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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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☕️🍰Day 27 of Healthy Summer Treats | Tiramisu Icebox Cake
An easy tiramisu-y flavoured no-bake icebox cake. No espresso or ladyfingers required, and perfect for a summer party, get together or picnic. Ingredients: ► 1 batch of gf/v graham crackers (our recipe is linked below, or use 9-12 of your fav store bought ones) ► 1 cup sweetened df whip cream (our recipe is linked below, or use store bought whipcream of choice, or Coco Whip ► 1 cup df yogurt, unsweetened, plain ► 2 shots of espresso, or 1 cup of coffee, cooled ► cocoa powder
Jul 5
🍓🍮🍪 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
💚🍨 Day 25 of Healthy Summer Treats | Pistachio Ice Cream Bars
Today we’re making creamy pistachio ice cream bars that feel super decadent but are SOOOO easy to make. Ice cream bars: 1 can full fat coconut milk 1/2 cup pistachios, shelled 1/4-1/3 cup maple syrup (or sweetener of choice) 1 tsp vanilla For dipping: 3/4 cup dark chocolate 1 tbsp coconut oil 1/4 cup pistachios, shelled & crushed Just dump everything in your blender, blend until smooth, then freeze in your popsicle molds. After freezing, dipping in melted dark choc, and sprin
Jul 3
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 24 of Healthy Summer Treats | Strawberry Yogurt Tru Fru
Let’s make better for you (and WAY more affordable 😉👍🏻) Tru Fru strawberries!! They’re a refreshing and healthy summer snack you (and your kids) and going to love. You need: 🍓 fresh strawberries, washed & patted dry 🤍 yogurt of choice (plant, Greek, Skyr, etc.) 🍫 dark chocolate of choice How to: ► Dip strawberries in yogurt, one at a time ► Freeze for 10 minutes (this solidifies the yogurt enough for dipping WITHOUT freezing the strawberry. Careful not to over freeze. ►
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 20 of Healthy Summer Treats | Dark Choc Blueberries
Another fun summer-must-try! If you haven’t tried making the viral chocolate dipped blueberries from TikTok yet, you should. They may seem a bit tedious until you get the hang of dipping with a toothpick (especially if you decide to reuse the same toothpick like me!) but I got in “the zone” after the first couple and they’re super cute & delicious too. 🍫 TIP: Make sure to pick a chocolate you enjoy , since it’s just blueberries & your chocolate of choice. I dipped them and p
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 18 of Healthy Summer Treats | Coconut Water Fruit Popsicles #SummerOnShorts
These are so great for summer because: ⭐️ They freeze SUPER solid, and melt slow (so less of a drippy mess for kids), ⭐️⭐️ They’re more refreshing than sweet, full of electrolytes, and have no added sugars/sweeteners. We’re really just using coconut water to “glue” fruit together frozen. You’ll Need: ► Fresh or frozen fruit (you can use one kind, or go crazy with different fruits/colour combos. I used fresh strawberries, blackberries, mandarin oranges, kiwi, and frozen wild b
Jun 26
🍫🤎 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 16 of Healthy Summer Treats: TikTok Grapes with a Twist #SummerOnShorts
Today we’re making the viral frozen sour patch grapes from TikTok, but with a better-for-you twist!! After adding your lime juice, instead of sugar or Jello mix, we sprinkled our green grapes with lemonade electrolyte powder, then freeze & enjoy!! Super refreshing & perfect for replacing electrolytes on hot summer days. NOTE: I found the grapes were still a bit wet/sticky after freezing so you could totally add ANOTHER coat of electrolytes after freezing for an extra boost, b
Jun 24
🤎🍫 Day 14 of Healthy Summer Treats : Healthy Chocolate Fudgsicles #SummerOnShorts
These healthier chocolate banana fudge pops are soft and fudgy and everything you loved in your childhood fudgesicles (but better cuz they’re guiltfree!) Don’t like banana? Or want a lower sugar/carb version check out the tip below. 👇 Fudge Pops: ► 3/4 cup full fat coconut milk (about half a can) ► 2 ripe bananas* (see below for no-banana sub) ► 1/3 cocoa powder ► 3-5 tbsp maple syrup/honey/sweetener ► 2 tsp vanilla ► pinch sea salt Instructions: Combine & mix until smooth P
Jun 22
🍓🍰🍨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 12 of Healthy Summer Treats: Mandarin Orange Sorbet 🍊| #SummerOnShorts
Turn frozen mandarin oranges into a super delicious & refreshing summer treat!! You make this 1-ingredient orange ice cream/sorbet in a blender or a food processor. Simply peel and separate your mandarin range segments and freeze on a tray or cutting board. Then blend/process until smooth. It may take some stamping in your blender or stopping & scraping the sides of your food processor, but stick with it - it’s totally worth it!! You get the creamiest, super-concentrated-oran
Jun 20
Day 11 of Healthy Summer Treats: 🍫🥜2-Ingredient Chocolate Freezer Fudge
Super easy, creamy chocolate PB fudge (or sub your fav nut butter!) You’ll need: ►1 cup df/v dark chocolate or chocolate of choice (use s.f. for low-carb/keto!)* ►1 cup peanut butter/almond butter/cashew butter or other nut/seed butter of choice* *choose a chocolate & nut butter you love the flavour of, as they are the only ingredients. Instructions: ►Combine your chocolate & nut butter in a microwave safe bowl. ►Microwave in 30 second bursts until fully melted, then mix unti
Jun 20
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
Day 8 of Healthy Summer Treats: 🍪🍨 Ice cream cookie cups - eat your bowl.
We’re making some fun cookie cups to serve ice cream sundaes! You don't even need a spoon AND you can eat your bowl. 😉🙌🏻 STEPS: ► Shape your cookie dough onto the backside of a muffin tin to make a cup shape ► Bake per cookie instructions & let cool ► Carefully pop off your cookie cups and fill with your favourite ice cream & toppings & enjoy!! RECIPE: ► Make them using your fav choc chip cookie recipe OR we used our easy one bowl gluten-free vegan chocolate chip cookie do
Jun 18
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