Category: recipes
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Apple Cinnamon Muffins
Moist muffins with spiced apple cubes inside. 2 step process – pickle the apples overnight then make the muffin base. Makes 12. Preparing the apples: 2 granny smith apples (the green apples), peeled and cut into small cubes 2 tbsp flour 3 tbsp lemon juice 2 tbsp non-dairy milk 1 cup brown sugar a pinch…
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Salted Caramel Butter – No sugar used!
Have been meaning to make these since a long time ago, to add another spreadable condiment to my repertoire (besides peanut sauce). Now it’s the holidays, finally! 🙂 Have seen lots of recipes which calls for boiling a huge amount of sugar. That isn’t easy because sugar burns easily, and of course, not that…
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Dumplings, a Lunar New Year Tradition (non-recipe post)
It’s the time of the year again – new clothes, big dinners, extended families, playful young cousins. The Chinese family’s biggest celebration. My family is from Shandong in North China where every household knows how to make dumplings from scratch. Because of the labor intensive process, the young and old chip in to help. Usually kneading the…
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Oatmeal, coconut and peppermint choco bites
Just 4 ingredients + NO FOOD PROCESSOR NEEDED! For the health-loving sweet tooth/snack lover. It’s a little hard to find vegan chocolate chips here so I chopped up some vegan peppermint dark chocolate. Makes about 12. You’ll need: 1 cup oatmeal 7-10 pitted medjool dates (soak if too dry) ¼ cup vegan peppermint chocolate chips…
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Fried tofu and veggie spring rolls
As with all stuffing-wrapped-in-skin foods, spring rolls are quite labour intensive. The good thing is it can be made ahead and kept frozen for months. An excellent “emergency” food, or when you’re just craving for crispy, savoury foods. The skin can be purchased from the frozen section of supermarkets. Makes about 15. You’ll need: 1…
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Simple mini no-bake lemon cream cake
A no-bake cake that is creamy, melt in your mouth texture that is similar to ice cream, made tangy with lemon juice. With a salted hazelnut and pistachio base to balance the sweet and creamy cashew lemon layer! Topped with cacao nibs and cinnamon for an extra crunch. Raw desserts are so much easier to…
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Banana and peanut butter pie
No baking needed! Make your own peanut butter for best results. Adapted from Jonsi & Alex’s Arkansas Apple Pie from their Good Heart Cookbook (go download it, it’s free and full of cool raw vegan recipes) I used banana instead and lesser dates as I don’t like very sweet foods. For the crust: 1…
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Homemade peanut butter
Why make your own peanut butter when you can buy it for couple of dollars? I get questions like these a lot. Firstly, as someone who grew up on homemade food, I can assure you that flavours of food made in factories pales greatly in comparison to food made with care and love. Secondly, packaged…
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