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Grapefruit Spelt Muffins (vegan)
Probably one of my favorite fruit flavors is grapefruit. I love the sweet and sour crisp taste of it.I find having a grapefruit at breakfast to be so filling and satisfying. It also tastes so good in desserts and drinks! These are full of grapefruit citrus taste and healthy for you! They’re perfect for breakfast or as a snack. I like having mine with a smear of jam and peanut butter or coconut oil. They’re easy to make. Free of eggs, dairy, are refined sugar free and vegan! If you don’t want or can’t use a full cup of grapefruit juice you can top it off with another. I topped mine off…
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Tahini Turmeric Cookies
If you are as into food blogs as I am then I’m sure you’ve noticed that turmeric and tahini have become trendy buzzwords. I have enjoyed experimenting with both in recipes and especially grabbing a jar of tahini for the first time in a while! While turmeric and tahini are fun and delicious foods, they also have numerous health benefits! I have to make a small disclaimer though, I have tried many turmeric lattes and not really enjoyed them 😮 . I don’t know if I just haven’t found the right recipe yet or if I just don’t like turmeric lattes! However, I love turmeric in curries and I love…
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Gelato Cheesecake
Today I am going to share with you one of my favorite places in Calgary! And that place is Fiasco Gelato! If you live in Canada, you may have heard of them since they sell their gelato in many grocery stores. I love Fiasco Gelato. They have the best employees working there and such a cute shop. I go to Fiasco Gelato almost every week and their gelato is some of the best I’ve ever had! They have new flavors that they’ve created right there in the shop every time we go. A few weeks ago I picked up their Blueberry Basil Sorbetto and I was blown away! Whoever says…
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Vegan Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
These are the best oatmeal cookies I have ever had! I have made them several times now and every time I share them they are a hit! Hope everyone is having a lovely spring! I am even though it seems winter wants to stay. I haven’t had as much time to post or engage on social media because of my final teaching practicum. It has been busy but wonderful. I have even had the opportunity to teach a grade ten dance option class which has been so much fun! Crossing my fingers that I can get hired to this in September! I adapted this from The Vegetarian Baker. They are…
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Raw Raspberry Tarts
This recipe changed my life! And I don’t say that often. I love trying new recipes but I tend to stick to baked goods because I love mixing batters and seeing the changes in the oven! However, after making these I am on a mission to make more similar recipes! If you have any good please let me know! All you NEED for this recipe is: Almonds Dates Hazelnuts Maple Syrup and Lemon Juice Coconut Oil Vanilla Raspberries I adapted this from Jess at Choosing Chia who is one of my favorite food bloggers! You can see her recipe here. You should check out her site for…
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Lingonberry Elderflower Sponge Cake
A few weeks ago I was at Ikea! I bought plants, candles, and of course food! It was close to Valentine’s Day and I was inspired to use my heart shaped cake pan that I bought last time I was at Ikea. I decided to make a sponge cake with elderflower concentrate and lingonberry jam. The results were amazing! I absolutely love lingonberries and really must get the jam more often! The elderflower concentrate was also delicious. If you do not have the jam or concentrate on hand, you can substitute with apple juice and any kind of jam you like! I would even say increase the amount of juice…
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Soft Chocolate Cranberry Cookies (vegan)
Perfectly soft and thick chocolate cranberry cookies. Making a fun and unique cookie has never been easier! What’s the secret to keeping these cookies soft? Cornstarch! If you have never tried adding cornstarch to your cookies, I highly recommend it. Just like it gives gravies, puddings, and fillings a more full-bodied texture, cornstarch will keep your cookie dough more compact during the baking process, leaving the cookies soft, thick, and puffy. Make sure not to over bake these as it will result in a crunchier cookie. It will still be tasty but if a soft cookie is what you want, try to keep the bake time closer to 10 minutes or less…
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Vegan Coconut Flour Brownies (vegan, gluten free, sugar free)
I have been obsessed with pink lately! Not sure if it’s because Valentine’s Day is coming up or what but I used to not like pink at all! But I have to say, the new obsession is quite welcome. These brownies are so healthy you won’t believe it! I have been looking hard for a vegan recipe that uses coconut flour but they are so hard to find as coconut flour generally needs a lot of eggs to bind. This recipe uses lots of flax seeds instead of eggs which works well. You may taste some grittiness from the flax if you make your own like I do but the…
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White Chocolate Peanut Butter Squares
I’m going to let you all in on a little secret, well it’s not really a secret. But I loooove peanut butter! I also adore white chocolate. I mean, I like all chocolate and especially dark chocolate but there’s just something about the buttery sweetness of white chocolate that I love in sweets and desserts. The almond flour in these really makes a difference. I don’t usually use almond flour in my recipes. Mostly because it costs an arm and a leg. But I was so pleasantly surprised by how almond flour really made the difference in this recipe. It made them moist but crumbly and buttery! I hope to…
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Eat Straight Out of the Pan Vegan Blueberry Coffee Cake
This blueberry coffee cake is moist and full of cinnamon flavor which is perfectly accompanied by juicy blueberries! It has a crumbly and buttery topping. This is the best coffee cake I’ve ever made! I adapted this coffee cake from Cara Reed’s book Decadent Gluten-Free Vegan Baking. You can check out her blog here. There were so many delicious things in this cookbook I couldn’t decide what to make first but this was definitely a good choice! Usually coffee cake isn’t the healthiest thing out there and something you probably don’t want to have for breakfast everyday. But this coffee cake is different! It’s made healthier with the addition of…
