Delicious Vegan Recipes You Cannot Miss Out
Chocolate Peanut Butter Nice Cream
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I was completely obsessed with ice cream, the taste, the freshness, the texture, it's just perfect! But this was before I came across nice cream, a healthier and more fruity version of one of my all-time favourite desserts.
The beauty of nice is that you can easily make it at home, without an ice-cream maker, and it's super easy!
You just need to freeze a banana (peeled and diced for convenience), and blend it with whatever ingredients you want to create the flavour you like the most.
This is one of my favourite go to treats- firstly because I tend to always keep the ingredients in my pantry/freezer and secondly because it's so quick and easy to make!
Let's get to it...
INGREDIENTS
2 medium frozen peeled and diced bananas
4 tablespoons raw cacao powder
1 tablespoon peanut butter (optional)
1 pinch of salt
INSTRUCTIONS
Blend all of the ingredients together in a food processor or blender until completely creamy and smooth. Serve immediately and enjoy for soft serve, or freeze for 1-2 hours for a more ice-cream like texture!
Roasted Sweet Potato Wedges
Have I ever mentioned how obsessed I am with sweet potatoes? Not only are these vegetables super good for you, but they also have the most perfect, sweet and delicious flavor.
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These sweet potato wedges are even yummier than french fries, slightly crunchy on the outside, soft on the inside, packed with flavor, and full of nutrients. I've made them at countless dinner parties and they have always been a success!
The secret to making these wedges are the spices: cinnamon and paprika, these enhance the sweet potatoes' sweetness even more, making them 100% addictive.
Be careful when cooking them, you want them to be slightly crunchy on the outside, but not burnt! So check the oven regularly at the end of their cooking time to make sure they turn out just perfect.
These go perfectly with hummus or guacamole, you will not be able to stop eating them, trust me!
Ingredients:
2 large sweet potatoes
1-2 Tablespoons Olive Oil (enough to coat the sweet potatoes)
2 teaspoons sweet paprika - make sure its not the hot version!
1 teaspoon cinnamon
a pinch of salt
Instructions:
1. Preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F). Slice the sweet potatoes into thick wedges, and place onto a baking tray.
2. Add the olive oil, sweet paprika and cinnamon to the sweet potatoes and toss them (I personally use my hands) to evenly coat them.
3. Bake in the oven for 35-40 minutes until they are golden-brown.
4. Finally, add some salt to taste and serve. Enjoy dipped in hummus or guacamole or as a side!
THE ART OF MAKING HUMMUS:
Isn't hummus the most delicious thing in the world? It goes with everything, you can make a million variations, eat it with veggies, crackers, bread and it always tastes amazing
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There are a hundreds of different variations to hummus: sun-dried tomato, avocado, sweet potato, beetroot hummus, but my all-time favorite always remains classic, creamy, beautiful hummus. Here is the recipe I most like to use!
Oh, and the plus side is.. this recipe does not contain any garlic at all, easy to digest, and avoid bad breath!
Hope you love this recipe as much as I do!
Warning: Content is very addictive, once you start eating you won't be able to stop!
Ingredients
1 400g can of chickpeas (unsoaked)
4 tablespoons of tahini
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
1 tsp cumin
The juice of 1 lemon (adjust to flavour)
Pinch of salt (adjust to flavour)
Paprika (optional) to garnish
Instructions
Put all the ingredients in a food processor or blender and blend until extra smooth, this will take about
3-5 minutes depending on your food processor's power. Store in the fridge for up to one week.
Tip: Hummus tastes even more delicious a couple of hours after you make it or even the next day! This is so that the flavors can combine well when resting.
The best granola - with no added oil or sugar!
This amazing granola is the best I have tried making so far, and it also happens to be the healthiest! How incredible is that?
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The key to this perfect, crunchy, cluster filled delicious granola are dates and almond butter! The two ingredients, mixed together form the perfect binding pasted to stick all the nutritious packed oat flakes together. Healthy and magnificently delicious!
You can use this granola as breakfast with milk, yogurt, or also topped on a delicious smoothie bowl... Yum.
The key to the perfect granola is the cooking time, and this needs patience. The oven shouldn't bee too hot or it will burn, and in order to get many crunchy cluster you should not stir the oat flakes half way- this of course depends on personal preference.
Once the granola is perfectly cooked and crunchy you should resist the urging temptation to try some and wait for at least 30 minutes until it is perfectly cooled down. Then, break it into cluster and joy... YUM!
Ingredients
250g rolled oats
12 pitted medjool dates (about 200g)
100ml of water (about 1/2 cup)
100 g almond butter
1 tsp cinnamon
50g hemp seeds
50 g chia seeds
75 g sunflower seeds
Instructions
1. Preheat oven to 150C (300F).
2. While oven is heating, blend the medjool dates in a food processor with the water until they form a paste, then add almond butter and cinnamon, blend until smooth.
3. Add chia seed, hemp seeds and sunflower seed to the rolled oats, and top with the blended date + almond butter paste.
4. Line a baking tray with parchment paper and spread out the raw granola. Make sure this is spread out evenly, or it will not be crunchy and remain raw at the center. (You might need to use 2 trays.)
5. Bake for 20 minutes, making sure it doesn't burn. Stir moving the outside bits to the inside and vice versa.
6. Bake for 20-25 minutes more until extra crispy and dark gold.
7. Remove from the oven and cool for at least 30 minutes. Then break into delicious clusters, enjoy!
You can store this in an airtight container or jar, and it will easily last for 2-3 months.