This Easter egg ice cream dessert is the perfect Easter indulgence and great to make with the children. A vegan chocolate Easter egg half-filled…
Delicious vegan chai-spiced blondies should have a sweet vanilla taste and a gooey, slightly fudge-like centre not unlike a chocolate brownie. The flavour is…
These tahini and dark chocolate chip cookies are soft and chewy in the centre and crunchy on the edges and have just the right…
Our Easy Sweet Potato and Chickpea Curry is another recipe that we both make regularly and yet had failed to share with you on…
This Chocolate Vegan Mug Cake recipe is maybe more for the Mums, teens or anyone who needs an emergency quick sweet chocolate fix –…
Pea & Kale Pesto Pasta (nut-free)
Looking for a tasty, quick and nutritious pasta dish? Then this pea and kale pesto pasta (nut-free) is the…
VEGAN CARROT CAKE (gluten-free)
Our vegan carrot cake is, as usual, an easy to make the recipe. It’s a single layer of moist sponge topped…
Miso and White Chocolate Chip Cookies
These Miso and White Chocolate Chip Cookies are utterly delicious. They are vegan and are as delicious made gluten-free…
Everyone who has enjoyed our no-bake Easy Vegan Caramel Cheesecake has been delighted by its flavour and authentic texture. The easy vegan caramel cheesecake…
What’s the best VEGAN CREAM CHEESE?
Wondering what’s the best vegan cream cheese? Let us help you choose.When starting to move or moving to a…
In this blog post about vegan ingredient alternatives, we are going to help resolve many of the issues that home cooks feel complicate starting…
Ramen Noodle Bowl from The Plant-Based Family Cookbook
This recipe for Ramen Noodle Bowl is a tasty taster from our new cookbook, The Plant-Based Family…
Sticky Toffee Pudding from The Plant-Based Family Cookbook
A delicious and easy bake this Sticky Toffee Pudding recipe is from the Cake, Bakes & Desserts…
For a festive twist we’ve made cherry and pistachio vegan mince pies, these are quick and easy to do. To save time we’ve used…
Our homemade Coffee Cream Liqueur is silky smooth and quick, easy and plant-based. We’ve wanted to recreate vegan Baileys for ages! We’ve tried the…
Bake this delicious Cheese and Rosemary Bread Wreath tear and share bread, flavoured with fresh rosemary and vegan cheese for the whole family to…
We do love a simple traybake and we adore roasted vegetables, so these roasted carrots & parsnips with soy and maple glaze give a…
We love a one pot, one pan or one tray dish and our vegan sausage & apple traybake couldn’t be simpler. It oozes autumnal…
Whole roasted cauliflower cheese is simple to make and incredibly satisfying to eat. The vegan cheese sauce is sublime and although we thoroughly recommend…
Our Cherry Bakewell Cake is a tasty single layer cake filled with cherries. It is made with a mix of flour and ground almonds…
There is something comforting about eating a bowl of warmly spiced rice and this easy vegetable one-pot biryani is a real family favourite. Cooking…
We love this healthy Chocolate Silken Tofu Smoothie it is simple, delicious, satisfying and packs a seriously good nutritional punch. Enjoy a tasty breakfast.
Chocolate…
These easy vegan peanut butter and chocolate chip cookies are chewy in the middle and lightly crisp on the outside. Dangerously moreish and could…
We felt it was time to share our quick and easy, vegan, creamy pepper pasta sauce – this is a velvety smooth savoury sauce…
Indulge in our chocolate-filled, easy vegan brownies we should call them our ultimate chocolate brownie. An easy vegan brownie recipe, that’s fudgy, gloriously chocolatey,…
THE PLANT-BASED FAMILY COOKBOOK
by Claire Swift & Sarah Biagetti
Founders of Healthy Twists
Hello there,
Well, this is a turn up for the books! Let us share…
We love our banana and oat pancakes and make them for the whole family at least once a week. We claim to the kids…
We love hummus, it is our go-to snack (aside from a good quality piece or 6 of dark chocolate).It is safe to say there…
Our vegetable fritters were created to fill that feeling of opening the fridge and thinking what on earth can we make for lunch? For…
Yes, Healthy Twists won an award! Unexpected awards and being in the top 100 Power list of creators and experts to watch for 2021…
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There are not many desserts that we enjoy more or make more than this vegan fruit crumble recipe. As the evenings draw in the…
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For the last few years, we’ve taken part in Veganuary, – where in January everything we eat is vegan – hence Veganuary. This year…
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A sumptuous vegan and gluten-free Chocolate Orange steamed pudding, covered with a silky smooth vegan chocolate orange sauce is a scrumptious alternative to Christmas…
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A classic Christmas biscuit. These perfectly balanced apricot and ginger Florentine biscuits are gorgeously sticky and chewy with crisp dark chocolate dipped base. Florentine…
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Vegan and gluten-free indulgent mince pie brownies – these rich, chewy and intensely chocolatey brownies are delicious and given that festive gooey feel from…
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We really love Christmas and over the past few years we’ve started to make more and more Christmas recipes – from cakes, puddings and…
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Decadent raw vegan no-bake, and only slightly messy to make Caramel and Brazil nut chocolate bars. Now, these beauties are a real treat. We…
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The Festive Feasts Recipe eBook
A recipe book full of seasonal recipes.
