Ingredients

For the borlotti balls

150 g dried borlotti beans, washed under cold running water, soaked for 8-10 hours then rinsed
50 g wheat gluten
3 tablespoons golden flax seeds, finely ground
4 tablespoons nutritional yeast flakes
2-3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
2 cloves of garlic, peeled and finely chopped
3 tablespoons tamari
4-6 tablespoons oat milk (unflavoured and unsweetened)
whole sea salt, just enough to taste
a large handful of fresh parsley, cleaned and finely chopped

For the vegetable stew

4-5 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
4-5 carrots, cleaned and sliced
half a medium (or 1 small) butternut squash, cleaned and cut into small pieces
400-450 ml filtered water
50 -60 ml oat milk (unflavoured and unsweetened)
half a teaspoon vegetable bouillon powder
freshly ground black pepper, just enough to taste
chili powder, just enough to taste
half a teaspoon powdered turmeric
whole sea salt, just enough to taste
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1 teaspoon dried thyme

Makes 4 servings (12-15 balls) 

Directions

Cook the beans in plain fresh water until tender (you can use a pressure cooker or large pot). Preheat oven to 170°  C. Drain, rinse under running water, drain again and transfer into a large bowl. Mash the borlotti with a potato masher. Add wheat gluten, flax seeds, nutritional yeast, oil, garlic, tamari, oat milk, salt, parsley, and mix well until everything is combined. Roll into balls (wet your hands now and then), line a baking tray with parchment-paper, and bake for 30-35 minutes. In the meantime, to make the vegetable stew, heat the olive oil in a large casserole over medium-high heat, add carrots and squash and sauté for 5-10 minutes, stirring often. Add water, oat milk, vegetable bouillon powder, black pepper, chili powder, turmeric, salt, oregano, thyme, and sauté for about 5 more minutes. Reduce the heat to low, cover and simmer for 30-35 minutes. Remove the lid and continue cooking until most of the liquid has evaporated, stirring occasionally. Turn off the heat.
When the balls are ready, remove them from the steamer and let cool a bit. Unwrap the balls and add them to the vegetable stew. Cook over low heat for another 15-20 minutes and serve.

Ingredients

150 g semi-whole wheat flour
100 g whole oat flour
50 g coconut flakes
50 g golden flax seeds, finely ground
2 tablespoons cornstarch, GMO-free
a pinch of whole sea salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cream of tartar
60 ml extra virgin olive oil
110 g rice malt syrup
130 g coconut milk
150 ml oat milk, unflavoured and unsweetened
2 handfuls of sultana raisins, soaked in filtered water for 10-15 minutes then drained
a handful of hazelnuts, coarsely chopped
100 g dark chocolate (70% cacao), coarsely chopped

Makes about 12 muffins.

Directions

Preheat oven to 180° C. In a large bowl, combine the wheat flour, oat flour, coconut flakes, flax seeds, cornstarch, salt, baking soda and baking powder and stir to blend. In another bowl combine olive oil, rice malt syrup, coconut milk, oat milk and whisk well. Fold the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients. Stir gently until the ingredients are combined but don’t over mix the batter. Add the raisins, hazelnuts and chocolate and stir just to make sure they’re evenly incorporated into the batter. Fill the muffin cups or muffin tray with the batter, using a spoon. Place in the oven and bake for 25-30 minutes or until the top is lightly browned and a toothpick or knife inserted in the center of a muffin comes out clean. Remove from the oven, let cool for a couple of minutes, unmold the muffins and place them on a wire rack to let cool.

Ingredients

400 g stale wholemeal bread
600 ml oat milk, plain (unflavoured) and unsweetened
200 ml apple juice, with no added sugar
150 ml vegetable cream, GMO-free (I used almond cream)
100 g rice malt syrup
2 teaspoons natural vanilla extract
4 red apples, cleaned, cored, peeled and thinly sliced
200 ml filtered water
2-3 tablespoons apple juice concentrate, with no added sugar
half a teaspoon vanilla powder
maple syrup (grade B), to serve 

Directions

Pre-heat the oven to 170° C. In a large bowl, mix together oat milk, apple juice, cream, malt syrup and vanilla. Cut the bread into small cubes and stir it into the liquid mixture. Let soak for at least 40-45 minutes. Now and then, mash the bread with a fork. Add some more oat milk and apple juice if necessary (it shouldn’t be, but that depends on the kind of bread you use).
In the meantime, put the sliced apples in a pan, add the water, apple juice concentrate and vanilla, stir well and cook over low heat for about 5 minutes, stirring often. Remove the apples from the heat. Transfer some of the bread mixture into a lightly oiled baking pan (or divide it between small oven safe ramekins), add one layer of the sliced apples and repeat with remaining mixture and apple slices. Bake for about one hour. Check for donness by piercing with a knife: it should come out clean. Cook a bit longer if necessary. Serve either warm or cold drizzled with some maple syrup.

Ingredients

100 g dried and peeled chestnuts, soaked in filtered water for 20 minutes
1 medium celeriac, peeled and cut into pieces
whole sea salt
6 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
Himalayan salt, just enough to taste
400 ml filtered water (you can use all or part of the leftover cooking water you used to steam the celeriac)
400 ml plain and unsweetened oat milk
freshly ground black pepper, just enough to taste
hazelnut oil, to taste
fresh parsley leaves, to taste

Makes 2-4 servings.

