Vegan Chocolate Covered Gingernuts

These chocolate coated Gingernuts are perfect with a cup of tea. They're crunchy with a slightly soft centre and definitely  don't lack a fiery ginger kick.

All you will need is:

80g Brown Sugar

2 tbsp Golden Syrup

60g Vegan Butter ( I used the brand 'Pure')

110g Self Raising Flour ( or Plain Flour w/1.5 tsp of Baking Powder)

1 heaped tablespoon Ground Ginger

1 tsp Bicarbonate Of Soda

Covering -  

100g Dark Chocolate

- Pre-heat the oven to 180 degrees.

-   The first step is to creme together the butter and brown sugar and then golden syrup together until a s/mooth mixture is achieved.

-   Secondly sift in all the dry ingredients to form a dough, It may appear that the mixture is too dry but the mixture will come together perfectly if you keep on mixing.

-   Then roll the dough on a piece of greaseproof paper or lightly floured surface in order to divide the dough into 24 small balls. The easiest way to do this is to divide the mixture into two rolls to be sliced into 6 pieces each. Then half these to make two sets of 12.

-   Place each small dough ball onto a greaseproof tray and slightly flatten the balls with the palm of your hand.

-    The Ginger nut will take about 6 minutes to cook so keep an eye out until they become slightly golden and have a cracked surface.

- Melt the dark chocolate and either drizzle,fully or half cover. To make the chocolate have a feathered effect simply slide a knife or cocktail stick in opposite direction across the biscuits.

- let the chocolate harden and then devour them all!!

Enjoy!x

Vegan Chocolate Date Balls

If you're craving a brownie these guilt free date balls are exactly what you need to hit the spot. They are gooey, surprisingly healthy and very easy to make!

 

 All you will need is:

 

1 cup of dates

1 cup of any nuts (I used a mixture)

1 tablespoon of cacao or unsweetened cocoa powder

1/2 cup of ground nuts/desiccated coconut/ cocoa powder -(to coat balls)

 

 Firstly tip the cup of nuts into a food processor and grind until they turn to small crumbs.

If your dates are a little on the dry side, simply place into a cup and pour a little boiling water over the top and let to sit.

Add your dates into the nuts and blend until the mixture forms a large ball.

Then add the cocoa powder and blend until it has totally mixed in.

Once the mixture is totally combined spoon out even amount and roll into a ball.

Coat the balls in your chosen topping by shaking it in it and repeat with all the date balls.

Place the date balls onto a lined tray and place into the freezer for half an hour.

 

Voila your delicious guilt free, gooey treats are made!

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                              Enjoy!x

 

Vegan Butternut Soup

                                                           


 

This Butternut soup is my all time favourite not only because it is vegan, but because it is unbelievably delicious and takes no time at all to make!

 

All you will need is:

 

1 butternut squash

2 medium potatoes

3 medium carrots

2 onions

vegetable stock

teaspoon of olive oil

salt and pepper

1 teaspoon of sugar

 

 

Dice both onions and place in a large pan with olive oil. Sweat the onions on a low heat with the lid on for 5 minutes.

Meanwhile peel and dice the butternut, carrots and potatoes into 1cm cubes.

Add all the diced vegetables into the pan with the onions and pour enough vegetable to stock to just about cover the contents.

Season with some salt and pepper and also optionally add the sugar.

let this boil 25-30 minutes on a medium heat or until all the vegetables are soft enough to squash with the back of a spoon.

let the pan sit and cool for 10 minutes and then blend with either a handheld or stationary blender.

pour the soup back into the pan to re heat or place in the fridge in a plastic container to heat later on.

 

voila your soup is made!

 

 

 



Enjoy! x