Back in October we had an idea and decided that it needed to happen.
We…
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We know sprouts divide the festive dining table – there are lovers and haters but expect to convert a few sprout haters with this…
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Healthy Twists Christmas Foodie Gift Guide.
Are you stuck with what to buy for the food obsessives amongst your friends and family? Let us help… -
Steamed Jam Sponge Pudding with Fearne and Rosie using reduced sugar strawberry jam, quick, easy, gluten-free and vegan – light sponge and sticky glorious…
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Is it time to perk up your porridge with our chocolate and peanut butter porridge recipe?
We can’t put our finger on the feeling we…
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Sometimes we feel in need of a change from our beloved go-to fruit crumble and a fruit cobbler is a deliciously satisfying direction to…
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There is a bit of a sentimental tale behind our roasted pumpkin soup recipe. When our children were younger there was a beautifully illustrated…
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Halloween isn’t just for the kids; it’s for adults too and this year we really all deserve a treat and I suppose we could…
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We are often asked for a quick, uncomplicated chocolate sponge cake recipe and here it is, we’ve made it that deliciously classic flavour combination…
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Easy protein-packed plant-based recipes are ideal to have on your weekly menu.
After the last few months of lock-down – during which we were eating…
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Someone does need to explain to us why we haven’t been making farinata for years?! Farinata is utterly delicious whether you eat plant-based or…
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Falafels are another recipe that we thought would be tricky to master but they are surprisingly easy, so much so that these lemon and…
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Our cherry and chocolate granola turns the milk cherry choc flavoured, yes we are big kids that love fun food.
If you follow any of…
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Great comfort comes from a nourishing bowl of food.
Nourish bowls are an easy way to help create a balanced plate of food, to ensure…
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A crispy tofu rice bowl is a brilliant mid-week meal and it even makes a great addition to your options for packed lunches. We…
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Our vegan Caesar salad dressing with a lentil salad is a delicious meal in itself or a tasty accompaniment to the main dish. The…
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We are huge fans of a green smoothie and have been for years; they are incredibly refreshing and a brilliant way to start the…
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We love food that is nurturing, nourishing and satisfying and this recipe for our golden tofu and noodle nourish bowl does just that.
One of…
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We’ve had some fun creating 3 delicious plant-based recipes for a collaboration between Vitamix and Coconut Bowls and we think you will enjoy them…
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There is something heavenly about warm blueberry and lemon muffins first thing in the morning. A sweet and juicy blueberry bursting in your mouth…
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What is it about banana bread that we all adore? Is it the ease of making it, the delicious smell that fills the kitchen…
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These vegan chocolate muffins are a really fudgy treat. They are gorgeously chocolatey and you’d never know they are vegan and gluten-free. We’ve had…
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This is a quick and easy yeast-free wrap recipe. This uncomplicated recipe means that we can leave the children to make the dough and…
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We are huge fans of the reassuring nature of a nourishing bowl of soup. Whether eaten for lunch, dinner or to freeze for later,…
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We think it’s really important that everyone knows how to make really tasty, simple soups. A popular soup at home is our curried cauliflower…
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A souper simple soup recipe.
We have always loved tomato soup and our tomato and lentil soup is an easy to make family favourite recipe….