Directions

Boil the chestnuts in slightly salted water until very tender (it will take no less than 30 minutes), then rinse them under cold running water and rub off any dark skins. In the meantime, place the celeriac bits in a steamer fitted over a saucepan, add enough water to reach the bottom of the steamer and sprinkle with some salt. Bring to a boil then reduce the heat and steam just until tender (it will take about 15 minutes). Remove the celeriac from the heat and transfer it in the bowl of a food processor, add the chestnuts, olive oil, Himalayan salt, water and oat milk and process until very smooth. Add some more water or milk if you like a runnier soup (using milk only will make the texture a bit richer). Reheat the soup if necessary, then stir it into serving bowls, sprinkle some black pepper and hazelnut oil over it and garnish with the parsley leaves.

Ingredients

100 g dark chocolate, fair trade
2 tablespoons plain oat milk
1 pinch whole sea salt
100 g barley malt syrup
200 g almond butter
70 g whole puffed barley

Makes 20 treats.

Directions

In a saucepan in a bain-marie, melt the chocolate with the milk and salt, stirring constantly. As soon as it’s melted, remove the chocolate from the fire and add the barley malt syrup. Stir to combine and add the almond butter. Stir very well and add the puffed barley. When everything is well incorporated and the barley is coated with the chocolate and almond butter mixture, wet your hands and roll the mixture into balls with a flat bottom. Place on a sheet of parchment paper or a tray and let cool for about 30-40 minutes (you might want to refrigerate them if your kitchen is to warm). When they’re set, enjoy at room temperature. They keep for up to 3-4 days (if it’s too warm, store them in the fridge, but remember that they’re more gooey at a standard room temperature).

Ingredients

For the mini loaves

150 g semi-whole wheat flour
50 g chestnut flour
50 g whole rice flour
50 g cornstarch
half a teaspoon powdered cinnamon
a pinch of whole sea salt
2 teaspoons cream of tartar
70 ml extra virgin olive oil
100 g rice malt syrup
230 ml oat milk
3 small apples (I used Fuji), peeled and pureed using a food processor

For the hazelnut sauce

6 tablespoons rice malt syrup
5 teaspoons hazelnut butter
a pinch of whole sea salt
5 teaspoons oat milk

Makes 5-6 mini loaves.

Directions

Preheat oven to 170° C. In a large bowl combine the semi-whole wheat flour, chestnut flour, rice flour, oatmeal flour, cinnamon, salt and cream of tartar.
In another bowl pour the oil, rice malt syrup, and milk. Whisk well and add the apple puree. Mix again then fold the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients (preferably using a wooden spatula). Stir gently until the ingredients are combined (add some more oat milk if necessary). Lightly oil the mini loaf pans and sprinkle them with flour. Fill them with the batter, using a spoon. Place in the oven and bake for 30-35 minutes or until the top is lightly browned and a toothpick or knife inserted in the center of a loaf comes out clean. Remove from the oven, transfer to a wire rack and let cool for about 5 minutes before removing from the loaf pans.

To make the hazelnut sauce, combine the agave, hazelnut butter, salt and milk in a bowl and whisk until perfectly smooth. Refrigerate until shortly before serving (the sauce might get a bit sticky and hard when refrigerated: all you have to do is leave it at room temperature for a while and stir it).

Serve the loaves topped with the hazelnut sauce.

Ingredients

200 g semi-whole Manitoba flour
100 g whole rice flour
2 teaspoons cream of tartar
a pinch of whole sea salt
70 ml extra virgin olive oil
100 ml agave syrup
100-120 ml oat milk
half a teaspoon of essicated ginger powder
half a teaspoon cinnamon powder
2-3 pinches of powdered cloves
3-4 pinches of grated nutmeg
a pinch of mace powder
a pinch of vanilla powder
a pinch of cardamom powder
2 firm apples (I used Golden Delicious)

Makes 12-14 muffins.

Directions

Preheat oven to 170° degrees C. In a large bowl combine the Manitoba flour, rice flour, cream of tartar, salt and spices. In another bowl combine the oil, agave and milk. Whisk well and fold the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients (preferably using a wooden spatula). Stir gently until the ingredients are combined but make sure you don’t over mix the batter. Add the apples and stir againg just to make sure they’re evenly incorporated into the batter. Fill the muffin cups or muffin tray with the batter, using a spoon. Place in the oven and bake for 25-30 minutes or until the top is lightly browned and a toothpick or knife inserted in the center of a muffin comes out clean. Remove from the oven, transfer to a wire rack and let cool for about 5 minutes before removing from the muffin tray or muffin molds.

Tips, thoughts and ideas

You can either use single greaseproof muffin cases or paper cases placed in a muffin tray. If you spoon the batter directly into the muffin tray, make sure you lightly oil the molds and sprinkle them with flour.

This soup provides the perfect meal: it’s tasty, slightly sweet, warm, soothing, and smooth. It’s easy to make, leaves you fulfilled, and requires very few ingredients. Here I use oat milk for its mild, sweet taste, and add some dried chestnuts to make this dish a little bit different.

Makes 4 servings.

Ingredients

4 leeks

5 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil

1 pinch whole sea salt

1 liter oat milk

2 handfuls dried chestnuts

filtered or mineral water (to cook the chestnuts)

Directions

Cook the dried chestnuts in boiling water for aboout 20-25 minutes, or until soft. Drain and set aside. Trim the leeks, wash them well and slice them. Heat the olive oil in a large saucepan over medium heat, add the leeks and salt and sauté for about 5 minutes. Add the oat milk, cover and cook over low heat for about 20-25 minutes, until the leeks are tender. Remove from the heat, transfer into a food processor and blend until smooth. Use more oat milk for a looser texture. Reheat if needed and serve immediately with some olive oil and crumbled chestnuts on top.