Friday 22 September 2017

Vegan & Gluten Free Snickers Cake


Ingredients: (1 cup = 200ml)

This recipe makes a full-size cake. You can half the ingredients if you want make a smaller cake.

Bottom Layer:
  • 3/4 cup of dates (around 12)
  • 2 cups of almond flour (or any other nut flour) - (or put some nuts into a food processor and pulse until you have flour consistency)
  • 1/4 cup of cocoa powder
  • 1/3 cup of peanut butter 
  • 2 tbsp. coconut oil
  • 2 tbsp. of water
  • Pinch of salt

Middle Layer:
  • 1 cup of millet grain
  • 3/4 cup of cashews 
  • 1/2 of sweetener of your choice (maple syrup/honey etc.) or more to taste
  • Juice of half a lemon
  • Salt to taste
  • Vanilla extract

Top Layer:
  • 1 1/2 cup of dates (around 30)
  • 1/3 of peanut butter 
  • Pinch of salt
  • Water

1. Bottom layer - Place all the ingredients into a food processor and pulse until everything is well combined.

2. Middle layer - Cook millet and cashews with 2 cups of water for around 20-25 min. until soft and combine it with the rest of the ingredients in the food processor or a high speed blender and blend until smooth.

*If you use raw honey as a sweetener, let the millet and cashews cool down a bit so the honey would not loose its nutritional values.

3. Top Layer - Add all ingredients into a food processor and pulse until smooth. Add as much water as you want your caramel paste to be.

*Decorate with roasted peanuts or almond flakes to create flowers.




Enjoy!

Friday 15 September 2017

Vegan & Gluten Free Raspberry Cookies


Ingredients (It will make around 6 big cookies):

  • 1 - 1 1/2 cup of raspberries or berries of your choice (fresh or frozen)
  • 1 cup of plant based milk
  • 1 1/2 cup of oats/flakes of your choice (I used oats, millet flakes and rice flakes) 
  • Sweetener of your choice (I used coconut sugar)
  • Pinch of salt 
  • 1 banana (optional)


1. Place all the ingredients into a bowl and mix well. 

*If you are using frozen berries, defrost them before making this recipe and add less plant based milk to the mixture as the berries will give natural juice. 

*Add as much sweetener as you like.

2. Place the mixture onto a baking tray and put it into the oven at 180 degrees C for 25-30 min. 
In the meantime, you can turn them upside down to ensure each side will bake properly.




Enjoy!

Tuesday 12 September 2017

Gluten Free Bread Bites

Ingredients:

  • 1 1/4 cup buckwheat flour
  • 1/2 cup coconut flour
  • 1/2 cup corn/oat flour
  • 1 1/2 cup passata
  • 1 1/4 cup water
  • 1 tbsp. coconut/olive oil
  • Seasonings of your choice e.g. salt, pepper, sweet paprika, cumin, garlic powder, Italian herbs etc.


1. Place all ingredients in a bowl and combine them well.

*you can use any flour of your choice
*for buckwheat flour I used raw buckwheat and grind it using mixed.

2. Place a parchment paper on your chosen baking tray and spread some oil on it to prevent the mixture from sticking.

3. Place it into the oven and bake for 30-35 min. at 180 degrees C.




Enjoy!