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LAVENDER LEMONADE 🌾so so unique tasting and so amazing ✨ #vegan

ALRIGHT GUYS HERE IS THE RECIPE-

A handful of lavender (apparently different kinds should be used for different purposes but I just picked whatever was in my garden!) A cup of raw sugar 250ml lemon juice 3 cups of water

Place the lavender, sugar and water in a saucepan, bring to the boil and then simmer for about 20 minutes. Taste as you go but it should taste quite strongly of lavender as you're only going to be adding more liquid, watering it down.

Pour into a 1 liter jar and allow to cool in the fridge.

When that's cool, add the lemon juice and a little more water (enough to fill the jar as the water will have reduced while boiling).

Add sliced lemon and more lavender just to make it look pretty if you wish.

Add some ice and serve 😊🌿

Had a pretty delicious chocolate berry smoothie bowl for breakfast this morning. The perfect balance of rich and tangy 👌🏼 Here's what you'll need to make one just like it! - 6 frozen bananas and 2 not frozen - a handful of strawberries (I used 6) - a tablespoon of cacao - a tablespoon of coconut sugar (feel free to leave this out, it's just that bananas haven't been the best quality lately and I think they need to be a little sweeter!) And if you want the same toppings as I used today- - rawnola + pb caramel (recipes in previous posts) - coconut flakes - 1/2 cup frozen raspberries, microwaved until mushy 1. Blend your 2 not frozen bananas with a dash of water. 2. Add strawberries, cacao and coconut sugar. 3. While blending, gradually add the rest of your bananas and blend until smooth. 4. Get creative with your topping placement. Super quick and easy, enjoy!! 🍓🍫

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Easy, no blend, milk chocolate sauce 🍫

I am a huge fan of cacao but lately I just haven’t felt like anything too dark or bitter. If you can relate, this is the chocolate sauce for you! It’s super easy to make and only takes a couple of minutes + there’s minimal cleaning up.

Mix 1tb of cacao with 1tb coconut sugar and add a dash of boiling water, you want just enough to make a smooth paste. Gradually add your favorite non-dairy milk (I’ve made it with soy, almond + oat and they all work perfectly but COCONUT is my favourite!) and stir until the desired consistency is reached. Microwave for 20 seconds (watch carefully as it will bubble but this is good, just don't let overflow) and stir again.

Drizzle on nice cream or pancakes and enjoy 🌰

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PEANUT BUTTER DATE CARAMEL 👅💦 This delicious goo is the perfect addition to any smoothie bowl, pancakes, waffles, fruit, the list goes on! Just try not to eat it all at once. Ingredients- 8-9 juicy dates 2/3 cup of almond milk 1tb peanut butter Just blend these three things together! You can add a little salt if you're as obsessed with anything salted caramel as I am 😊

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My favourite green smoothie 🌿 I've never loved the idea of green smoothies. I personally could never stomach the idea of adding things like avocado(???) into them and didn't really see the appeal taste wise because I'm such a berry or chocolate girl. This one is different though because it's filling but also light and MINTY! Don't judge it until you try it 😉 Ingredients- - 4 frozen bananas and 4 not frozen bananas - 1 liter of water - a handful of kale - 2 handfuls of baby spinach - 5 mint leaves Optional- - a serve of green powder (my favourite is by Amazonia) 1. First, blend your greens + mint (and green powder if you choose) with a dash of water. Adding these first will ensure the texture is as smooth as possible and you won't encounter any bitter little chunks. 2. Add your bananas and the rest of your water and blend until smooooooth! 🌿🌻✨❄️🍃

