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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

Pumpkin Cinnamon Sugar Donuts | Day 3 of #FallIntoShorts

It's day 3 of our new Fall Into Shorts series, and today we're making pumpkin spice donuts, covered in an irrisistable pumpkin spice-coconut sugar coating. You also follow along with our step-by-step video here: https://youtu.be/ZVlVkmj5Qzo Makes 8-10 donuts Ingredients: 2/3 cup pumpkin puree 1/3 cup maple syrup/liquid sweetener of choice 1/4 cup olive oil/avocado oil/melted coconut oil 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar 2 tsp vanilla 1 1/2 cups almond flour 2/3 cup tapioca/arrowroot

Oct 16

Chocolate Date Caramels #FallIntoShorts Day 2

With these ooey-gooey date-based caramels, dipped in dark chocolate, with a sprinkle of flakey sea salt - who needs store-bought Halloween candy?!?! Caramels: 1.5 cups (323g or about 18 dates) medjool dates, pitted 1/4 cup (67g) cashew/almond butter (or sub your fav nut/seed butter) 1/4 cup 78g) maple syrup 2 tbsp (32g) coconut oil, melted 1 tsp vanilla 1/4 tsp sea salt Chocolate coating: 200g dark chocolate of choice 1 tsp coconut oil Optional topping: Flakey sea salt -Combi

Oct 16

🍊🍫🍰 Chocolate Orange Almond Cake | GF DF SF-option Day 1 of #fallintoshorts

Who else loves the combo of chocolate & orange? The whole orange cake is wonderful by itself, but chocolate ganache puts it over the edge…. 🍫🍊🍰🤤 Whether we credit this recipe to Claudia Rosen (the OG that first made it with whole oranges) or to Nigella Lawson (who made it beyond famous & used whole clementine), this is a beautiful gluten-free/grain-free recipe that’s perfect for fall/winter. I happen to have oranges so we’re going with Claudia’s version this time, but add

Oct 14

Coconut Almond Nut Bars | Grain-Free Granola Bars

Makes: 10 bars with silicone granola bar mold NUTS 1cup sliced/slivered almonds* 1/2cup walnuts, roughly chopped* 1/2cup large coconut flakes (aka “coconut chips”) 1/2cup desiccated coconut *you can sub these for your fav nut/mixture of nuts - this is just my base recipe HONEY MIXTURE 1/2tsp cinnamon/pumpkin pie spice (I used our pumpkin pie spice mix) 1/2tsp vanilla 1/4tsp salt 2tbsp coconut oil 1tbsp coconut butter (I used our DIY coconut butter) 1tbsp almond butter 3tbsp h

Oct 10

Healthy Chocolate Pistachio Tart (keto, gluten free, vegan)

A revamped version of a pistachio tart with green pistachio cream filling, and decadent chocolate ganache, and crushed pistachios and freeze dried raspberry pieces for a colour & flavour pop! BUT it’s also gluten-free, grain-free, dairy-free, vegan, egg-free, refined sugar free, low sugar & low carb if you make it with sf sweetener and sf chocolate like we did (or sub YOUR fav sweetener & chocolate). This recipe makes a 9” tart, but you can also make several smaller tarts if

Sep 29

Coconut Tortillas & Mango Salsa for Fish Tacos

We made our 3 Ingredient Coconut Tortillas tonight (Vegan, Paleo, GF, Keto, Low Carb) as fish tacos with mango salsa 😋 COCONUT-PSYLLIUM TORTILLAS====== https://youtu.be/ihn_hLaqxOk?si=or-jX ... We used a pot lid after rolling them out to cut perfect circles 🙌🏻🌮 Makes: 6 small (54g) wraps/tortillas or 4 larger ones INGREDIENTS -1/2c coconut flour -2 tbsp psyllium husk powder (**ours is purple, see note below) -1 tbsp avocado oil/olive oil/coconut oil, melted -1 cup warm wa

Sep 29

Rainbow Peanut Noodles

But family-style!! My daughter wanted to make rainbow peanut noodles for my birthday dinner, based on a grab-n go noodle bowl we had picked up at Boon Bakery in Owen Sound this past summer. And I think we did a good job recreating it. This is definitely on our “make more often” list now. :) Protein: ► Sliced BBQ or rotisserie chicken (or sub for tofu) Salad: ► vermicelli rice noodles ► frozen edamame beans, boiled ► cucumber, julienned* we used a julienne peeler ► carrot, jul

