1. Preheat the oven to 175°C / 350°F. Grab a baking dish, drop in the butter, and pop it into the oven for a few minutes and let it melt.
2. In a bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, and a pinch of salt. Stir in milk and a splash of vanilla extract until it’s all smooth, creamy, and totally lump-free.
3. Carefully pull the now-buttery baking dish out of the oven. Pour the batter right over that melted butter. Trust the process – it looks weird now, but it’s all part of trust the process. Sprinkle pecans on top and follow up with a layer of brown sugar. Finally, add the caramel candies. Whole or crushed? Dealer’s choice.
4. Next, get that kettle boiling and slowly pour the hot water over everything in the dish. Yes, everything. No stirring allowed! Just trust me on this one.
5. Bake uncovered for 30–35 minutes or until the top is golden brown and smells like a caramel dream.
6. Take it out and let it cool for about 30 minutes. Patience is key – the caramel sauce underneath thickens and gets all creamy during this time.
7. Scoop it into bowls, drizzle with that caramel sauce hiding underneath, and top with a big ol’ scoop of vanilla ice cream.

IN THE EVENING
Place the almonds (and dates) in a bowl and add enough water to fully cover them. Set the bowl in the fridge to soak overnight.

THE NEXT MORNING

1. Drain the almonds (and dates) through a fine-mesh strainer and discard the soaking water.
   Transfer the almonds (and dates) to a blender and add 1 liter / 4 cups of fresh cold water.
2. Blend on the highest setting for about 1 minute, until the liquid turns white and frothy. Now you can add flavoring to taste. I used a pinch of salt and 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract, but 1 teaspoon of cinnamon is also a super delicious option.
3. Place a fine-mesh strainer over a bowl and pour the almond milk through it. Press the pulp firmly to extract as much liquid as possible. If you’d like, you can strain the milk again through a cheesecloth or nut milk bag. Alternatively, place the almond pulp in a clean kitchen towel and squeeze it out by hand — but honestly, that’s not really necessary.
4. Pour the finished almond milk into a clean glass bottle. It will keep in the fridge for about three to four days. Be sure to shake well before using, as the solids naturally settle to the bottom over time.

1. Peel the carrots, roughly chop them and put them into the blender. Pour in the oil. Blend on the highest setting until there are only tiny pieces of the carrots left.
2. Pour the mixture from the blender into a medium-sized pot and heat it over medium heat to a temperature of about 104°-106°C (219°-222°F), and maintain this temperature for the next 40 minutes. Stir occasionally, making sure the temperature remains steady and nothing gets burned.
3. Prepare a bowl large enough to fit a medium-sized pot, and fill it with cold water and a handful of ice cubes. Also, hang a fine sieve strainer over one medium-sized bowl and another fine sieve strainer, with a coffee filter inside it, over another medium-sized bowl.
4. Now, place the pot in the ice water and stir to cool the oil quickly. Once the oil is almost cold, remove the pot from the water and pour the oil into the prepared fine sieve to catch the coarse particles.
5. Then, pour the oil into the second sieve, which is equipped with a coffee filter, to catch the remaining finer particles.
6. Allow the oil to drip through for about 1 hour or maybe less depending on how many remaining particles are in the coffee filter. Once all the oil has passed through the coffee filter, transfer the collected amount of oil into a sealable container or directly into an oil bottle. Store in the refrigerator for up to one week.

PREPARATIONS

• Pour the canned chickpeas into a sieve and rinse with cold water until the Aquafaba stops foaming. You can save the Aquafaba for other recipes.
• Peel the garlic cloves.
• Halve the lemon.
• Cut the beetroot into chunks. If using fresh beetroot, peel it first.

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Pour the chickpeas into the food processor. Add the garlic cloves, tahini, salt, olive oil, and cumin. Blend on medium until you get a chunky but creamy consistency.
2. While the machine is running, gradually add the ice cubes. Blend for about 1-3 minutes (depending on your machine) until smooth and creamy. Adjust the seasoning with salt and lemon juice if needed.
3. Add the beetroot chunks and blend again until well combined.
4. Transfer the hummus to a bowl and garnish with olive oil, chickpeas, herbs, and paprika as desired.

1. Line a rectangular flat container with baking paper.
2. In a medium bowl, prepare the first layer by mixing the protein powder, almond flour, maple syrup and soy milk into a dense, malleable dough. My recommendation is to place the dough between two layers of baking paper, roll it out and then place it in the container. Because the dough is really sticky.
3. Next, spread 2 tablespoons of caramel over the dough layer as a second layer. Then place the container in the freezer for about an hour.
4. For the third layer, mix the crunchy peanut butter, coconut oil, maple syrup and a pinch of salt together in a medium bowl. After taking the container from the freezer, spread the mixture over the caramel layer evenly. Place the mold back in the freezer for 60 minutes.
5. Fill a small pot with water, bring to the boil and then remove from the heat. Place a heatproof aluminum or glass bowl over the pot. Melt the chocolate in it together with half a teaspoon of coconut oil, stirring regularly.
6. Once the chocolate has melted completely, remove the frozen bar mixture from the freezer and cut into 15 bars. Pull each bar individually through the melted chocolate with two forks, drain and place on baking paper or a rack to harden. If the room temperature is too warm, leave the bars to set in the fridge.

