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Vegan Chocolate Mousse with Chickpea water

Vegan Chocolate Mousse with Chickpea water

An easy and delicious chocolate dessert made with water from a can of chickpeas. Aquafaba Aquafaba is the water found in the can of chickpeas. I discovered this whilst watching Masterchef and was amazed that this by-product is actually a great egg replacement. This substance 

Epic baked pumpkin seeds

Epic baked pumpkin seeds

This is a very easy and tasty recipe that we love to do with fresh pumpkin seeds. They are great for munching as a snack or for binging on during a movie. The result is a crispy, puffy and delicious pumpkin seed snack. Separating the 

Date and Nut Bars/Balls

Date and Nut Bars/Balls

This is a very easy and raw snack recipe which is satisfying, fulfilling tasty. Made with very simple ingredients and no cooking involved.

Vegan Creamy Pumpkin Pasta

Vegan Creamy Pumpkin Pasta

Vegan Creamy Pumpkin Pasta I love this vegan creamy pumpkin pasta! This recipe creates a rich pasta sauce, which has the texture of a Mac and Cheese but is lighter on the stomach. This is so far our favourite pumpkin carving leftover recipe. The recipe 

Quick Dairy, Grain and Gluten free Cookies

Quick Dairy, Grain and Gluten free Cookies

It has been a while since I posted a new recipe and I am finally catching up with the final months of my Master’s degree. This gave me less time to try new recipes, however, I have been re-using recipes and eating healthy. I often update 

Asian aubergine noodle dish

Asian aubergine noodle dish

This is a super quick and tasty recipe I fell in love with. The aubergines are similar to sweet and sour or sticky beef. A great vegetarian/vegan meal with an Asian kick. The dish is paleo and gluten-free! Four simple steps 1. Cut the aubergines into a tick 

Paleo Lemon Sponge Cake

Paleo Lemon Sponge Cake

We have received a bag of fresh lemons from a friend. Such gifts make me happy because I like having lemons around the house to use in cooking or even drinks. However, I don’t want them to rot, because they will in a couple of weeks. 

Raw Chocolate Truffles

Raw Chocolate Truffles

This is a quick yet very interesting recipe. These raw cacao truffles are soft and delicious. A perfect gift or treat this festive season or any other occasion. They are super easy with nuts and use dates as a sweetener. A great healthier alternative! Preparation I 

Homemade Healthy Nutella

Homemade Healthy Nutella

While busy, trying to work on an assignment, I was craving something chocolatey and sweet. I didn’t have anything around, as I like to keep the house free from junk but then I quickly I remembered about this quick four ingredient homemade Nutella recipe, and I 

Pumpkin risotto

Pumpkin risotto

I also made this lovely pumpkin rice recipe this Halloween weekend. The other recipe was this Thai pumpkin soup, in case you missed it. This pumpkin risotto was a great crowd pleaser, I definitely have pumpkin recipe options now. Easy and tasty, the picture doesn’t do this 

Easy Thai Pumpkin Soup

Easy Thai Pumpkin Soup

I am not a big fan of pumpkin, but buying one for pumpkin carving intrigued me to come up with an easy Thai pumpkin soup recipe. Pumpkin and Thai flavours turned out to be a great combination; now I might even buy pumpkin again just 

Vegan Ragu (Pasta Tomato Sauce)

Vegan Ragu (Pasta Tomato Sauce)

This recipe is another impromptu invention that I came up with while not knowing what to cook. I must say that my best dishes come through when I don’t know what to cook. I love utilising my pantry to the optimum to create new dishes. 

Easy Homemade Paleo Ketchup

Easy Homemade Paleo Ketchup

Traditionally, I have never been a fan of ketchup. However, this was probably biased by my dislike to processed foods. I must admit that having this healthy, Paleo, homemade ketchup around was a great companion to some barbeque dishes this summer. We did not only use it 

Vegan Chocolate Hazelnut Ice Cream

Vegan Chocolate Hazelnut Ice Cream

Every year I come up with a new ice-cream idea. Last year I had made this peanut butter ice cream, however, my boyfriend is not a big fan of peanut butter and turned down the idea for making it again quickly. I had also enjoyed 

Easy summer dessert

Easy summer dessert

I came across this recipe by skinnyms on Pinterest and immediately liked it because it can be done in 5 minutes.  My colleague made it for us and it was such a pretty dessert. Thus I decided to have my go at slightly modifying this