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 Living Food” recipe book which has become one of my main “go to” …
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 Strawberry Cheesecake. Apparently strawberries are among the worst crops for being heavily sprayed …
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 …
Chocolate energy balls – vegan and raw
Raw and Vegan – Chocolate energy balls Chocolate balls It’s not often we make up a recipe, but we are on the boat again, and wanted something to snack on that was healthy and would keep us going. We had seen various recipes for this type of thing, so looked at what we had on …
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 Rawlicious, or Natalie and Noel’s ‘easy living food’, but I …
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 …
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. – And the other raw desserts that I made, particularly …
Raw Pecan cookies – vegan too!
Raw vegan pecan cookies We are just loving all these raw foods, and particularly the sweet or dessert ones. These raw pecan cookies were so easy, and of course delicious. The original recipe came from Anya Ladra’s book – ‘Raw Food detox’ Her recipe called for maple syrup, but that is ridiculously expensive, so I …
Mocha Tort
Raw (and healthy) Moch Tort We are really getting into this raw concept, and just loving it. Karen recently bought “Raw Food detox” by Anya Ladra, and having friends for dinner the other evening was just the excuse to try out her Mocha Tort with cacao almond pastry. It was absolutely delicious, and all our …
Eating aboard – Cajun tofu steaks
Getting ready to cook Cajun Spiced Tofu Steaks One thing we have not found often in the Netherlands is tofu. Not surprising I suppose, seeing the number of cattle farms around! But amazingly we found plain tofu in a supermarket in Sneek in Friesland. Of course we bought some. We made Cajun Spiced Tofu steaks. …