Pie!

I never thought I would be able to eat a pie with my Vegan Carnivore until he outgrew his allergy, but Egg- and Dairy-free Dad and Omnivore Girl made egg- and dairy-free pastry!! I am still so thrilled about this, even though the pie was made almost a week ago.

Since I didn't make it, I can't tell you how to make the pork & mushroom filling, but I can give you Egg- and Dairy-free Dad's description. As you can tell, he's not really very fond of Nuttelex.

I used this pie recipe as a basis

http://www.vegfamily.com/vegan-recipes/desserts/vegan-pie-crust.htm

but there's not that much to it. what I really did was mix 3 cups of flour, about half a container of nuttelex <yecch> and a teaspoon or so of salt in the food processor. I added a tiny bit of cold water, but then it instantly felt like just a bit too much. It needs more salt.

 

Omnivore Girl helped to roll it out and prick the base, she just loves to cook. And then she loves to eat! As did her little brother and the rest of the family. There's nothing better than lovely crisp pastry. :o)

Egg- and Dairy-free Chocolate Cupcakes

Time for a family celebration, so I made some chocolate cupcakes for the vegan carnivore with the help of the carnivore's big sister. It rated pretty highly on bestrecipes so I thought it would be a safe enough experiment. And sure enough, it worked! I made half the recipe and made 20 small cupcakes.

Got to love recipes that work first time and don't need an egg beater! A nice one to cook with kids.

http://www.bestrecipes.com.au/recipe/Egg-and-Dairy-Free-Chocolate-Cake-L6971.html

Ingredients (half-batch)
1 1/2 cups self-raising flour
1/3 cup cocoa
1 cup caster sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup water
1/3 cup canola oil
1 tbsp lemon juice
1/2 tsp vanilla essence

Method

1. Line cupcake tin with patty pans and pre-heat oven to 160° Celsius fan force (or 180°C bake)
2. Sift flour, cocoa, caster sugar and salt into a large bowl.
3. Add remaining ingredients and mix well (a spoon will do).
4. Pour mixture into a prepared patty pans.
5. Bake for 20 minutes or until cooked through.