Oh Sunday! What would you be without cookies 😉 These vegan chocolate chip cookies are so tasty, they disappear really quickly – that is their only downside. Upsides? Quick and easy to make – but with a bit of planning ahead. And delicious! 🙂 So, let’s get straight into it. Here’s what you need: 340… Continue reading Vegan chocolate chip cookies
Author: magdula
Passionate plant based foodist, with a love for all things home made. On a journey towards a zero waste lifestyle.
Weekends should have 3 days
Weekends should have three days, don’t you agree? It would be just right to fit all the things we need to do known as ‘life admin’, do all the batch cooking, baking etc (those of us who love doing it), go for a long walk and then relax. I feel like 3 days is a… Continue reading Weekends should have 3 days
5 easy ways to reduce waste
Once you enter the journey towards zero-waste, you are always in search for more ways to reduce your footprint, or “live lightly” as my friend used to call it. Here are 5 ways that I found to be really easy to implement. I am sure there are hundreds of others, depending on where you… Continue reading 5 easy ways to reduce waste
Quick and Easy Vegan Banana Muffins
We had an unexpected guest today and absolutely no cookies, biscuits or snacks we could put on the table together with a cup of tea. So, we decided to make vegan banana muffins. Incredibly quick and easy – ready in 30 min. The only problem was, we ate them before our guest arrived… Had… Continue reading Quick and Easy Vegan Banana Muffins
Homemade Peanut Butter Recipe
Have you ever craved thick, sweet and salty peanut butter? I’ve always loved it and often use it for my smoothies, as a nice addition to my porridge, cookies (that’s a winner!) and simply as a snack – a quick teaspoon full of peanut butter followed by another one 🙂 I used to buy peanut… Continue reading Homemade Peanut Butter Recipe
9 things I’ve learnt during #PlasticFreeJuly
A whole month, with a great ambition to use as little single use plastic as possible, 31 days, 744 hours – some of those spent on cycling frantically across London to find stuff without plastic… So, here’s what I have learnt: There is sooo much plastic! I have always considered myself as environmentally conscious and… Continue reading 9 things I’ve learnt during #PlasticFreeJuly
Vegan soft toast bread
This is an absolute winner! I have long tired to achieve this kind of softness and taste so that we can (finally!) completely ditch the bread sold in plastic bags. I prefer my sourdough bread but it was a journey to satisfy my daughters with their fine taste buds and I MADE IT 🙂 This… Continue reading Vegan soft toast bread
The Best Energy Balls
Ingredients: 50g almonds 50g walnuts 8 dates, stones removed 2 T of cocoa powder 1 T peanut butter 1 T coconut oil Method: Place all ingredients in a food processor and pulse until nuts are nicely crushed but not still crunchy and everything is well mixed. You may want to stop and scrape the mixture… Continue reading The Best Energy Balls
Recycling
Recycling has that calming effect on me when it comes to “doing my part for the world.” At least is has for a really long time. Shop, unpack, use up, put in the recycling bin. Simple, right? If only. There’s been more and more information out about recycling. From Tree Hugger blog, to BBC War… Continue reading Recycling
Vegan ‘scrambled eggs’
Ingredients: 1 tbsp. olive oil 250g tofu, crumbled 1 tsp curcuma / turmeric a pinch of salt and pepper Optional: tomatoes vegan sausage Method: Heat the olive oil on a frying pan, add tofu and turmeric. Fry until light golden and season. Add any vegies you like; I usually add tomatoes or left over salad… Continue reading Vegan ‘scrambled eggs’
Balanced Green Living 