My all time favourite açaí bowl with pb caramel and RAWNOLA! This is not as low fat as it can get but these flavours are just so incredible and I don't have this everyday of the week so I do treat myself with a little more peanut butter than usual when I'm feeling it. It's all about balance! Don't deprive yourself of things you love :) Açaí ingredients- - 7 frozen bananas and one not frozen - 1/2 cup blueberries (mine are frozen and I microwave them for 30 seconds) - 1 serve of your favourite açaí berry powder - 2 teaspoons peanut butter Rawnola ingredients- - 12 dates - 1 cup oats - 1/2 cup coconut - 2 teaspoons peanut butter - 1/2 cup buckinis (activated buckwheat) PB caramel ingredients- - 8 dates - 2/3 cup almond milk - 1tb peanut butter 1. First up is the PB caramel! Take the pits out of all the dates (might as well do it all now!) and add 8 of them to the blender with the almond milk and the peanut butter and blend until smooth. That's literally all there is to it! Scoop into a bowl and you're done. This should make about 4 serves. 2. Now on to the rawnola! Put the rest of the dates in the blender with the oats and coconut. Blend on a low speed to get it all moving before increasing to medium and blending until they're all combined but still a little chunky. If you think it might be too gooey, add some more oats. 3.Reduce to a slow speed and add your peanut butter. 4. Now add the buckwheat and pulse. I add this at the very end because I don't want them to be blended too finely, I like them to be almost whole for texture (CRUNCH) 5. Pour your rawnola into a Tupperware container. These quantities make enough for a few days for me. 6. AÇAÍ TIME! Add your not frozen banana to the blender first with your blueberries, peanut butter, açaí powder and blend. 7. Gradually add your frozen bananas. If you need to add a little water, go for it :) 8. Pour into a bowl and top with your caramel, rawnola, more blueberries, strawberries and whatever else you like! Make this on a day off when you have enough time to just relax and enjoy it properly. This is my favourite meal and definitely one I pick for lazy mornings spent lounging around in bed xx

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Vegan recess/lunch ideas for school/work

It's no secret that finding things to pack for recess and lunch can be tricky sometimes. All the most convenient and conventional ideas just aren't suitable for somebody doing their best to live a whole food plant based lifestyle. I've been out of school for three years now but I've been trying to prepare lunch before work lately so I don't find myself stuck and needing to buy something on the spot. Hopefully I can give you a few ideas and maybe even help myself out for future reference :) 1. Fruit Like any lunch, this might require some preparation ahead of time but this is the most simple idea that I have. My favourite fruit to have for lunch is bananas. I find that about 11 is perfect for me to eat throughout the day at work. I also love mandarins and apples. Any fruit that comes with its own natural, convenient packaging is the best. If you have some time to chop things up, watermelon is a delicious snack and so are strawberries. 2. Rice Rice is one of my favourite things to take to work for a few reasons- it's cheap, it's easy and it's fast. I put the rice cooker on when I get up to make breakfast and it's ready by the time I need to leave. All I do it stir through some herbs and some canned tomatoes and spinach and I'm done. You could also do the same with corn pasta. These still taste really good cold too so they're great for when you don't have access to a microwave. 3. Smoothies Some smoothies I prefer to drink cold but some I could honestly drink at just about any temperature. Here are a few that I've taken for lunch in the past that tasted just fine hours after preparation- Banana mylk- All you need is bananas and water. If you want to spice it up a little with vanilla or cinnamon, go right ahead because those are delicious also. 8 bananas to a liter of water and you're ready to take on the rest of your day. Orange- Literally just blend oranges. I prefer this to juice because I looooove love love fibre. This will fill you up and oranges taste great at room temp. Datorade- If you haven't tried this yet, you're missing out! 20 dates + a liter of water = caramel for lunch. Mhmm you heard correctly. Again, cinnamon and vanilla- both amazing in this but totally optional. Pineapple and strawberry- Just blend a whole pineapple with as many strawberries as you like (I usually use heaps because they're my absolute favourite) and you're good to go. 4. Wraps Veggie wraps can take a little preparation sometimes because otherwise you'll end up with spinach and tomato and maybe some cucumber if you're lucky. There is nothing wrong with this if it's what you love but I think if I was in the middle of a hard day of learning and was super hungry only to remember that that's all I brought, I'd probably be a little disappointed. I suggest that to take your veggie wrap game to the next level, take a couple of minutes the night before to prepare a couple of things. This is what I'd do- - grate some carrot, slice some tomato, cucumber, capsicum (bell pepper), cabbage, spinach, lettuce, kale WHATEVER VEGGIES YOU HAVE just go for it. A little bit of everything is amazing. Also maybe some avocado! Toss these all together and store in a Tupperware container. - blend some chickpeas, tahini + lemon juice. However much tahini and lemon juice you use is totally up to you. You can add some water to thin it out a little if you like and garlic if you like garlic. This is just lazy, low fat hummus. I would start with one can of chickpeas, one tablespoon of tahini and a dash of lemon and see how it tastes. Scoop into a little container. Now all you have to do is bring these to school with your wraps and assemble as you eat them. Don't be afraid to use your fingers. Tossing your salad in the same container means that you get an even distribution of everything while taking the components separately means that you don't ever have a soggy wrap come lunch/recess. You can do the same thing with rice/corn cakes or crackers too! 5. Left overs! If you're a person who makes delicious dinners, start making a little extra and taking left overs with you the next day. Dinners that are great for this include- stir fry, vegan pizza, shepherds pie, veggie soup and so many more. 6. Bliss balls Bliss balls are perfect for recess and for snacking on throughout the day when you need some more carbs to get you through. There are also so many fun things you can add in to them. You can find the recipe a couple of posts back with some fluffy pink nice cream but that is just the beginning. The options are endless. In the past I've used cashews, goji berries and cranberries and they have been so so SO good! I also love using a lot of maple syrup (slight addiction). If you love almond butter, go for it. If you want to keep it low fat, load those bad boys up with plenty of dates and other dried fruit and oats. It's getting late and that's all I have for the time being but when I think of more ideas, you guys will be the first to know! I'd also love to hear what your favourite lunches for school or work are so let me know :)

