Recipes — The Renata Collective

Mixed Berries Tea Cake

This wonderful gluten free and dairy free (use a chia egg in place of the egg in the recipe) tea cake is amazing both served warm from the oven or at room temperature, on it’s own or drizzled with Tahini Maple Syrup Caramel and a bit of coconut cream - this is a heavenly sweet. And it makes up and bakes up quickly which is a bonus in my books! The beauty of this cake is that the crust can be used for any berry or fruit combination – strawberries, blackberries, apple, pear. Each is so different, healthy and delicious!

Donuts: Gluten Free and Dairy Free

These donuts are healthy, gluten and dairy free, naturally sweetened with maple syrup and banana and made two ways – one peanut butter and chocolate and the other tahini vanilla.

Dairy Free, Baked Goods, Dessert, Gluten Free, SnacksRenata RichardsonAugust 30, 2021Donuts, Gluten Free Dairy Free Donuts, healthy snackComment

N'ice Cream

My vegan, no-ice-cream-machine-required, no churn, no banana, N’ice Cream recipe! It’s super easy to make, only 5 ingredients, and is such a delicious treat for dessert! Plan this a day or two ahead to allow for the freezing time. Yum!!

Chocolate Chip Almond Butter Cookies (GF / DF)

These cookies take minutes to put together, 15 minutes to bake and you have chewy, fabulous cookies. Make them with either almond butter or peanut butter – both are equally yum! These area great snack and wonderful with a cup of tea or hot chocolate.

Nourishing Summer Chill Bowl

Summertime! Long, hot summer days that turn into lazy warm summer nights are the best. A quick cold snack or dessert in the summer is so very welcome and when it’s healthy and nutritious as well as delicious, who could ask for more! This Nourishing Summer Chill Bowl is what you are looking for!

Dairy Free, Dessert, Snacks, Vegan, VegetarianRenata RichardsonJuly 14, 2021healthy fat, probiotic, gut healthy, summerComment

Cocoa Fudge Bliss Bites

It’s time for another Bliss Bite recipe! This time with chocolate and filled with healthy ingredients!

I drizzled some of my Tahini Maple Syrup Caramel over these and it made them next level – that caramel sauce does that every time and to everything it is used in or used on! Make a batch of these Bites to share with someone special!

Baked Goods, Gluten Free, Egg Free, Dairy Free, Dessert, Snacks, Vegetarian, VeganRenata RichardsonJune 16, 2021Cocoa Fudge Bliss BitesComment

Tahini Peanut Butter Blondies

Blondies made with tahini and nut butter are a baking craze right now! And rightly so as they are a delicious healthy snack filled with good nutrition to satisfy a sweet tooth and to provide a boost of energy.

DessertRenata RichardsonMay 12, 2021Tahini Peanut Butter BlondiesComment

Quick and Easy Baking Powder Cinnamon Buns

These are a family favourite! It’s a recipe that is wonderful for all ages to make and enjoy together! It’s easy and quick to make since it uses baking powder and not yeast.

No Bake Almond Butter Chocolate Oatmeal Squares

Here is a quick square recipe filled with oatmeal, almond butter and chocolate goodness! Love that these are no bake!

Lemon Polenta Cake

This cake is light and delicious with the perfect balance of the tartness from the lemon and sweetness. I serve it with puréed raspberries as I love lemon with raspberries.

Baked Goods, DessertRenata RichardsonMarch 30, 2021cornmeal, lemon, polentaComment

Breakfast Banana Loaf

I was inspired by some very ripe bananas on my counter to create a new gluten-free, dairy-free banana loaf that would be a great quick nutritious breakfast or a delish snack. Voilà, I present the Breakfast Banana Loaf!

Baked Goods, Breakfast, Gluten Free, Dairy Free, Dessert, Snacks, VegetarianRenata RichardsonMarch 22, 2021Breakfast Banana Loaf, bananaComment

Caramel Chocolate Cracker Brittle

This recipe came to me from another hockey Mom when our boys played in a competitive league. It was one of those food moments I will never forget – I had never tasted anything like it and couldn’t stop eating it!

Baked Goods, Vegetarian, Snacks, DessertRenata RichardsonFebruary 23, 2021Caramel Chocolate Cracker Brittle, caramel, chocolateComment

Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies

Is there such a thing as a healthy cookie? Yup, there sure is! This recipe makes yummy, crunchy on the outside, chewy on the inside cookies that are ready to eat in 15 mins. These cookies are dairy free, gluten free, egg free and refined sugar free, sweetened with a small amount of maple syrup.

Love Handle Mug Cake

A quick and healthy dessert to satisfy your sweet tooth. This recipe makes up in minutes and bakes up in seconds in the microwave. Oven baking instructions are included below if you don’t want to use a microwave.

Baked Goods, Dessert, Egg Free, Gluten Free, Dairy Free, Vegan, VegetarianRenata RichardsonFebruary 3, 2021Love Handle Mug Cake, cakeComment

Chewy Almond Butter Cookies

Looking for a healthy cookie recipe that takes 5 minutes to make and 10 minutes to bake? You’ve found what you are looking for! These cookies are dairy-free, gluten-free, egg-free and refined sugar-free, sweetened with a small amount of maple syrup.