Vegetarian Whole Foods Made Simple
This lemon pistachio granola is bright, summery, and packed with zingy citrus flavour! Friends, before we get to this bright, summery lemon pistachio granola, may I tell you about my weekend?! So, since James was about 5 months old, I made the decision to stay …
This vegan sweet potato leek butterbean curry full of flavor, incredibly easy to make, and will keep you warm all winter long. Greetings from the chilly climes of West Michigan! We are back in our old stomping grounds to celebrate the wedding of my sister-in-law- …
This Coconut Maple Almond Granola is sweet, simple and delicately flavoured.
I am a huge, HUGE fan of granola in the morning. I love the contrast between creamy tart yoghurt and the sweet crunch of toasty oats and nuts. I adore the wholesome boost of energy it gives me. 
Granola always feels like a treat, and although I have a few different varieties in the ELK archives, this is the recipe that I make most often. Why? It is so versatile! You can dress it up with fresh berries and yoghurt (my fave!), dried fruit (my Dad likes it with dried cranberries), or keep it plain with a splash of milk (Kirk likes it this way).
Its sort of like the LBD of granolas, if you will. Simple and sweet, delicately and subtly flavoured, it will make your morning however you choose to enjoy it.
Enjoy!
*You can use olive oil instead of coconut oil, but you will need to reduce the cooking time by about 15 minutes so the granola does not over cook. If you choose to use olive oil I would advise keeping a closer eye on your granola as it cooks, too, it may need to be stirred a little more during cooking.
This No Bake Salted Date Caramel Chocolate tart is vegan, gluten free, and contains no added sugar! But most importantly, it tastes like heaven… Last Thanksgiving I was nine months pregnant- dangereux, no? I blame my “condition” on the extremely out-of-character choice I made regarding …
These crowd pleasing double apple oat pancakes are flavoured with cinnamon, and topped with a sweet apple compote. Perfect for warming you up on a chilly autumn morning! Oh lovely pancakes. Easily my favourite breakfast, but not the most practical to prepare when you are …
These healthy whole wheat greek yoghurt blueberry pancakes are light, fluffy and totally luscious. Maple syrup not optional!!
Remember I said I had one last blueberry recipe for you? Here you go! These pancakes are so worth the wait, and so worthy of that seven-word-long-title. But before we get into the pancakes, fluffy and luscious as they are, I want to natter a bit about The Great British Bakeoff. Do you watch?! I’m something of a GBBO enthusiast, and this year my sissies and I are challenging ourselves to recreate a bake from each episode as the series progresses. I can’t wait! It’s little things like this that keep us connected when we live in three different cities miles and miles apart. Feel free to join in with the fun, are we Instagram friends yet?
Alrighty, back to these healthy whole wheat greek yoghurt blueberry pancakes. These babies came about as a bit of an accident. I woke up with a fierce craving for blueberry pancakes (hey, it happens!), but I wasn’t able to make my go-to recipe as we were out of milk. Searching the fridge, I realised I still had a good amount of greek yoghurt left, and so began my search for a whole wheat greek yoghurt pancake recipe that didn’t require any milk.
Once I found a recipe that looked like it had good bones, I fiddled around a little, and came up with a recipe that I was really happy with. Despite being made from whole wheat flour, and thick greek yoghurt, these pancakes are wonderfully fluffy, and almost have a buttermilky tang to them. The blueberries provide that satisfying pop of sweetness, and a generous pour of maple syrup is NOT optional.
Enjoy!
You can use regular whole wheat flour in place of whole wheat pastry flour, but I found that the pastry flour made for a lighter pancake.
You can use plain (non-greek) yoghurt for this recipe, but I do prefer the result of greek yoghurt, they tend to be fluffier.
You can also use a flavoured yoghurt here if you want to experiment.
Adapted from this recipe.
A large whole wheat “dutch baby” pancake filled with sweet maple-roasted peaches. I absolutely adore sweet juicy peaches in the Summer months, so when I saw a punnet for sale at the shop the other week, I snapped them up. I should have known then …
This chocolate chip cinnamon muffin for one is whole wheat, vegan and refined sugar free, but still feels indulgent! Picture the scene: it is my first day on maternity leave, Kirk has left for work and I am alone, left to my own devices. It …
I have spoken of my current baking kick, and also my enthusiasm for all things pumpkin, so some form of pumpkin bread coming your way was probably inevitable… and here it is! My favourite Wholewheat Pumpkin Coffee Bread, made with 100% wholewheat flour, sweetened naturally with honey (so no refined sugar!), moist, light and totally delicious.
In my experience pumpkin breads can really vary in terms of their sweetness and density. I prefer mine to be less sweet and nice and light, which is exactly what you get with this recipe. The coffee adds a lovely richness and compliments all the spices perfectly.
The last loaf I made lasted precisely 24 hours in my household, and before you going blaming the greedy pregnant lady, note that I had but two slices 🙂
I hope you make this easy bake, it is so wonderful for chilly autumn mornings. Enjoy!
Adapted from A Pastry Affair’s Pumpkin Espresso Bread, A Dash of Sass’s Pumpkin Honey Spice Bread, and Cookie and Kate’s Honey Wholewheat Pumpkin Bread.
I don’t know if it is the abrupt change in temperature, a symptom of the third trimester, or my obsession with the Great British Bake Off, but I am on such a baking kick at the moment! These Apple Cinnamon Crunch Bars are my latest …
