Garlic baked carrot fries with maple mustard dipping sauce


I mixed 2 tbsp olive oil, 1 tbsp nutritional yeast, 1 tsp garlic powder, 1 tsp fine herbs and a pinch of kosher salt in a bowl. I took the mixture and coated my pre-cut carrot fries. 
I placed on a parchment lined baking sheet and baked at 400°F for 30-40 minutes until they were crispy on the outside and soft inside. 
For the dipping sauce , I mixed equal parts mayo, mustard and maple syrup.

Gingery Mushroom Chestnut Dip

Ingredients:
1 medium sized onion, chopped
1 large package of cremini mushrooms, gills removed and sliced
2 cloves garlic, minced 
2 tbsp olive oil
1 tbsp soy sauce or tamari for gluten free 
1 tbsp miso
1 tbsp chopped fresh ginger (or more to taste)
1/4-1/3 cup roasted chestnuts 
Kosher salt and pepper to taste 

Directions:
Sauté onion in oil on medium heat until they are softened and slowly turning golden brown. Add mushrooms and garlic. Continue to sauté until liquid has absorbed. Add in miso and soy sauce, and continue cooking until miso melts. Remove from heat and add chestnuts, salt and pepper. Purée with an immersion blender or food processor. 

3 Ingredient Hamentaschen

I’m not someone who has much patience to bake and especially not to make dough. I thought of this hack and decided to give it a try and was pleasantly surprised by how easy and delicious it turned out. 
DRUMROLL… I used frozen pie crusts! 
I just thawed the dough and rolled in out thinly on a floured parchment sheet and stuffed the dough as I would use any hamentaschen dough. 
5 filling ideas (you can use any filling you’d like)
1. Apple pie hamentaschen: just dollop in a bit of canned apple pie filling (just cut up the apples if they’re big pieces) – serve with vanilla ice cream for an extra special treat
2. Blueberry pie hamentaschen: use a bit of canned blueberry pie filling. You can garnish with lemon zest 
3. Lotus butter – garnish with lotus cookie crumbs 
4. Drop in some halva and 3 dark chocolate chips (my favourite) 
5. Nutella 
Just dollop filling of choice into your circles, fold them up and place on a parchment-lined cookie sheet. Brush with 1 beaten egg and sprinkle with sugar in the raw. 
Bake at 350° for 18-20 minutes. 

Protein Packed Banana Bread Bars

Ingredients:
1 cup canned chickpeas, drained
3 bananas 🍌(the riper the better)
1 egg 🥚 
2 tbsp almond butter 
2 cups rolled oats (can use GF)
2 tbsp chia seeds 
1 tsp vanilla 
1 tsp cinnamon 
2 cups rice crispies  (can use GF)
1/2 cup chocolate chips 

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350°
In a good processor, mix all ingredients except rice crispies and chocolate chips, until well blended. 
Mix in rice crispies and chocolate chips by hand. 
Spread in 9” square baking pan, lined with parchment.
Bake 20 minutes and cut into squares. 
Enjoy! 
Edit – just made these again and used 4 tbsp peanut butter instead of almond butter, added 1-2 tbsp maple syrup, some coconut and candied peanuts – yummm

Taco Spaghetti Squash Bowls

Cut 1 spaghetti squash in half, remove seeds and brush with a bite of olive oil and salt. Bake, cut side down, at 400° for about 40 minutes. At the same time, cut up cauliflower into florets and roast with olive oil, shawarma seasoning and zaatar. 
In the meantime, drain 1 can of black beans and 1 can of chickpeas and mash in a bowl. Pan fry with taco seasoning, some chili seasoning and about 1/2 cup crushed tomatoes. 
Once spaghetti squash is cooked, use a fork to scrape out “spaghetti”. Top with bean mixture, goat cheese, avocado, cabbage, salsa and fresh mint. 
You will have leftover bean mixture that you can freeze or use in regular taco shells or in tortillas. 
I hope to post a more exact recipe at some point soon but feel free to message me with any questions. 

Chocolate Halva Cups

Melt 150 grams of dark chocolate in a double boiler. 
In the meantime, in a good processor, mix 1/2 cup of halva (I used vanilla), 2 medjool dates and a heaping spoon of tahini. 
Divide chocolate evenly in a lined mini muffin tin and refrigerate until hardened. Once chocolate hardens, spread halva mixture evenly over each chocolate. 
Drizzle with silan (I used chocolate silan from Israel). Return to fridge to harden. 

Sweet Potato Toasts – 2 ways

Cut 1 sweet potato into 1/4 inch slices. Bake at 350 on greased baking sheet for 20 minutes. Flip and bake for another 5-10 minutes, until soft and can easily be pierced with a fork.
Option 1 – pesto goat cheese sweet potato toast:
Spread goat cheese onto sweet potato toast. Then top with sliced tomatoes and sun dried tomatoes. Drizzle on basil pesto (homemade or store bought) and some balsamic vinegar. Garnish with pine nuts.
Option 2 – taco sweet potato toast:
Spread with mashed avocado. Sprinkle on grated cheese. Bake/toast until cheese is melted. Top with salsa and Greek yogurt tzaziki/sour cream and some @traderjoes chili lime seasoning.

Pesto Rainbow Roasted Root Vegetables

1 large sweet potato, cut into wedges
1 package of rainbow carrots, peeled 
2 kohlrabi, peeled and cut into wedges 
6 of each yellow and red beets, peeled and cut into wedges

Lemony pesto (this doesn’t have to be exact – these are approximate measurements)
1 cup packed basil – you can add parsley as well 
4 cloves garlic 
1/3 cup olive oil 
2 tbsp pine nuts 
Zest of 1/2 lemon 
1 tbsp zaatar 
2 tsp dijon mustard
1 tbsp Kosher salt
pepper 

Directions:
Blend all pesto ingredients. 
Coat vegetables well with pesto, reserving some pesto for garnish if desired. 
Spread on 2 baking sheets, making sure that everything is in 1 layer. 
Bake at 350 for an hour. Reduce temperature to 300 for another hour. You can even just turn off oven and leave them in for another hour. 
Garnish with pine nuts, pesto mixture, basil and or parsley. Enjoy! 

Banana Berry Protein Muffins

Ingredients:
1 banana 🍌 , mashed
3 Tbsp maple syrup
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup plain Greek yogurt (I used 0%)
1/4 cup applesauce or baby food pouch
2 cups @kodiakcakes mix
1/2 tsp baking powder
1 cup mixed berries (I used frozen)
I tsp cinnamon
Topping: 2 tbsp maple flakes mixed with 1 tsp cinnamon

Directions:
Whisk together wet ingredients then mix in dry and finally mix in berries. Spoon about 1/4 cup of mixture into each hole of muffin tin. Top each muffin with cinnamon maple mixture.
Bake at 350° for 20-25 minutes.

Quick and Easy Lotus Babka

Roll out puff dough as thinly as you can on a piece of floured parchment. Spread about 1/2 a container of @lotusbiscoff butter as thinly as possible onto the puff dough. Roll it into a long log and gently pull it longer. Cut it in half and twist both logs together. Top with some crushed lotus cookies. Place in a greased loaf pan and bake at 375 for about 30 minutes (until the top is nicely browned). You can make this with Nutella (or the parve version too)