VEGAN BANANA NUT LOAF.

Doesn't everyone just love a banana bread. They're sooo easy to make, honestly I think you could throw anything into the mix and it'd turn out delish. This is the recipe I use EVERYTIME, adding different spices and additions depending on what I have in my cupboard and the method couldn't be simpler. Just add to a blender and mix. I find it best to stir through the optional extras by hand so that they stay chunky.

Add to a blender

225g Plain Flour

3 heaped tsp Baking Powder

2 heaped tsp ginger and cinnamon

100g Brown/White Sugar (Brown sugar will make it richer in taste)

3 large Black Bananas

75g Vegetable/Coconut Oil

Optional; 50g Chopped Walnuts, Sultanas, Chocolate Chips, Caramelised Ginger, extra slices of Banana.

Method

Blend until smooth and then remove the blade.

Add your nuts/chocolate chips/fruit to the bowl and mix well with a spoon.

Pour into greaseproof paper lined 2lb loaf tin and bake for around 30 minutes at 200 degrees celsius, covering with foil if it starts to burn on top.

This is definitely more of a bread texture than a cake, make it even more delicious by spreading it with some butter, nut butter or jam. I love having this toasted with dairy free butter for a treat at breakfast time

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THE BEST VEGAN ICED HEART SUGAR COOKIES.

I wanted to share some cuuuute cookies I made recently following this recipe. Love Me Feed Me is a website I've recently stumbled across and I want to make EVERYTHING.

I love vegan baking because it's sooo much more fun and interesting than your average egg, butter, sugar recipes. I did add more flour and sugar to this one to make it more of a dough and it turned out really well! Much better than the vegan ginger nuts I once made, that my boyfriend coined sausage roll biscuits, since they were so oily! For ease, I opted for regular sugar and water icing with a dash of pink food colouring, but I really want to get on the aquafaba band wagon. Time to add an electric whisk to my ever growing kitchen appliance collection!

It was the perfect opportunity to use this beautiful copper cutter I've had for ages, which can be found here. I can tell these are going to be a staple in my house, they taste uhhh-mazing!

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HANDCARE 101.

As someone who has extremely (next level) dry hands nearly all the time, I really love anything that promises to hydrate and soften. If I'm really looking to pamper my paws I'll remove all of my nail polish and soften my hands in warm water for about 5 minutes before giving myself a little manicure. I don't tend to use hand scrubs as I find them too harsh, if I need a little exfoliation I'll use a flannel to buff away any roughness.

I'll then melt and apply the Golden Handshake - Hot Hand Oil (£2.95) and leave it to soak into my hands for 15 minutes (or longer if time allows, I recommend as long as you can stand to sit there!) After giving myself a mini hand massage, I'll apply Handy Gurugu - Hand Cream (£7.95) which is my go to in desperate times, it's thick and soothing formula really has been what I've been looking for my whole life. And the best thing is it smells like holidays and flowers. I always apply two coats, the first one prepares the hands so that the second one can really sink in.
Finally I apply a thick layer of hand cream before bed and then give myself a quick coat of polish in the morning. And voila! princess hands!