German-style apple cake (Apfelkuchen-inspired)

German-style apple cake (Apfelkuchen-inspired)

🍰❄️🤔 Did you know that homemade apple cakes freeze well? Either whole or portioned, allow apple cake to completely cool, wrap it well, pop it in the freezer, and keep it there until you’re ready to serve (for up to 4 months-ish). This zero-waste hack…

Italian-style sandwich cookies (Baci di Dama-inspired)

Italian-style sandwich cookies (Baci di Dama-inspired)

🍪🗑️🤔 Did you know that homemade cookies are an easy zero waste way to bake with whatever leftovers you have in your pantry like a mixture of nuts, chocolate, or jam? By making small changes at home like Grandma Sita, turning leftovers into edible and…

Tomato marmalade (aka jam)

Tomato marmalade (aka jam)

🍅🤔 Did you know how not to waste ripe tomatoes from the garden? Freezing is the easiest long-term storage for ripe tomatoes with and without skins. They can be frozen raw or cooked, whole, sliced, chopped, or puréed. But because freezing changes the texture, don’t…

Plant-based Breakies from leftover bread

Plant-based Breakies from leftover bread

🍞🗑️🤔 Did you know that for every loaf of bread eaten half a loaf is thrown away in the households? Explore creative ways to repurpose leftover bread into new plant-based treats like Grandma Sita’s yummy breakies, which are good for your budget as well as…

KAFFE BUENO CAKE // UPCYCLED FOODS

KAFFE BUENO CAKE // UPCYCLED FOODS

🌱♻️☕️ Grandma Sita loves baking plant-based cakes with Kaffibre by Kaffe Bueno. Grandma Sita’s plant-based Kaffe Bueno cake is quick and easy to make, and it even helps you clean out any leftover chocolate. Win-win! 🤎 Kaffibre is an upcycled fibre derived from spent coffee grounds.…

Rhubarb compote

Rhubarb compote

🍵🤔 Did you know that rhubarb stalks can also be dehydrated and infused with fruit juice? Although rhubarb is a vegetable and a member of the buckwheat family, it is often used for the same culinary purposes as fruits.  Rhubarb is a rich source of…

LEMON CAKE

LEMON CAKE

🌱🍋 When life gives you lemons, bake Grandma Sita’s plant-based lemon cake. Freshly grated lemon zest is the true essence of lemon flavor in this cake, Grandma Sita often add a bunch of chopped fresh rosemary picked from her  garden. Light, tasty, and so lemony is…

French-style chocolate vanilla cake (gâteau marbré-inspired)

French-style chocolate vanilla cake (gâteau marbré-inspired)

🌱🍫🍰🇫🇷 Grandma Sita learns with Eléa how to bake delicious French-style chocolate vanilla cake.  This yummy plant-based recipe is inspired by the popular “Gâteau marbré” which is a great classic of French home cooking. It’s very simple to make, flavorful, and with a funky look. …

Pestiños (sweet fried pastries) // Easter food

Pestiños (sweet fried pastries) // Easter food

🌱🐣🐰 Happy Easter Monday! It means time to eat delicious holiday plant-based treats. Discover crispy “Pestiños”, a traditional Spanish Easter dessert, naturally vegan, for Holy Week (Semana Santa). 😋🍯 “Pestiños” are sweet fried pastries, made with a handful of simple, yet flavorful ingredients. There is…

Plant-based Asturian-style rice pudding (Arroz con leche-inspired)

Plant-based Asturian-style rice pudding (Arroz con leche-inspired)

🌱🍚🥛🇪🇸 Grandma Sita learns with Celia how to make delicious Asturian-style rice pudding. This yummy plant-based recipe is inspired by the popular “arroz con leche“, literally translates to rice with milk) which is a classic dessert originally from Asturias in northwest Spain and is a…