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Welcome to The OTHER Side of Mindful BakeHouse
The side for the do-it-yourselfers, the adventurous bakers, and those that live a little to far away to make it to our bakery in person. This is where I post all the fun gluten-free dairy-free things I've been testing/making that aren't official BakeHouse recipes. Most of which we also share on our YouTube Channel, as well as our second instagram account, & TikTok. So if you're like me and you'd rather watch than read, feel free to go follow us on your fav social media app in
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ššEasy 4-Ingredient 5 Minute Caramel Sauce #FallIntoShorts Day 10
You are 4 ingredients & 5 minutes away from a vegan, no cook refined-sugar-free, homemade date-caramel sauce perfect for dipping apples or building that viral caramel apple cup! INGREDIENTS: 1 cup (about 200g) soft medjool dates, pitted* 1/2 cup milk of choice (I am using unsweetened cashew milk) 1 tbsp vanilla 1/2 tsp sea salt *if your dates are not super soft already, soak in hot water for 15 minutes, then drain, before blending your caramel sauce. INSTRUCTIONS: -combine in
Oct 25, 2025
š¤Fluffy Homemade Marshmallows | Sugar-Free/RSF
Homemade marshmallows are so much softer & fluffier than store bought, plus they only use a few simple ingredients (AND you choose the sweetener!! See notes below for swaps). After youāve make them once, youāll never go backā¦ Watch our video here: https://youtube.com/shorts/1IKSjUEdWxU?feature=share INGREDIENTS: āŗ1/2 cup cold water (it needs to be cool/cold to bloom your gelatin) āŗ3 tbsp gelatin āŗ1/2 cup water (water temp doesnāt matter here) āŗ1 cup granulated sweetener of ch
Aug 18, 2025
Easy Almond Flour Crackers #glutenfree #vegan
Weāre making these today, because itās July 25, aka Christmas in July, aka an excuse to make holiday recipes like Christmas crack!! (Watch for part 2 for that recipe!) 1 1/2 cups almond flour 2 tbsp olive oil 2 tbsp water 1/4 tsp sea salt Xanthan is optional: you can add 1/4 tsp here for stronger crackers. Since ours were going into Christmas Crack, I didnāt add xanthan -Combine, and roll to 1/8th inch thick, cut with pastry cutter/pizza cutter/knife as desired -Bake 350F for
Jul 26, 2025
Perfectly Snappy Graham Crackers | Gluten-Free & Vegan
These perfectly crispy, perfectly sweet graham crackers are gluten-free, grain-free, dairy-free, egg-free, vegan, starch-free and can be made sugar-free/low carb too. These are great for fun summer dips (sāmores dip, cookie dough dip, cheesecake dip), by itself, or made into sāmores or other layered desserts like frozen protein sāmores, strawberry ice box cake, or tiramisu icebox cake (watch our next video for that recipe!) INGREDIENTS: āŗ2 cups almond flour āŗ3 tbsp coconut su
Jul 2, 2025
Day 11 of Healthy Summer Treats: š«š„2-Ingredient Chocolate Freezer Fudge
Super easy, creamy chocolate PB fudge (or sub your fav nut butter!) Youāll need: āŗ1 cup df/v dark chocolate or chocolate of choice (use s.f. for low-carb/keto!)* āŗ1 cup peanut butter/almond butter/cashew butter or other nut/seed butter of choice* *choose a chocolate & nut butter you love the flavour of, as they are the only ingredients. Instructions: āŗCombine your chocolate & nut butter in a microwave safe bowl. āŗMicrowave in 30 second bursts until fully melted, then mix unti
Jun 20, 2025
1 Ingredient Lentil Wraps & Sheet Pan Flatbreads | Gluten Free & Vegan
Ever feel like wraps, but donāt have any around the house? Or maybe youāre looking for an easy, higher protein wrap or flatbread?? These are super easy, and so versatile. Add whatever herbs and spices, and turn it into wraps/flatbreads or even you new favourite pizza crust! ā¬ļø RECIPE ā¬ļø Makes 7 wraps using 1/3 cup scoop. Batter Recipe: -1 cup dried red lentils -1 cup water for the batter, plus 1-2 cups more for soaking Optional Add-Ins (for fun flavours!): -sea salt -dried or