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A reassuringly nurturing bowl of spicy chickpea soup lightly but warmingly spiced creating a delicious lunch or easy dinner. With a tasty tomato base…
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An easy to make warming Mexican bean soup creates a deliciously satisfying lunch or dinner. Soups are ideal for comforting and nourishing lunches and…
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Our tasty easy homemade vegetable soup is reassuringly comforting and filling. You can vary the ingredients depending on what you have hidden in your…
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Our easy tofu scramble is a vegan alternative to scrambled egg. It is a wonderfully versatile dish, make it for breakfast, as part of…
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We love this blackberry and avocado smoothie bowl recipe. Smoothie bowls are a wonderful alternative to cereal and a brilliant way of easily adding…
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Our lemon drizzle cake is vegan, gluten-free and lower in sugar than a normal lemon drizzle cake recipe, also we don’t use a ‘fake’…
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Gluten-Free Every Day at River Cottage with Naomi Devlin
A day being taught by Naomi Devlin – the Queen of everything gluten-free is…
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Plums have to be one of our favourite fruits, they have a comfort factor that not many fruits share – maybe because they evoke…
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Valentine’s day brings many different emotions to different people. This being the case we thought we’d put together a Healthy Twists Plant-Based Valentine’s Menu…
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Full to bursting with flavour, vegan and gluten-free, our sweet and sour crispy tofu dish is a healthier and far more satisfying alternative to…
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Pancakes are always a winning breakfast and our children really enjoy these mini oat banana pancakes because they love to have as many different…
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When starting to introduce more plant-based recipes into your life, you might think that you will be missing out on all those flavours and…
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An easy to make and delicious smoothie bowl made with activated cashew nuts – cashew nuts soaked overnight in water to soften them; this…
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Easy Ways to Boost your FIBRE intake assisted by a very inspiring day in London at the Big London Bake with Ryvita.
Note – this…
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A tasty, chewy and easy to make high fibre snack that has your health at its core. These filling chocolate and ginger fibre boosting…
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A delicious blackberry and cacao smoothie to help you boost your fibre intake. As adults, we need 30g of fibre a day and this…
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Having a tasty guacamole recipe to hand can help transform the simplest of meals to a new taste level and can also help stave…
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We all love this delicious plant-based take on this Italian classic for several reasons – it’s tasty, reliable and simple to make. Serve it…
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We crave this vegan chilli dish and there always has to be a stash in the freezer. Our chilli is packed full of reassuring…
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A comforting bowl of tomato and red lentil dal. We adore this dish it is perfect on its own, topped with fresh tomatoes, coconut…
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Chocolate hummus is a great alternative to sugar-packed, overly sweet chocolate spread.
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A deliciously decadent smoothie breakfast bowl perfect for sharing. A sumptuous blend of vanilla and coconut smoothie partnered with a rich chocolate and ginger…
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These are easy to make cinnamon and ginger spiced biscuits, delicious any time of year but we’ve shaped them with a festive theme.
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The delicious oatcakes from Nairn’s have long been a staple in our kitchen cupboards, so we were delighted to be asked to partner with…
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It’s the perfect season to indulge yourself, your friends and family with these lightly salted caramel almond butter chocolates. How do you create those…
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We were delighted to be approached by Simply Vegan magazine to create this vegan Rainbow Pie recipe and capture it for the front cover… -
Rich, decadent, plant-based and gluten-free our Chocolate Cherry Celebration Cake is our go-to bake for those special occasions when you want to spoil yourself…
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Vegan and gluten-free dark dangerously fudgy chocolate brownies.
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There is something so reassuring about a hot bowl of porridge in the mornings and we felt that as we share so many bowls…
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This Nutty Chocolate Granola is vegan and wheat-free, to make it gluten-free use gluten-free oats. The flavour combination of nuts and chocolate is always…
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A versatile smoothie, with flexible nut switching options. This nut and seed smoothie is low in fruit as it only contains half a banana…
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Our fruity banana bread was one of the first cakes we put a ‘healthy twist’ on and is still one of our favourite easy…
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Before the school summer holidays, we booked ourselves a treat. A spa day you ask? No – even better! We headed to River Cottage…
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There are so many incredible fruits, vegetables and pulses available to help us enjoy a delicious plant-based way of eating. For our plant-based take…
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It’s hard to go wrong with porridge made with good oats, but we like to mix up the grains we use to make our…
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Last Friday, we had a fun and educational evening hosted by Jules owner of Altrincham based Plucky Pickle and a ferment extraordinaire. We were…
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Who doesn’t love the satisfying simplicity of something ‘on toast’?
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We do find ourselves in some interesting places thanks to this random career path we are enjoying…
Late February 2019 Blue Diamond UK invited us…
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Strawberry, raspberry and tahini smoothie bowl, adding tahini to strawberries and raspberries might not seem an obvious flavour addition but it works so well….
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A refreshingly delicious blended breakfast smoothie bowl packed full of great ingredients and topped with fruit and cacao nibs.