1. Preheat the oven to 230°C (450°F).
2. Wash the eggplant and cut into 1 cm (1/2 inch) thick slices. Cut the chives into fine rolls and roughly chop the mint.
3. Cut the dates into small pieces and crush the contents of the cardamom pods with a mortar.
4. Mix spices together in a small bowl: 1/4 tsp salt and 1/8 tsp each of the ground pepper, coriander, cinnamon, oregano, garlic, chilli and the contents of two cardamom pods. Stir everything together and set aside.
5. Place the eggplant slices on a baking tray lined with baking paper, spread 4 tablespoons of olive oil and the spice mixture over them. Rub all the slices with your hands and spread the oil and spices evenly. Now place the tray in the oven and bake the eggplant for 20 minutes.
6. In the meantime, mix the tahini-yoghurt sauce in a medium-sized bowl. Mix 2 tbsp tahini with 4 tbsp water until smooth. Then add 2 tbsp yogurt, 1 tbsp lemon juice, 1 tbsp olive oil, 1 clove of garlic and 1/8 tsp salt and mix well.
7. Remove the eggplant slices from the oven and arrange them on a large plate. Pour over the tahini-yoghurt sauce and serve with freshly ground pepper, the date pieces, chives, mint and a few sprinkles of olive oil and lemon juice.

PREPARATIONS

• Weigh out all the ingredients beforehand and have them ready. Make sure you have the right amount of nuts to hand, as you need to prepare the caramel quickly.

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Place butter, sugar, all-purpose flour, vanilla sugar, a pinch of salt and an egg in a medium-sized bowl. Knead into a shortcrust pastry. Wrap the ball of dough in cling film and place in the fridge for 30 minutes.
2. After 30 minutes, preheat the oven to 200°C / 390°F and spread a layer of baking paper on a work surface. Sprinkle with a little flour and roll out the dough ball from the fridge to a size of about 31×24 cm (approximately 12×9 inches). Now place the baking paper with the dough on a baking tray and bake in the oven for around 12-13 minutes. The dough should be light in color when it comes out of the oven and at most slightly brown at the edges. Then remove the dough from the oven and leave to cool.
3. Meanwhile make the caramel in a small pot. To do this, melt sugar over a low to medium heat, stirring constantly. As soon as the sugar has completely melted and turned amber, remove from the heat and stir in butter and heavy cream, one at a time. Don’t panic it’s normal that it gets bubbly just keep stirring, but be careful not to burn yourself. While stirring let it simmer for a minute or so on a low heat.
4. Once the mixture has become a smooth caramel, stir in whole macadamia nuts and peanuts. Now quickly spread the nut-caramel mixture evenly over the cooled dough and press lightly onto the dough so that the caramel and the dough can combine, and leave to stand for around 45-60 minutes so that the caramel can harden.
5. In the meantime, place the chocolate and coconut oil in a small heatproof glass or stainless steel bowl and fill the pot in which you prepared the caramel with water and bring to the boil over a medium heat on the stove. This not only makes it very easy to remove the caramel residue but also melts the chocolate for the next step. Do not pour the water away, but hang the bowl with the chocolate in the pot. But it shouldn’t touch the water. White chocolate is a little diva and only needs the steam to melt. Leave it to stand for approx. 10-15 minutes. Stir the chocolate from time to time and make sure no water gets in the bowl.
6. As soon as the caramel hardened, use a sharp knife to cut the nut caramel sheet as desired. I opted for squares. Now hold the squares by the nut-caramel layer and dip them with the dough layer into the melted chocolate and allow to drip off well. Leave the squares to dry on the nut-caramel layer. For quicker drying, place the squares in the fridge.
7. Enjoy 🙂

1. Preheat the oven to 160°C (320°F).
2. Line the loaf tin with baking paper.
3. Whisk the 5 eggs with 1/2 tsp salt in a bowl. Meanwhile, add the 50ml (10 tsp) olive oil and mix well.
4. Pour 100g (1/2 cup + 2 tbsp) flaxseeds , 200g (1 cup + 1/3 cup) mixed nuts, 100g (1/2 cup + 1/4 cup) sunflower seeds, 50g (1/4 cup) pumpkin seeds and 50g (1/3 cup + 2 tsp) white sesame seeds into the bowl with the egg mixture and mix everything together.
5. Pour the entire mixture onto the baking paper in the loaf tin and spread evenly.
6. Bake in the oven on the middle shelf for 60 minutes. The bread can be eaten warm, but make sure that the slices are not cut too thinly. Once the bread has cooled, thin slices can also be cut.