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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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Homemade Vegan White Chocolate Recipe | PLUS Low Carb Option That Actually Works!!
Follow along and watch our step-by-step video here: https://youtu.be/juXmCOKIq7w Chocolate is usually made in a wet grinder/mill to get it super smooth and creamy (that’s what we do at our bakery), BUT you can make a decent version at home with your blender!! This recipe is for a dairy-free/vegan white chocolate bar (which uses coconut milk powder in place of regular milk powder), and it also lets you choose your sugar (here we’re using allulose for sugar-free version)!! I’ve
Nov 18
Making Brooki Bakehouse Cookies at Home | Her real recipe & a Copycat
We love following Brooke & her bakery: Brooki Bakehouse, and have ordered their cookies shipped from Australia not once but TWICE! First time: / www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zox2HdPcHtM&list=PL2aqa_VNUFliDmTtBLT39K4mvfAWluZz-&index=1&t=5s Second time: https://youtu.be/1vPeLhuylZw So when Brooke recently shared her cowboy cookie recipe on YouTube, we knew we HAD to try it out. We made her OG recipe, and a gf/df version too! And since we’re baking chunky cookies, why not also try ou
Nov 18
Restock day in London & lunch at The Mule GF #VLOG #BTS #glutenfree #londonontario #behindthescenes
This was a restock day trip up to London, Ontario that James & I did back in February, to meet a delivery driver from Toronto bringing us Konscious Kitchen products, as well as frozen meals from Riz Gluten-Free. Then we went to Joanie's GF to pick up a restock some of her items that we carry, and pick up some frozen meals from Annie's Seafood up in Stratford. But we were super early, and got to also sit and eat at The Mule, a 100% Gluten-Free Mexican restaurant. (You HAVE to
Nov 18
Trying Nowhere Bakery: Gluten-Free, Paleo & Vegan | California, USA
California-based Nowhere Bakery: 100% gluten-free, grain-free, soy-free, dairy-free, refined-sugar-free, processed-oil-free, and also vegan. Perfect if you have non-nut food allergies/restrictions and live in the USA (they deliver to continental USA). But we live in a "border town" and have wonderful friends across the river that let me order to. :) Watch our unboxing/taste test and our thoughts: https://youtu.be/UkFYrFeFcB4 Cookie 1: The Choc Chip Cookie 2: The Tag Cookie 3:
Nov 18
GF Oreo blind taste test! Can we tell them apart?!
I was trying to find the new gf Chips Ahoy choc chip cookies, and stumbled on these instead. Did you know Nabisco made gluten-free oreos?!?! I didn't. But they are stocked with all the regular oreos, so I don't normally check that aisle. Have I been living in a hole, and missing out??!? Anywho, we grabbed some. As well as the regular ones, and the OG of gluten-free sandwich cookies: the Glutino brand, to see which we liked better, and to see how well Nabisco did formulating t
Nov 18
🍫🌱We tried every plant based chocolate bar at Walmart 🇨🇦 Which was the best? 🤭
I went to Walmart to buy a chocolate bar to melt in the sun & dip strawberries in with the kids and I was surprised to find quite a few new plant based chocolate bars. So I ended up grabbing one of each for us to taste test & review at home! Some use almond paste instead of milk ingredients, some use oat and rice. See which we liked best, and recommend. :) Watch our unboxing/review here: https://youtu.be/kda13noVMCA Taste testing: Lindt Vegan Creamy Lindt Vegan Salted Caramel
Nov 18
VLOG: Visiting Gluten Free Garage (GFG) & Toronto GF bakeries
Are you gluten-free & live near Toronto? Then you just missed one of the biggest gluten-free events this year!! Come see what it's like inside The Gluten Free Garage (so you know what to expect when you come out next year!!) and after we're done there, we head off to visit a few other gluten-free shops around Toronto. Gluten Free Garage (GF) Almond Butterfly Cafe (GF) Bunner's (GF/V/nut-free) Nutbar (Superfood smoothies) CN Tower hunting Our GF haul Come along as we walk thro
Nov 18
NEW gf/df Mary's Gone Crackers products we HAD to try
May 21, 24 - We just spotted some new Mary's products (you know the round seed crackers???) at a grocery store on the way to the beach, and had to try them: Real Thin Crackers: Sea Salt Real Thin Cracker: Garlic & Rosemary Kookies: Honey Kookies: Chocolate Come see what we thought: https://youtu.be/SX27brM6kqw?si=ULfpSYHap6qACAbk ================================= Instagram https://www.instagram.com/marysmindfulbakes/ TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@marysmindfulbakes YouTube...
Nov 18
Dairy-Free Ninja Creami Protein Ice Cream plus Mix-ins | No pudding mix | Vanilla is vegan!
