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No-bake Walnut Strawberry Bars (Vegan & Gluten-free)

No-bake Walnut Strawberry Bars (Vegan & Gluten-free)

No-bake Walnut Strawberry Bars (Vegan & Gluten-free) It's Friday and time to share another weekend treat! If you're looking for something delicious, decadent and fancy to make for your friends or family this weekend, then look no further! I can promise you they'll be impressed with these beauties, especially once they find out they're completely plant-based with no dairy in sight! Even if you're not vegan or you're thinking of serving these bars to none vegans, they're definitely a crowd pleaser! Fruity, rich bars with a bit of crunch. What's not to like? I'm so thrilled to announce I'll be working with Koro on some video content over the coming months. They're a Berlin based health food online store selling everything from [...]

Nadia2017-09-08T21:17:20+01:00September 8, 2017|Bars, Bars, Cheesecake, Dairy Free, Desserts, Gluten Free, Raw, snack, Sweet Snacks, Vegan, Vegetarian, Video|2 Comments

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

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 [...]

Nadia2017-09-04T13:38:52+01:00September 2, 2017|Dairy Free, Desserts, Gluten Free, Granola, snack, Sweet Snacks, Vegan, Vegetarian|7 Comments

Cookie Dough Chocolate Bars

Cookie Dough Chocolate Bars

Cookie Dough Chocolate Bars A lush cookie dough centre made with chickpeas in a chocolate shell shaped like a chocolate bar! ? Don't you agree they look adorable? You probably all know by now how much I love using beans and pulses in my sweet treats. From lentil porridge, black bean cookie dough brownies, chickpea blondies and black bean chocolate cupcakes and black bean peanut butter brownies. To make these cookie dough chocolate bars, I'm using a similar recipe to the one I used to make these cookie dough truffles, only I made it much simpler and used fewer ingredients. They're grain-free, gluten-free and are so simple to make! To create the chocolate bar shape, I used this chocolate shaped mould that [...]

Nadia2018-07-26T22:53:56+01:00June 19, 2017|Chocolate, Cookies, Dairy Free, Desserts, Gluten Free, snack, Sweet Snacks, Vegan, Vegetarian, Video|3 Comments

Banana Bread with Creamy Walnut Frosting – Vegan & Gluten-free

Banana Bread with Creamy Walnut Frosting – Vegan & Gluten-free

Rich and moist banana bread with a smooth and creamy walnut frosting is the perfect afternoon treat. Made with oats, ground walnuts and banana, it’s perfect for breakfast too! I do love a good slice of cake, but if I had the choice I would always pick a dense slice of banana bread. I love dense cakes and sometimes sponge cakes are just too dry for my liking. They're usually topped with some sort of frosting or come with a layer of jam in the middle to compensate for their dry texture, and the frosting is always sickly sweet and never healthy. I created this recipe with the help of Flora's new dairy-free walnut spread. The flavour of the walnuts comes through beautifully, making it [...]

Nadia2023-03-13T17:14:01+01:00June 17, 2017|Cakes, Desserts, Gluten Free, snack, Sweet Snacks, Vegan, Vegetarian|16 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

Beet-a-ganoush Dip Recipe

Beet-a-ganoush Dip Recipe

Beet-a-ganoush Dip Recipe If you've been reading my blog for a while you'll know of my never ending love for Hummus. What you may not know is I'm also a huge baba ganoush fan. What can I say, I was brought up in the Middle East and both dips were a big part of my diet and so have a very special place in my heart! Luckily as well as being delicious they also happen to be super healthy, high in fibre, nutrients and good fats! I don't eat baba ganoush as much as I would like to since it's slightly more time consuming when compared to hummus (which I literally eat on the daily!), and when I do make it, it's [...]

Nadia2017-04-06T16:22:55+01:00April 6, 2017|Dairy Free, Gluten Free, Sauces and Dips, Savoury Snacks, Side dishes, snack, Spreads, Vegan, Vegetarian|6 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 [...]