Hello! I’m Freya. :) I pretty much blog about veganism, nutrition and leading an all round healthy lifestyle. You’ll normally find me in the kitchen with vegan cupcake mix around my mouth... I won’t tell if you won’t? I say “awesome!” a lot, and I’m trying to be as happy and self confident as I can be, taking each day as it comes. Oh – and have you met my boyfriends? They’re called hummus and peanut butter. I’m not joking. I’m not (that) scary, I promise! Just say hello if you don’t believe me. :D I love being nice. I love Hamish&Andy. And I especially love you, you beautiful thing. ;) ♥
The Truth About Agave.
Vanilla cupcakes with dark chocolate chips and pecan pieces, topped with a chocolate hazelnut ganache and shredded coconut.
There’s a biology party at lunch time tomorrow as it’s the last biology lesson ever, and I figured I probably won’t be able to eat anything there, so made these! The recipe is the basic vanilla cupcake mix from Vegan Cupcakes Take Over The World with choc chips and chopped pecans thrown in. :)
Third Graze Box! (First box, second box.)
- Black Pepper Pistachios;
- My Thai - sweet chilli sauce with baked soy bites;
- Super Fiery Seeds - chilli pumpkin and sunflower seeds;
- Tropical Sundae - dried mango, pineapple and banana.
I’ve had the first two already, and of course, they’re delicious. I only have two boxes left - I’ll be sad when I stop getting these!
I love wraps, but sometimes they’re a bit heavy for hot summer days. Using romaine lettuce leaves as the wrap instead is a great alternative - here’s how I do mine! :D
Stage 1 - the ‘wraps’.
Stage 2 - hummus and cold brown rice (that’s been simmered in veggie stock).
Stage 3 - grated carrot and zucchini.
Stage 4 - cucumber, red bell pepper, sweet chilli sauce and black pepper.
Stage 5 - fold ‘em up!
Stage 6 - nom away!
Banana, strawberry, black grape, blueberry, spinach, flaxseed and almond milk smoothie topped with brown rice puffs, sunflower seeds and chia seeds.
This is my new favourite smoothie combo! I love the standard spinach/’nana smoothie, but this has so much more flavour. It’s also the biggest smoothie I’ve ever made, it didn’t fit in the glass!
Some people can’t seem to understand how a smoothie can be a breakfast, but you try drinking 3 cups worth of smoothie, then you’ll understand…
Dessert tonight was half a huge ‘nana with homemade vegan nutella.
The nutella is more like a chocolate hazelnut ganache, but I’m certainly not complaining! I used hazelnut milk instead of hazelnuts as they’re pretty darn expensive. One day I’ll make it, but until then, this is an awesome make do!
Cozy Millet Bowl with Mushroom (and spinach and mangetout) Gravy.
We didn’t have enough mushrooms or any onion, so I subbed the lack of veg for even more spinach and some finely sliced mangetout. I’m not kale’s biggest fan, so used spinach instead and used tarragon instead of rosemary. This is such a quick, delicious and nutritious dinner. Thank goodness for Angela’s site!
It’s too hot for a stodgy meal, so dinner tonight was essentially BBQ food without the meat. :)
Mangetout, carrot sticks, cucumber, red bell pepper, hummus, romaine lettuce with apple-balsamic dressing and brown rice pasta with chopped sun-dried tomatoes, pine nuts, black pepper and dried basil.
GF seeded brown roll with hummus, romaine lettuce, zucchini and red pepper and some strawbs.
Strawberries are so good this time of the year. I love berry picking in the summer, hopefully I’ll have time to do it again this year! :D
Green smoothie made with spinach, banana, almond butter, almond milk and cinnamon, topped with chia seeds.
Almond butter made this super creamy and delicious, mmm.
Vegetable and rice noodle stir fry in hoisin sauce, topped with cashews and black pepper.
The veggies are carrots, red bell pepper, zucchini, mangetout and soy beans. I was going to throw in some tofu but unfortunately we were all out. :(
Lunch today - toasted GF brown roll with hummus, romaine lettuce, zucchini and red pepper and two small apples, chopped up with cinnamon. :)
Hummus Vs. the chickpea spread I had last week? Hummus wins hands down.
Green monster smoothie with seeds!
-Spinach, banana, strawberries, blueberries and almond milk, topped with brown rice puffs, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds and chia seeds.
The new Graze box came today! :D (last week’s post here)
This week I have…
- Peking Dynasty - peking cashews, baked soy bites and black beans;
- Boston Baguettes with a BBQ relish;
- Fruit Squash - dried blueberries, mango and pumpkin seeds;
- Beach Bum - dried coconut, banana and mango.
The Peking Dynasty was probably my favourite as I love Asian spices. Can’t wait for next week’s box! :D
(P.S. Check out how bright this image is from the sun! It’s currently hotter here than in Santa Monica. I know, England weirds me out too.)
