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gourmet raw brownies and crisps

Lucy — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 10:49:24 +0000

brownies all in a row

But first to the crisps: completely guilt free, dried raw squares of tastiness. The three flavours are Beetroot, Spicy Thai and Red Pepper and they’re all very good…

beetroot crisps nestled in their bag

…but the absolute winner for us was the red pepper. Reminiscent of pizza, these would be very nice little crackers too. Topped with a small slice of tomato, a basil leaf and maybe half an olive… but before these musings could be made real and captured on camera they were all scoffed by other people.

red pepper crisps

The brownies are satisfyingly sticky, soft and rich, remarkably like a cooked cake but you still feel great after eating them. No sugar rush/up/down thing going on at all.

that's my favourite, the cacao cocobanana one

It’s deliciously coconutty and sweet. And just look at this cacao mint brownie coming towards you:

you want it don't you? well you should, it's good!

Excuse the food porn Other varieties are cacoa cashew which is pleasantly cinnamony, carob hazelnut and carob orange. The carob ones are nice, they got gobbled down fast, but chocolate is always preferred here.

All these delicious, healthy products are raw, organic, vegan and free from wheat and gluten You can read more about them and purchase on Gourmet Raw’s website Use code GR003 for a 10% discount.

getting a bit festive

green

finally... a blog post

Solstice Chocolate Refrigerator Christmas Cake

Lucy — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 16:52:12 +0000

sun sets on the Solstice over the garden

You will need:

1 square cake tin, greased

2 100g bars of good chocolate

1 tablespoon of margarine

1 tablespoon of golden syrup

1 200g pack of bourbon biscuits (other biscuits will do), bashed up

and here’s the Christmassy part… a crumbled slice of Christmas cake including bits of marzipan and icing

a handful of raisins

Method:

Melt 1 bar of chocolate in a Bain Marie (bowl over pan of hot water) along with the marg and syrup. Once nice and smooth, stir in your other ingredients and press mixture into tin. Melt the other bar and spread on top. We topped with sugar stars… chill in fridge until set and cut into squares.

It’s gorgeous… quite different with the Christmas cake but very, very good and dangerously moreish

your calorie requirement for the week in one handy square

cocoa and art

winter

early morning

it’s not too late

Lucy — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 15:14:55 +0000

to make a Christmas cake or plan your vegan Christmas dinner

to buy a vegan cookbook or kids book – today, Monday 19th is the last day for free shipping with Amazon but there are various other delivery choices all week.

to get a t-shirt from us, the deadline is 20th Dec with express shipping

order from hotel chocolat by 4pm Friday for Christmas Eve delivery.

Ethical Superstore‘s last order dates are Tuesday 20th 12pm for standard delivery and Thursday 22nd for express

The Book People have next day delivery available until the 22nd.

Or you can just say, ‘no, I am not buying anything else,’ and go for a nice walk instead… probably the better option

in the woods

In case we don’t blog before it’s all over, have a happy festive time

Glasgow and Loch Lomond

soups and games

lovely things

Little cakes and much jumping

Lucy — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 08:42:02 +0000

little lemon cakes

space and Waldorf

pilgrims

stripey sky and flapjacks

summer

Lucy — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 07:44:54 +0000

vanilla cake with cream and buttons

creamovita and chocolate buttons - recipe for sponge on this page

: colours from the garden – a smoothie to be (added avo, banana, and OJ)

moth

check out VegaNation, a new vegan online shop!

boy by sea

Pennan

girlish toes in the sea

salad

cauldron

sequins

Books of the moment:

Ecstatic Beings - Shazzie and Kate Magic

The Brightest Star in the Sky - Marian Keyes

Balletboyz - Michael Nunn and Billy Trevitt

Waldon and Other Writings - Henry David Thoreau

a day of trains, mountains and friends

bullying and anatomical colouring

pigeon

a little bit summery

Lucy — Tue, 17 May 2011 07:22:47 +0000

raspberry cakes

we're tough - swimming in Baltic temperatures

lots of salad from garden over pasta and raw sauce

sauce: two tomatoes, 1 apple, 3 cloves of garlic, garden herbs of lovage, sage and mint and then some hulled hemp seeds, all blitzed up

outdoor fun

garden

summer solstice

finally… a blog post

Lucy — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 08:20:33 +0000

Seem to be having some trouble prioritising blogging (the smiley denotes that I do not actually care about this in the slightest so do not expect it to change anytime soon )

So, instead, I will draw your attention to a new blog on the sidebar. It makes me giggle every morning as I swig nettle tea and peruse the internet in bed, thinking of the Knickernator out running and smiling with her liver – Skedaddle!

Vegan Easter has been updated :D

Happenings revealed by camera content:

some of us have been doing teddy bear impersonations and sunbathing

there's been cake

flowers

loving all the spring green things - parsley here

hyacinth gone wild

natural history centre

pilgrims

spiral in the sand

Happy Valentines Day

Lucy — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 17:01:07 +0000

flowers

cake with blueberries and chocolate hearts

chocolate hearts

seeds and scones

green

after a little blog break...

sheep, a candle, a cake and the sky

Lucy — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 07:57:58 +0000

sheep

candle and bubbles

another soul searching Transformation Game was played… it really does embody that Findhorn-esque quality of sharing and discovering deep things openly with others, love it. Wonderful companion to the morning pages of The Artist’s Way.

40 - my life begins now then

sky gazing

gorgeous cake

sunny work

strawberries