Recipes — The Renata Collective

Charoset

Charoset is a sweet dish served at the Passover Seder and represents the mortar between the stones of the pyramids of Egypt. It can be eaten on it’s own or with traditional unleavened flatbread matzo. There are many versions of Charoset but each one typically has nuts, something sweet to hold the charoset together, fruit, some have spices, some have no spices and traditionally a kosher wine is used and now many recipes use fruit juice which makes it family friendly! Chunky or processed into a smooth paste there are many variations and many flavour combination and each one is delicious.

Peachy Keen Muffins

These muffins are both delicious and pretty – a happy, sunny muffin, gluten and dairy free, for your Easter breakfast table, or anytime throughout the year, and are a satisfying snack during the day.

Roasted Then Spiced Chickpeas

Roasted chickpeas are great to have on hand to snack on, to toss in a salad, to garnish an open-faced sandwich, to sprinkle over a home-made dip for veggies… so many delicious uses for them. They are easy to make and are filled with great antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, plant-based protein and fiber nutrition.

Yummy Quinoa Breakfast Bake

Don’t we all get a little tired of the same old same old for breakfast? I have a solution for those doldrums! Quinoa for breakfast, this time baked. It’s super easy to put together quickly and then bake, freeing your time up to get other things done in the morning. Serve with a drizzle of maple syrup – so good and super nutritious!

Crispy Brussels Sprouts, Kielbasa and Apple One Pot

The flavours in this recipe are so delicious – a great blend of individual flavours and spices that go so well together. Brussels sprouts lend themselves so nicely to cooking to a crispy state, and are so healthy for us. The carrot and apple lend sweetness and the kielbasa makes it all so toothsome. The caraway seeds and sauce are delicious and tie the whole dish together! And it is loaded with great healthful nutrition. It doesn’t take long to make so lunch or dinner are on the table quickly.

Garlic Cauliflower and Roasted Mushrooms

A quick and easy plant powered dinner or side dish. Easy to serve on a bed of rice or pan fry gnocchi and then add it in to the garlic infused cauliflower and roasted mushrooms. A sublime, delicious and super nutritious meal in just a few steps. You’re welcome!

Lemony Cornmeal Blueberry Muffins

Have a craving for a Cornmeal Muffin with a twist? I have you covered with these Lemony Cornmeal Blueberry Muffins! They are gluten and dairy free (it does have an egg) and are not as dense as a regular plain cornmeal muffin (which I do love as well, with a bowl of Chili or at Thanksgiving). Filled with good healthy nutrition to nourish you body and soul. Make a cup of your favourite hot beverage, sit back and enjoy these muffins for breakfast or anytime of the day when you need to take a moment for yourself or as a lovely loving treat for your family and friends.

Breakfast Mug Cake Two Ways

Mug cakes take the cake! There’s no excuse really for skipping breakfast, or having a sweet treat anytime of the day, when a few simple ingredients, 2 minutes to mix together and a quick cook in the microwave creates this magic! If you have more time or don’t have a microwave, they can be baked in the oven. Mug cakes are versatile too as you can change up the flavours – much like my Oat Flour Baked Breakfast Cakes or my other mug cake recipes. Similar ingredients in them all yet each different!

Spiced Turmeric Latte

So good, so delicious, so healthful, so satisfying and a comforting warming feeling right down to your core. Turmeric is a powerful spice, originating from India. It has been used to season, colour and flavour foods and has been a medicinal root herb for centuries. More recently, modern Western medicine has realized the value of this amazing spice and the benefits it provides. Read the recipe on the site to learn just how amazingly beneficial to our health this wonderful root herb is!

Slow Cooker Pork Tenderloin with Garlic and Red Wine

Another slow cooker recipe – I love this kitchen appliance on busy days to have a nourishing and delicious set it and forget it meal ready for dinner. This recipe uses Pork tenderloin - a lean red meat - and doesn’t need a long time to cook, under 5 hours on low. The ‘au jus’ sauce is rich and delicious! Enjoy!

Slow Cooker Balsamic Chicken Ragout

A slow cooker chicken recipe with a heavenly onion, garlic, spice and tomato topping that slow-roasts into a delicious ragout and super flavourful chicken that is reminiscent of coq au vin but easier to make! The trick to this dish is to top the chicken with the ragout ingredients and then when serving, lift a piece of chicken out and onto the serving plate with the topping intact. It looks very impressive and tastes even better!

Amazing Chickpea Blondies

I have been using chickpeas a lot lately. They are such a mild flavoured, nutrition-packed, versatile bean – I love how they hold their shape in savory meals and how easy they are to bake with. This vegan Amazing Chickpea Blondie recipe is no exception. You would never guess that the main ingredient in these moist and delicious blondies are chickpeas! These Blondies are a fabulous, delicious and nutritious healthy treat!

Chicken Shawarma and Veggies Sheet Pan

This shawarma chicken and veggies is a sheet pan wonder! The spiced chicken, warm roasted veggies combined with the fresh cool veggies is so delicious. Just look at the ingredient list and see all the amazing spices the chicken marinates in. The longer you let the chicken marinade, the better and more flavourful the end result is. If in a hurry, 30 minutes is the minimum. If you can prep in the morning or the night before, so much more the better. Plus, it makes dinner time that much easier and quicker!

TikTok Yogurt Custard Toast

I am jumping on the tiktok bandwagon and the custard toast frenzy. As always with anything that goes viral, there are dozens of recipes now online for this French toast cousin breakfast dish, each similar, yet each different with changes to ingredients. This is my version - lemony and creamy, super easy to make and really delicious!

Oat Flour Baked Breakfast Cakes

Let them eat cake – for breakfast! A tried and tested recipe by my beautiful niece for her 4 year old and 6 month old adorable sons – who looooved these!! Baby’s first foods and 4 year old and Mommy approved! Using oat flour changes the consistency of the mixture and the result is more cake-like. How decadent for breakfast! You might feel that there should be guilt associated with eating these for breakfast but they are loaded with great nutrition to fuel your morning! How perfect for a birthday breakfast or any morning you want to have some fun while eating healthy!