Sesame Soy Asparagus
In today’s recipe, asparagus is steam sautéed with sesame oil, garlic and soy sauce and topped with sesame seeds for a simple and tasty side dish or appetizer.
Asparagus is a powerhouse of nutrients and is rich in vitamin K, C, A, E, B vitamins, copper, selenium, phosophorus, potassium, iron, zinc, manganese, and choline. Like most vegetables, it’s rich in fiber and has been shown to promote a healthy digestion and friendly gut bacteria in the gut.
Vegan Oil Free Chocolate Banana Tahini Snack Cake
This vegan oil free chocolate banana tahini cake is fluffy yet moist, and chocolaty with a subtle sweetness from the bananas and just a touch of maple syrup. It makes a perfect accompaniment to your choice of drink as an afternoon snack. I enjoy mine with my afternoon tea, a golden milk or matcha latte, while hubby enjoys his with coffee or capuccino and Amal likes hers with a cup of cold oat milk.
Millet Hazelnut Pudding with Spiced Fig Compote
These healthy whole food parfaits are packed with the goodness of millet and fig and spiked with ginger, hazelnut butter and cinnamon for a flavour explosion in your mouth. Nutritious and satisfying enough for breakfast, yet decadent enough for dessert and light enough for a snack. What more could you ask for?
Peach Yogurt Parfait
This Peach Yogurt Parfait takes minutes to whip up, especially if you already have a batch of my toasted muesli on hand and it makes an awesome quick and easy breakfast or snack.
Creamy Tomato & Cannellini Bean Soup
This creamy tomato and cannellini bean soup was inspired by Pappa al Pomodoro a traditional peasant dish from the Sienese region of Tuscany. My version ditches the bread in favour of a more hearty, nutrient dense alternative - Cannellini beans.
Roasted Apricot & Honey Ice Cream
This ice cream can be made 3 ways - with an ice cream maker, using the no churn method or poured into ice pop molds. The result is a deliciously creamy, sweet yet tangy ice cream either way. The apricots are roasted and blended with a cashew coconut cream base, which is then aromatized with orange blossom water and bourbon vanilla, and sweetened with a thick and creamy local raw honey. All you need in a heatwave.
Creamy Zucchini & Mint Soup
This creamy zucchini and mint soup with cashews and pine nuts is refreshing and nourishing and perfect for summer. Just a handful of nutrient dense ingredients, few steps to follow, minimal cooking time and best eaten at room temperature. Bonus points in a heatwave.
Strawberry Tahini Crisp
This strawberry crisp is vegan friendly, oil free, and gluten free if you use certified gluten free oats. The tahini not only acts as a binder for the topping ingredients, but also adds a whole other dimension of flavour that complements the natural sweetness of the strawberries.
Asparagus, Strawberry and Quinoa Salad with White Balsamic Dressing
Asparagus are lightly sauteed with shallots and sea salt and deglazed with white balsamic vinegar until tender but still crisp, then tossed with herbamare seasoned black & white quinoa and topped with lemon juice, more white balsamic vinegar, a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil to keep things nice and fluffy, some chopped fresh mint and parsley, chopped walnuts and fresh strawberries. Spring perfection in a bowl with a good dose of protein, fiber and healthy fats and an array of vitamins and minerals to keep you balanced.
Tahini, Orange Blossom & Amaranth Granola
This oil free, refined sugar free granola is made with naturally gluten free and nutrient rich puffed amaranth and rolled oats and infused with the aroma and flavour of orange blossom water and tahini. Crushed pistachios and cranberries are added for extra flavour and texture to round out the granola.
Sundried Tomato & Hemp Paté
This sundried tomato and hemp paté is a falvourful nutrient packed spread that’s sure to become a family favourite. It’s delicious on sourdough or crackers, in a sandwich or wrap with your favourite protein, and is a great addition to any buffet table with crunchy vegetables.
Chocolate Hazelnut Spread (aka Homemade Nutella)
This Chocolate Hazelnut Spread is not only reminiscent of the popular nutella, it’s even better, if I dare say so. It has a rich hazelnut flavour thanks to fresh roasted hazelnut butter and a deep dark chocolate flavour from the raw cacao powder. It’s creamy, spreadable and delectable.
4 Ingredient Walnut Cream Sauce for Pasta
This is the easiest cream sauce you’ll ever make. All you need are 4 common pantry ingredients, 3 minutes, and a blender and you’ve got a delicious, creamy, sauce for your favourite pasta. So, grab the walnuts, no sugar added plant milk like oat or almond, garlic, and fine sea salt. That’s it, that’s all.
Coconut Chia Pudding
Chia pudding is one of my favourite breakfast or snack foods. I love how easy it is to make, store and personalize and the fact that it’s loaded with healthy fats, protein and fiber to keep you satiated for hours.
Beetroot, Chickpeas and Cashew Cheese Salad
This is more of a recipe idea than a recipe, in that it’s really simple, relies on a few good ingredients and can be seasoned to taste, without much measuring involved, if any. It’s a great side dish, or light main course. All you need is some steamed beets, cooked chickpeas, and your favourite fermented cashew cheese, which you could replace with feta or goat cheese if you eat dairy.
Baked Pasta with Artichokes, Leeks and Saffron Bechamel
This baked pasta with artichokes, leeks and saffron bechamel is a great way to celebrate and showcase fresh artichokes when they’re in season. While there’s some effort involved in preparing the fresh artichokes, it’s well worth it. The saffron bechamel is vegan, oil, gluten and grain free and comes together in just a few minutes.
Sheet Pan BBQ Tofu, Vegetable and Quinoa Bowls
These Sheet Pan BBQ Tofu, Vegetable and Quinoa Bowls with homemade smokey BBQ sauce, come together in minutes, and while it takes some hands off oven time before you can get it on the table, the active prep time is fast and simple with minimal steps and ingredients involved. It’s the perfect easy, no fussy, healthy weeknight meal that the whole family will enjoy.
Homemade Smokey BBQ Sauce
This homemade BBQ sauce is tangy, slightly sweet and salty and just the right amount of smokey thanks to the smoked paprika. It’s everything you want in a BBQ sauce and it’s super easy to make, without refined sugars and whacky perservatives, which are all added bonuses in my book.
Halawa Inspired Tahini Coconut Granola
This tahini coconut granola is an ode to my beloved halawa. It’s a flavour bomb of tahini, coconut and black sesame seeds nestled in crispy crunchy oats that’s lightly sweetened with creamed honey. There’s not much to say about this granola, as the taste really speaks for itself. Give it a try, I guarantee you won’t be able to put down the jar, that’s if you don’t eat it all straight off the baking tray first.
Super Crispy Chickpea Cracker Thins
This super crispy chickpea cracker thin is one of our favourite things to whip up for snack times. It’s falvourful enough to eat alone thanks to the chickpea flour, which also makes it gluten free and whole food based. The recipe is 3 ingredients, excluding salt and water and is a fun way to get the kids involved in the kitchen too.