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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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1 Ingredient Lentil Wraps & Sheet Pan Flatbreads | Gluten Free & Vegan
Ever feel like wraps, but don’t have any around the house? Or maybe you’re 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! ⬇️ RECIPE ⬇️ 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
2-INGREDIENT Ice Cream | Coconut Date | No Ice Cream Machine
I’m obsessed with this super simple 2-ingredient coconut date ice cream! It’s dairy-free, egg-free, vegan, refined-sugar-free, date-sweetened, uses just 2 whole food ingredients, and doesn’t require a fancy ice cream machine, or a Ninja Creami (though we’ll include those instructions below too!) Here’s what you need: 1 can coconut milk (full fat) 160g (7-9 dates) Medjool dates, pitted Here’s how you make it: Blend together ingredients in a high speed blender until super smoot
May 19
🧈 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! It’s 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
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: -1 13.5oz can full fat coconut milk -1/4 cup unsweetened almond milk (or other plant milk) -1/4 cup maple syrup, or coconut sugar, or sweetener of choice -2 1/2 tbsp arrowroot/tapioca/cornstarch -A couple pinches of turmeric (optional for colour) -Pinch of
Apr 26
Psyllium Coconut Wraps/Tortillas | Vegan, Paleo, GF, Keto, Low Carb
Gluten free wraps that don’t break!!?! 😱 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 they’re grain-free/df/v/nut-free and low carb/keto too!! 🙌🏻 Give this one a try!! Makes: 6 small (54g) wraps/tortillas or 4 larger ones Today we’re making these low carb tortillas. I can’t get over how bendable these things are. For a gf
Apr 23
Garlic Bread Cinnamon Rolls | Garlic bread swirls | GF/DF/V
You will need ►Pizza dough (see recipe below ⬇️ or use store bought) ►Garlic butter (recipe below ⬇️) ►Mozzarella cheese (we like to use vegan like Violife for DF/V) Garlic Butter: ►1/4c butter/vegan butter, softened/RT or sub coconut oil or red palm shortening ►1/4c extra virgin olive oil/avocado oil ►1 garlic clove ►1 tsp granulated garlic (dried garlic powder) ►1/2 tsp dried oregano ►1/2 tsp dried parsley ►pinch of sea salt Combine in food processor and blend until smooth
Apr 21
Easy Coconut-Flax Burger Buns | Gluten-Free, Keto, Vegan, Egg-less
These healthy gluten-free burger buns are so easy, & come together in 5 minutes!! They’re full of fibre, high in healthy omega 3’s, loaded with vitamins & minerals (including thiamine, copper, iron, potassium), while also low in carbs (approx 2g net carbs per bun*), gluten-free, grain-free, yeast-free, starch-free, keto, paleo, dairy-free, egg-free & vegan = all the things! They toast up nicely, or are really tasty as is!! Enjoy!! Here’s how you make them. DRY INGREDIENTS: -1
Apr 9
Chocolate Chia Seed Pudding | 6-Ingredients
How to use 🥥🥛 liquid ➡️ 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
Deep Fried Ice Cream | made Gluten-Free Dairy-Free & Vegan
Vanilla ice cream coated in a layer of crushed cereal, and fried until crunchy on outside. The ice cream becomes slightly melty under the coating, yet frozen in the middle. The BEST combination of hot & cold, creamy & crunchy!! Top with your choice of whip cream and/or chocolate sauce & enjoy!! You can watch the full step-by-step video here: https://youtu.be/i8YYtXEL77g YOU’LL NEED: -ice cream of choice (we used dairy-free/vegan So Delicious Vanilla) -cereal(s) of choice (we
Mar 9
5 Minute 5 Ingredient Healthier Chocolate Sauce 🍫🍨 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. We’re making this to top our vegan/egg-free/dairy-free fried ice cream (that video is coming soon!!!). INGREDIENTS: ►1/4 cup cocoa powder ►1/4 cup water ►1/4 cup coconut sugar (or your sugar/sugar sub of choice) ►(1 tsp vanilla) ►(pinch sea salt) -Combine & bring to a simmer, while stirring. You can use it right away or let cool/
Mar 7
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
Jugo Verde - No Juicer 🥒🍏💪
I was still feeling flared after eating too many of my “no”/triggger foods over New Years, so I felt like making some green juice this week but didn’t feel like digging out my (very heavy) juicer. So let’s 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 “Jugo Verde” with breakfast each morning. Ingredients: 💚Celery, handful of stalks, ends trimmed 🥒Cucumber,
Jan 31
Hot Choc & Vegan Marshmallow Fluff | Sugar-Free/Low Carb Options
We finally got winter/snowy weather here, so it’s time to bust out the hot cocao!!! Here’s my go to “healthier” 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 🤍 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
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
Juice box, milk & chocolate = no bake chocolate dessert?
I’ve seen this juice box dessert pop up a few times, and thought it looked fun & interesting, so I had to give it a try & see if it’s worth it. Plus can we veganize it, and make it low carb/sf?? Yes! Yes we can!! Enjoy :) Juice box, milk & chocolate = no bake chocolate dessert? Full Video Here: https://youtu.be/iBaLIZXttWE Here’s what we need: INGREDIENTS 2c 480mL milk of choice (I used hazelnut milk) 100g sugar/sweetener of choice (or 120g if allulose) 6g agar agar 20g cocao
Jan 5
🧇 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. I’d 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 you’re good to go! Lately I’ve been trying to increase my protein at breakfast so I’ve recently tried this recipe with 2 eggs and with 4 eggs and they’ve both worked out great. So
Dec 1, 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
🥞🧇 Super Easy Blender Waffles/ Pancakes (GF/DF/V)
I made these easy blender waffles/pancakes at the bakery this week, while hanging out with my daughter. She likes pancakes, and I prefer waffles so this batter does double duty, and can easily do both!! Toss it all in a blender, and you're ready to go. It's THAT easy! https://youtube.com/shorts/YioozhXjoRc?feature=share Using a 1/4cup scoop, this makes 9-10 mini waffles/pancakes INGREDIENTS 2 ripe bananas 2 cups (160g) of rolled oats 1 cup (240mL) plant milk of your choice (w
Nov 3, 2024
How to Make Easy Homemade Elderberry Syrup with Dried Elderberries to Boost Immune System for Cold & Flu Season
Elderberry syrup is an easy to make home remedy known to boost immune system, reduce cough & cold symptoms and shorten the duration. Which makes it great for back-to-school and cold & flu season!! NOTE: Raw/uncooked elderberries can be poisonous. Cooking eliminates this toxin. Do NOT consume raw/uncooked berries. We used dried, and cooked 25+ minutes. Makes 1.5-2 cups INGREDIENTS: -1 cup dried organic elderberries -4 cups filtered water -2 thumb-sized pieces of fresh ginger,
Oct 26, 2024
3-Ingredient Flaxbread | Gluten-Free, Keto, Vegan
This gluten-free bread uses just 3 main ingredients, comes together in less than 5 minutes (not including bake time), and has under 0.4g net carbs per slice*. It’s full of fibre, high in healthy omega 3’s, loaded with vitamins & minerals (including thiamine, copper, iron, potassium), while also low in carbs, gluten-free, grain-free, wheat-free, flourless, yeast-free, oil-free, starch-free, keto, paleo, egg-free, dairy-free & vegan = all the things! It slices & toasts nicely,
Sep 30, 2024
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