This delicious vegan chocolate zucchini slice is oil and nut free, and great for school lunches. It is also a tasty way to use up extra zucchinis if you have them on hand. My five year old loves chocolate. It’s amazing the number of foods I can sneak in when they are disguised by chocolate…
The tangy peanut dressing on this salad transforms what is basically a traditional coleslaw into something really different and tasty. You can serve this recipe raw, or lightly cooked. I prefer to cook the cabbage, as I find that raw cabbage can give me some digestive issues, but this salad is great either way. If…
This calcium rich chia yoghurt is a great recipe to make sure your kids get their calcium. One of the big questions that you get asked about when you cut out dairy is where will you get your calcium? For new vegans, this can be a difficult question to answer because traditionally we are only…
I have been craving burgers for a while now, but not just a veggie burger. I was in the mood for something richer and more like the hamburgers I used to have when I ate meat. So I decided I needed to come up with a recipe for good, “meaty” vegan burger patties. I was…
This Cheesy Pumpkin Spread is vegan and makes a great option for lunch for busy mums. I find lunch to be the hardest meal to cut animal products from. Breakfast has an array of options like toast, smoothies, granola, and beans and tofu substitute in relatively easily for dinner. Lunch, however, seems to take a…
This Vegan Mac and Cheese recipe is a great recipe to sneak some hidden veggies in for your kids – especially some of those veggies that are harder for them to eat, like zucchini, spinach and cauliflower. There was once a time that I didn’t actually know what Mac and Cheese was. I used to…
This smoothie is a fun breakfast alternative for if you want something a bit different. This vegan breakfast smoothie gives you a carrot cake flavoured smoothie at the bottom, topped with a delicious cashew lemon icing. The trick to this smoothie is to make sure the carrot cake smoothie layer is thicker than the icing…
I don’t know about you, but I always struggle when I’m trying to come up with quick and easy ideas for vegan lunches. I know that salads are a really good option, but sometimes they just take too much effort, and feel just that bit too healthy. Some lunches I just want a sandwich or…
These delicious banana chickpea muffins are nut and oil free, and have an extra boost of protein from chickpeas. They are a great on the go breakfast, and would make a yummy addition to school lunches. They aren’t super sweet, so feel free to play around with the sweeteners. I tried a batch without the…
This vegan BLAT – Bacon, Lettuce Avocado, Tomato – sandwich is really quick and easy. The salty-sweet bacon flavoured chickpeas are delicious, and are a great plant based bacon alternative to meet those cravings. They only take about 5 minutes to make. The best part is there’s no marinating, so you can have these anytime…