Peanut butter soft mousse recipe
A soft, airy, peanut butter and coconut mousse.
Homemade nutty cocoa spread
Once upon a time I used to be an advocate for Nutella, one of Italy’s most iconic food exports (not even sure it is still ‘italian’ nowadays but surely it was first produced in my home country). I stopped buying or eating it many years ago when it became obvious one of its main ingredients is the dreaded palm oil, as well as many other not so healthy ingredients (such as an enormous amount of sugar). Valid palm oil free…
Incredible vegan chocolate mousse
Have you ever heard of aquafaba? I first came across this relatively new word a year or so ago. It seems it was created putting together aqua (water) and faba (from fava beans) because aquafaba is in fact, the water that is usually discarded after boiling pulses. For years indeed, I have chucked in the sink the liquid from cans and jars of beans, chickpeas and peas. Gosh! What a mistake. It turns out this strangely gelatinous liquid has some…
Make yogurt at home with the CrockPot
In an effort to reduce single use plastic in our household (a near impossible task, I fear) I had recently started buying fresh milk from the milkman. It came in lovely, old fashioned bottles which were then picked up at the next delivery. I was happy. Yet the milk wasn’t of great quality and within as little as 24h would smell sour, and be properly curdled often within two days. Moreover, the milk bottles were also delivered in plastic bags….
Fluffy blood orange and raspberries marshmallows recipe
Fluffy…soft… squidgy.. I only discovered marshmallows quite late in life, once I moved to the UK. I hated them initially, as the plasticky, gosh knows what is inside shop bought ones. In my view they are not really that nice at all. Yet once I tried the real thing, home made, I was hooked. I thus decided I had to try and make them myself. Sounded pretty simple at first… Not really. I failed a few times, until one day…