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LONG TIME NO UPDATE! I haven't really gotten off to the best start with this blog but slow progress is better than no progress right! Anyway, I have something really delicious for you to make up for it. This amazing creation is super simple but you have to try it! Here's what you'll need for your carob + vanilla nice cream bowls with rawnola and bluebs- Nice cream- - 8 frozen bananas - 2 tablespoons of carob powder - sprinkle of vanilla - 1/2 cup blueberries Rawnola- - 4-6 pitted dates - 1/2 cup of oats - 1/2 cup of coconut - 1 teaspoon of peanut butter - 1/2 cup of puffed buckwheat Method- 1. In a food processor or blender, add all the rawnola ingredients except the puffed buckwheat. 2. Blend until combined and then add in puffed buckwheat and pulse to distribute. Pour into bowl and set aside. 3. Blend frozen bananas with some water or almond milk. You might need to scrape down the sides a couple of times. Also add the vanilla. 4. When this is smooth and fluffy, scoop half of it into your bowl. 5. Add the carob powder to the remaining half and blend again. 6. Microwave the blueberries for thirty seconds before stirring and heating for another thirty seconds. 7. Scoop your carob nice cream into the bowl with the vanilla and top with your berries and rawnola and you're done!

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HIGH CARB, LOW FAT, VEGAN BROWNIES

Yeah, you heard right. My best friend Amelia and I have been craving brownies like crazy lately! We made a couple batches of vegan junk food brownies before I decided that I needed to make some that were high carb, low fat to fit my 801010 lifestyle while still tasting delicious and after a few batches, I can finally say that I did it!

So if you wanna know how to make these amazing, fudgy brownies that are probably healthy enough for you to have for breakfast, keep reading.

Ingredients-

2 cups oat flour ½ buckwheat flour 2 tbs flax meal 2 tbs chia seeds 1 ½ cups carob powder 1 ½ cups coconut sugar 2 tsp baking powder 2 ripe bananas 1 tsp vanilla extract ¾ cup almond milk

Method-

1. Mix the flax meal and chia seeds with 12 tablespoons of water and leave in the fridge for about 15 minutes to gel. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius.

