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Bakery Blog & Recipes
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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Gluten-Free Dairy-Free Snack Recipes
🍌🍫🥣 Chocolate Chip Banana Bread with Almond & Coconut Flour
This one comes together so easily in one bowl, can be mixed by hand (no mixer required!), uses a combo of almond flour and coconut flour, so it’s gluten/grain-free, but also paleo, dairy-free and oil-free. And if you swap out the eggs for flax eggs - this can be vegan/egg-free too!! Full Video Here (just don’t mind my scratchy voice, I was getting over a cold!) https://youtu.be/rLu_0l4lVa8?si=hy-9uw_UiLgUPA6E Ingredients: 2 ripe bananas 3 large eggs, or 3 flax eggs 1 tsp vani
Feb 26
Layered Tiramisu Chia Seed Pudding | Overnight Breakfast Recipe
Do you love overnight oats, but are looking to mix it up? Or maybe you like the idea of overnight oats, but can’t eat oats… Then try this overnight chia pudding that tastes like dessert! It’s quick to assemble, and makes it easy to grab n go in the morning. I’m making this, planning ahead for an early start last Friday morning. I knew I had a long day ahead, with 12+ hours in my van (turned out to be 16!!), picking up restocks 4+ hours away, from 5 different gluten-free baker
Feb 24
4 Ingredient No Bake Peanut Butter Chocolate Oat Cups | GF/DF/V
Today we're making a Super Easy, Super Quick, 4-Ingredient No Bake Snack/Healthy Dessert Recipe:Peanut Butter Chocolate Oat Cups. Video: https://youtu.be/IwmSN2wzbU8 Oat Cups/Base: -1c old fashioned rolled oats -3 tbsp peanut butter or other nut/seed butter -2 tbsp maple syrup Filling: -1/2c peanut butter or other nut/seed butter -1/2c dark chocolate (df/v, or sugar-free chocolate if desired) Optional Extras: -Flakey sea salt, sprinkle as topping -Chopped nuts of choice, spri
Nov 12, 2024
VIRAL Chickpea Nutella Recipe
The "Viral Chickpea Nutella" tastes more like a "Chocolate Brownie Batter Protein Spread". But it was still quite delicious, and is a great nut-free, oil-free & vegan alternative. https://youtube.com/shorts/gn4g3VCR3T8?feature=share RECIPE 1 16 oz can chickpeas, drained & rinsed 4 medjool dates, pitted, and soaked in hot water so they blend smoother 1 tbsp sweetener of choice, or an extra date if you like things sweeter 1/2 cup cocoa powder 1/4 cup dark chocolate 1/2 teaspoon
Nov 5, 2024
Crispy 5 Seed Keto Crackers | No Sesame | Sweetened Chocolate Option too!
