christmas Day Recipes - Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner Most households have their own tradition when it comes to Christmas day meals. There is usually a lot of emphasis on the Christmas dinner, but hardly any thought goes into the other meals during the day. Most don't even eat anything else! Apart from maybe mince pies and chocolate in between. I for one prefer eating 3 smaller meals rather than skipping breakfast or snacking on unhealthy festive foods while waiting for the 'main event' by which time I would be starving and end up eating way too much than my stomach can handle leaving me feeling uncomfortable, lethargic and tired the rest of the day. To me, it makes more [...]

Go to Top