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This recipe was supposed to be Christmassy but on a scale of New Year's Eve to actual Christmas I'd say we're somewhere around Halloween? (lame joke attempt basically not very Christmassy but I tried)

Hello everyone!

SO. I'm back with another recipe. Took long enough didn't it? (who am I kidding I don't think anyone but me cared) I got back from Italy 6 days ago and because of the salty oily food I consumed there, I've been trying to eat basic for the last couple of days. That translates to: no fun Christmas recipes. By the way when I say basic I mean simple whole foods, not basic white girl foods lol. 

Something thats been bothering me lately, my followers are decreasing and my likes are a third of what they were before which makes me unmotivated to post religiously and stuff. I just feel like I'm talking to myself and sharing all these recipes I come up with, with ... absolutely no one. Really quite depressing. I mean what changed? Me going high carb vegan? :(

Also here's a raw 801010 porridge recipe I made!

Anyway here's the recipe for this gluten free vegan tart filled with maple almond custard, topped with raspberries, drizzled with raw chocolate and finished off with a dusting of lemon zest! I use a 6inch tart pan!

HAPPY DECEMBER YAY FOR CHRISTMAS!

OK HEAR ME OUT. These by no means are the most attractive (gingerbread) men you'll find however they are so damn tasty. In my opinion. And they get points for being vegan, gluten free, low fat and way better for you than the regular gingerbread men you can pick up along the street (or grocery store). 

I think I'll be remaking these for Christmas. They definitely aren't as crunchy as many of us would be used to but they're definitely cookies. Not muffins or brownies or mushy cakes. Think cookies but slightly softer.  

I used Gula Melaka in a block form instead of coconut sugar crystals. If you do the same, chop up the block then microwave the chopped up gula melaka with apple sauce for 15s or so :-) 

On and I used oil but only 1 tbsp. Not a big deal if you don't eat the entire batch of cookies.

ON WITH THE RECIPE.

A classic dish I eat every week!

This dish uses oil but I think it can be omitted? It's super delicious I promise. We microwave this to quicken the process but you can always skip that step and just bake the capsicums/bell peppers longer. Add chopped mushrooms if you like. I don't.

Hi hi so here's the recipe for my raw chocolate chip cookie dough! It's high carb and low fat yay. Nut free, oil free :-)

The Ingredients

1 mashed banana 

2-3 tbsp coconut flour

Raw cacao nibs 

How to

Simply mix the mashed banana and coconut flour together. Then mix in some cacao nibs and some! I used raw cacao nibs already sweetened with some raw sugar :-) enjoy. 

Hellu friends. I hope you are all well :) The long awaited Thai Green Curry recipe has arrived! It is vegan of course, but don't let that scare you, it tastes wonderful (if I do say so myself). I love Thai food ❤️❤️❤️ Although I adapted the recipe from BBC, I somehow ended up with 2 servings instead of 4. Perhaps it was my large appetite, or maybe BBC intended for the dish to be served along with something else. 

In any case, I am extremely satisfied with how the curry turned out. It tastes like the bottled green curry paste we buy sometimes. Fresh is always preferred (for me), so hopefully we'll never have to buy bottled green curry paste again, and just use this recipe! This would go great with my thai fish cakes!!! 

The ingredient list is lengthy but the process is easy. Give it a shot! You can make extra and freeze/refrigerate it too, just reheat when needed :-) 

I AM SO PROUD. SO PROUD of how these turned out. And for thinking up the idea of "veganising" Thai fishcakes. They look so Thai fish cake like its kinda crazyyy. Makes me so happy because I love Thai food and loved to chow down on Thai fish cakes in the past. Also the Thai aspect of these fish cakes really stand out because of the kaffir lime leaves. Key ingredient, you do not want to leaf these out. 

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Did you catch the pun. EH EH EH? hahahhaha

Raw cake pops! Frankly, the texture of these aren't cake like at all but the look like cute little cake pops and they taste really good :) Plus they're naturally red from beets not bugs or chemicals. You can also make these without the sticks (I used cut straws btw) and instead call them energy balls? To me, these are best frozen,  but you can eat them immediately after you make them if you prefer. Oh and be sure not to have too many as the cashews make these energy dense and high in fat. 

Made these using dried mulberries (which taste ahmazinggg) but you can sub with any sort of dried fruit, just that the red beet colour might not come through much, especially if you use dates?

Raw red velvet cake pops

Yields: 5 cake pops

So the other day, I made a papaya pannacotta using agar agar instead of gelatin! Seaweed vs animal bones, which do you prefer? 

I've been loving Hawaiian papayas lately. This papaya pananacotta is so light and tropical tasting. It's also low in fat and very healthy :-) I served it with coconut cream and some berries. My parents really liked this one! However, I think it turned out a little too firm to be considered a pannacotta. It didn't have that wobble and was more jelly like. I used 1/2 a teaspoon of agar agar powder, I think you should use 1/3 tsp or maybe even 1/4 tsp, so I will make the changes in the recipe below :-)

These taste legit. 

Plus you can eat them all by yourself.

And no one has to get hurt. 

(because vegan)

They only have an estimated 1 gram of fat. That's insane since regular chili cheese from, say Wendy's, would have about 30 grams of fat. That's more than half of what you should be eating. Personally that's the maximum amount of fat that I'd eat in a day. 