Protein-packed thin & crispy, healthy 5 seed crackers. They're keto, low-carb, vegan & gluten-free; with no flour or oils, just seeds, are so fast & easy to make. This is another one of those things that I kept buying, even though they’re just SOOOOO easy to make. But once you make them, you’ll be hooked, because they’re easy & quick & so customizable. Try our sweetened version too!! You can watch us make them here: https://youtu.be/GEAOfr_52Ng ============== BASIC RECIPE: 1/
Nov 3, 2024
Easy Caramel Apple Bites
These are such a fun & easy treat to make at home (and healthier alternative to a traditional caramel apple - bonus it's also dairy-free and vegan!!) https://youtube.com/shorts/30D0k2bmrR8?feature=share What you need: -chopped apple, of your choice (you can peel them if you wish) -medjool dates -dark chocolate -toppings of choice (we used chopped peanuts) How to: -open and pit a date, then stuff with a few pieces of apple -close the date, then dip in melted chocolate -before
Oct 23, 2024
Chocolate Dipped Caramel Apple Pops with Crushed Peanuts | Easy Vegan PB Caramel Sauce
With Halloween around the corner, caramel apples are BAAAAACCKKK!! But are you like me and find them difficult to eat? Here's a new fun way to enjoy the same flavours, but much better portioned, and easier to eat. BONUS: theres also a quick recipe for the BEST vegan PB caramel sauce that you just make in a blender. Simple slice an apple, stick a popsicle stick into it, top with vegan PB caramel (recipe below), chill until caramel thickens, then dip in melted dark chocolate,
Oct 23, 2024
Ferrero Rocher Inspired/Nutella Overnight Oats
The hardest part is waiting until the next morning to try it! 😉🫶 Oats Layer: -1/2c old fashioned rolled oats -1/2c hazelnut milk or milk of choice -1tbsp chocolate hazelnut butter -1tbsp syrup/honey/sweetener of choice -1tbsp cocoa -1tbsp chia seeds -Pinch of salt Yogurt Layer: -1/4c yogurt of choice -1tbsp chocolate hazelnut butter Chocolate Layer: -1tbsp chocolate hazelnut butter Topping: -Hazelnut pieces -Flakey sea salt -Combine oat ingredients in a bowl and stir to com
Oct 21, 2024
Better Peanut Butter Balls
Does anyone else make these yummy treats around Christmas? As a kid I used to help my family make them every year. They were always my favourite and the first treat I would choose from the Christmas cookie tins. But why do we need to wait for Christmas? Let’s make a healthier version that we can enjoy all year. We’re swapping icing sugar for maple syrup (and less of it!), butter for coconut oil to make them df/v, and using dark chocolate for dipping. Then optionally add some
Oct 17, 2024
No Bake Choc Chip Oatmeal Energy Bites
These yummy little no-bake energy balls taste like chocolate chip cookie dough, and come together in one bowl, in just a few minutes. You can keep a batch in your fridge to snack on throughout the week, or throw some in your bag when you’re on the go, or add to your kids’ lunches (you can use sunbutter so they're nut-free!). Did you know we have a YouTube channel? You can watch our video of us making some energy balls here: https://youtu.be/UJrFU7nmgGE?si=-XMbPG0JkwqeBpWr Or
Oct 11, 2024
The BEST Vegan Chocolate Avocado Mousse
Rich & creamy, decadent (and healthy!!) chocolate dessert made with avocados. It could not be easier!! https://youtu.be/QyG3qUCTNeA INGREDIENTS: -2 ripe avocados -1/2 cup almond milk -1/2 cup cocao powder -1/3 cup maple syrup or sweetener of choice or 8 soaked dates -2 tsp vanilla -pinch sea salt Combine in food processor and blend until smooth. Divide into bowls or jars and enjoy! #vegan #dairyfree #paleo #lowcarb #healthyrecipes #avocado #chocolate
Sep 28, 2024
Healthy Double Chocolate Banana Bread
Made with almond flour! It's gluten-free, grain-free (no oats or rice flour), dairy-free, oil-free, refined sugar free & paleo. It's another great way to use up your ripe bananas!! https://youtu.be/SShII3qDz4A INGREDIENTS: 3 ripe bananas 1/4 cup maple syrup 3 eggs 2 1/2 cups almond flour 1/2 cup cocoa powder 1 tsp baking soda 1/2 tsp salt 1 tsp vanilla 1/2 cup chocolate chips of choice (we used coconut sweetened ones from Healthy Crunch to keep this refined-sugar-free/paleo).
