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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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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


2-Ingredient DF/V Sweetened Condensed Milk & Bonus 2-Ingredient Fudge Recipe
Do you ever find a recipe you want to make but it calls for sweetened condensed milk? Now you can make your own dairy-free/vegan version, and choose whichever sugar/sweetener you like!! It's a super easy 2-ingredient recipe (and saves you buying that $12 can of vegan condensed milk from the store). 🥛🍶🥄 Ingredients: -1 can (1 3/4c) full fat coconut/df milk -2/3c choice of sugar Steps: 1. Combine & stir to dissolve sugar. 2. Heat & let simmer for 20-40 minutes until thicker
Jul 27, 2024


Frozen yogurt bites with raspberry & pistachio!
These choc. dipped yogurt bites have been going viral lately, and for good reason: they're super easy to make, totally customizable, and pretty healthy too. Here's how we made these ones: Ingredients: 1 cups plain greek yogurt or plant based yogurt 1/2 cup frozen raspberries (since they’re frozen, they speed the freezing process!!) 1tbsp honey (swap for your fav sweetener instead, or leave out if you use sweetened yogurt) 2tbsp crushed pistachios, plus more for sprinkling 1.5
Jul 4, 2024


No-Cook Olive Oil Salted Caramel Sauce
So easy, and delicious. This no cook olive oil salted caramel sauce comes together with a bowl and a spoon or fork. Perfect last minute caramel sauce for an ice cream sundae. #easyrecipe #dairyfree #vegan Ingredients: -1/4c "frozen" maple syrup (in the freezer at least 20 minutes beforehand) -1/4c olive oil -pinch of sea salt Steps: -put your maple syrup in the freezer for at least 20 minutes before starting this recipe -combine ingredients in a bowl/container/glass/etc -
Jun 27, 2024


DF/V Grimace Shake || aka a Blueberry Raspberry Vanilla Milkshake
After trying a McDonalds grimace shake recently (on our drive home from Toronto after the Gluten Free Garage), my kids had the WORST stomachache (and I didn't dare touch it), so we thought we'd make our own at home, sans tummy aches (dairy-free/vegan). Grimace shake video: https://youtube.com/shorts/KuDILlqMDiw?feature=share Whipcream recipe video: https://youtu.be/s_N9svqDq8M Here's what we used: 1 cup organic frozen wild blueberries 1/2c organic frozen red raspberries 1/2c
Jun 25, 2024


Easy Strawberry Shortcakes
It’s strawberry season here!! And what better way to enjoy fresh field strawberries than strawberry shortcake with light & fluffy coconut whip cream? Feel free to grab a can of your fav whip cream from the store, or use our recipe to make your own. Ingredients: 1cup+2tbsp almond flour 6tbsp tapioca flour or arrowroot 1/2tsp baking powder 1/4tsp sea salt 1/4cup coconut oil/palm shortening/vegan butter (we used coconut oil) 1/4cup milk of choice (we used unsweetened almond milk
Jun 22, 2024


Paleo "Snickers" Date Bites?
Make these stuffed dates for a super-easy, delicious, paleo, Snickers-like treat. Let me know if you try these with peanuts & PB. I used a pecan, and almond butter, since we're a peanut free facility. They even kinda LOOK like snickers inside too! This is WAY better than the VIRAL TikTok date bark recipe. Even faster, AND easier, BETTER texture, and BETTER ingredient proportions = 100% tastes like a snickers, even without peanuts (we used a pecan, and almond butter). Ingredie
Jun 18, 2024


Mary & Anjee's Oven Baked Falafel Recipe
Last week I flew to Grand Cayman to visit my friend, and she treated me to brunch at the South West Collective (Cafe) on the waterfront in Georgetown, where I ordered “Happy Eggs”, “Life Giving Toast” & Beet Falafel. (I made a YouTube short about it here: https://youtube.com/shorts/fEArBW3fgcI?feature=share ). They were sooooo good it inspired us to make falafel at her house later in the week, not once, but TWICE!! (TBH the first batch wasn’t falafel enough, so we HAD to give
Jun 16, 2024


1-Ingredient Red Lentil Wraps (if you don't count water!)
While visiting my friend last week, she really wanted to make some wraps to go with our dinner. She happened to have red lentils on hand, so this is what we made: Ingredients: 1 cup red lentils, rinsed 2 cups water Directions: Combine lentils & water, and let sit 2-3hours Puree in blender until smooth Cook in oiled pan about 1/3cup to 1/2cup at a time, swirling your pan to get the batter thin (or you can spread it around with a spatula) We found we needed to cook these longer
Jun 15, 2024


“Best Banana Coffee Cake” (Mary-ified!)
Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/9oQ9kzuH4VI INGREDIENTS -1/2c shortening/coconut oil/vegan butter, softened -3/4c coconut sugar -1 3/4c flour (we used Ardent Mills gluten free flour blend, new to our Costco) -2tsp baking powder (we used our home-made corn-free baking powder - 2 parts cream of tartar, 1 part baking soda) -1/2tsp sea salt -1/2tsp cinnamon -pinch nutmeg (because it’s high eugenol content adds a deeper banana flavour!) -1/4tsp baking soda -2 beaten eggs -2
May 23, 2024