I couldn't find a Ninja Creami protein ice cream recipe that I could actually eat (they all have pudding mix, whey protein, or fair life milk!), so we came up with our own & they were delicious!! So here's our new basic vanilla protein ice cream recipe, and a slightly more complicated (just extra ingredients) chocolate recipe that you can change up (add strawberries, etc) or add fun mix-ins like cookie dough. If you need extra Creami pints and don't want to pay for the Ninja
Nov 18
Trying Levain's NEW GF/V Choc Chip Walnut NYC Cookies! #NYC #glutenfree #vegan
We tried the "regular" Levain cookies a few months ago. You can watch that video here: https://youtu.be/dhQD-On5_pI But this time we wanted to try their gluten-free & vegan NYC Cookie (since I try my best to be gf/df). The website warns that they're crumbly... and they totally are... but watch to the end to see what we think. https://youtu.be/FC1LL_42UmU?si=jT3R-e7CBVxWzdFh Ingredients of their "Vegan & GF Chocolate Chip Walnut": Plant based butter (made from cashews, almond
Nov 18
Easy Homemade Turtles with Vegan Caramel Sauce
These are fun & easy to make at home! Follow along as we make some homemade chocolate turtle candies here: https://youtu.be/Y3PxmoZtubE Here's a link to our caramel sauce recipe (or make it even easier by grabbing a bottle of caramel sauce from the grocery store): https://youtu.be/L_caYTBpziA Enjoy!! ================================= Instagram https://www.instagram.com/marysmindfulbakes/ TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@marysmindfulbakes YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@marysmi
Nov 18
DIY Brown Sugar | Brown Allulose | Brown Sugar Substitute
Make your own Brown Sugar Substitute Have you ever found yourself without brown sugar in your house, when you’re craving your fav cookie recipe - what do you do?? Did you know you can make it?!? All the manufacturers do is add molasses back into white sugar to make brown sugar, and you can too. Another reason to make your own: I have been LOVING allulose, and experimenting with it in all kinda of things, but I have not yet found a brown sugar version for deep and delicious, m
Nov 18
Our very first YouTube video: watch Sarah & I face off in a pretzel shaping race, LMAO
Mary & Sarah go head to head in a pretzel battle - (Comment Below Who You Think Is Gunna Win!) then head over and watch our 90 second video to find out: https://youtu.be/rcAzkaYsCHw We're new to YouTube and still trying to find our niche - so please be kind, and let us know what you'd like to see more of!!! #bakeryowner #smallbusinessowner #bakery ================================================ ================================= Instagram https://www.instagram.com/marysmindfu
Nov 18
Choco Taco Tutorial | Step by Step | Gluten-Free Dairy-Free Paleo Low Carb Waffle Cone
You loved our choco taco video when we launched our ice cream “tacos” at our bakery this spring, but we got many comments about our equipment… so here’s a full tutorial that you can follow at home, with no special equipment. BUT we’ve linked our waffle cone maker below too, in case you love the waffle cone recipe and want to make them with the pattern. It’s pretty affordable. You def don’t need an expensive industrial one. Let’s jump in & make some ice cream tacos!! Watch the
Nov 17
My day trip to Gluten Free Fest in London ON
Come along and walk through GFF with me: https://youtu.be/CwLbL5VBEGQ This is a throwback to a day trip I made in the summer, by myself to visit Gluten Free Fest in London Ontario in 2024, to pick up from a bunch of local gf bakeries (to restock our gran b go freezers back at. our own gf bakery in Windsor), as well as getting to check out their Farm Boy (Windsor is too small a city to have some of the fun/specialty grocery chains yet). Some the awesome vendors at the show (so
Nov 17
Trying Max Mallows | Keto Sugar-Free Marshmallows
We recently grabbed some new goodies to try from a Detroit Meijer including these keto/sugar-free marshmallows (with MCT Oil & collagen) that my kids wanted to try, and they have some fun/unique flavours too. Regular price was $5.89 USD for 12 marshmallows Sale price was $4.99 Watch us inbox and taste test these marshmallows with my kids - are they any good? https://youtu.be/QGA0FjXdXm8 #keto #lowcarb #zerosugar #sugarfree #marshmallow #caramel #birthdaycake #mctoil #collagen
Nov 17
🦕We Tried Dino Buddies Gluten-Free Chicken Nuggets
We found some dinosaur shaped gluten-free chicken nuggets on our last shopping trip in Detroit Meijer 🇺🇸 Watch our unboxing/taste test video with my kids, and see what we thought of them: https://youtu.be/hyyQmO_1Z4Q ================================= Instagram https://www.instagram.com/marysmindfulbakes/ TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@marysmindfulbakes YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@marysmindfulbakes Fav Products* 🇨🇦 https://www.amazon.ca/shop/mindfulbakehouse Fav Produ
Nov 17
I made a Terry's Chocolate Orange | DIY Silicone Mold | How It's Made
If you’re dairy-free, vegan, gluten or wheat-free, nut-free, soy-free, refined-sugar-free you are just plain out of luck when it comes to Terry's chocolate oranges. And they're a holiday tradition in my husband's family. So I thought it would be fun to make my own!! You could make it df/v/gf/sf/keto depending on the chocolate/mix-ins you use - the possibilities are endless. 🍫🍊 Ingredients for Terry's Chocolate Orange: * Sugar * Cocoa mass * Cocoa butter * Skimmed milk powde
Nov 17
Grain Free Chocolate Granola aka Nut-ola
We were heading out of town, with 24+ hours of travel, so this calls for travel snacks!! I like to pack high protein, satiating clean snacks since I never know what I’m going to find along the way. This granola is great cuz you can make a big bag and stash it in the car, or in your carry-on, etc, to keep you going when you can’t find somewhere to eat… And it’s super easy to make; comes together in less than 5 minutes and using one bowl. It’s also very flexible. Feel free to s
Nov 17
Make a Heart Cake WITHOUT a Heart Pan ♡
💌 HEART CAKE HOW TO - If you have a round cake pan, here’s how you turn it into a heart, and no scraps! (Ok, maybe the tiniest scraps, but they’re great for a tiny taste test to make sure you baked the cake perfectly!😉) 1️⃣ Start with a baked & cooled round cake ⭕️ 2️⃣ Mark the centre across your cake (but don’t cut!) 🔪 3️⃣ Then mark the centre the other direction, marking quarters on the cake ❌ 4️⃣ Cut off 2 edges, mark to mark, making sure to cut 2 side-by-side edges (⚠️
Nov 17
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