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Chocolate Chip Banana Bread

This chocolate chip banana bread is moist, easy to make, and so delicious! Banana bread is the best to eat as breakfast or snack and an excellent…

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Lemon Blueberry Bread

This lemon blueberry bread is the perfect combination of lemon flavor and fresh blueberries on a delicious loaf that you can enjoy for breakfast with some cream…

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Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Bread

This chocolate chip pumpkin bread is the best and easiest ever! You will only need to use raw pumpkin, no need to make pumpkin puree at all!…

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Watercress Cake

Learn how to make the best green cake ever! This watercress green cake is vibrant, moist, surprisingly delicious, and food coloring-free! It’s layered with the creamiest chocolate…

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Chocolate Bundt Cake

This homemade chocolate bundt cake is rich, dairy-free, and topped with a delicious chocolate glaze! Make this recipe for a party, and everyone will be impressed! Ingredients…

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Homemade Carrot Cake

This homemade carrot cake recipe is the best! It’s flavourful, moist, and easy to make. Plus, it has a light cinnamon flavor, and it’s filled with chopped…

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Homemade Lemon Cake

This homemade lemon cake recipe is so delicious and easy to follow. With a whipped cream frosting on top, it’s an excellent birthday cake option! Decorate your cake…

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Marble Cake

This marble cake recipe is the best you will ever try! It’s a mixture between vanilla and chocolate flavor in one bite. Plus, it is topped with…

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This nasi goreng inspired recipe is simple to make This nasi goreng inspired recipe is simple to make, healthy, and an excellent way to use leftover rice! 🍚🍳

Serves 2

Sauce Ingredients:

3 tbsp coconut sugar
1/4 cup tamari or soy sauce (60 ml)

Nasi Goreng Ingredients:

1 cup basmati rice (180 g)
2 cups of water (480 ml)
1 pinch salt
2 tbsp olive oil 
3 garlic cloves, minced
1/2 cup julienned carrot (55 g)
1 cup cooked chicken (or other protein of your preference)
3 cups chopped cabbage (85 g)
1 cup chopped leek (75 g)
1/2 cup chopped spring onions
1 tbsp sesame oil
1 small chili pepper (optional)
2 fried eggs (optional)
chopped coriander to garnish (optional)

Instructions:

. Rinse the rice and cook according to package instructions. When cooked, transfer to a bowl to cool down.

. Add the coconut sugar and tamari to a saucepan and heat over medium heat. Stir frequently to prevent burning. When it starts boiling and becomes thick, turn off the heat, stir again, and transfer the sauce to a small bowl to cool down. To help the sauce thicken faster, you can put it in the fridge.

. Heat a large wok over medium to high heat and drizzle the olive oil. When hot, saute the garlic for 2 minutes or until softened.

. Add the carrots and leek and stir-fry for 3 minutes. Stir often to prevent burning.

. Then, add the spring onions, cabbage, and chili. Keep stirring.

. Add the cooked chicken.

. Fluff the rice with a fork and add it to the wok. Add the sesame oil and toss to combine.

. Add the sauce and mix everything.

. Serve with a fried egg on top and garnish with chopped coriander.

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This banana chocolate oatmeal is so soft and cream This banana chocolate oatmeal is so soft and creamy! An easy and delicious breakfast to make any day of the week! 

Serves 1

Ingredients:

1 ripe banana, sliced 
1/3 cup instant oats 
3x 1/3 cups almond milk (240 ml)
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tbsp raw cacau 
1 tsp shredded coconut 
1 tsp nut butter of your choice 

Instructions:

. Add half of the sliced banana, oats, almond milk, vanilla extract and the cacau to a small sauce pan. Mix to combine all the ingredients.

. Cook the oats on low heat stirring occasionally until the oats are soft and have absorbed most of the liquid.

. Serve warm with sliced banana, coconut and nut butter on top.
This beef and broccoli stir fry is a healthy and This beef and broccoli stir fry is a healthy and easy dinner that is ready in just 15 minutes!

Serves 2 

Stir Fry Ingredients:

2 tbsp sesame oil
9 oz broccoli, cut into small florets (250 g)
1 lb flank steak, thinly sliced (450 g)
1 tbsp sesame seeds to garnish (optional)
salt to taste

Sauce Ingredients:

1 tsp fresh ginger, grated
2 garlic cloves, minced
1/4 cup soy sauce
2 tbsp sesame oil
1/2 cup water
2 tbsp brown sugar
1 tbsp cornstarch

Instructions:

. Mix all the sauce ingredients in a small bowl and set aside.

. Next, prepare the beef, season it with salt, cut the broccoli into florets, and set them aside.

. Heat a large pan over medium-high heat with a drizzle of oil.

. When hot,  add the broccoli florets and cook until crisp and tender. Then, remove from the pan to a plate.

