Coco pine smoothie Coco pine smoothie It never occurred to me till the other day to put pineapple in a smoothie. But I came up with this tropical sounding pina-colada style concoction. And it was delicious! Coco Pine smoothie ingredients Ingredients: 1 pineapple 2 bananas 1 C coconut flakes (soaked overnight) 6 to 8 pitted …
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 …
Breakfast Mix – Raw, vegan and healthy Healthy breakfast mix I must apologize for not posting for a few weeks now. I have had other things on my plate – pardon the pun. But I have been eating a hearty healthy breakfast every day! Along with a green juice or a smoothie, I always have …
Veganaise – or egg free mayo Our veganaise on our burgers from previous week This is something we have being trying to get right for some time. Both Karen and I have had a good few flops. The taste is generally good, but the texture and consistency has never been right. Non dairy recipe book …
Onion Tart – Vegan Vegan onion tart We have not done much vegan baking at all but Karen wanted to try this dish as a starter at our last dinner party. The original idea also came from the Leafy Green Cafe recipe book by Antonia De Luca, but we also needed to make this one …
Vegan burger patties I made these vegan burgers again – ( see this post) – with a few changes. Firstly we had a guest who was gluten intolerant, so instead of the raw oats I used about 3/4 C of coconut flour. Secondly, instead of fresh mushrooms I used dried shitake mushrooms which had been …
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 …
Berry smoothie – raw and vegan Now for my berry smoothie. You can of course use any berries you want, and whatever you use will of course create the colour of the smoothie. This time I have used some soaked goji berries, among others, which give it the almost orange colour. Ingredients: My berry smoothie …
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. Also, we had Karen’s parents staying with us for …
Veggie rice paper wraps – vegan and raw Rice paper wrap ingredients One of Karen’s specialties is these rice paper wraps. We have now served them up at dinner parties a few times, and they have always gone down well, particularly as a starter. Soaking the wraps The rice wraps should be available at most …
