Vegan Chocolate Coconut Ice-cream

I love love love Nice Blocks, in particular, the chocolate/coconut flavour. I recreated it last night with this combination: 1 240 mL tin coconut cream* 2 heaped tbsp dutch process cocoa powder 1.5 tsp vanilla essence 2 lg tbsp honey Whisk ingredients together in a freezer-safe container. You want to almost whip some air through …

Spiced roast veges

For Alex. Tasty variation on the standard roast vege fare. Substitute whatever you have – pumpkin, sweet potato, potatoes, garlic, shallots, spices etc. This is what I used in a dish for girlfriends here for Friday night potluck… Would be nice with pumpkin/sunflower seeds too. Ingredients 2 large smooth golden kumara (sweet potato), peeled and …

Sugar free Raspberry/Chocolate vegan Smoothie

Fiona had the most amazing raw, gluten/vegan raspberry and chocolate cake for her birthday last weekend. So good. I’ve taken to slicing and freezing overripe/surplus bananas for smoothies. I find they make them super creamy even without any kind of milk, more so with milk. A thicker “smoothie” negates any ice cream craving, this recipe …

Roasted Portobello Mushrooms on Spinach/Kumara SaladFor Lauren <3 This tasty recipe sounds harder than it is. I wrote it for the mushrooms and salad to be prepped together. I think it would serve two but as quite a light meal. The dish would also work well with Pumpkin in place of Kumara (though pumpkin would …

Coconut & Chia Spiced Oats I’ve been eating oats for breakfast for a long time now, and am starting to play a bit more with what goes in them. This morning I was feeling like coconut, and this first try recipe is a hit! Oats Oat Milk Vanilla Essence (1 tsp) White Chia Seeds (1 …