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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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Do black beans make a good gluten-free cake?
I’m testing out a 1/4 batch of Pancake Princess’ famous “Flourless Black Bean Chocolate Cake (gluten-free!)” for my birthday in a few weeks. I’m looking for something on the healthier side, but also easy to make - no special equipment since we’ll be celebrating with a friend of mine, that doesn’t have a ton of baking stuff. So this recipe could be perfect!! You can swap the granulated sugar for your sweetener/sugar-free-sub of choice (I’m using monk-allulose for my test batch
Aug 26
Plum Crumble Bars | gf, df, vegan
We recently bought WAY too many yellow plums from a local farm market, and after eating our fill of them fresh/as is, it’s time to start turning them into yummy baked goods. I brainstormed several ideas, like a frangipane tart, or plum cake, before landing on this recipe. I didn’t feel like taking the time to develop my own recipe for this one, so I grabbed my trusty Bakerita cookbook by Rachel Conners. Her recipes always deliver, are gluten-free, refined-sugar free, dairy-fr
Aug 26
ACCIDENTAL Chocolate Cake Cookies | No Flour
I was trying to adapt a recipe to make gf/df/sf fudgey crinkle top brownie cookies, but ended up with these fluffy whoopy-pie-vibe chocolate cake cookies, and I’m not mad about it. Enjoy as is, or make them “EXTRA” by adding a scoop of your fav ice cream to turn them into chocolate whoopy-pie ice cream sandwiches!! Perfect pairing of rich chocolatey cookies & creamy ice cream.... So good!! INGREDIENTS: -1 egg separated -50g sugar/sugar substitute (I used monk-allulose blend f
Aug 21
🍑🥧 Single Serving Almond Flour Peach Cobbler Recipe
It’s gluten-free, grain-free, dairy-free, egg-free, vegan, and potentially low carb (depending on what sweetener you choose - I used allulose) We picked up a pile of amazing fresh peaches from a local farm market this week (shout out to @thefarmhousemarket) and have been slowly eating thru the basket (slowly as in 🍑🍑🍑 at a time, because they’re so good!🧡😋) but I’ve also been enjoying them as an afternoon/after-dinner treat, as a single serve cobbler, topped with melty va
Aug 18
🍔 Red Lentil Buns | Easy Food Processor Recipe
Here’s a super easy homemade bun/flatbread recipe, made with a few simple ingredients. We’re using red lentils, psyllium husk and baking powder. These are gluten-free, grain-free (if you make your own baking powder like me!), egg-free, dairy-free, and vegan, and packed with nutrients. Watch our full step-by-step video here: https://youtu.be/b6EDCvAvWdU And watch to the end to see how to sub out all or some lentils for quinoa!! INGREDIENTS •1 cup red lentils (soaked in water f
Aug 17
Healthier Magic “Seven Layer” Cookie Bars
I recently dropped off some of our bakery’s gf/df/v goodies to The Panetteria, a local bakery that carries our stuff, and my daughter picked out a few of their things for our family to share - one of which was a Magic Bar, and boy did it tempt me - I LOVE magic bars (and really, ANYTHING coconut). So instead of “gluten-ing” myself and paying for one magical bite, I decided to dust off my recipe for a better-for-you version. This version is rich, gooey, and satisfying, just li
Aug 6
Crispy, crunchy, roasted lentils 😍🥗 #Saladtopper #glutenfreecroutons
I’m sure you’ve seen crunchy, roasted chickpeas before. But this is a fun twist. Plus, they’re extra crunchy and give you more protein & less carbs (net and total), and more fiber per serving than chickpeas (or croutons!) And bonus: they’re also faster to cook from scratch; giving you a healthy, gluten-free alternative to a crouton on your salads this summer (or frankly to any dish you’d like to add some texture, crunch and/or extra protein too) INGREDIENTS: ► 3/4-1 cup dried
Aug 4
XMAS in July Crack
Christmas Crack (aka “saltine cracker toffee” or “easy cracker candy”) Yesterday was July 25, aka Christmas in July, aka an excuse to break our some holiday recipes without having to wait until December!! SOooo we made some Christmas crack, with super easy homemade almond flour crackers. ==Xmas Crack== -about 20 saltine or ritz-style crackers (Schar makes a gf version!), 1 cup pretzels /pretzel sticks (glutino makes a gf version), graham crackers, or almond crackers (or our s
Jul 26
Easy Almond Flour Crackers #glutenfree #vegan
We’re making these today, because it’s 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 didn’t add xanthan -Combine, and roll to 1/8th inch thick, cut with pastry cutter/pizza cutter/knife as desired -Bake 350F for
Jul 26
🍨🍫🥜 Day 31 of Healthy Summer Treats | Vegan Snickers Ice Cream Bars
I know we hit our Day 30 of 30 Days of Healthy Summer Treats yesterday, but I had one more I really wanted to share (and I may have saved the BEST for LAST) so here’s a bonus recipe: a Day 31!! We’re making healthier Snickers inspired, vegan caramel nut ice cream bars. ====INGREDIENTS=============== Peanut Butter Caramel Ice Cream: 1 can full-fat coconut milk 1/4 cup natural peanut butter (or another nut/seed butter) (optional: add a scoop of vanilla or unflavoured protein po
Jul 9
🍓🍮🍪 Day 26 of Healthy Summer Treats | Cheesecake Stuffed Strawberries
