Vegan chocolate and cashew cream cheesecake

So the one thing I’ve craved for ages now, is cheesecake!

So this recipe does require soy protein powder, I got mine from Myprotein, I think its the texture of the protein as I tried to make my partner one with whey protein but it didn’t work as it didn’t get thick.

Ingredients:

For chocolate filling

•500ml of non-dairy milk

•4 scoops of Soy protein

•1 cup of cacao powder, I used raw cacao powder from indigo herbs

•few drops of vanilla extract and/or tablespoon of maple syrup.

For cashew cream filling

•2 tablespoons cashew butter (Or blend cashews and a little milk until smooth in a high speed blender

•¼ cup of melted coconut oil

•1 tablespoon of milk

For the biscuit layer

•half a packet of digestive biscuits or biscuits of your choosing

•¼ cup of melted butter or coconut oil

Method:

Break up the biscuits until in small pieces to your liking, Mix with the melted butter/coconut oil and combine well, flatten and leave to set in the fridge

Mix the cacao powder, protein powder, milk and maple syrup and/or vanilla extract and smooth out onto the biscuit base and leave in the fridge

Separately mix the cashew butter, coconut oil and milk until well combined and smooth,

Pour the cashew mixture on top of the chocolate layer, using a fork or finger if it’s for yourself mix in the two to make a swirly design

Leave to set overnight in the fridge

Depending to your own taste you can alter some of the flavors, for example sweeteners of added bits, I think the base layer would be way nicer if it was made of Oreos.

If you try this recipe let me know, I’d love to know what you think of it. 🙂 xx

fudgelicious brownies

Brownies and black beans aren’t exactly the first thing that comes to your mind for a amazing combination, but surprisingly enough it totally works!

So after loads of brownie test trials and different types these have to be the best ones yet (if I may say so myself). They are so rich and smooth and soft and basically super addictive!

As these are black beans you can soak them overnight (I left them about 14 hours) or get a can of them and rinse out the water really well.

Ingredients:

•1 ½ cup of dates (I used dried dates and just soaked them for about half an hour in warm water

•1 ¼ cup of soaked black beans

•1 heaped tablespoon of coconut oil

•½ teaspoon of sea salt/ regular salt if you don’t have sea salt

•1 cup of cocoa powder (I used raw cacao powder from Indigo herbs its amazing you can get it here)

•¼ cup of protein powder ( I used rice protein available here)

• 1 cup of oat flour , I just blended oats in a blender into a flour texture

•1 cup of water

Method:

Blend the dates and a tiny bit of water until smooth, then adding in the blend until mixed together

Pre-heat the over to 200°C /395°F

Adding in all the other ingredients, adding the flour/powder ingredients gradually to insure there’s no lumps

Scoop out into a baking tray, and put on the middle shelf for 15 mins.

Take out to cool with a hand towel over the top to insure the top stays soft and doesn’t crust up , should be soft to the touch.

 

Depending on how thick you would like the brownies, you could double the recipe or more I’m not judging.

The tray I used was a 12″X 8″ so they were a bit thin so if you have a large baking tray I would advise doubling. I didn’t so when I cut them I made a chocolate mouse sandwich out of them.

Let me know if you tried this recipe I would love to know how it turns out 🙂 xxx

Miso Soup – Vegan

So I kept hearing about miso, I mean everywhere, so I took it as a sign and decided to make some. From looking it up and coming across the amazing minimalist baker,  I gave it a whirl and made a fair few modifications. It doesn’t look to great but it is the most comforting tasty soup I have made.

Ingredients:

1. 2 handfuls of chestnut mushrooms
2. 1 large white/yellow(whatever you call it) onion
3. 2 large stalks(?) of celery
4. handful of beansprouts
5. handful of peas and carrots
6. 1 cup of green peppers
7. 1 1/2 cup of tofu
8.  4 tablespoons of miso paste
9. 1 tablespoon of soy sauce
10. 1 teaspoon of garlic powder
11. 1 portion of vermicelli rice noodles (I used regular noodles the second time so it doesn’t really matter)
12. handful of kale
13. handful of mixed seaweed

Method:

1. fry onion, mushrooms, celery and add in garlic powder and soy sauce until slightly softened.
2. adding in the rest of the ingredients, accept for the seaweed and noodles
3. boiling some water separately, either in kettle of separate pot, adding the miso  paste to the water and mixing so it’s smooth, it just helps to make sure there’s no lumps of miso floating around
4. adding in enough water to cover the ingredients and leave to cook for about 20 mins
5. add in seaweed and noodles about 5 mins before serving just to soften them and combine the flavour.

and that is that! It’s so easy and such a ‘mom makes for you when your sick’ kind of soup.

Let me know if you try it, I’d love to see 🙂

Thanks for reading, xx

 

Vegan Protein Bliss Balls

So after starting to make date bliss balls, I realized I didn’t have enough dates, then I remembered one day I put too much protein in my protein shake and it became really thick. I made a thick protein mixture that was basically mouse which set really well.

This recipe includes protein powder as a thickener, if you don’t have the protein powder you could replace it with an avocado mouse or a protein of your choice.

Ingredients:

-Handful of dates

-1 Cup oats (I blended them so it became a flour)

-1/2 cup almond meal (again just blended almonds)

-1/2 cup cashew meal

-1/2 cup flax/linseed meal

-2 heaped scoops of protein powder

-200 ml of non-dairy milk (I used soy milk)

-1/2 cup cocoa powder

– 2 tbsp of soy milk, separate from the rest

-1/2 cup of desiccated coconut

 

Method:

1. Blend up the oats in  blender till it becomes a powder an then pour into a large mixing bowl
2. Repeat this step with  the cashews, flax seeds and almonds.
3. Mix the 2 tbsp of milk and dates till it smooth.
4. Combine the protein powder, milk and cocoa powder and blend.
5. mix together all the ingredients until it becomes near to a cookie dough.
6. On a plate add the coconut and a small bit of coco powder for coating the balls.
7. wetting your fingers to grab the dough like mixture so it doesn’t stick, roll some between your finger tips then placing it on the plate and roll in the mixture with your finger tips.
8. Then you just have to try to let them set overnight without eating them

and that is it!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for reading guys, if you try this recipe, let me know.

xxx