Nuts and Seeds

NUTS AND SEEDS
Rice and Beans
A vegan food blog, a continuation of fairestfeed.blogspot.com.

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Vegan hotcakes with chopped almonds, fresh fruit and maple syrup.
NZ$12.50
These were some of the best pancakes/hotcakes I have ever had - so light and fluffy. Cosset is a really cute, almost entirely vegan cafe, featuring lots of really decedent looking cakes and sweets, hot meals, breakfasts, home-made condiments, jams and syrups. If you’re in Auckland, I really recommend a trip out to Mt Albert. Good coffee too!
Cosset1087 New North RdMt AlbertAukland, NZ

Vegan okonomiyaki.
My first attempt. We had these babies for breakfast yesterday morning. I based them loosely on this recipe, using about 1/2 cup tapioca flour, 1/2 cup potato flour and maybe 2 cups wheat flour with about a teaspoon of powdered veggie stock, enough water to make a thick batter, grated potato (drained of as much liquid as I could get out of it), grated carrot, shredded kale, shredded wombok cabbage, some grated ginger, and sliced purple onion.

Savoury French toast, last Sunday’s lazy breakfast.
The bread was soaked in a chickpea flour/rice milk/nutritional yeast/salt/pepper batter before being fried until golden. Served with hot sauce and my date and apple chutney.

Toasted oats, home-made soy yogurt, sultanas, roasted spiced apple slices, toasted seeds (pepitas, sunflower, sesame, chia, linseed), walnuts and ground flaxseeds.
On the mornings I’m not at work (7:30am starts) I like to make a big ceremony out of breakfast. The apples I coated in agave, cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg before roasting in a moderate oven until golden.

Vegan saffron French toast with poached pear in a spiced syrup.
Monk Bodhi Dharma, Rear 202 Carlilse St Balaclava VIC

Breakfast in the van.
Oat porridge, sliced apple and dates, soymilk. Our breakfast every morning whilst touring in the van in Tasmania

Oat porridge with home-made soy yogurt, cinnamon-roasted Pink Lady apples and maple syrup.
I had an informal interview for a baking job I’d be perfect for, so I needed a good breakfast to prepare me. I want it so much I’m making myself very nervous!
More on the home-made yogurt soon.

Muesli with rice milk, topped with black cherries in vanilla syrup.
Eaten outside in the sunshine, accompanied by a jar of cold soy coffee and a book about colonising Mars.

Wheat-free, sugar-free banana flapjacks from Vegan Brunch.
Topped with my home-made strawberry jam (which cancels out any benefit from the sugar-freeness I suppose), eaten in bed watching Deadwood because work was cancelled.
These measurements will make twice as many flapjacks as you see on the plate.
2 ripe bananas2 tablespoons oil (I used coconut)1/2 cup milk (I used rice)1/2 cup water2 tsp apple cider vinegar1 tbs maple syrup (I used dark agave instead)1 cup flour (I used spelt)2 1/4 tsp baking powder1/4 tsp salt1/4 tsp cinnamonpinch of allspice
In a large bowl mash the banana with a fork. Add oil, water, milk, vinegar and maple syrup/agave. Mix well.Add the flour, baking powder, salt and spices. Mix until only a few lumps remain.Heat a frying pan or cast iron skillet over medium heat. Add a little oil and, using a 1/4 cup measuring cup, pour batter into the pan. Spread out evenly using the back of the cup. Flip the pancake over when the edges start to look dry and bubbles appear on the surface. Cook for a few more minutes and remove onto a plate. Keep them warm under a teatowel while you make the others.
If you use agave, your pancakes will brown a lot quicker. They still taste good, but you can reduce browning by lowering the heat.

Toasted sourdough with home-made hummus, pesto mushrooms, parsley and toasted seeds.
Blueberry, banana and mango rice milk smoothie