2. In a large bowl, mix the oat flour, buckwheat flour, carob, coconut sugar and baking powder.

3. In a blender (or just mash by hand) blend the bananas, vanilla, flax & chia mix and almond milk.

4. With an electric beater, mix the wet ingredient in the blender with the dry ingredients. Mix until well combined and add more almond milk if needed.

5. Pour mix into a non stick brownie pan. As you can see, mine are pretty thick but you can easily pour into a larger, more shallow pan.

6. Bake for about 15-20 minutes or until a fork stuck into the middle comes out mostly clean. It doesn’t have to be spotless, brownies are gooey and soft anyway :)

Enjoy!! Xxxxxx

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Fluffy pink clouds topped with the chewy goodness that are bliss balls. This is probably my favourite breakfast. Oats have taken over because the mornings are getting colder but banana nice cream will always have a place in my heart.

You will need-

- as many frozen bananas and strawberries as your heart desires (I used 7 bananas and about 250 grams of strawbs)

- 5 dates - ½ cup of oats - 1 tsp of peanut butter - 1 handful of puffed buckwheat - a sprinkle of coconut - a drizzle of maple syrup

1. In a blender or food processor, blend your dates (take their seeds out first), oats and peanut butter. 2. While that’s doing its thing, add in the buckwheat and coconut. I add them after everything else because they’re light and tend to sit on top if they go in at the start. 3. Blend to the point where the mix still looks chunky and then drizzle a little maple syrup to make it all come together. Alternatively you could add more dates at the beginning but you don’t need much maple and I love the taste of it. 4. Scoop that into a bowl and roll into balls while you make your nice cream. These quantities should make about 6 decent sized bliss balls. 5. Add your strawberries and a little water (maybe a quarter of a cup) to the blender and blend. Then add your bananas and blend on high speed until smooth. If your blender comes with a mixing stick, you might need to use it. 6. Scoop into a bowl and top with whatever you desire. I used my bliss balls, strawberries, pomegranate and coconut and it was SO good.

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I felt like something refreshing for lunch after doing a bit of fruit and veg shopping and this is what I came up with. Super simple but such a good mix of amazing plants. This salad is made up of- - rice noodles - baby spinach - carrot - strawberries - coconut I seasoned it with lime juice, sriracha and a sprinkle of coco sugar and it was so so good! Clean, fresh flavors just feel so good for me. xxxxx

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I’m getting really tired of being laughed at in social situations where meat is involved because that’s the average person’s way of acknowledging that there is a vegan present amongst the slaughter. I mostly just shrug it off or walk away because I’m sure if I told them how it made me feel, they’d laugh more or I’d be a accused of overreacting. But every time I see meat, eggs, dairy, milk, and even honey (and that’s only going as far as “food”, I haven’t even mentioned clothing/cosmetics etc.), my heart sinks and my stomached is tied in knots. That used to be a creature with a life just like yours. Do you have pets? Most people do. Don’t tell me that your cats and dogs don’t love you. Don’t tell me that they don’t feel happiness and fear and pain. Don’t tell me that they don’t have a sense of family or that they don’t love to play. I feel lucky to have had a great variety of pets in my childhood so I can tell you first hand that chickens, ducks and geese (just to name a few) can be every bit as loving as the conventional pets that we’d never dream of eating. It’s one thing to compare “food” animals to pet animals. That’s a pretty easy comparison for most to make but the majority of people are of the opinion that humans are the superior species so it’s okay for us to eat others. When I told my mum that we aren’t any better than them and said that they just want to live their lives, she told me “We are more intelligent. You don’t see packs of dogs going around building houses.” I was stunned to hear that come from the person that I loved the most in the world. From the person that taught me how to love. From the person who taught me how to delicately hold the life of a baby chick in my hand. I was disgusted and I was disappointed. Where did her compassion go? I didn’t recognize her and I had no idea why at first but I’ve been thinking about it for weeks and only now have I realized why it shook me up to the extent that it did. I realized that I really have come to view myself as an equal to these animals. In voicing her brutal opinion, she may as well have been talking about me because I’m no better than any of them. We all want to live and there is no humane way to kill somebody who doesn’t want to die. Not a day goes by when I don’t feel the pain and guilt for the suffering of others that I can’t stop. That is how I feel when I hear words such as “oh better not talk about the meat there’s a VEGAN in the room”. I don’t feel hurt for me. I don’t feel queasy purely because I don’t eat it. I feel HURT for them. I can feel their pain as they’re castrated and branded without anesthesia. I can feel it as the ends of their beaks are seared off. I can feel the fear when they’re hung upside down and waiting for their throats to be slit as they watch the ones on either side of them suffer the same fate. Veganism isn’t about thinking that you’re better than everyone and everything else, it’s about knowing that you aren’t. We have the potential to coexist and cause minimal harm to our bodies, our planet and the ones we share it with. We have the potential to regain our compassion.

