Coconut-Banana Vegan Ice-creem
As promised, here is my recipe for coconut-banana vegan ice-creem. I would love to call it a fool-proof recipe, but I have tried out many so-called fool-proof ones that actually don’t work. So I will just say it is the first successful vegan ice-creem I’ve...
Mini Apple Tarts – Vegan of course
Since getting into raw foods, and going vegan, I have not done any baking at all. Not sure why this is, but probably linked to the idea of a low-carb diet being healthy. We’re not so now sure that is the case, and carbs have stated creeping back into our foods....
Raw vegan chocolate
Being vegan certainly does not mean giving up chocolate! In fact raw vegan chocolate is more delicious than if made with dairy. Well I think so anyway. And this homemade vegan chocolate is very easy to make. We served these chocolates after the meal with the...
Vegan underground restaurant
Karen and I have always dreamed of hosting a vegan underground restaurant in our home. Where did this daft idea come from then? Long before we discovered raw and vegan food, we always enjoyed having dinner parties at home and entertaining with food. I just love being...
Raspberry cheezecake – Raw and vegan
Raspberry cheezecake – Raw and vegan Karen found this Raspberry Cheezcake recipe in a recent local Good Housekeeping magazine. It is so encouraging to find more and more vegan food available, as well as vegan recipes in all sorts of lifestyle magazines. In fact...
Chocolate Brownies – Raw and Vegan
Chocolate Brownies – Raw and Vegan Any regular reader will probably know I am rather fond of the tasty raw tarts and cheezecakes that can be made. Chocolate Brownies are another delicious dessert that can be raw and vegan. Karen and I have tried a few other...
Raw vegan cheezecake
One of my favourite discoveries in raw food are the absolutely amazing raw vegan cheezecakes or tarts. Everybody seems to love them, so here is the easiest one to make – Pineapple Cheezecake. The original recipe is from Natalie and Noel’s “Easy...
Raw lemon, ginger and mango cheezecake
Raw lemon, ginger and mango cheezecake In case you hadn’t noticed, raw cheezecake desserts are among my favourite things to make. Here is another raw vegan tart that was posted recently by Deborah Durrant from Deliciously Raw. Check out Deborah’s...
Lemon sponge, lemon creme dessert – Raw and vegan
Lemon sponge, lemon creme dessert – Raw and vegan Lemon sponge I mentioned this absolutely amazing lemon sponge dessert we made while doing the Deborah Durrant TASTE raw food course. See this post Finally got to make it again at one of our dinner parties,...
Raw Valentine’s Day cake
Raw Valentine’s Day cake Raw vegan Raspberry Cheezecake I haven’t made a raw cheezecake for ages. Our latest favourite recipe books is ‘Leafy Green Cafe’ by Antonia De Luca. She has some delicious raw desserts there. I made my version of her...
Chocolate Smoothie – raw and vegan
Chocolate Smoothie – raw and vegan Chocolate smoothie Smoothies and juices are rather the staple diet of a raw foodie. I have done posts on smoothies before, but we have improved, and I decided to share our favourite smoothies and juice over the next few posts....
Sweet Treats – last of Feast 2014 – Raw Food course
Sweet Treats – last of Feast 2014 – Raw Food course Lime custard tartlet – raw and vegan Everybody seems to make smoothies these days. They tend to be a bit hit and miss – very good or merely ok. Here we learnt a whole lot about the basics of a...
Goji chocolate balls
Goji chocolate balls These delicious treats go under all sorts of various names – energy balls, truffles etc etc and are generally variations on a mixture of nuts, dates, healthy berries and/or superfoods. Whatever – they are delicious and can be served as...
Raw vegan chocolate mint mousse cake
Raw vegan chocolate mint mousse cake Chocolate mint mousse cake – raw and vegan I just love these raw vegan desserts. They are always a hit at dinner parties, and I made this choc mint one again the other night for our guests. I did make one change to the...
Raw and vegan Ice-kreem
Delicious Ice-creems – raw and dairy free – and healthy Banana cashew nut ice-creem Another of my favourite concepts is the raw vegan ice-kreem, or whip. These are so easy to make as they usually have only one or two (probably three at the most)...
Raw vegan tarts or desserts – tips and tricks
Raw vegan tarts or desserts – tips and tricks Mocca Tort – crust at bottom only Since starting on making raw foods, my favourite and most successful have been the raw vegan tarts. The recipes I have used have come from either Peter and Beryn’s...
Choc mint mousse cake – healthy entertaining – raw and vegan
Choc Mint Mousse Cake – raw and vegan and healthy Choc mint mousse cake – delicious – raw and vegan Finally this week, here is the recipe for this wickedly delicious choc mint mousse cake. This is the one we served at the last dinner party....
Raw vegan chocolate ganache with superfood crust
Raw vegan chocolate ganache A few things happened that got me going on the raw vegan desserts again. – Peter and Beryn’s new book, the Magic of Superfoods was launched, and naturally we bought a copy. – We have started a round of entertaining again....
Raw Vegan Mango Tart
Raw vegan mango tart One of our dreams is to run a small ‘underground restaurant’ from our home, maybe twice a month, serving raw vegan food. Which is why I keep practicing these raw vegan desserts. I tried this raw mango tart a while ago. It had a really...
Rustic coconut tart
Rustic coconut tart Another heavenly and healthy raw dessert from Natalie and Noel’s ‘easy living food’. We served this at our last raw pizza dinner party – see previous posts. Their recipe called for mature coconuts. I used dessicated coconut....