Is the Ninja Creami worth it? We think Yes!
If you know our bakery, then chance are you or someone you know has at least one dietary restiction. The new Ninja Creami machine might be perfect for you, as it lets you make custom "ice cream" recipes at home, in small'ish quantities that can cater to your different dietary needs. You can take a couple of simple ingredients (avoiding the not-so great additives of store-bought , pre-freeze them for 24hrs in their special tubs, and spin them on demand, right when you want som
May 16, 2024


Sweet Potato "McDonalds Hashbrown" Fritters
I had some frozen grated sweet potato in my freezer that I wanted to use up, so I put these fritters together, and they were so good! BONUS: I froze the leftovers, and they reheat amazingly in the airfryer too!! Here's how to make them: Ingredients: about 4 cups grated sweet potato (I used our food processor attachment) 1/4c almond flour 1/4c cassava flour (or you can sub tapioca or another "starchy" flour here. I just like that cassava is a resistant starch) 2 eggs (or I've
Apr 29, 2024


Caramel Pecan Clusters
Sugar-Free "Turtle" Candy Recipe | Dairy-Free & Vegan | Low Carb This is "Turtles" Candy without the sugar, and without the dairy!! You can watch the full YouTUbe video here: https://youtu.be/_2adUd44D7A&list=UULFTbe_P7qBYg0h5MUVrgFOPg Feel free to sub our coconut sugar based caramel sauce if you don't want to use allulose: https://youtu.be/L_caYTBpziA&list=UULFTbe_P7qBYg0h5MUVrgFOPg Makes: 12 Ingredients: 1/2 cup allulose* (see note below) 6 tbsp coconut milk, full fat (from
Apr 27, 2024


Easy ONE BOWL Chocolate Chip "Kookies" & Make A Viral "Crookie"!!
We’re making a gluten-free/vegan/paleo version of the “Crookie” (Croissant + Cookie) that has been going viral all over social media. And BONUS you also get our Chocolate Chip Kookie Recipe to make at home whenever you like!! :) #paleo #glutenfree #vegan #chocolatechipcookies Watch our full video here: https://youtu.be/A5xfJUDeudc&list=UULFTbe_P7qBYg0h5MUVrgFOPg Where you can get GF croissants in our area: Choko Mocko, Ajax, Ontario, Canada https://choko-mocko.com (just out
Apr 11, 2024


2 Ingredient Chocolate Snack Cake!! Paleo, Low Carb & Nut-Free
I was skeptical with the 2 ingredient brownies, but they proved me wrong, so here we tried the 2 ingredient chocolate cake, separating the eggs, and whipping the whites to make the cake fluffy. And this one actually worked too! Ingredients: 1 1/3c chocolate chips* also works with sugar-free choc chips! or white choc chips 4 eggs Directions: Preheat your oven to 350F and line a 8x8 baking pan with parchment Melt chocolate chips in 30 second increments until melted, then let co
Apr 8, 2024


Gluten-Free Vegan Speculoos & Cookie Butter Recipe
Delicious, spicy, creamy cookie butter - like the real thing but better! No gluten, no soy, and totally vegan too. One batch of the cookies makes enough for one batch of cookie butter, plus some extra that you can enjoy dipped in your new homemade cookie butter. Because the cookie butter contains coconut milk, I store the spread in the fridge, and let sit at room temp to soften before using. Speculoos Cookie Ingredients: 1 1/2c gluten free flour (we used 1/2c each tapioca, mi
Mar 22, 2024


TikTok Pasta Chips - Made GF & DF!
PASTA CHIPS! Latest TikTok Trend: Made with cooked pasta, tossed in olive oil & spices and air fried until crispy. Serve with your fav dipping sauce! But we’re doing TWO ways: garlic Parmesan, and a gf df version with nutritional yeast - will they be as good? You Can Watch Our YouTube Short Here: https://youtube.com/shorts/Qrz51ttiZmI?feature=share Here’s how we made ours: Regular Garlic Parm: -boil pasta per packaging instructions, then drain & toss with olive oil, garlic, s
Mar 6, 2024


GF/DF Homemade Chicken Nuggets
Come along as we try to gluten-free & dairy-free our favourite chicken nugget recipe (plus some of my ramblings/explanations of how/why I’m doing it a certain way). If you want the exact/original recipe, you can find it in Nick Giovanni’s cookbook: Knife Drop. We’ve been loving everything we’ve made from his book so far, but it’s not gf/df, so we’re going to see if we can convert some of them over for those of us with dietary restrictions, in a new series we’re going to call
Feb 27, 2024


DIY Bread Crumbs - They're SUPER Easy
Need gluten free bread crumbs for a recipe at home? Did you know how easy it is to make them yourself? Never buy them again AND you can switch them up and season them to your liking! INGREDIENTS: Gluten free bread (that's it!! unless you want to add some salt, and maybe some herbs/spices like Italian seasoning) DIRECTIONS: If your bread is not already stale, leave it out overnight to get stale. OR to shorten the time it takes, you can put the bread on a sheet tray and bake it
Feb 27, 2024
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