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Plain old vanilla with stacks of banana, blueberries and pomegranate 🌿 have a great weekend!

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There is super simple vanilla oatmeal hidden under all of those amazing toppings 😊 happy Friday!

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Hey little angels! Hope you’re all doing well!

I’ve been eating oats for breakfast pretty much every day lately because I can’t stand being cold (banana ice cream tends to do that to you). I feel like I keep having pretty much the same thing so I’ve been trying to mix it up a little bit and yesterday I ended up having apple pie oatmeal!

Things you’ll need-

2 cups of oats 2 cups of water or nut milk or a mix of the two Grated apple (I used two but it’s up to you) Sweetener of choice (I used coconut sugar) Cinnamon (again, up to you)

To top-

Banana Bluebs More cinnamon Maple syrup Coconut flakes

What you gotta do-

1. Heat your oats, apple, cinnamon and water/nut milk in a saucepan on the stove until the liquid has been absorbed. 2. Take off the heat and stir in your sweetener. 3. Scoop into a bowl and top with the ingredients I mentioned above or any of your choice. 4. Take a picture and tag me in it!

These are so simple, I feel silly even writing this post but maybe sometimes we forget how good simple tastes.

If there’s anything you’d like me to make or any ideas you have, please please let me know! I’m always looking for inspiration.

xxxxx

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Hello everybody and welcome to my first ever blog post!

I’ve been putting this off for a while for a few reasons. The first being that I work a lot and I’m terrible at managing my free time. The second is that I just don’t feel like a super interesting person BUT I do eat a lot of really good vegan food so I don’t blame those of you on Instagram for asking if I have a blog. I also find that I eat a variety of foods but my staples and bases are pretty much the same all the time!

All that aside, I love blogging and I love food so this ultimately makes sense.

Okay I’m rambling now I’m gonna stop that and just tell you how I made this delicious looking bowl of vegan blueberry oatmeal!

You’ll need:

2 cups of rolled oats 2 cups of water (you can also use a plant milk, I often do half and half) 1 tablespoon of your desired sweetener, I used coconut sugar ½ tsp of vanilla extract ½-1 cup blueberries

To top I used:

Maple syrup 2 bananas More blueberries Coconut flakes

And here’s how you do it!

1. In a saucepan combine the oats, vanilla and water and cook on medium heat. My oats usually take about 5-10 minutes to cook and I stir them constantly so the bottom doesn’t stick and burn. 2. Take off the heat once the water has been absorbed and the consistency is quite thick. 3. Stir in coco sugar (I do this after they’re cooked because I have a theory that too much sugar while they’re cooking will increase the likelihood of the bottom burning because sugar burns fast) and blueberries. 4. Scoop your oats into a bowl, cut up your bananas into coins (or however else you like) and arrange on top. Add blueberries, coconut and a drizzle of maple and that’s it!! 5. Take some photos and tag me on Instagram (@alexbeckett_), I wanna see your creations!

xxxxx

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