Warming Carrot Cake

Warming Carrot Cake

Ingredients:

(Serves 1)

150g oats

4 carrots

2 tbsp maple syrup

1 tsp cinnamon 

30g sultanas (optional)

In a food processor blend up the oats and add to a bowl, then chop the carrots roughly into chunks and blend them up too. Add to the bowl along with the maple syrup, cinnamon and sultanas. Mix well then add about 150ml water until it forms a thick dough like mixture. Spread on a tray coated in baking paper or in a cake tin and bake at 180 degrees celcius for 30 minutes. Serve and enjoy! 

Battered Banana Bites

Battered Banana Bites

Ingredients:

(Serves 1)

100g wholemeal and plain flour

1 spotty banana

Water

In a large mug or bowl add the flour and mix with enough water to make a very thick batter. Chop the banana thinly and add to the batter, coat thoroughly and place in a hot ceramic frying pan. Fry until it changes colour and flip, fry the other side and serve! 

Pita Bread

Pita Bread

Ingredients:

(Serves 1-2)

100g wholemeal flour*

100g plain flour

In a large bowl add the flour, mix and gradually add water until a dry dough forms. Knead well and make sure it's not sticky. Roll out on a floured surface until it's really thin, less than half a cm thick and round like a pizza base. Then using a knife cut in two. Place in a dry hot frying pan (ceramic is ideal) and fry until crispy, flip and fry the other side. Press down with a spatula until air pockets form. Once cooked with a knife slice down the straight edge to form a pitta bread! Fill with desired fillings, here I've used couscous and veggies. 

*gluten free flour works really well too e.g. Rice flour, gf bread flour, gram flour etc. 

Lentil carrot soup

Lentil and Carrot Soup

Ingredients:

(Serves 1)

100g red split lentils

120g rice

2 carrots

1 tsp mixed herbs

2 tbsp tomato purée

1 cup peas

Bring to the boil a litre of water. To a large pan add the lentils, rice, tomato purée, carrots and herbs. Boil and simmer until soft. Then add the peas, serve.

Simple Apple Pie!

Ingredients:

(Serves 1-2)

200g wholemeal flour

2 apples

1/3 cup sultanas 

50g sugar 

1/2 tsp cinnamon 

About 100ml water

In a bowl mix the flour, sugar and water to form a dough. Split in two and on a floured surface roll out until they're round and thin. Then place one in a dish lined with baking paper. Chop the apples into small chunks and place them in the dish as well, then scatter with sultanas and cinnamon. Place the second rolled out dough on top, use a folk to squish the edges together, and pierce the top. Then bake in the oven for 45 minutes until golden. Serve. 

Lentil Linguini Lusciousness

Lentil Linguini

Ingredients:

(Serves 1-2)

100g red split lentils

1.5 cups carrots 

2 tbsp tomato purée 

100g frozen peas 

200g linguini 

1/2 tsp mixed herbs 

Bring about a litre of water in a pan to the boil, add the rinsed lentils and simmer. Dice the carrots into small pieces and add along with the tomato purée and herbs. Simmer until all soft, pour into a large bowl and well combine with the peas, set aside. To the same pan bring about 2 litres of water to the boil, add the linguini and cook uncovered for 6-8 minutes. Then drain and serve! It's so good! 

Watch my YouTube video here: http://youtu.be/xCVzSf3YmFI

Homemade Bread

Homemade Bread

Ingredients:

(Makes 1 loaf) 

200g wholemeal flour

200g plain flour 

1 tsp baking soda

200ml water 

To a bowl add the flour and baking soda, combine and gradually mix in the water using a spatula to form a dough. Place on a baking sheet or in a loaf tin and bake for about 20 mins until a knife comes out clean and it's slightly golden on top. Then serve hot or cold. 

Raw Vegan Chip Butty

Raw Vegan Chip Butty

Ingredients: 

(Serves 1)

Sauce:

Few sprigs coriander/ cilantro 

1/2 courgette/zucchini 

6 cherry tomatoes

4 soaked sundried tomatoes

6 pitted olives 

Chips and filling:

1 head romaine

3 green or yellow courgette/zucchini 

6 tomatoes

Few sprigs diced coriander/cilantro 

Add all the sauce ingredients to a bowl and blend with a hand blender or just blend in a blender. Blend with a little water until desired consistency. For the chips peel the courgette with a peeler and slice down opposite sides to form a block shape, slice in half and then into chip like pieces. Dice the filling ingredients and serve on a plate with the lettuce. Then fill the lettuce with some fillings, sauce and top with coriander. Enjoy! 

