Black Bean Brownies

I rarely make recipes without having some sort of idea how they will turn out. When I stumbled upon Happy Herbivore's recipe I was intrigued. BEANS??? The brownie pictures looked so good, I just had to make some myself. These brownies are a surprise for anyone who tries and finds absolutely no vegetable taste in them. For me the surprise was triple: I'd never had beans in my sweets and I'd never eaten black beans or rolled/instant oats before. More reasons to look forward to making these goodies.

Besan Sooji Laddoos

Thirteen years ago I was introduced to the magical world of spices and I've been using them in my cooking ever since, not only in Indian dishes, but also in Romanian ones to add extra flavour. It's funny how, in spite of my weakness for desserts, I've only tried a few types of Indian sweets, like gulab jamun, ras malai, gajar ka halwa, sooji ka halwa and burfi. I've watched dozens of Hindi movies and craved the famous laddoos every time I saw them shown at weddings or festivals, I've also read a lot of recipes, but somehow I always got discouraged to make them due to their high sugar content.

Strawberry Mille-Feuille

Mille-feuille (thousand sheets), also known as Napoleon, is a classic French dessert made up of alternating layers of puff pastry and pastry cream, with a black & white pattern icing. Although it is ready in just a few easy steps, making the cream from scratch and creating the icing pattern can be daunting for someone who's never done this before.

Lemon Orange Muffins

Have you ever baked something that smelled so good you'd literally count the minutes until it was out of the oven? Then you'd quickly pass it from one hand to the other not to burn your fingers and blow into it to cool it down faster so you can finally take a bite? These citrus muffins are that good!

Stuffed Peppers

Stuffed peppers used to be one of my favourite dishes when I was back home. In over two years of veganism I made so many new favourites, I almost forgot the old ones. When I got tired of spaghetti bolognese, I wondered what else I could do with soy mince...and I remembered.

This is a popular dish in many countries, with different names and stuffings. It is great with vegan yogurt, sour cream, cheese, or pickled vegetables. If you'd rather not use soy in this recipe, you can opt for seitan or mushrooms. However you make them, I know you'll love these hearty, delicious stuffed peppers. Just try them.