. Then, add a little more olive oil and the beef strips and stir-fry for 5 minutes or until cooked.

. Next, reduce the heat to low and add the sauce mixture. Mix everything together until the sauce starts to thicken.

. Next, add the broccoli florets back to the pan and mix to combine everything.

. Garnish with sesame seeds on top, and serve with white basmati rice!
These healthy baked apples are delicious and so ea These healthy baked apples are delicious and so easy to make! This recipe is a simple dessert idea to make any day of the week!

Serves 4

Ingredients: 

4 large baking apples
2 tsp cinnamon 
3 tbsp maple syrup
vanilla pecan ice cream to serve (optional)

Instructions:

. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (180 C) and remove the cores of each apple.

. Place the apples in a baking dish, add the cinnamon and maple syrup on top.

. Bake for 30 minutes or until the apples are soft. Serve warm on its own or with a scoop of vanilla ice cream or whipped cream.
This vegan bean and mushroom stew is another hea This vegan bean and mushroom stew is another hearty comfort food favorite! Serve with warm toasted bread on the side.

Serves 4

Ingredients:

1 large onion chopped (115 g)
4 cloves of garlic, minced
1/8 cup olive oil (30 ml)
1 bay leaf
1 and 1/2 cups diced carrots (190 g)
5 cups cabbage, roughly chopped (300 g)
1 can chopped tomatoes (240 g)
1/4 cup white wine (60 ml)
2 cups Pleurotus mushrooms, roughly sliced (100 g)
2 cups Portobello mushrooms, roughly sliced (100 g)
1 and 1/2 cups of water (360 ml)
1 tbsp tamari or soy sauce (15 ml)
2 tsp salt
1 tsp paprika
1 pinch of black pepper
Chili sauce to taste
2 jars cooked white beans, rinsed and drained (400 g)
Chopped coriander to garnish (optional)

Instructions:

. In a large pot, sautée the onions, garlic, and bay leaf in olive oil on medium heat for about 5 minutes or until tender.

. Add the carrots and cabbage and sautée for more 3 minutes.

. Add the tomatoes and white wine, stir, and cook for 2 minutes until the alcohol evaporates.

. Next, add the mushrooms, water, tamari, salt, pepper, and paprika, reduce the heat and let it cook for 25 minutes. Stir occasionally to prevent burning.

. While the stew is cooking, mash 1/2 cup of the beans until you have a paste and at the 25 minutes mark, add them to the pot as well as the other 2 cups of beans and the chili sauce, stir well, and let it cook for more 10 minutes.

. Garnish with chopped coriander on top and serve it with warm toasted bread on the side.
Vegan broccoli pasta, easy to make and so deliciou Vegan broccoli pasta, easy to make and so delicious! 🥦

Serves 2 

Ingredients:

220g pasta (we used gluten-free pasta)
300g broccoli, chopped
3 garlic cloves, chopped
2 tbsp olive oil
1 1/2 cups vegan cream (or regular heavy cream)
Salt to taste
1 pinch black pepper 
Coriander garnish
Vegan or regular parmesan on top 

Instructions:

. Cook the pasta according to package instructions.

. Cook the broccoli in boiling water until soft.

. Drain the broccoli and set a side.

. Heat a pan over medium heat with olive oil, when hot add the garlic and sauté until golden.

. Sauté the broccoli for 4 minutes.

. Add the broccoli, salt, black pepper and vegan cream to a blender, blend until smooth.

. Add the pasta to the pan and pour the broccoli cream over the pasta, mix until well combined and creamy.

. Serve garnished with coriander and vegan Parmesan on top.
This homemade banana bread recipe is easy to make, This homemade banana bread recipe is easy to make, dairy-free, and a breakfast staple. If you have overripe bananas in your kitchen, this is a great recipe to reduce food waste. 🍌🍞

6/8 servings

Ingredients:

2 medium-sized overripe bananas, mashed (250 g)
3 medium-sized eggs, at room temperature
2 tbsp sunflower oil
90 g white sugar
90 g brown sugar 
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 pinch salt
180 g all-purpose flour
1 tbsp baking powder 
1 + 1/2 tbsp cinnamon
1 small banana sliced to garnish on top (optional)

Instructions:

. First, Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (180 C). Then grease and line the bottom and sides of a loaf pan with parchment paper.

. Mix the sugar, cinnamon, flour, salt, and baking powder in a large bowl, and set aside.

. Then, add the mashed bananas, vegetable oil, eggs, and vanilla extract to a smaller bowl. Whisk to combine all the ingredients.

. Pour the wet ingredients over the dry ingredients and gently combine everything.

. Pour the batter into the loaf pan. Bake for about 40 minutes. At the 40-minute mark, cover the pan with foil paper to prevent burning, and bake for more 15 minutes or until the toothpick comes out clean.

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