Low Fat Oat Cookies

Low Fat Oat Cookies

Ingredients: 

(Makes 5 cookies)

100g oats

50g wholemeal/gf flour

10g sugar

10g golden/maple syrup

1 tsp cinnamon 

1 tsp baking soda

100g water

In a bowl mix all the ingredients and add enough water to make a thick sticky mixture. Spoon onto a baking sheet and bake for about 10 minutes. Then enjoy! 

Peanut Butter Cookies!

Ingredients:

(makes 12 cookies)

300g oats 

110g flour (wholemeal/rice)

75g cane sugar

75g golden syrup 

1 tsp cinnamon 

1 tsp baking soda 

3 tbsp peanut butter 

1 bar dark chocolate 

200-300ml water

Using a knife finely chop the chocolate, leaving a few larger chunks. In a large bowl add all the ingredients (apart from the large chocolate chunks) and mix well with a spatula, then spoon onto a baking sheet covered with baking paper. Add the large chocolate chunks on top pressing them into the mixture. Bake in the oven for 10-15mins on 180 degrees celcius. Then enjoy hot or cold, warning: unbelievably tasty! 

Watch the video here: http://youtu.be/6ZoMBYxgMB0

Cinnamon Oaty Bites

Ingredients:

(Makes 10 bites)

1.5 cups oats

2 spotty bananas 

1/4 cup sultanas

1/2 tsp cinnamon 

In a bowl mash the bananas, add the oats, sultanas, cinnamon and mix together. Spoon onto a baking sheet and bake in the oven on 180 degrees celcius until golden for about 10 minutes. Then allow to cool and enjoy! 

Pumpkin Pie!

Ingredients: 

(Makes 1 pie)

250g dates

1-2 cups oats

1 medium pumpkin (4 cups puréed)

Alternatively use pumpkin purée

3 tbsp maple/golden syrup

2 tsp cinnamon 

1/2 cup chopped walnuts

Preheat oven to 200 degrees celcius. Slice the top off the pumpkin and scoop out the seeds, chop into slices and place on a baking tray. Cook in the oven until soft - about 45 minutes. Once cooked immediately peel off the skins, scooping out the flesh into a bowl. Then mash with a fork or blend until a smooth purée forms. At this point add maple/golden syrup, cinnamon and mix thoroughly. 

 In a food processor at the dates, pitted and the oats. Process until a thick sticky dough forms. Tip onto a pie dish and using the back of a spoon smoosh into the edges and up the sides to form a pie crust. Then temporarily place either in the freezer or oven to set. 

Then take your pie dish out and scoop in the pumpkin filling, top with chopped nuts and a sprinkle of sugar and bake in the oven for about 10 minutes until golden. Then serve! :) 

Cinnamon Fruit Bread

Cinnamon Fruit Bread

Ingredients:

(Serves 1)

150g wholemeal flour

200g plain flour 

1 tsp baking soda 

1 tsp cinnamon 

100g sultanas 

Preheat the oven to 200 degrees celcius. In a large bowl add all the ingredients, mix together using a spatula and gradually stir in 300mls of water. Keep mixing until it forms a dough. Place the dough on either a well floured baking sheet or a pizza pan (with holes). Using the spatula press the dough down so that it is flatter, the thinner the dough the quicker it will cook. Place in the oven and cook for 20-30 minutes. Test if it's done by placing a knife if the centre and if it comes out clean then it's cooked. Take out the oven and enjoy or slice and toast later :) 

Dumplings and Tomato Sauce

Dumplings and Tomato Sauce

Ingredients:

(Serves 1) 

100g plain flour

100g wholemeal flour 

100ml water 

1 tbsp tomato paste 

1 tsp mixed herbs 

Bring a pan of water to the boil. In a bowl measure the flour and mix in the water to form a thick dough. Using your hands take small chunks and roll between your hands to form dough balls. Once the water is boiling place in the dough balls and allow to cook for 5-10 minutes depending on the size of the dough balls.   Using a spoon mix the balls, when they're cooked they should float to the surface. Test one to see if it's cooked then drain. 

In a separate bowl mix the tomato paste, herbs and water to form a rich sauce. Mix into the dumplings and serve with lettuce. Delicious and satisfying. 

Cheap Sweetcorn and Tomato Pasta

Sweetcorn Tomato Pasta

Ingredients:

(Serves 1) 

300g corn/wheat pasta

2 tbsp tomato paste 

100g tinned sweetcorn 

1 tsp mixed herbs 

Bring a pan of water to the boil, add the pasta and boil for 8-12 minutes. Meanwhile, in a bowl add the tomato paste, herbs, sweetcorn and 1/4-1/2 a cup of water or the sweetcorn water. Mix together. Once the pasta is cooked drain, mix in the sauce and enjoy! :)