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Dried dates are a sticky treat all on their own, but if you fill them with nut butter and then drizzle over melted dark…
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Cashew nut bliss balls are easy to make, easy to store and perfect for snacks.
Occasionally a couple of bliss balls will end up as…
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Each of my Grandma’s had a special dessert, one made the most amazing treacle sponge whilst the other always brought a gorgeous lemon cheesecake…
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We love our naturally sweetened 0at and banana pancakes, but occasionally we have a craving for savoury pancakes – and these spinach and oat…
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Our families love pancakes, so we knew we had our work cut out to create a more nourishing version of the traditional pancake that they’d…
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We’ve created 3 seriously scrumptious recipes using milled flaxseed from Yum & Yay .
There are four great varieties of Yum & Yay –
Glorious Milled…
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We love jam but when trying to reduce your sugar intake it is generally one of the first and most obvious sugar packed products…
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We can frequently be found creating random flavour combinations for bliss balls. However, sometimes it’s hard to beat the tried and trusted flavour combinations…
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Why not add an extra layer of warming flavours to your roast potatoes by using harissa a North African spice mix. Our harissa potatoes…
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Dark chocolate and ginger are one of our all-time favourite flavour combinations. We adore good quality rich dark flavour filled chocolate and warming ginger. This…
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This is our take on vegan cauliflower cheese (vegan cheese seems a contradiction, maybe we call it Cauliflower Chyese??? we’ll work on that one)…
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Who loves hot chocolate? We do! Our peanut butter hot chocolate is a fun and delicious way to liven up this comforting drink.
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If you have followed us for some time you will undoubtedly know how much we love brownies and that there is no time of…
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Edamame Hummus
the hummus experiments continue…
Light Bites. November 2018
Hummus is at the top of our emergency savoury snack and fast lunch list. There is something…
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Breakfast Bites
breakfast in a ball
Breakfast. November 2018
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The Oat Project Recipes
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The Oat Project Recipes
by Healthy Twists
part 1
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THE 1st BLOG POST
Hello There!
We are Claire & Sarah the creators of HEALTHY TWISTS and we’d like to welcome you to our new Healthy… -
For as long as we’ve been making smoothies this Cacao Heaven Smoothie has been our go-to recovery, pick me up boosting smoothie recipe of…
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Crumbles are a shared passion of ours, they remind us of our childhood and family meal times. There’s something wonderfully comforting about this dessert….
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For such a simple recipe our raw chocolate brownies taste truly decedent. They are a great sweet fix, perfect with a cup of tea…
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A cashew-mel slice you ask, what is this? The cashew-mel slice is one of our most sought after recipes and our Healthy Twists take…
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As you bite into these smooth, rich dark chocolate truffles you could be forgiven for thinking – well what’s remotely healthy or different about…
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This delicious and creamy vegan mushroom carbonara is a brilliant alternative to traditional carbonara. Made with a blend of cashew nuts, plant based milk…
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We’ve experimented with veggie burger recipes for a while and these plant-based beetroot veggie burgers are definitely our favourite. The beetroot veggie burgers are…
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We love a good falafel and we’re delighted that we created these roasted butternut squash falafels with spiced chickpea. The recipe uses a blend…
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The addition of avocados to smoothies makes them smooth and creamy. This avocado almond smoothie is ideal for filling you up and squeezing extra…
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Are your mornings a mad rush? Then maybe a strawberry bircher is the breakfast for you. Birchers are prepared the night before breakfast, so…
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We love the combination of raspberries and cacao – you’ll find we use it regularly in our recipes. Our raspberry, cacao, quinoa and oat…
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Peanut butter and blueberry porridge is such an easy breakfast to make. Taking a mouthful of creamy porridge and finding warm juicy blueberries makes…
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We often make blackberry waffles as an alternative to pancakes, they do make a tasty change but mainly because they are quicker to prepare…
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Delve through maple peaches to reach juicy bites of sliced peach in your creamy peach and tahini porridge bowl (it’s peachy).
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Time 10 minutesIngredients
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A delicious and healthy, vegan lentil curry – filled with roasted squash, peppers and spinach. Easy to make and freezes really well – making…
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We make various flavours of raw cheesecakes but this strawberry and vanilla raw cheesecake is a favourite.
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Asparagus and pea soup is a vibrant green soup made using a blend of fresh and frozen ingredients with an added twist of fresh…
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A vegan and gluten free banoffee pie – we’ve been dreaming about this dessert for so long! Nutty, wheat free chocolate base filled with…