Today we’re making a scrumptious treat with fresh strawberries. This combo of juicy strawberries filled with a creamy vegan cheesecake filling that I could (and do) eat by the spoonful!), topped with crunchy gf Nilla wafer crumbs is SOOOO perfect. YOU WILL NEED: 🍓Fresh strawberries 🍮Vegan “liquid cream cheese” (recipe below) 🍪GF/V Nilla wafers or graham cracker crumbs (recipes linked below) HOW TO ►Prepare your liquid cheesecake and cookie crumbs (recipes ⬇️ ) ►Wash,
Jul 4
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 (s’mores dip, cookie dough dip, cheesecake dip), by itself, or made into s’mores or other layered desserts like frozen protein s’mores, strawberry ice box cake, or tiramisu icebox cake (watch our next video for that recipe!) INGREDIENTS: ►2 cups almond flour ►3 tbsp coconut su
Jul 2
🍪🍫 Day 23 of Healthy Summer Treats | Edible Protein Cookie Dough & Choc-Dipped Bites
Cookie Dough: 1 1/2 cups almond flour 1/2 cup unflavoured protein powder (or more almond flour) 1/4 cup liquid sweetener of choice (I used half liquid allulose, half maple syrup) 1/4 cup coconut oil, melted 1 tsp vanilla 1/2 tsp sea salt 1/2 cup chopped chocolate/chocolate chips of choice (I used dark allulose chips) ► Combine, scoop, eat!! That’s it. ► Want to go EXTRA? Make then into bite-sized balls, and dip them in melted dark chocolate. Pop them into the fridge/freezer u
Jul 1
🍓🍨Day 22 of Healthy Summer Treats | the BEST Strawberry Ice Cream/Ninja Creami recipe
Super refreshing, creamy strawberry ice cream made with REAL strawberries. With just 4-ingredients you can make THE BEST strawberry ice cream in your own house, without an ice cream machine (and without a Ninja Creami too - see below for how to make it without an Creami). Strawberry Ice Cream: ► 1 can full fat coconut milk ► 2 cups strawberries, fresh or frozen* - see fun science fact below ⬇️ ► 1/4 cup maple syrup/honey/sweetener of choice (taste after blending & add more if
Jun 30
🍓🍰😋 Day 21 of Healthy Summer Treats | 3 Ingredient Strawberry Icebox Cake
Today we’re making a 3-ingredient, 5-minute, no bake, 12-layer strawberry icebox cake. All you need is whipcream, graham crackers and fresh strawberries. After you’ve layered your icebox cake, it simply chills in your icebox (aka fridge) until the cookies have softened (about 3-4 hours or overnight). It’s perfect for a summer party or picnic. And if you feel super ambitious, we have links to our coconut whip cream and gf/v graham cracker recipes below. Enjoy!! INGREDIENTS: ►
Jun 29
🍨🍕Day 19 of Healthy Summer Treats | Frozen Dessert Pizza #SummerOnShorts
Now that you have an easy gf/df/v no-bake brownie batter recipe, and some easy df/v ice cream recipes, TODAY we’re putting it all together and showing you how to make an ice cream dessert pizza, inspired by Dairy Queen’s Treatzza Pizza but better, because there are no rules!! And no limits to the flavour combos you can make at home!! PB chocolate?!? Yes!! Chocolate strawberry!?! Yes!! “Snickers” or “Reese’s”?! Strawberry Banana?? Oreo & fudge?!? Chocolate caramel turtles?? Ba
Jun 27
🍫🤎 Day 17 of Health(-ier) Summer Treats | No-Bake Brownie Batter Bark
These no bake-brownie batter bars are SOOOOO chocolatey & delicious, but so simple to make!! Honestly you don’t even have to spread them out and make bars. You can scoop it into a bowl and eat it with a spoon with a sprinkle of choc chips or walnuts on top. Or go nuts and press it out into a pizza crust shape and use it to make a no-bake dessert pizza (that video is coming soon!). Here’s how to make the brownie batter bark in the video: Brownie: ► 2/3 cup almond flour ► 6 tbs
Jun 26
🍓🍰🍨Day 13 of Healthy Summer Treats | Strawberry Shortcake Ice Cream Bars/Popsicles #SummerOnShorts
Creamy df/v strawberry ice cream coated in crunchy cookie/berry crumbs. 😋🍓🍰🍨 Full recipe (and link to our homemade gf/v Nilla cookie recipe) below 🫶 Strawberry Ice Cream: ► 1 can full fat coconut milk ► 2 cups strawberries, fresh or frozen* - see fun science fact below ⬇️ ► 1/4 cup maple syrup/honey/sweetener of choice (taste after blending & add more if your berries aren’t super ripe) ► 1 tsp vanilla Shortcake Crumbs: ►1 cup gluten-free vanilla cookies (golden gf oreos,
Jun 22
Day 10 of Healthy Summer Treats: 🌈🥝🍕Rainbow Fruit Pizza #summeronshorts
This one is so pretty (and fun to make with kids!). It starts with a gluten-free, grain-free, vegan almond flour cookie pizza crust, topped with an easy no-bake liquid cheesecake “sauce” you make in a blender, finished with all your favourite fruits. Make it a fun rainbow, OR follow my kids’ creation and make it a copycat pizza using a jam and all their favourite fruits. You will need: 🍪 - cookie “pizza" crust” (recipe below) 🍮 - “pizza sauce”: liquid-cheesecake (recipe bel
Jun 18
Day 9 of Healthy Summer Treats: 🍓🍮 Fruit Skewers & Cheesecake Dip #summeronshorts
Today we’re making some fun tulip fruit skewers out of strawberries and green grapes, to go with a super easy dreamy creamy vegan cheesecake dip made in a blender (also goes great with some Nilla wafer cookies for dipping). YOU WILL NEED: 🍓 Strawberries (each berry makes 2 tulips) 🍇 Green grapes (you need 2 grapes per tulip skewer) 🍡 Small wooden skewers or toothpicks 🍮 Vegan cream cheese dip (recipe below) 🍪 Nilla wafers for dipping too (optional but also delicious! Rec
Jun 18
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