Vegan and Raw food recipe page

VEGAN chocolate banana cake

Ingredients:

125gm Soya PURE

50-100g Castor sugar (add more or less as you like)

1tsp vanilla extract

40g cocoa powder

1 tsp chia seeds

70ml soya milk

2 ripe bananas

190g self raising flour

How to:

1. Mix sugar and Soya PURE then add vanilla extract. (WET MIX 1)

2. Blend (nutribullet) 2 bananas, chia seeds, soya milk and whizz until smooth. (WET MIX 2)

3. Add ‘WET MIX 1’ to ‘WET MIX 2’ and stir in flour and cocoa powder.

4. Bake in lined cake tin for 35/40 minutes – GAS 3

Allow to cool and decorate top with melted vegan chocolate and powder with icing sugar

VEGAN coconut oak cookies

(DRY INGREDIENTS)

1 ½ cup oats

1 cup self raising flour

½ cup castor sugar

1 cup coconut (dessicated)

1 tbsp flax seeds

(WET INGREDIENTS)

¾ cup Coconut oil (melted)

2 tbsp maple syrup

½ tsp baking soda

3 tbsp cold water

How to:

1. Line a baking tray with grease proof paper

2. Mix dry ingredients together

3. Mix wet ingredients together

4. Add wet to dry and stir until well mixed

5. Add water slowly until the mixture becomes sticky enough to roll into balls (approx 50g each)

6. Place balls onto baking tray and squash flat into cookie shape

7. Bake GAS MARK 4 for 15/20 minutes or until golden brown

Decorate with drizzled melted vegan chocolate

VEGAN Banana Cake

Ingredients:

125gm Soya PURE

50-100g Castor sugar (add more or less as you like)

1tsp vanilla extract

1 tsp chia seeds

70ml soya milk

2 ripe bananas

190gm self raising flour

How to:

1. Mix sugar and Soya PURE then add vanilla extract.

2. Blend (nutribullet) 2 bananas, chia seeds, soya milk and whizz until smooth.

3. Add banana mix to sugar / soya PURE mix.

4. Add wet mix to flour and stir well.

5. Bake in lined loaf tin for 35/40 minutes – GAS 3

Allow to cool and decorate tops with drizzled melted vegan chocolate and walnuts

Vegan Smoothies

Smoothies and Health drinks

You can put most fruits or vegetables into a smoothie and know that you will be getting the full nutrition of every ingredient. We love the Nutri-bullet for blending and crushing all our ingredients, but a regular blender will do the job well.
We have tried and tested them all and here are a few of our favourites....

If you make half veg / half fruit and then adjust to personal taste...you cant go wrong!

BANANA-LICIOUS
1 Banana
1 cup of grapes
1 corgettes
handful of leaf spinach
top with water

SWEET REFRESHMENT
1 handful leaf spinach
1 cup of strawberries
2 dates
1/2 cucumber
top with almond milk

VERY BERRY
1 corgette
1 cup mixed berries
(raspberries / strawberries/
blueberries)
top with coconut milk

GREEN TEA BLAST
2 broccoli florets
2 cauliflower florets
1 cup pineapple chunks
1/2 corgette
top up with green tea

PEACHIE BLUE
1 handful leaf spinach
1/2 corgette
1 cup frozen blueberries
1 cup peach pieces
top up with almond milk

Vegan chocolate cupcakes

Ingredients:-

8fl oz / 230ml soya milk

1 tsp vinegar

5oz / 140g caster sugar

3floz / 90ml vegetable oil

1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract

4oz / 125g plain flour

1 1/2 oz / 45g cocoa powder

3/4 tsp bicarbonate of soda

1/2 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp salt

For the Frosting:-

2 ripe avocados

1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

3 tablespoons maple syrup

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

How to:-

1. Preheat oven to 350F/175C/gas mark 4 and line muffin pan with paper or foil liners.

2. Whisk together soya milk and vinegar in a large bowl and set aside for a few minutes to curdle. Add sugar, oil and vanilla extract and beat until foamy.

3. In a separate bowl sift together flour, cocoa powder, bicarbonate of soda, baking powder and salt. Add in two batches to wet ingredients and beat until no large lumps remain (a few tiny lumps are okay

4. Pour into liners, filling three quarters of the way.

Bake 18 to 20 minutes until a toothpick inserted into the centre comes out clean.

5. Transfer to cooling rack.

For the Frosting:-

1. Scoop out the avocado flesh, and place in a food processor.

2. Add the cocoa powder, maple syrup, and vanilla, and puree until smooth.

3. Frost the cooled cupcakes, and enjoy!

Vegan banana nutty cookies

Ingredients:-

125g mashed banana

70g peanut butter

60g coconut oil

20g agave nectar

20g maple syrup

100g caster sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

165g plain flour

1 tablespoon baking powder

Ingredients for the frosting:-

3 tbsp soya milk

7 oz icing sugar

1 oz cocoa powder

25 mg bag of vegan chocolate drops or carob

How to:-

1. In a medium bowl, stir together the banana, coconut oil and peanut butter until well blended.

2. Stir in the agave nectar, maple syrup, caster sugar and vanilla until smooth.

3. Combine the flour and baking powder; add to the peanut butter mixture and mix well.

4. Cover and chill dough for at least 1 hour.

5. Preheat oven to 190 C / Gas 5. Line baking trays with baking parchment. Roll dough into walnut sized balls and place 5cm apart onto the prepared baking trays.