Sep 28, 2024
Healthy Starbucks Pumpkin Loaf Copycat with Almond Flour
Were you like me, and counting down the days until September? When it’s “ok” to start the craziness of pumpkin recipes & PSLs (pumpkin spice lattes)?!? 😜🎃🍂🧡 I’ve got an amazing healthy recipe for a Starbucks pumpkin bread/cake dupe, that you can eat guilt-free!! It’s gluten-free, dairy-free, refined sugar-free/paleo, oil-free, and even pretty low carb. All the things! YET so moist and tender and PACKED with flavour. I had to stop myself from eating the entire loaf for my
Sep 8, 2024
The BEST Zucchini Oatmeal Cookies
Another sweet zucchini recipe, because, let's face it, we're still buried in zucchini over here, and maybe you are too, lol! These are soft & chewy, gluten-free, dairy-free, vegan, refined sugar free, and so delicious! Packed full of whole oats, chocolate chips and zucchini. Let's make some: INGREDIENTS 1c gf flour blend 1/2 tsp baking soda 1/2 tsp sea salt 1 tsp cinnamon (or just do 1/2 tsp if you want a less strong cinnamon flavour) 1/2c coconut oil, not melted (or use vega
Aug 27, 2024
Oven Baked Breaded Zucchini Chips
Here’s the last video of our zucchini series so far!! Hopefully these help you find new & delicious ways to use up all your zucchini. This last one is a super quick and easy oven-baked breaded zucchini chip recipe, that is so addictively crunchy on the outside, and soft & creamy on the inside (and this is coming from someone who wasn’t a big fan of zucchini - maybe I just never had it prepared this way!!?!) INGREDIENTS: 1 medium zucchini 1/4c plant milk (we used almond milk)
Aug 18, 2024
Zucchini Fritters/Pancakes | Low-carb | Keto | Gluten-Free | Dairy-Free
It's zucchini season!! Anyone else have far too many zucchinis that they know what to do with? That's why you're here, right? These fritters (or do you call them "pancakes"?) are so healthy & delicious that I gobbled them up in one sitting (and I'm NOT a big zucchini fan - I hate how it gets mushy when cooked). They're pretty quick & easy to make, and you could prep a HUGE batch to use up all your zucchini, then freeze them for a quick snack/side through the week. We also jus
Aug 18, 2024
Healthy Multi-Seed & Nut Bread aka “Life Changing Bread” Recipe
This was inspired by my recent visit to The Southwest Collective when I was visiting my friend back in April 2024. One day that week, her husband took the day off work, to watch their two young kids so we could go out together alone for brunch. I asked if they had a gluten-free bread option to go with my meal. The server said they had “Life Giving Bread” (but now I’m wondering if they had said Life Changing Bread and I heard them wrong). You can watch the short here:...
Aug 17, 2024
Layered Popsicles: Rocket Pops 🚀 & Watermelon Popsicles 🍉
It's summer, so we're making some fun & refreshing popsicles you'll be happy to share with your kids. Both are fruit-based, dairy-free & have no refined sugars. ==================================== YouTube Video**: https://youtu.be/CPOZ6wpakOg 🚀 Rocket/Bomb Pops ❤️🤍💙 Here's a healthier, refined-sugar free version of the layered bomb pops from our childhood. When I was a kid, our neighbourhood had Dickie Dee ice cream carts that would bike around in the summer, ringing a bi
Aug 17, 2024
Snickers PB Froyo Bites | High Protein Healthy Treat
Peanut butter Reese's frozen yogurt bites were amazing! So we're trying it with a date layer for caramel/snickers vibes!! Super easy, and a healthier dessert/sweet treat for the summer. YouTube Short here: https://youtube.com/shorts/jvYIRFRrmck?feature=share Recipe: 1 cup yogurt of choice (if you go with plant based yogurt: the thicker the better, for a less icy consistency when frozen) 1/4 cup peanut butter powder (you can totally sub for regular PB or another nut butter her
Aug 17, 2024
UPDATED Double Chocolate Zucchini Bread
So it's that time of year again! Lol! Anyone that knows anyone with zucchini plants are now being given all their extra zucchini. We didn't get our seeds planted early enough this year, so I thought we were going to miss out, but a friend of a friend, has been giving us BAGS of them (so many I brought some to my parents' house). Here's one of our favourite ways to use zucchini which dates back to my grandparents baking us zucchini bread when I was a kid. My mom told me last w
Aug 17, 2024
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