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Lemon Blackberry Bars – Vegan & Gluten-free

Lemon Blackberry Bars – Vegan & Gluten-free

Lemon Blackberry Bars - Vegan & Gluten-free This week is National Vegetarian Week and a good excuse to eat less meat and more fresh, in season produce. It runs from 15-21 May and it encourages everyone to eat vegetarian for the duration of that week. Obviously this is not created for people who already eat a vegetarian diet, but rather as a way to encourage meat eaters to consume less animal products and experiment with vegetarian foods of which there are plenty! I've teamed up with Mornflake to create these lemon blackberry bars - a vegetarian/vegan friendly sweet treat to kick off national vegetarian week and to help bring awareness to the campaign. With more and more evidence showing that vegetarian diets are associated with lower risks [...]

Nadia2017-11-13T00:55:12+01:00May 16, 2017|Dairy Free, Desserts, Gluten Free, Sweet Snacks, Tarts/Pies, Vegan, Vegetarian|19 Comments

Strawberry Salted Caramel Cheesecake Bars

Strawberry Salted Caramel Cheesecake Bars

Strawberry Salted Caramel Cheesecake Bars Strawberries and chocolate are always a good combination. The complex flavour and sweetness of the strawberries complement the depth of taste and bitterness of the dark chocolate so well. Another great combination with either/or is salted caramel! Seriously, those three flavours are a combination made in heaven - one that you must try asap if you haven't already! Initially I had the idea of creating a salted caramel strawberry cheesecake, but I didn't just want to stop there. I wanted to make something a little different but equally moreish if not even more so. That's when I had the idea of creating these strawberry salted caramel cheesecake bars individually covered with a dark chocolate shell, because who doesn't love [...]

Nadia2017-06-06T18:07:15+01:00May 11, 2017|Bars, Cheesecake, Chocolate, Dairy Free, Desserts, Gluten Free, Raw, Sweet Snacks, Vegan, Vegetarian|15 Comments

Healthy Chocolate Chip Pretzel Cookies

Healthy Chocolate Chip Pretzel Cookies

Healthy Chocolate Chip Pretzel Cookies Mmm cookies! If someone asked me if I was more of a cake girl or cookie girl, I would most likely say cookie girl! Of course it does depend on the cake/cookie, but overall I'm definitely more partial to a good cookie, especially when it's chocolate chip and homemade! What I'm not a fan of are those large American style cookies that you get from supermarkets, bakeries and coffee shops. Those oversized, sickly sweet, fat laden cookies that don't have much flavour to them other than the taste of sugar! These healthy chocolate chip pretzel cookies are lower in sugar, fat and are made using a mix of oats and ground almonds. With added dairy-free dark chocolate [...]

Nadia2017-05-01T19:43:09+01:00May 1, 2017|Chocolate, Cookies, Dairy Free, Desserts, Gluten Free, snack, Sweet Snacks, Vegan|9 Comments

Vegan Chocolate Hot Cross Bun Ice Cream Sandwiches

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 [...]

Nadia2017-04-14T16:10:35+01:00April 14, 2017|Breakfasts, Dairy Free, Desserts, Easter, Nut Free, snack, Vegan, Vegetarian, Video|1 Comment

Raw Salted Caramel Brownies

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 [...]

Nadia2022-08-05T11:34:52+01:00April 13, 2017|Bars, Breakfasts, Brownies, Dairy Free, Desserts, Gluten Free, Paleo, Raw, snack, Sugar Free, Sweet Snacks, Vegan, Vegetarian, Video|8 Comments

Vegan Easter Creme Eggs

Vegan Easter Creme Eggs

Vegan Easter Creme Eggs What is Easter without a creme egg or two? Or at least some sort of egg shaped chocolate. During my Uni years I used to promise myself I would eat at least one giant Easter egg, but seem to fail. I've always considered Easter eggs overly prised and a bit awkward to eat. I usually end up eating way more than I would usually do just because I don't realise how much I've eaten until it's too late. It's not like you can keep count of how many squares you've eaten and because it's considered a special treat, I end up saying to myself "go on, just have a little more" and before you know it I've eaten half the [...]

Nadia2017-04-12T13:15:13+01:00April 11, 2017|Chocolate, Dairy Free, Desserts, Easter, Gluten Free, snack, Vegan, Vegetarian, Video|4 Comments

PB&J Pop Tarts – Vegan & Gluten-free

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 [...]

Nadia2017-05-29T17:01:01+01:00April 3, 2017|Breakfasts, Dairy Free, Desserts, Gluten Free, snack, Tarts/Pies, Vegan, Vegetarian|10 Comments

Chocolate Crumpets Vegan & Gluten-free with Salted Caramel Spread

Chocolate Crumpets Vegan & Gluten-free with Salted Caramel Spread

Chocolate Crumpets Vegan & Gluten-free with Salted Caramel Spread Crumpets are such a quintessential British tea time treat. Griddle cakes that look like pancakes and cooked like pancakes only they're thicker, spongier/chewier and full of holes! You'll find this treat in many British households, usually shop bought as the idea of making homemade crumpets seems so daunting and definitely a lot of work. That's what I thought anyway until I tried them myself. You do have to wait for the dough to rise, like with any homemade yeasted bread, but once that's done there isn't much to it! I know you can now buy gluten-free crumpets, but they're not vegan. I wanted to create a version that both vegans and anyone [...]

Nadia2017-03-30T18:44:58+01:00March 29, 2017|Chocolate, Dairy Free, Desserts, Gluten Free, snack, Sweet Snacks, Uncategorized, Vegan, Vegetarian, Video|8 Comments

Vegan Gluten-free French Fancies

Vegan Gluten-free French Fancies

Vegan Gluten-free French Fancies First of all I would like to wish my mum and all the amazing mothers out there a ?HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY? If you live in the UK you will be very familiar with french fancies. They're these cute mini sponge cakes, similar to petit four, with a jam centre and covered in different coloured icing - pink (strawberry), yellow (lemon) and brown (chocolate). I used to find the sponge in french fancies a little dry, which wasn't too bad since the jam and icing added a bit of moisture and complemented the whole thing, but I still prefer my cakes a little more moist, so I wanted to make mine a little denser and not as spongy. [...]

Nadia2017-06-06T18:09:00+01:00March 26, 2017|Cakes, Dairy Free, Desserts, Gluten Free, Sweet Snacks, Vegan, Vegetarian|5 Comments

Unicorn Doughnuts – Vegan & Gluten-free

Unicorn Doughnuts – Vegan & Gluten-free

Unicorn Doughnuts - Vegan & Gluten-free Is it just me or is this year flying by so quickly? How it almost April already?? Today is the first day of spring so it seemed fitting that I would post a more colourful dessert as apposed to my usual chocolate coloured desserts! I've always been drawn to pastel colours. There is such a calming and relaxing element to them and as someone who suffers with anxiety, I need all the calm I can get. I had seen loads of 'unicorn' inspired recipes on social media and instantly knew I wanted to join the craze, even if it is only a trend that will pass in a couple of months. If there is a [...]