Mairi Rivers is a vegan food blogger and recipe developer living in Northern Ireland with her husband and kids.
Mairi Rivers
Homemade Vegetable Pizza
My go-to pizza is super easy and we don’t do anything fancy to the toppings. I use passata for the tomato sauce. The better quality ones do taste nicer but the cheapest won’t disappoint either. The great thing with pizza is that you can easily make it work for all members of the family. We either ...
Poached Pears In Red Wine
Poached pears are one of my favourite fruit desserts. They can be eaten either hot or cold, on their own, or with vanilla ice cream. They make an elegant dinner party dessert that you can make ahead of time, so you have less to worry about during the night. And even...
Protein Filled Granola Bars
Make a large batch of these granola bars and take them with you on-the-go. They are the perfect pick-me-up when you need a boost of energy.
INGREDIENTS:
250g wholegrain porridge oats
4 oz maple syrup
100g medjoul dates
100g almonds
2/3 of a cup dried cherries
80g coconut oil
60g coconut sugar
35g Very Vanilla Protein
1/2-1 tsp salt
INSTRUCTIONS:
Chop the almonds into rough pieces. Place on a
Healthy Vegetable Salad with Sliced Avocado and Hummus
INGREDIENTS:
Avocado
Radishes
Mixed Greens
Sprouts
Hummus
Hemp seeds
Onions
Quinoa
INSTRUCTIONS:
Put mixed greens into a salad bowl.
Take sliced radishes, onion, and avocado and put into bowl with mixed greens. Add
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Sweet Potatoes With Smokey BBQ Jackfruit
If you have heard all the talk about Jackfruit but don’t know where to start then this recipe for baked sweet potatoes and BBQ Jackfruit is for you! I added in some beans for protein and red peppers for extra vitamins but if you want to make it really simple then leave those out and just use the Jackfruit. Be s...
Overnight Raspberry and Apple Porridge
The best thing about porridge is that it is so easy to make and you can add just about anything to it. Just cook everything together in a pan until thick and creamy.
Ingredients:
200g porridge oats
500 ml water
500 ml soy milk
150g raspberries
50g sunflower seeds
1 Apple, chopped
1 tsp cinnamon
Instructions:
Combine the oats, sunflower seeds, cinnamon, and apple in a bowl
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No-Bake Peanut Butter Chocolate Balls
Makes about 15
INGREDIENTS:
1 cup oats
1 cup/250g peanut butter
2/3 cups of cacao butter
5 tbsp cacao powder
1/2 cup coconut sugar
2 tbsp rice syrup
1/2 cup dried sour cherries
INSTRUCTIONS:
Gently melt the cacao butter.
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BBQ Jackfruit Burger
What We're Cooking This Weekend: BBQ Jackfruit Burger
WHY WE LOVE IT: These jackfruit BBQ burgers are really easy to make. In fact, you can make the BBQ Jackfruit in about the same time as it would take to heat up a packaged burger in the oven. So no ex...
Crispy and Crunchy Tofu Bites
INGREDIENTS:
For the Tofu:
2 packs of extra firm Tofu
1 tsp soy sauce
2 cloves garlic, crushed
5 tbsp Gram flour
1 tbsp nutritional yeast
1/4 cup of water
2/3 cup of sesame seeds - get black and white to make them look super cool!
Oil for sha
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Mushrooms Marinated in Homemade Vinaigrette
These mushrooms are a quick and easy snack, plus keep for about a week in the fridge, so I make up a big batch and they will keep me stocked on delicious flavors for days!
Yield: Makes 4 servings.
INGREDIENTS:
40-50 small button mushrooms
1/4 cup of apple cider vinegar
1/4 cup of hemp oil
2 tbsp fruit syrup or agave
Salt and pepper or 1 tbsp soy sauce
INSTRUCTIONS:
Wipe the mushrooms clean