Sep 29

Lemon Blueberry Marshmallow Ice Cream aka “Moonbeam" Ice Cream - Dairy-Free & Refined Sugar Free

My daughter kept asking to make the “Moonbeam Ice Cream”, from the Benson Boon song “Mystical Magical”, and this week she had to get 4 teeth removed so it was a great time to make her a frozen treat. 🍋🫐🤍 Here’s our dairy-free refined-sugar-free version of the lemon blueberry marshmallow “moonbeam” ice cream: INGREDIENTS ► 3-Ingredient Lemon Ice Cream ► 1 can full fat coconut cream ► zest & juice of 2 medium lemons ► 1/2 cup sweetener of choice (I used organic honey - I

Sep 20

Brownie Cookies 🍫➡️🍪

If a brownie and a cookie had a baby, this would be it Do you know Claire Saffitz? I totally love her! And was just served her 3yo video on “How To Make Brownies 3 Ways” where she transforms her go-to brownie recipe into a skillet sundae, a brownie cookie, and a decadent cake. So let’s apply her techniques and try turn OUR gf/df brownie recipe into brownie cookies!!! 😍 My Inspo/Claire’s Video: https://youtu.be/cxDroV_k0qI?si=5-x6GJxlak2EmuQP Our Brownie Recipe (Tim Hortons G

Sep 13

Streusel Coffee Cake with Cinnamon Sugar Ripple & Coconut Butter Glaze

Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free, Refined Sugar Free, No Starch, Keto/Low-Carb-Friendly The perfectly cozy fall coffee cake, with warm cinnamon sugar streusel and cinnamon sugar ribbon, topped with a creamy coconut butter drizzle. Use your go-to granulated sweetener to easily customize this for your lifestyle: make it easy with white/brown sugar, use your fav sugar sub for a low-carb/keto/diabetic-friendly version, or use coconut/maple sugar for a paleo RSF version. ⬇️ RECIPE ⬇️ Keto-

Sep 11

no oat APPLE CRISP grain-free low-carb vegan

Inspired by my low-carb no-oat oatmeal/porridge recipe that I am still obsessed with & eating on repeat ( https://youtu.be/_BohEHI10is?si=5kO6JYKyvIcUsYGW ), we’re making a crunchy protein-packed (over 12g of protein for 1/4 recipe) ZERO-net-carb crisp topping with a mix of nuts & seeds, and healthy fats. Go traditional with chopped apple tossed in warm spices, or make it EVEN lower carb by swapping some or all of the apple for berries. ►12g protein in the topping, per quarte

Sep 5

🍰 The BEST Flourless Chocolate Cake

Decadent, yet super easy to make, flourless chocolate cake. It’s completely flour-less (not even almond flour!! So nut-free too!) And you can make it dairy-free and/or sugar-free/low carb by using dairy-free and/or sugar-free chocolate chips along with your sweetener of choice. Have fun with your toppings (to me nothing goes better with warm cake than a scoop of cold vanilla ice cream, but traditionally it gets topped with a dusting of powdered sugar or cocao powder, and some

Aug 28

Colour Changing Lemonade 🩷💜💙 Recipe

It goes by many names: Magic Lemonade, Galaxy Lemonade or Mermaid Lemonade, and it involves adding blue matcha/butterfly pea flower tea to lemonade. The anthocyanin pigments in the blue matcha are blue in alkaline/basic environments, but turn purple, then pink in more acidic environments such as lemonade!! It appears as magic, but it’s chemistry! Short video here: https://youtube.com/shorts/HJwMQCqlOOw?feature=share For 2 Servings Magic Ice: ►1 tsp blue matcha (butterfly pea

Aug 26

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

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

🤍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 you’ve make them once, you’ll never go back… Watch our video here: https://youtube.com/shorts/1IKSjUEdWxU?feature=share INGREDIENTS: ►1/2 cup cold water (it needs to be cool/cold to bloom your gelatin) ►3 tbsp gelatin ►1/2 cup water (water temp doesn’t matter here) ►1 cup granulated sweetener of ch

Aug 18

🍑🥧 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

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

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