May 30, 2025
2-INGREDIENT Ice Cream | Coconut Date | No Ice Cream Machine
Iām obsessed with this super simple 2-ingredient coconut date ice cream! Itās dairy-free, egg-free, vegan, refined-sugar-free, date-sweetened, uses just 2 whole food ingredients, and doesnāt require a fancy ice cream machine, or a Ninja Creami (though weāll include those instructions below too!) Hereās what you need: 1 can coconut milk (full fat) 160g (7-9 dates) Medjool dates, pitted Hereās how you make it: Blend together ingredients in a high speed blender until super smoot
May 19, 2025
š§Ā DIY Whipped Vegan Butter
A super quick & easy swap for butter in a recipe, you can do a straight swap for coconut oil, or Spectrum palm shortening, but in actuality real butter contains water (not just fat! Itās 80-82% fat, and 18-20% water) which can impact how your recipe bakes. Sometimes you need the water content in there to create steam and create lift (like in pastries, etc). To mimic butter, you can make this super fluffy vegan butter replacement at home in less than 5 minutes, and store it in
May 19, 2025
Oat-Free Rhubarb Crisp/Crumble
Itās that time of year!! I was gifted some fresh rhubarb last night, so that meansā¦ ā¦ rhubarb crisp!! (Or crumble, or whatever you like to call it. Itās so delicious fresh from the oven with a cold scoop of vanilla ice cream. Yum!!). Here we pair the rhubarb with some fresh strawberries and blackberries that we had in our fridge, but rhubarb pairs super well with any berry, or even apples - something sweet that plays well with the sourness of the rhubarb. Also, feel free to u
May 19, 2025
Creamy Vanilla Pudding | GF/DF/RSF/V
Super easy, 5 minute vegan vanilla pudding, packed with vanilla flavour. Great to enjoy as is, as a pudding. Or layer it with sliced bananas and nilla cookie crumbs to make the most delicious banana pudding ! Ingredients: -1Ā 13.5oz can full fat coconut milk -1/4 cupĀ unsweetened almond milk (or other plant milk) -1/4 cupĀ maple syrup, or coconut sugar, or sweetener of choice -2 1/2 tbsp arrowroot/tapioca/cornstarch -A coupleĀ pinchesĀ of turmeric (optional for colour) -Pinch of
Apr 26, 2025
Crispy Nilla Wafers | GF/DF/RSF/V
Crunchy little cookies, packed with vanilla flavour, for banana puddings , cheesecake-stuffed berries , cookie-crumb pie crusts, or just for snacking! They're so good! Makes about 58-60 little cookies (4 cups worth) - you can also 1/4 this batch if you donāt want any leftover cookies after you make banana pudding . -1 1/4 cup gluten free flour (I used 1/4 cup tapioca, 1/4 cup coconut flour, 3/4 cup white rice flour) -1/4 cup almond flour -3/4 cup coconut sugar -1 tbsp ground
Apr 26, 2025
Psyllium Coconut Wraps/Tortillas | Vegan, Paleo, GF, Keto, Low Carb
Gluten free wraps that donāt break!!?! š± Looking for an easy to make gluten free wrap, that holds up to fillings, folds (and scrunches!!?!) without breaking. Stores well. And has a neutral taste/texture that goes well with any filling? And theyāre grain-free/df/v/nut-free and low carb/keto too!! šš» Give this one a try!! Makes: 6 small (54g) wraps/tortillas or 4 larger ones Today weāre making these low carb tortillas. I canāt get over how bendable these things are. For a gf
Apr 23, 2025
Chocolate Chia Seed Pudding | 6-Ingredients
How to use š„„š„Ā liquid ā”ļø If you ever find yourself with the liquid leftover from canned coconut milk (after making whip cream , vegan cheesecake or no churn ice cream ) you could add it to a smoothie OR make this easy blended chia seed pudding that tastes just like dessert! Video here: https://youtube.com/shorts/T40WXHqJObs?feature=share Chocolate chia pudding (that can easily be made low carb/keto too!!) is also perfect when you know you have a busy morning ahead, (or sa
Mar 24, 2025