Bake for 10 to 12 minutes in the preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool on baking tray for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

For the frosting:-

1. Melt chocolate drops

2. Add soya milk and gently stir in the icing sugar

3. Gently stir in the cocoa powder

4. Drizzle across the cookies

Vegan Protein bars

Ingredients:-

1 cup coconut - shredded
1 cup cashews
(or any nuts)
1/2 cup dates
1/2 cup carob buttons

Any Nut milk

How to:-

1. Mix all the dry ingredients together. There are no rules with this recipe so add more dates / coconut etc to taste.
2. Add milk slowly and blend. Blend in a mixer until all the ingredients are crushed / chopped to a thick paste. You want to make the mixture slightly sticky.

TOP TIP:- Taste the mixture as you go along. You can add more dates or a little maple syrup if you require the mixture to be sweeter. Add more nuts / coconut if you want it less sweet.
This recipe is all about personal taste so there is no right or wrong.

3. Roll small balls of the mixture and lay on a plate. chill in the fridge for a few hours to 'harden up.'

Raw Date flapjacks

Ingredients:-

One cup of pitted dates

(soaked for a while)

One cup of granola (or raw oats, but I don't like raw oats lol)

half cup of pecans

a little melted coconut oil

Maple syrup or agave

How to:-

Mix all together in a blender and push into a dish.

if you want you can blend some more dates and melted coconut oil and spread on top.

Put in fridge for as long as you want

eat and enjoy xx

High Raw - Vegan Thai Green Curry Sauce

Ingredients:-

3 Corgettes

2 limes (juice & zest)

2 dates (pitted)

1 tablespoon Tamars (vegan soy sauce)

1cm Ginger

1 clove Garlic

1 handful Cashews

chilli (to taste-optional)

water (to be added slowly)

How to:-

Mix all the ingredients into a blender - add a small amount of the water. Blitz it up!

If too thick, then add a little more water and keep Blitzing! Thats it!!

Best served with:-

Corgette and Carrot 'Spagetti'

To make this delicious spagetti alternative, simply take a corgette and a carrot and spiral using a Spirali (you can buy these from Amazon for about £25)

Just pour the Thai green curry sauce over the corgette and carrot for a health and filling dish.

Best served with :-

Raw Cauliflower rice

Simply grate raw cauliflower for delicious alternative to cooked rice.

Just pour the Thai green curry sauce over the corgette and carrot for a health and filling dish.

Almond milk

Almond milk is so simple to make and is a delicious (and healthier!) alternative to cows milk

1. Soak the almonds overnight
2. Drain the almonsds and add fresh water
3. Blitz in a strong blender
4. sieve through a piece of muslin or nut bag strainer.
5. Sweeten to taste (I use Agarve nectar)

Almond milk will keep frech in the fridge for 2-3 days.

Dairy FREE coconut cheesecake

Ingredients:-

For the cheesecake
300g cashew nuts
Dairy free margarine (for greasing tray)
2 tablespoons desiccated coconut
200g pitted dates
150g almonds
100g blanched hazlenuts
The juice of 4 lemons
250ml runny honey
165ml coconut oil
2 vanillla pods (or esscence if easier)

For the strawberry drizzle
400g fresh strawberries
2 tablespoons agarve nectar
1/2 lemon - juice

How to:-

For the cheesecake
1. Soak cashews for at least 4 hours / over night
2. Grease a 20cm sprongform cake tin with the margarine, sprinkle the desiccated coconut and shak the tin until evenly distributed
3. Soak the dates for about 10mins in warm wate. Drain and then blitz in the blender until a smooth paste.
4. Add almonds, hazlenuts and then blitz into a chunky crumb consistency.
5. Spoon the mixture into the prepared cake tin and pat down evenly.
6. In the clean blender, place the cashew, lemon juice, honey, vanilla and coconut oil. Blitz until a smooth paste.
(Taste the mixture and if you need it sweeter, add more honey)
7.Carefully spread this mixture on top of the crumb base.Pop in the freezer for about 2 hours.

For the strawberry drizzle
1. Roughly chop the strawberries and place in a bowl. Add the lemon juice and leave for about 5 minutes
2. Blitz the mixture in a blenderuntil smooth.

When you are ready to serve, simply remove the cheesecake from the freezer for about 10 minutes to thaw slightly.
Serve alongside the drizzled strawberry mix.

Vegan RAW Mince pies

This recipe a RAW RECIPE . DAIRY FREE . GLUTEN FREE . VEGAN . SOY FREE . SUGAR FREE . WHEAT FREE .

Ingredients:-

CRUST
1/2 cup coconut flour
1 cup cashews
1 tablespoon + 2 teaspoons of Agave nectar
2 tablespoons lemon juice
2 tablespoons water
pinch salt

FILLING
1/2 cup sultanas
1/2 cup figs
1/4 cup currants
sprnikle of orange zest
1/2 cup agave nectar
pinch cinnamon
pinch nutmeg
pinch salt

ICING
3/4 cup cashews
1/2 tablespoon lemon juice
1 tablespoon coconut butter
1 1/2 tablespoons agave nectar
2 tablespoons water
pinch salt

How to:-
CRUST
1. process all ingredients in a food processor until finely ground.
2. Line cling film in a pie tray, press the mixture firmly into little pie trays. DEHYDRATE FOR 3 HOURS @ 105*F
3. Remove cryst from cases and lay on a dehydrator mesh sheet
DEHYDRATE FOR 8 HOURS @ 105*F
If you don't have a dehydrator, use the oven, but keep the door open slightly. Use the oven on the lowest heat. - Keep checking the crusts as different ovens will have different heats.

FILLING
1. Process all the ingredients, except the figs, in the food processor until it forms a paste
2. Add figs and process for 10 seconds until combined
3. Place in the fridge overnight to marinate.

ICING
1. Process all ingredients until completely smooth

ASSEMBLE
Spoon filling into crust and top with Icing. Sprinkle a little nutmeg on top and they are ready to serve