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Archives for April 2017

Cauliflower Bites With Tahini Dip

April 19, 2017 by theorganicspoon Leave a Comment

Don’t these just look as awesome as they tasted?! They were demolished almost instantly. Just such a tasty snack for before dinner or as a starter and really easy to make with relatively few ingredients. I used rice breadcrumbs but you can use any breadcrumbs you may have at home. Ingredients 1 cauliflower, broken into…

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Bounty Bars – The Healthy Way

April 11, 2017 by theorganicspoon Leave a Comment

My mum always makes coconut pyramids for Passover which are yummy but of course they use sugar so I thought I’d whip these beauties up as an alternative Passover (and any other time) treat. They are gluten free, dairy free, sugar free, egg free and vegan. Ingredients 2 cups desiccated coconut ¼ cup ground almonds…

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Chocolate & Peanut Butter Drizzled Banana Bread

April 10, 2017 by theorganicspoon 1 Comment

This is basically exactly the same as my usual banana bread (gluten free, dairy free, refined sugar free and vegan), I just added a bit of peanut butter and chocolate drizzles to the top because, why not! It sank a bit in the middle which is really annoying when you make something so pretty, but…

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Chocolate-Dipped Peanut Butter Cookies

April 1, 2017 by theorganicspoon Leave a Comment

Braxton is leaving his childminder this week and starting nursery – eek!! I didn’t know what to get the lovely ladies at the childminder so decided to make them some nice things and package them nicely as a thank you. I made them these and some chocolate truffles – I hope they like them and…

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