5 Minute 5 Ingredient Healthier Chocolate Sauce š«šØ DF, Vegan, No Refined Sugar
This sauce comes together with 3 main ingredients, in less than 5 minutes when you need a quick chocolate syrup for topping your desserts/ice cream. Weāre making this to top our vegan/egg-free/dairy-free fried ice cream (that video is coming soon!!!). INGREDIENTS: āŗ1/4 cup cocoa powder āŗ1/4 cup water āŗ1/4 cup coconut sugar (or your sugar/sugar sub of choice) āŗ(1 tsp vanilla) āŗ(pinch sea salt) -Combine & bring to a simmer, while stirring. You can use it right away or let cool/
Mar 7, 2025
Jugo Verde - No Juicer š„ššŖ
I was still feeling flared after eating too many of my ānoā/triggger foods over New Years, so I felt like making some green juice this week but didnāt feel like digging out my (very heavy) juicer. So letās make it WITHOUT a juicer. https://youtube.com/shorts/mDlvP2a6p4k?si=rlfuEYRVz-skH5dA This one is inspired by our fall trip to Mexico where we got to drink fresh made āJugo Verdeā with breakfast each morning. Ingredients: šCelery, handful of stalks, ends trimmed š„Cucumber,
Jan 31, 2025
Hot Choc & Vegan Marshmallow Fluff | Sugar-Free/Low Carb Options
We finally got winter/snowy weather here, so itās time to bust out the hot cocao!!! Hereās my go to āhealthierā recipe, along with a super fun vegan marshmallow fluff topping that you can make to top your hot chocolate, and feel like that famous/viral NYC shop Glace. You can watch our video here: https://youtu.be/X7vWPOCy04M?si=THSemeA1Qp2ltkHW š¤ Vegan Marshmallow Fluff/Meringue 1/4c aquafaba 1/4-1/2c allulose/sweetener/sugar of choice (I did 1/4c here) 1/2 tsp cream of tart
Jan 16, 2025
Naturally Coloured Homemade Edible Glitter
Here's an easy DIY recipe to make your own, clean, no gelatin/vegan, naturally coloured edible glitter. Have fun making your own glitter mixes!! Want to see how we did it (and one recipe that failed...) https://youtu.be/UEOVby5amQY?si=P5Xta2ZAOeXD8lTS&list=PL2aqa_VNUFljHkAE7zNe2y_zhXRTjKrsr Ingredients -120mL (1/2cup) cool or room temperature water (not hot!) -1 tbsp (15mL or 8g) tapioca starch (can substitute cornstarch) -colour (we used 1 tsp organic beet powder, turmeric,
Jan 13, 2025
Making the "BEST KETO ALMOND VEGAN BREAD" from Lowcarbrecipeideas
I have been on the hunt for some new starch-free bread recipes (I think starting to be sensitive to tapioca starch, which is in almost ALL gluten-free bread recipes to lighten them and make them more fluffy and like "regular" gluten bread). We've tried the 3 ingredient flax bread, which was so simple and yummy: https://youtu.be/c8zBnny85dQ?si=splC1V5eBDEYDL_4 We've tried the life changing/seed bread, also yummy, but in a chewy dense way: https://youtu.be/o3TgTjvLWYE?si=jyP-_I
Dec 9, 2024
š§ Buckwheat Blender Waffles
Gluten free, dairy free & vegan option too!! The vegan version of these were my Go To breakfast for a long time when my kids were little. Iād scale it up, and batch make a LOT of them on a Sunday and freeze them for quick and easy breakfasts during the week - just pop them in the toaster frozen and youāre good to go! Lately Iāve been trying to increase my protein at breakfast so Iāve recently tried this recipe with 2 eggs and with 4 eggs and theyāve both worked out great. So
Dec 1, 2024
š Seed Bread 2.0 WITHOUT OATS | No Yeast | Vegan | Gluten Free
After posting the Life Changing/Adventure Bread recipe, you guys asked if it could be made without oats. The recipe looked forgiving enough, so we gave it a go, and it turned out great!! Here's our Adventure Bread/Seed Bread 2.0 with flax and hemp in place of rolled oats. In case you'd like to watch our video: https://youtu.be/yDhn8USYmAw INGREDIENTS: DRY -1Ā cupĀ sunflower seeds -1/2 cupĀ hazelnuts or almonds, rough chopped -1Ā cup ground flaxmeal -1/2 cup hemp seeds -1/2 cup wh
Nov 5, 2024
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