Raw Chocolate

Goji and Pumpkin Seed Pie, me little treat with my coffee! It is a vegan chocolate bar alternative with heaps of added goodness! sugar free, dairy free, gluten free and made using raw chocolate which is believed to have natural prozac properties! These chocolate bars, which are available in a selection of flavours, are made using all organic and fairtrade ingrediants. This bar which I enjoyed is rich in taste, moist, soft and crumbly, and the pumpkin seeds were nice and crunchy. Overall it reminded me of Christmas pudding and it was lovely and more-ish. Looking forward to trying the other flavours.

Where can you find them? Eighth Day, Oxford Road and on their website;

www.sproutingseeds.co.uk

My Vegan Nut and Basil Pesto

This is my own recipe for a lovely nutty basil pesto which I stirred into cooked and chilled bow pasta for a very yummy salad for our Jubilee Celebration Lunch.

2 handfuls of pine nuts

1 handful of cashews, roughly chopped
4 spring onions, chopped
1 large garlic clove, roughly chopped
2 handfuls of basil
olive oil
salt and pepper


In a frying pan add garlic, spring onions, cashews and pine nuts and a splash of oil, fry on low so the onions slightly soften and the pine nuts toast lightly.
In a food processor blend basil leaves and pinch of salt and freshly ground pepper until basil is roughly chopped.
Then add the nut and onion mix, blend until nearly smooth.
Add olive oil, a bit at a time to get your preferred pesto consistency .
I then stirred this through 1/2 - 3/4 of a bag of bow pasta.
Enjoy