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 polenta in the …
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 Plant Restaurant, which unfortunately is no longer operating. This …
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 this issue had recipes for a full raw vegan meal. and …
Thai green curry – Raw and Vegan
Thai green curry – Raw and Vegan Raw vegan Thai Green Curry Finally got around to making this raw vegan Thai Green Curry again. I first discovered it on the FEAST and TASTE raw food courses run by Deborah Durrant of Deliciously Raw. There are a couple of differences from her original recipe as I …
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, and of course it was a hit! So thanks to Deborah …
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 recipe. Although agave nectar is …
Sweet and savoury raw cracker biscuits
Raw cracker biscuits – sweet and savoury Sweet coconut crackers Very happy to be back in our kitchen in Cape Town for a while. We have a couple of dinner parties coming up over the next few days, and I like to have a selection of snacks and cracker biscuits for guests to nibble on …
Vegan wines and vegan sweeteners
Vegan wines and vegan sweeteners Vegan wines from Painted Wolf Wines Company I am delighted when someone actually makes a comment on this blog, even if it is to point out an error! At least it shows that somebody is reading it, and that makes it all worthwhile. Someone noted that one of my vegan …
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) ingredients. For some of them, you might have to plan …
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. See raw vegan sweetcorn chowder and smoked tofu steaks for the …