Homemade Cashew Nut Milk with Dates & Vanilla – vegan, dairy-free

I was at a friends house recently where she treated me to the most divine hot chocolate, made with homemade cashew date milk. Oh my word! Heavenly. I believe that she'd intended to make it with almonds, although since she hadn't had time to soak them in advance, she opted for cashews instead. It reminded [...]

Raw Chocolate Hemp Seed Brownies – vegan, gluten-free, superfood

So there are chocolate brownies and there are raw chocolate hemp seed brownies! Here, in this recipe, we are talking brownies filled with so much goodness that you'll wonder why ever in the world we would need to eat sugar and wheat-filled sweet stuff again. It's true. I am easily excited when making superfood [...]

Pineapple Smoothie with Almond Butter – and interesting stuff you never knew about pineapples!

As I made this pineapple smoothie recipe, I remembered the first time I drove past a pineapple field. I was in Maui with my partner at the time (we are talking 23 years ago now) and I was like 'OMG I thought pineapples grew on trees'. He said, well you'd be surprised, most people actually [...]

Creamy Coconut & Banana Porridge – vegan gluten-free

It's raining outside this morning and even though spring is on the doorstep there is still a chilly feeling in the air. It's breakfast time and time for my favourite creamed coconut vegan banana porridge. Feels like the perfect morning for good old-fashioned porridge - although of course, as you might imagine, today's porridge is [...]

Raw Chocolate Mint Pie with Chocolate Brownie Base (gf vegan)

Just imagine a world where everything is made with love. Imagine a world where everything is made with compassionate plant-based ingredients. Imagine a place where everything was not only nourishing for the body but also nourishes the heart and soul. Well, I can't exactly change the world 'out-there', but what I can do it start right [...]