Figgy Flapjack

This recipe evolved out of a need to have a nut free snack bar for my daughters’ lunch boxes.  Both schools they attend have a nut free policy to protect those children with allergies, which for us can be quite limiting.  Being vegetarian and dairy free we often rely on nut products for protein, good…

Fig and Lemon Marmalade

First things first: I know that figs are not considered entirely vegan.  During pollination the female fig wasp gets trapped inside the flower and is consumed by the plant as the tree creates a fig around the body of the wasp.  The wasp’s sacrifice results in the plant being pollinated, and the fig being formed,…

Power Snack Bars

Creating something like this makes me feel like I’m somehow getting one over on the big food companies, by making something better and cheaper than the mass produced and packaged alternatives.  This feeling (and my very tight monthly budget!) is what gets me bubbling up huge batches of my own organic baked beans, or setting the…