Snack Recipes

15 Minute Fruity Flapjack

15 Minute Fruity Flapjack

by Susannah White
15Mins
6people
Due to me having a back injury, my eight year old son has taken on a large part of the cooking in our household.  Together we're creating new recipes that he is able to do fairly quickly.  We wanted to create an easy plant-based flapjack recipe that didn't require any special equipment.  
A Kilo of Truffles and What it Can Do For You!

A Kilo of Truffles and What it Can Do For You!

by Susannah White
60Mins
30people
Yesterday morning I made a whole kilo of truffles. They’re nearly all gone already…and here’s why I am a keen supporter of WFPB truffles:

If you eat three of them as a snack, you’ll get:
23% of your daily fibre requirement*
29% of your iron*
12% of your calcium*
19% of your zinc*
10% of your folate*
12% of your protein*
Your entire day’s requirement of omega-3
 

(*These percentages are based on the requirements of a six foot man - so if you’re smaller or female, you’ll be getting even more of those daily needs met.)

You’ll also enjoy a massive amount of anti-oxidants: pecans have the highest ‘ORAC’ value (Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity) of all the nuts, followed by walnuts; cacao is also fabulously high in anti-oxidants and dates aren’t too shabby, either.

What you won’t get is any cholesterol. Or salt. Or refined carbs/sugar.

This type of truffle is also fantastic at beating cravings. If you fancy something sweet, they’re sitting there in the fridge in all their glory, waiting to hit the sweet-spot for you as well as nourish you. You’ll also avoid the whole sweet-binge followed by savoury-binge that cravings can cause as you’ll be reasonably full after three of these amaze-balls. 

Furthermore, by avoiding the animal protein in a standard chocolate, you could help to shift your microbiota more towards a Prevotella dominant type (found in vegans, is anti-inflammatory) rather than a Bacteroides dominant type. This might be of particular interest to anyone wanting to lose weight as Bacteroides type could be associated with putting on weight too easily as this type of bacteria is very efficient at extracting calories from food and passing them to their host.

So here’s the recipe, it’s easy, providing you have a processor:

WFPB Flapjack Recipe

WFPB Flapjack Recipe

by Susannah White
30Mins
8people
Sweet, whole-foods flapjacks.
WFPB Sticky Date and Banana Cake

WFPB Sticky Date and Banana Cake

by Susannah White
60Mins
8people
If you enjoy your cake dense and sticky, this is a simple and totally whole-foods plant-based recipe.