Monday 8 September 2014

Red onion hummus

1 large red onion
1 can of chickpeas
1tbls of water
2tsp of tahini
Seasoning
Oil to fry onions

I used to spend a fortune on buying onion hummus, I now love experimenting with different types to see which is my favourite, I used tahini in this recipe which I dont normally like in hummus which is just a personal preference and will be leaving it out in the future.
Start by dicing your red onion, heat up a pan with about a tbls of oil add the onion and lots of seasoning and fry until soft with slight colour. Add your chickpeas and water, I use the water out of the can of chickpeas, to a bowl with the tahini if adding it, then the onions and blend, keep tasting to see if more seasoning or tahini needs adding. I enjoyed my hummus on a piece of toasted seeded bread.

Saturday 6 September 2014

Vegan Chocolate cakes

I use a basic chocolate cake mix but add things like fruit, nuts or chocolate chunks to make it a bit more exciting. This is the cheapest, easiest and quickest chocolate cake mix iv tried so far and always comes out perfect and moist.

200g plain flour
200g caster sugar
4 tbls cocoa powder
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
1/2 tsp salt
5 tbls vegetable oil
1 tsp vanilla extract
250 ml water

Sift the dry ingredients into a bowl, fold in the wet ingredients, separate the cake mix if making different fillings, I used fruit and nut for one and melt in the middle for the other by placing a piece of chocolate in the centre of each muffin. You can make single muffins which take around 25 minutes on a medium heat or one large cake which will take around 40 minutes. This recipe is very simple yet versatile, have fun experimenting!