Vegan Salted Caramel Chickpea Blondies

These vegan chickpea salted caramel blondies are absolutely amazing.  They're not Slimming World friendly but sometimes that's ok, they're healthy and vegan if you swap the honey out, vegetarian if you don't

This recipe is a strange on for my list, it’s not slimming world and unlike me it’s vegan or vegetarian depending whether you use or substitute the honey BUT it’s a chickpea brownie which caught my interest, well a blondie which is a brownie without the brown!

I created a salted caramel flavour as personally I love it.  You could do almond or vanilla, whatever you liked but I can’t tell you how delicious these are exactly as I made them

Vegan salted caramel chickpea blondies

You have to put to one side in your mind that these are made from chickpeas, I promise you that you’d never know this wasn’t a ‘proper’ brownie.  It’s moist and squidgy, absolutely full of flavour and had I not made them I would’ve sworn black was blue they were made by Nigella herself

But they are far more calorific than anything I usually make.  As a guesstimate I would say they’re 150 calories a slice which is about 7 or 8 syns so will kill a Slimming World day but if you want to make vegan brownies for yourself or a friend who is vegan please, please try these as you won’t be sorry. 

The recipe for vegan chickpea blondies is here

Enjoy

Kathy xx

Low Syn Afternoon Tea

My best friend and I always have dinner together on a Friday and have for years.  We met at Slimming World and have experienced the highs and lows of weight loss, gain and everything else thrown at us over time so we both missed our weekly food adventures and catch ups

Last weekend she came by for a cup of tea outside where we could socially distance catch up and I surprised her with a mini afternoon tea and prosecco.  I love that she has one glass and I have, well I drink the rest.  This helps make an excellent friend!

Low Syn Afternoon Tea

My decision to do the afternoon tea was a bit last minute and I went for the ever beloved baked oat muffins cooked in heart shaped buns.  These are almond flavour with Nutella hidden inside (her favourite) and I whipped up a batch of potato poppers which I’ve not done literally for years.  These had some low fat cheese and half a slice of salami inside but they can be made veggie friendly with roasted peppers, a herby garlic cheese or even cheese and tomato with basil to make mini pizza bites

Regardless, it was lovely to catch up, enjoy the sunshine and have a low syn afternoon tea 

If you’d like to make your own the recipie links are above

Enjoy!

Kathy xx

Syn Free Keema & Peas

I love curry especially on miserable days like today and quite often I get bored of the same old chicken curry with veggies, blah blah so I wanted to make a keema as it’s a really tasty, dry curry that makes me eat peas.  Which I hate but I know I should give them a chance (ha ha)

Problem I found with keema is that it was always too soft so I spoke to the lovely chef at the Indian restaurant I go to who gave me some great pointers and whilst it’s never going to be as  good as a full on lamb keema cooked in ghee this is a really tasty curry that’s quick to make, you can freeze it and everyone I tried it on loves it!

Syn free keema & peas

If you’d like to give the syn free keema & peas a try the recipe is here

Enjoy!

Kathy xx