Daring Bakers Caramel Cake
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Veggie W.
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On this daring bakers challenge I was determined to make a healthier version of the caramel cake and I set out to do a caramel cake without caramel! I did this by combining maple syrup, agave and rice malt syrup! The results? Not bad! The cake had very good texture, moist and light.Texture-wise I think it is the best cake I have made, but flavor...
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Brazil-NutMilk Smoothie
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Veggie W.
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This recipe is another one from Mama Superfoods Sunday uncooking class. It is really good to make this when you have your period [for the girls!] since all the ingredients help you soothe the pains and the pms-ing! Maca contains almost 60 phyto-nutrients that help you balance your hormones and make you feel good! It also gives you energy and hel...
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Liquid Salad Drink
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Veggie W.
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Last Sunday the girls from Mama Superfoods hosted an uncooking class to show the use of superfoods in our everyday nutrition. They demonstrated many recipes that we are test tried [ I think it was about 20 people there!]. This is the first drink they showed us, and then we continued with the making of various spiced nut milks and smoothies and a...
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Black Truffle Risotto
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Veggie W.
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Μy mom went to Switzerland recently and she brought me back a bag full of precious wild mushrooms. Most of them were dried, besides one, black truffles. These precious things, that look more like poop than something tasty, are the best aromatic mushroom you could ever try. They are like bombs of flavor, unlike any other mushrooms. You use the...
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Wasabi Avocado Raw Soup
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Veggie W.
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With less time on my hands on weekdays, I always try to find a way to make easy, fast and nutritious meals. This is one of those!-2 avocados/ 2 αβοκάντο -1 lemon/ 1 λεμόνι -1cup+3tbsp water/ 1 κούπα + 3 κ.σ. νερό...
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Roasted Garlic & Balsamic Purple Puree
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Veggie W.
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The other day I was grocery shopping and found these french blue potatoes and I got really excited about cooking them! They taste just like regular potatoes but they have a natural blue color. I first tried them roasted, but they looked ugly to take a picture of them, so I then tried to make them mashed! First of all, let me tell you that blue p...
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Superfood Salad
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Veggie W.
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Lately I have been very busy with college and I don’t have as much time as I want to for my blog, or cooking for that matter. Usually I cook my lunch late at night so I can eat it the next day when I come home, and this means no daylight, so no pictures . And I don’t do posts without pictures as you may have noticed.But what is even ...
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Spiced Pumpkin Patties and an Award
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Veggie W.
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Pumpkin recipes started popping up everywhere on the food blogging world and I felt the need to be part of it! I had the idea to include pumpkin in veggie burgers, since they would deliver moist and fluffy texture. I made this with fresh steamed mashed pumpkin and don’t recommend making it with canned, but do as you please. These burgers a...
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Chestnut, Chocolate and Pear Dessert Pizza!
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Veggie W.
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This is Daring Baker’s Challenge, part 2:When I found out that the new daring bakers challenge was pizza, I was a bit bummed because I had just made pizza and blog about it the other day. I decided to go only with a dessert pizza, to do a different post, but I was actually so much fun tossing the dough, that I also made a regular one! Here...
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Porcini Zucchini Pizza
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Veggie W.
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This is one of the 2 pizzas I made for this month’s Daring Bakers Challenge. It was very interesting making pizza dough once again. Every time I make it better and better. What was special on this one its that I only used wholewheat flour with added gluten to reach the right texture and I also used like everyone had to, the tossing techniq...
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PeanutButter & Chocolate Acoustic Guitar Cake!
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Veggie W.
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After a lot of thought, I had the brilliant idea to make my boyfriends birthday cake in the shape of an acoustic guitar![ Since he is a musician, I knew I couldn't go wrong with this one ] I was really excited about making it for a long time since the idea struck me 8 months before his birthday. Yeah I know.So the concept was easy. First I had ...
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SoyMilk Pie
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Veggie W.
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In Greek cuisine pies are a staple food. They are usually made with phyllo dough, a very thin pastry made out of water and flour. The fillings are various, but usually its various cheeses and/or spinach and other leafy greens, milk and eggs. So they are made with simple everyday ingredients. The milk pie is a traditional Greek recipe that has ma...
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Pome-great! Sweet Mashed Potatoes
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Veggie W.
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I have been flirting with the idea of combining the flavor of sweet potatoes with pomegranate molasses for quite some time. Its something about the sweetness of the potatoes that goes perfectly with the fruity tartness of the pomegranate molasses. This recipe is very hearty and perfect for an autumn dish on a cold day. It is a great side dish fo...
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Leek Shiitake Miso Soup
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Veggie W.
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My favorite soup in the world is miso soup, a traditional Japanese soup made with miso paste [fermented soy bean paste]. It is delicious, healthy and very easy and fast to make. Miso soup, in its simplest form, has some silken tofu, wakame seaweed and fresh green onions in it. But you can add whatever you want to make it more hearty and filling....
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Homemade Pizza & Crust
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Veggie W.
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I have ordered some Teese again from Vegan Essentials, so it was time to make vegan pizza! Now there are many ways to make vegan pizza [dairy-free] at home. You can use store bought vegan cheese, homemade vegan cheese, homemade cheesy sauce or you can make it completely cheese-free which is something that might bother some people. I have no prob...
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Mixed Berry Pancakes
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Veggie W.
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The past few days I have been craving pancakes with maple syrup. When I actually got down to making them, I wanted to give them ’something extra’. I decided to go with berries, since they are high in vitamin C and antioxidants, which helps you boost your immune system now that its getting cold. So if you want a comforting, healthy an...
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DB Cheesy Onion Lavash Crackers & Tomato Olive Dip
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Veggie W.
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For this daring baker challenge, which is my first by the way, we had to make vegan lavash crackers and/or gluten free. Since cooking vegan is not a challenge for me, I decided to also go gluten free for this one. I used a blend of rice flour, buckwheat and chickpea flour. They came out delicious! The only thing is, to make your own flour blend ...
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Blue Sheese & Pear Canape
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Veggie W.
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This is not really a recipe, just an idea and a second product review. I always loved the combination of blue cheese and pear, specially in a salads. Fruit and cheese is just an unbeatable combination. Since going vegan, me the cheese lover, there was some doubt in everyone I wouldn’t be able to make it without my cheese dose. And I admi...
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Cookie Yogurt
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Veggie W.
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There is a famous brand of yogurts in Greece, that makes a cookie flavored yogurt. I used to really like it back in the day, but found out it had GELATIN in it…So yeah…I was so angry and stopped buying immediately [ even though I did eat dairy]. Since cutting off dairy from my diet, I have been wanting to make the vegan version, s...
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Homemade Age Dashi Tofu
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Veggie W.
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One of my favorite cuisine is Japanese. Everything is so delicate, light, flavorful… I could go on forever. Anyway even Japanese fried food seems light! Age Dashi Tofu is a traditional dish where tofu is lightly coated in a starch mixture and then fried. But tofu does not absorb oil so its seems like its quite healthier than other fried f...
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