a vegan feed

LCMs - A classic lunchbox treat, but make it vegan and homemade 🧁 Chances are, if you grew us in Australia or New Zealand you had one of these in your school lunchbox at some point 🍫

Basically just marshmallows mixed with rice puffs:

250g vanilla marshmallows (gelatine free) - can cut or tear up in pieces as vegan marshmallows take a bit longer to melt (or so I’ve found)

5.5-6 cups rice puffs

1/3 cup vegan butter

Chocolate chips or sprinkles to decorate

Melt marshmallows and butter in a saucepan on low to medium heat - mix frequently and ensure it doesn’t start to caramelise or burn on the bottom of the pan.

Line a baking pan or wide container with baking paper.

Place rice puffs in a large bowl and add in marshmallow mixture. Work very quickly to mix together, the marshmallows set quite quickly. Press into the tin to your desired thickness. Top with your chocolate chips or sprinkles (if using), you will probably need to press these into the mixture.

🍫 Let’s just appreciate these colours and patterns in this iced choccie 🙏

Also, news years reso - post more? We’ll see, maybe this is the year 😉

I have made this recipe a few times now and it is solid. The recipe can be made over night, rather than over multiple days and it’s relatively low fuss.

🥐 after the croissants were done I cut them and put ham and cheese inside (also recommend spreading on some Dijon mustard too) then placed them back in the oven until the cheese melted a bit.

🥐 Tip - use dairy free BUTTER not MARGARINE, butter has a firmer texture and will work better with the dough when constructing the layers.

🥐 Recipe is from Allplants.com.

Just FYI - make a double batch if you think you’re going to get through these quickly 😏

🥯🥕🍣 Often when people talk about making food such as hotdogs out of vegetables like carrot even I may roll my eyes. However, this “smoked salmon” made from roasted carrots is actually something to rave about.

The key to this dish is to:

* slice the carrots thinly

* roast carrots in a salt bath in the oven

* use liquid smoke or smoked paprika to give it a smokey flavour

There are a tonne of recipes online, look for some which have these steps.

Protein packed bowl idea 💪 🥗🫘 - super quick and easy (I didn’t even heat up the tofu).

* Quinoa, smoked tofu, edamame and sunflower seeds give this meal a protein punch. 🤛

* The broccoli provides loads of nutrients along with good iron.

* And the vitamin c from the lemon in the tahini sauce will help iron absorption from all the ingredients above.

* Not to mention the tahini being a good source of calcium and magnesium plus lots of other goodies.