Posts in Dairy Free
Decadent 3 Ingredient Mousse au Chocolat

There are loads of recipes out there for aquafaba chocolate mousse with loads of ingredients and long instructions. I narrowed the base recipe down to 3 ingredients and a few instructions. You can add a splash of vanilla, a teaspoon of instant coffee or espresso powder, a bit of cinnamon, some white or dark chocolate bits, top with a drizzle of caramel, chocolate shavings, berries… so many delicious possibilities. It’s a decadent treat for a special evening or to spoil someone special – like yourself! Super simple and super delicious!

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Slowcooker Black-Eyed Peas Spiced Pulled Chicken

A great Slowcooker meal that is so easy to put together, then set it and forget it until dinnertime. Your kitchen will smell delicious as the day goes along! It’s versatile and budget friendly, as you can serve it different ways to stretch your meal planning and grocery budget. It’s a great dish to make on Game Day – put out various topping options and let everyone build their own wraps. Less work for you, lots of fun and a delicious, nutritious dinner for everyone!

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Tahini, Date and Chocolate Chunk Cookies

Gluten free, dairy free, egg free, easy to throw together and super hearty and delicious. Having these cookies made and at the ready is so handy - one of these rich healthy cookies totally satisfies that rising hunger in-between meals when you need something quick.

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French Onion Baked Chicken

This quick and simple, family-friendly, budget-friendly French Onion Baked Chicken recipe is a yummy and nutritious wonderful dinner to make to warm you on a cold day! You can make up the French Dressing and the Onion Soup mix days in advance so you have them ready for this recipe. (Both recipes posted and on the RenataCollective site via the bio link.) You can always use commercial ingredients instead of the DIY blends but there’s something so much more delicious when you make the entire recipe from scratch.

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French Salad Dressing

Another homemade recipe – this time for French salad dressing. A few simple ingredients are all you need to have a delicious fresh dressing to toss your greens with or use in a recipe. When you make your own dressing, you know the healthy ingredients that went into it, can reduce the salt and sugar content, and end up with a much tastier dressing! Plus bragging rights that you made it yourself!

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DIY Onion Soup Mix

So quick and easy to make and party stable for many months, I make my DIY Onion Soup Mix often and use it in a bunch of savory dishes – really wherever commercial onion soup is called for, and a pinch here and there to lightly season a dish. And of course, a heaping teaspoon and boiling water makes a great warming drink!

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Easy Whole Wheat Bread

Baking bread is SO satisfying!

The inspiration and base for this easy yeast bread recipe comes from Jenny Can Cook and her whole wheat bread recipe https://www.jennycancook.com/recipes/simple-whole-wheat-bread . I use a plant-based milk in mine and add some extra ingredients to make this bread my own and add some additional nutrition. This bread is on my bread making rotation often!

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Herbed Seasoned Sea Salt

It’s simple to make Herbed Seasoned Sea Salt – you can adjust the amounts of one herb or another to suit your taste. And you can adjust the amount of salt, which is, for me, the most important part. As we know, salt is one of the foundations of flavour, yet I do not like to salt my recipes and food too heavily. I prefer to season with herbs and spices. Making your own allows you to use the freshest dried herbs, organic when you can find them (health food stores are a good source) so you know the goodness you are seasoning your food and nourishing your body with.

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One Pan Quick, Easy and Delicious Pasta Limone

We love this Pasta Limone recipe all year round – especially on busy days! It is one of my ‘back pocket’ recipes – pasta lends itself so well to that! It’s a one pan wonder so clean up is super easy. You can serve it with a salad on the side or a meat or protein of your choice – tempeh sautéed in a little tamari or soy sauce is delightful!

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Pumpkin and Spice Muffins

These muffins make up quickly, make the kitchen smell cozy when baking, and are super yummy to devour! With similar ingredients to my Perfect Pumpkin Loaf, you can use my Pumpkin Spice Mix available via the Bio, or follow the spices and amounts listed in the recipe as the alternate. You can’t go wrong with either! These muffins are gluten and dairy free (they do have eggs), nutritious and delicious!

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Brunsli

Brunsli are another popular traditional Swiss Christmas Cookie that I have known, loved and made my whole life. This recipe was my Grandmother’s so it is cherished! They are gluten and dairy free (it has egg whites) - made with ground almonds, or almond flour, sugar, a little icing sugar, cocoa and egg whites. These are SO good!

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Weeknight Coconut Hoisin Chicken Stir-fry

December is a busy month with the holidays, shopping, wrapping, festivities & events & entertaining (all with Covid still dictating restrictions), cooking, baking, sweets and indulgences, so it’s nice to have a quick and easy healthy meal during this hectic busy time!

Stir-frys are quick to cook to serve your family and friends and they are filled with nutrition – veggies, a healthy fat to cook with, a healthy carb, like rice, to serve with and a protein, in this case chicken breast, but you could use another meat, tempeh, marinated tofu or white beans or chickpeas, all round out this complete and balanced delicious meal

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