Chocolate Oates

Ingredients:

1 cup of oats

2 cups of almond milk (or another plant based milk)

1 tbsp sultanas

1-2 tbsp cocoa powder

1-2 bananas mashed (depending how sweet you want it)

1 tsp cinnamon

1 tsp vanilla essence

Fruit or coconut for on top

Method:

1. Place oats and milk in a saucepan on low-medium heat.

2. Continuously stir, and add banana, cook for 2-3 minutes (or until it thickens).

3. Add cocoa powder, sultanas, cinnamon and vanilla essence. 

4. Continue cooking until desired consistency is reached (approx 2-3 minutes).

5. Decorate with fruit, coconut or chia seeds. 

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Hidden Veggie Pasta

Ingredients:

Approx 500 grams of your favorite Pasta

Approx 400 grams your favorite pasta sauce

2 carrots, grated

1 onion, cut into pieces

1 zucchini, grated

3 cloves garlic, crushed

3 handfuls of spinach

1 tbsp of olive oil (or coconut oil)

1 tbsp fresh basil.

Method:

1. Cook Pasta according to packet instructions.

2.Heat fry pan to medium heat and heat up oil.

3. Cook onion until translucent then add garlic, zucchini and carrot, cook for 1-2 minutes or until softened.

4. Add spinach and cook for 1 min.

5. Add in pasta sauce and combine.Then add in the drained, cooked pasta. 

6. Cook for another 1-2 minutes or until it has reached desired temperate.

7. Serve seasoned with basil and black pepper. 
8. Enjoy!

Em xx

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Check out my Why Vegan page. There you can read about why I'm vegan and why it is a good thing to try and be vegan. You will also find how to get all the right nutrients and about the high carbohydrate low fat plant based diet.

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Chocolate Banana Ice-cream

Ingredients:

Approx 2 large frozen bananas

2 teaspoons cocoa powder

1 teaspoon vanilla essence

1-2 teaspoons chia seed

Optional - 2 tbsp almond milk (to blend more easily)

Method:

1. Place ingredients in blender (I use the vitamix)

2. Blend

3. Taste and add more cocoa powder if desired.

4. Stir in chia seeds

Em xx

Creamy Garlic Pasta with Roasted Tomatoes

Ingredients:

2 cups small tomatoes halved

approx 150 grams pasta (whatever sort you prefer, penne is very good with this recipe)

Olive oil

1 small onion

5 cloves of garlic

Sea salt

Black pepper

1 1/2 - 2 tbsp all purpose flour

1 1/4 cups unsweetened plain Almond Milk (or 1/2 cup of vegetable stock)

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 180 degrees and cook tomatoes cut side up, for about 20 minutes, then set aside.

2. Cook pasta and set aside.

3. In a large saucepan on low-medium heat place 1 tbsp of olive oil. Add the onion and garlic and cook for 3-4 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.

4. Stir in the flour with a whisk. Gradually add the almond milk and whisk while addling. Continue cooking for 4-5 minutes to thicken. 

5. You can transfer to a blender for an extra creamy sauce. 

6. Once sauce has reached desired thickness, you can add a pinch of chili flakes if desired.Then add the pasta mix and then the roast tomatoes and mix again. 

7. Serve garnished with pepper and basil. 

Watermelon Juice Recipe

1/4 Watermelon 

2 limes or lemons
1 tbsp Mint leaves
300mL Coconut water (or regular water)

1. Cut the watermelon flesh off the rind and place in blender.

2. Squeeze the juice from the limes (or lemons) into the blender.

3. Add the mint and coconut water.

4. Blend and drink

YUM!!

Introduction.

Hello and welcome to my brand new blog.

A bit about me:
My name is Emily and I am 17 years old. I have been vegan for one year today and want to share my message with the world. I really want to help people understand the vegan lifestyle and the reasons behind it.
I enjoy running, walking with family (especially my sister), hiking, meeting new people, travelling to exotic places and adventuring with friends.

I am very excited about this blog and to get to know like-minded people. I am planning to post twice a week to talk about what has been happening in my life, anything i that i feel i need to talk about and attach some recipes and workout plans.

I live in Victoria, Australia but i often travel around. It's summer here at the moment and I'm loving the heat and spending days at the beach

Will be posting soon,
Lots of love,
Em xoxxoxox