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Chocolate Banana Squares – Gluten, Refined Sugar & Oil Free

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Gluten and Oil free treats with zero guilt, and no refined sugars, doesn’t sound like much of a treat right? Wrong! These squares are oil, refined sugar and gluten free and definitely hold their own. Look they’re not as moist as a oily brownie or cake, and they’re not sweet to the point that your teeth fall off, but they are delicious in their own right! Actually since making them I already at 3 pieces myself, and that was only two hours ago, yup they’re tasty my friends.

Just like these cookies, these squares use over ripe bananas, because why waste something so good? They might look disgusting with less than desirable texture, but the moment you mash them and turn them into a baked good, they turn into something magnificent. 

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Baked Curry Sweet Potato Fries

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This is one of those foods that almost anyone enjoys, I mean who doesn’t like fries? As much as I love fries, they don’t love me back, they’ll leave me feeling sluggish and heavy, I don’t actually like eating that much oil myself. But there’s a healthier alternative, baked fries, I’m pretty sure by now everyone’s familiar with these healthy fries, they’re just so good! 

These sweet potato fries are quite simple to make and very satisfying to eat, but don’t worry, if you hate sweet potato you can easily sub them for regular potatoes, works just as well, they’ll even get a bit crisper. You could coat them with some corn starch to make them more crisp, but I don’t find that necessary when making these for myself. Also feel free to play around with the spices, you may or may not like the curry powder, swap it out for some smoked paprika or Italian herbs, the options are endless!Curry Sweet Potato Fries3You can have these plain as is with some sauce (hmm sriracha) or you can go all the way and be extra like me by making cheesy sweet potato fries. All you need to do is wait till the fries are done and make a little pile, now cover this with your favorite vegan cheese and melt it in the oven. Now scoop them up and place them on a platter top with some pickled jalapeños and top it with something green which in my case turned out to be cress to make you feel like you’re eating something really healthy. 

Now let’s show all those skeptical people vegans don’t only eat lettuce and carrots, which are both equally tasty by the way. Let’s get baking!

Curry Sweet Potato Fries

Let me know if you liked the recipe in the comments below and if you decide to recreate this dish feel free to tag me on Instagram as I’d love to see your creations, and find me on Facebook!

One Love,

A.J.

Curry Sweet Potato Fries

Simple yet tasty oven baked sweet potato curry fries.
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Prep Time 30 mins
Cook Time 30 mins
Total Time 1 hr
Course Dinner, Side Dish
Cuisine Vegan
Servings 2 servings

Ingredients
  

  • 1 big sweet potato or three small/medium ones
  • 2 tsp curry masala powder
  • 2 tsp garlic powder
  • drizzle extra virgin olive oil
  • to taste sa;t

Instructions
 

  • Start by cutting the sweet potato into sticks. Soak them in a bowl with water to remove some of the starch for about 30 minutes to a couple of hours if you're having them later on the day.
  • Preheat the oven to 220 celcius or 430 farenheit. Rinse the potatoes and place them on clean kitchen or paper towels to completely dry.
  • Now place the dry sweet potato in a bowl and toss them with the spices and drizzle it with some extra virgin olive oil. Line a baking tray with parchment paper and place the fries on top making sure there is space between each fry.
  • After about 15 minutes you can remove the tray and flip the fries, now add them back to the oven and bake for another 15 minutes or until you get slightly burnt edges. Enjoy!

Blackberry Crumble Bars

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To celebrate the one year anniversary of this blog I’ll be sharing some indulgent and some healthy dishes so we can all celebrate together! This recipe will be a little more on the indulgent side of the spectre, but sometimes I just need a little
junk. After a tiring week I felt like indulging myself with something scrumptious (I’ll make up for it with some juices), and for a while I’ve been craving something fruity and baked, so the second it was Friday afternoon I decided to use my off time to do just that. As my fruit of choice I went with blackberries, because I’ve been craving a baked blackberry treat for a while now, I am very specific when it comes to my craving!

These bars are the first of many celebratory dishes that I will be sharing this month, and of course I’ll wont be letting anyone out of the festivities, if you are gluten intolerant to don’t want any added sugar or fat, or maybe enjoy living a raw vegan lifestyle, there will be a recipe for you as well, so keep your eyes peeled for those. 

 

Recipe Blackberry Bars

Ingredients:

  • 1 1/2 cup flour
  • 1/2 cup sugar (try using raw cane sugar or coconut palm sugar)
  • 1 tsp spirulina and turmeric (optional to add colour)
  • 1/2 tsp almond extract (or vanilla if you’d prefer that)
  • 8 tbsp vegan butter or coconut oil
  • 2 tbsp peanut butter 
  • 250 gram blackberries (I used frozen)

Directions:

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  1. Preheat your oven to 175 degrees Celcius or 350 Farenheit. 
  2. In a bowl mix the flour, sugar and optionally the spirulina and turmeric.
  3. To this add the vegan butter, almond extract and peanut butter and mix it (with your hands) until you get a crumbly dough.
  4. Cover a baking dish with parchment paper and use about 3/4 of the dough to make the crust, raise the edges a bit and place the blackberries on top of the crust, now crumble the remaining dough on top of the blackberries and place the dish in the oven.
  5. After about 45 minutes you can remove it from the oven and let it cool down completely, cut them in bars before they are completely cooled down. Keep in mind that the blackberries I used were half frozen the moment I placed it in the oven so if you’re using fresh blackberries check your dish after about 35 minutes and take it out when the crust gets a bit golden on the edges.

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Now warm up your oven and lets share some blackberry goodness! You also might notice that the format of this and the post before are a bit different. I’m experimenting with different styles, but I think I’ll go back to the original recipe format. Let me know what you think about it in the comments below.

As usual feel free to customise these to your own liking by adding different kinds of fruits like raspberries and strawberries, or maybe you want to leave out the spirulina and turmeric and keep the dough white, there are no rules!

If you make this dish leave a comment below to let me know how you liked them, or tag me in your creations on my social media accounts.

One Love,

A.J.

 

 

 

Raspberry Banana Bread

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Spring has finally sprung and easter is around the corner, what better way to celebrate then with a moist (that word gives me shivers) and fluffy banana bread!? Spring is one of my favourite seasons, all the colours, flowers and sun light fill my life with nothing but joy. It would honestly be my favourite season if it would’t be for my hay fever, let me tell you every spring I have to stock up on tissues and resist the urge to pull my eyes out! But all the flowers, sun rays and this banana/raspberry bread make everything well. One thing i can guarantee is…

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