Chocolate Salami
Chocolate Salami I just love this Chocolate Salami – thanks to Sophie and Paul from Veganonboard. I normally like to make e recipe a couple of times before I post it but this one was relatively easy and worked perfectly first time. This is my version –...
Buckwheat Crepes
Buckwheat Crepe – Sweet Buckwheat crepes are extremely nutritious, high in fibre and gluten free as well. They can be made both sweet or savoury. Buckwheat Crepe – Savoury There are loads of recipes for buckwheat crepes online – using an array of...
Vegan Apple Crumble
Vegan Apple Crumble – before baking Vegan apple crumble is pretty easy to make. Which is possibly why I have never posted a recipe for it before. You could take an ordinary apple crumble recipe and replace the butter with either vegan butter or a light vegetable...
Ginger Cookies
Ginger Cookies I have made these very easy ginger cookies a few times now. Everyone seems to like them. The first time I specifically needed something gluten free and used a store bought gluten free flour mix. Other times I used an all purpose cake flour. It is also...
Blueberry Oatbars
Blueberry Oatbar These Blueberry Oatbars are deliciously gooey and tasty. Can’t remember where the original inspiration came from. It was ages ago and I have tweaked and changed the recipe over time. At the time of writing this we are in the middle of the covid...
Malva Pudding
Malva Pudding Malva Pudding is (and I quote direct from our friend google) – Malva pudding is a sweet pudding of South African origin. It contains apricot jam and has a spongy caramelized texture. A cream sauce is often poured over it while it is hot, and it is...
Sago Panna Cotta
Sago Panna Cotta Panna Cotta is an Italian dessert usually made with cream. The name means cooked cream. I made this vegan version using sago pearls. A very easy recipe. Ingredients: 100 grms sago pearls1 1/2 Cups soaking liquid – (50/50 plant milk and water)1/2...
Lemon Merangue Pies
Lemon Merangue Pie Been wanting to make lemon merangue pies for ages now. Finally got round to it. I basically used the recipe from Lazy Cat Kitchen. Thank you Ania! I love her recipes as they always actually work!! Lemon merangue pies – before grilling I wont...
Chocolate Cupcakes
Chocolate Cupcakes These Chocolate Cupcakes are part of my getting to grips with baking while carrying on trying recipes from the Rouxbe Essential Desserts course my wife Karen did a while ago. There is so much more to baking – understanding flours and yeasts and...
Choc Chip Cookies
Choc Chip Cookies Found this recipe for Choc Chip Cookies on the Plant Based Chefs FB site. Some really good recipes here! At time of writing this we are in the Corona Virus lockdown – so spending my time in the kitchen trying recipes, and working through the...
Crème Caramel
Crème Caramel Crème Caramel is another of these classic French desserts. Having perfected Crème Brulee, I thought this would be easy. Not so – had a few unsuccessful attempts but finally came up with this one. Check out the notes at the end of the post. Here at Green...
Orange and Almond Cake
Almond Orange Cake I have to say I much prefer being in the kitchen making wonderful vegan food than writing about it! But I do like to share the recipes. This dessert has gone down so well at a couple of our pop-up dinners (check out our FB page here), and if you...
Orange Polenta Cake
This Orange Polenta Cake is a gluten free version of an orange drizzle cake. You can make it in a round or square baking tin or even in cupcakes sizes. The most important aspect of this recipe is to make sure the polenta is well hydrated. To that end I soak the...
Berry sorbet
As usual it has been ages since I posted! 2 reasons – we have been concentrating on getting our vegan pop-up dining going again, and, I hate to post recipes that don’t work. One of the things I have wanted to get right for a while is ice-cream (vegan of course) and...
Chickpea Cinnamon Blondies
Who would have thought of using beans in a dessert? Seems like lots of people. Anyway – it was a first for me, and turned out really well. I am busy doing an on line cooking course and needed to make two completely diffenrent dishes using the same type of bean....
Vegan Creme Brulee
Vegan Creme Brulee is something I have been wanting to make for ages! I went out and bought a chef type ‘blow torch’ to add to all the other kitchen gadgets we already have. But I think I will use it quite a bit. Apparently one can also use it to skin...
Melktert – Vegan
A momentary break from the French slant – but don’t worry, there will be more of that influence to come. With our pop-up ding in Cape Town, we have also been trying traditional South African dishes. So here is a vegan Melktert. Recipe came courtesy of...
Indonesian Pumpkin Cakes
We are on a bit of an Indonesian fling at the moment, as you might have gathered. See my last post to find out how this came about. One of the desserts at our Indonesian pop-up dining event was these tiny pumpkin cakes. They are surprisingly tasty – just sweet...
Chocolate and Coconut Log
There is something about chocolate! Chocolate desserts are always a hit, and this Chocolate and Coconut Log was absolutely scrumptious! We served it up with fresh raspberries at our last vegan pop-up dining event. (Check out our Green and Vegan FB page) The...
Chocolate mousse – vegan version
You can’t say vegan chocolate mousse anymore without mentioning aquafaba, the new vegan egg-white replacement. Well I suppose it is not that new – been around a while, but I have only recently started working with it. Just in case you have’nt heard...