I wanted to start a series of letters to my baby Leonardo. I know these are not food-related but my life right now is revolving around this sweet boy. I don't want to post a million pictures on facebook so if you want to follow the journey of our sweet boy, this is the place it will happen. :) 15th November 2019 One Month Old One month ago today marks the day you came into the world. It was a tough delivery. One that taught me I’m so much stronger than I ever knew I was. From the minute…
Vegan chocolate crinkle cookies Who doesn’t love a good chocolate cookie? I’ve always baked peanut butter cookies or choc chip cookies because those always hit the sweet spot but I decided to try something new. These vegan chocolate crinkle cookies were inspired by gimme some ovens recipe. I had never made a crinkle cookie before, but these were so easy I'll definitely be baking them a lot more frequently Eggs in vegan baking I often get asked what I use to replace eggs in vegan baking. I know so many recipes call for flax eggs or chia eggs and while I…
Last week on Monday, I started getting contractions. I knew it would soon be time to bring this little person into the world. After an exhausting, long, unmedicated labor, on Tuesday 15th October, it was announced that we had a little boy. The level of excitement in Sam's voice was something I hope to never forget. The birthing story is a long one and one that I want to share as soon as I have had time to properly process what all happened. I held my little guy on my chest and just knew that life would never be the…
Sometimes you get those cravings for something a bit more ‘meaty’. Now I don’t mean I crave animal flesh but I do like to have a change of protein sources and that’s when these vegan chicken nuggets comes in super handy. Vegan chicken say what? Honestly, I wish there were better words for meat substitutes instead of calling them ’chicken’ or ‘beef’ when really they aren’t anything like the real thing. I’ll leave those creations up to companies like Beyond Meat and Impossible foods who are creating pretty decent replicas for the vegan world. What’s vegan ‘chicken’ make from? This…