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Archives for January 2015

Raw ‘Bounty’ Bars

January 30, 2015 by theorganicspoon 18 Comments

Well these certainly went down a treat in my house! Who doesn’t like Bounty?? It is one of my favourite chocolates and just like with most things, here at Two Kitchens, we like to create healthy variations for our favourite snacks. These are completely free of gluten, refined-sugar, dairy and chemicals, and require surprisingly few…

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Filed Under: Sweet Treats & Snacks Tagged With: bounty, cacao, coconut, healthy snacks, organic, raw, raw bounty bites, vegan, vegetarian

Simple Chia Pudding with Berry Compote

January 30, 2015 by theorganicspoon 2 Comments

I keep trying to spread a message about breakfast… it really isn’t very hard to make nutritious, delicious, simple breakfasts for the whole family in order to be able to bin the horrible processed cereals. It can be very daunting when embarking upon this lifestyle, we think it’s going to be really hard but making…

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Filed Under: Baby Food, Breakfast, Sweet Treats & Snacks Tagged With: baby breakfast, Breakfast, breakfast for kids, chia, chia pudding, chia pudding recipes, easy breakfast, fibre, fitness, healthy breakfast, kids food idea, nutrition, omegas, organic, protein, raw, vegan, vegetarian

Butternut Squash & Ginger Soup

January 30, 2015 by theorganicspoon Leave a Comment

Another warming soup for another cold London day. You can probably tell by all my recipes how much I love butternut squash! Butternut squash have a lower glycemic index than potatoes and are high in fibre so great for the metabolism. They’re packed with Vitamin A and potassium, are low in calories (low GI) and high in…

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Filed Under: Soups Tagged With: anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidants, butternut soup, butternut squash, dinner ideas, ginger, low GI, organic, polyphenols, potassium, soup, turmeric, vegan, vegetarian, vitamin a, vitamin b complex

Creamy Cashew Yoghurt

January 30, 2015 by theorganicspoon 2 Comments

I love yoghurt and I think it’s one of the things I found I missed most when cutting out dairy. But don’t fret! We can make our own dairy-free version of course! And I used cashews here. Mainly because cashews go really nice and creamy and are also quite sweet so they make a great…

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Filed Under: Breakfast, Sweet Treats & Snacks Tagged With: cancer prevention, cashew yoghurt, cashews, dairy free, flavanols, fruit, healthy bones, homemade, kill tumours, nuts, organic, probiotic, sugar free, vegan, vegetarian, yoghurt

Homemade Almond Milk

January 29, 2015 by theorganicspoon 3 Comments

If you would like to read about why dairy is bad for you and why I don’t have it myself and why I don’t give it to my baby, read this article about why dairy is bad for you. I do not recommend replacing dairy with soy, even if you’re buying organic non-GMO soy products….

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Filed Under: Smoothies, Juices & Other Drinks Tagged With: almond flour, almond milk, almonds, dairy free, eat clean, health, healthy eating, how to give up dairy, lactose intolerant, no dairy, nut milk, nutrition, plantbased, plantbased diet, raw, vegan, wholefoods

Three Variations of Homemade Ice Cream

January 28, 2015 by theorganicspoon Leave a Comment

I kid you not, homemade ice cream is the easiest thing to make! You need to have a good, high-speed blender like the Vitamix, and some fruit. That’s literally it! Freeze bananas the day before, then add them to the blender. The super high speed turns the frozen bananas into cream without actually putting any…

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Filed Under: Sweet Treats & Snacks Tagged With: banana ice cream, dessert, guilt free dessert, ice cream, nana ice cream, plant based, plant based diet, sweet treats, vegan, vegetarian

Strawberry Banana Acai Smoothie Bowl

January 28, 2015 by theorganicspoon Leave a Comment

You’ve probably seen my Acai Berry Smoothie Bowl and this one is not dissimilar, I just used slightly different ingredients. I try to open a few acai capsules into my breakfast every few days because the acai berries have been tested to hold more polyphenols and antioxidants than pretty much any other food. You get polyphenols…

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Filed Under: Breakfast, Smoothies, Juices & Other Drinks Tagged With: acai, acai berry, anti-oxidants, autoimmune, Breakfast, healthy, healthy eating, polyphenols, protein

On-The-Go-Lunch Wraps

January 28, 2015 by theorganicspoon 1 Comment

We’re all busy running around and most of us don’t have the time to stand there cooking a fresh soup and home-baked gluten-free bread for lunch every day, but lunches should still be healthy, and they can be healthy and easy at the same time. I used my vegan falafel and put them in a…

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Filed Under: Baby Food, Lunch & Dinner Tagged With: baby led weaning ideas, easy lunch, falafel, healthy lunch, lunch, no dairy, no wheat, organic, plant based, plant based diet, vegan, vegan lunch, vegetarian, vegetarian lunch, wholefoods, wrap

Roasted Butternut Squash with Garlicky Spinach

January 28, 2015 by theorganicspoon 1 Comment

When you first go vegetarian or vegan, it can be a bit stressful, especially if you are short of time. That’s because we’re so used to being able to ‘stick a steak under the grill’ or ‘put a chicken in the oven’ or ‘grill a chicken breast’ and so on and so forth. I got…

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Filed Under: Lunch & Dinner Tagged With: anti-oxidants, butternut, easy dinner, easy vegan dinner, easy vegetarian dinner, healthy food, high fibre, nutrition, organic, plant based diet, polyphenols, spinach, vegan, vegetarian, vitamin b

No-Fry Vegan Falafel

January 28, 2015 by theorganicspoon 3 Comments

The chickpea, ladies and gentlemen, making yet another appearance. They’re just so bloody versatile! Yesterday I made cookies with them, last week hummus, today falafel. Where I come from, falafel are fried in oil (where I come from just about everything is fried in oil!) but here at Two Kitchens we’re about healthy, nutritious food…

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Filed Under: Baby Food, Lunch & Dinner Tagged With: chickpeas, dinner, falafel, family meals, organic, plant based diet, plant based protein, protein, two kitchens, vegan, vegetarian

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