Breaking down this pile of deliciousness, you'll find: 

Crispy sweet potato wedges, 

Spicy tomato mushroom chili, 

Cheesy nacho sauce with a hidden vegetable, 

and sprinkles of spring onion + hemp hearts!

It's a recipe for an amazingly satisfying and tastes-neither-healthy-nor-vegan meal. This would also make a good appetizer for sharing! 

For the "chili" portion of this recipe, I used the passata tomato sauce by waitrose. It's great and very very low sodium :-)) 

As for the cheese sauce, if you're a vegan you may have guessed that it contains nutritional yeast. Nutritional yeast is a high source of plant-based B-12. I ordered nutritional yeast from iHerb.com once, quite a while back, and I... tossed it out after using less than half. At that time, I honestly quite disliked the taste and I had no use for it, PLUS it was taking up kitchen space............... I have no idea what was wrong with me though. Now I think it tastes similar to cheese, and who doesn't like the taste of cheese :))) The hidden vegetable I mentioned earlier is cauliflower! You can't taste it (well I can't at least), but it adds a fair bit of volume to the sauce!

Hope you guys try out the recipe (: I recommend eating it with a bowl of salad so you at least get some greens into your meal.

Not sure why this tart didn't receive many likes or generate much interest when posted it on Instagram because it tastes wonderful! The tart crust is the perfect texture with just the right amount of sweetness, and the rich creamy avocado based filling tastes so decadent and delicious. 

It holds together extremely well and is one of my most successful tarts I would think! This is why I'd never indulge in an unhealthy chocolate tart, you can just make a healthy one yourself. The nutritional information for this is really good too! I thought it would be high calorie because of the avocado but it's actually very reasonable. 

For those who are interested:

1 slice is approximately 143 calories, 7g fat, 19g carbs, 2g protein, 3g fibre, 3 MG SODIUM, and (because it's vegan) 0 CHOLESTEROL! 

Yum. Had another slice this morning. 

Happy Vesak Day! Today was a pretty good day. 

In the morning I watched Earthlings with my mum (will blog about that again in future) and I think she's now more open to the idea of eating vegan. Then we went to shop for a bit before meeting my dad and going to the far far away Bukit Batok specially to eat at Sunny Choice. When I first found out about Sunny Choice through my dad, I didn't think much of it as I judged it by it's rather (no offence) mediocre website. However, after reading many good reviews about the place from other bloggers such as Eat Green Cake, Mr and Mrs Vegan and Hungry Ang Mo, and seeing how they have a 90% rating on hungrygowhere, I decided I had to give it a try. 

Sunny Choice serves healthy vegetarian food (though I think its vegan since I saw no dairy or egg) and is a cafe cum health store! 

You place your order on a tablet which is pretty cool.

So here's what we ordered. Curry brown rice set, Tau hu goreng, Nasi Lemak set and Veggie sushi rolls!

Best veggie sushi rolls EVER. What do they put in there? It tastes amazing. The sauce on the side makes them even better. I don't like wasabi but the sauce just had hints of it and ended up complementing the nori rolls perfectly. They also wrapped the rolls really compact and neatly --- did not fall apart even when poked into with a fork, due to the lack of chopsticks. 

This was my meal. It was only $7.50 but boy was it filling! I couldn't finish the rice. The curry is absolutely delicious though it could be spicier. Loved the carrot and vegetables in there heh. The set came with a piece of mock meat, greens, a mini salad and some pumpkin (?) chips. I really liked the salad with the carrot strips. It has a slightly sour but appealing taste! Like vinegar-ish? Not a huge fan of the mock meat slab. It tastes nice but the texture isn't too great and I found it rather rubbery. I don't exactly like mock meat in general. I don't think when you stop eating meat, you shouldn't focus on pretending to eat meat but rather eating more plants! The chips were supposed to be really good (from the other reviews) but to me, they were nothing out of the ordinary. 

Tau hu goreng. Much less oily than the usual deep fried tofu! Topped with pumpkin sauce. Can't say much as I only tried a little along with my main dish, and couldn't really taste it :( Supposed to be good though.

Dad digging into his nasi lemak with mock ikan bilis! I think they're deep fried vegetable strips? This is supposed to be good as well! 

After the meal I browsed around the shop and bought some more organic spelt flour, because I'm running short at home. 

SO OVERALL,

I'm really glad I tried Sunny Choice! It completely deserves that 90% rating on hungrygowhere. It exceeded my expectations because I was "judging a book by its cover" and thought the food would just be "okay". Most vegan restaurants serve westernized food but Sunny Choice makes local food vegan/vegetarian, while giving you the satisfaction that you'd get with the hawker centre version. Sunny Choice is also very affordable compared to places like The Living Cafe and average cost per person is <$10! Not only that the portions are ultra generous. We ordered the regular size for everything, I don't know who could even eat the upsized version! My parents and I left Sunny Choice with full and happy bellies, but not in the bloated greasy way. The cafe-store concept is pretty neat too, if you're keen on trying some moderately healthy and organic foods ^.^ What I don't like is that all the locations are in Bukit ___fill in the blank___, which is really out of the way :-(

Rating: Highly recommended 7/10