The Jam that changed my life

About 2 weeks ago my 2 lovely sisters Sharleen and Krystal and my super cute niece Justice went on an adventure day up to the Adelaide Hills, our 1st vegan stop was Bamboo Talk, its in Mt Barker (69 Gawler St) and we had AMAZING sushi, it had a faux tuna in it and we also had some other dishes like steam dumplings! yumm and i highly recommend going there!


Then we went to beerenberg farm and picked strawberries, it was truly awesome, you take a little basket and pick/eat as many strawberries you like and it costs $3! Then if you wanna take them home it was about $9 a kg! Awesome! I took a few photos on my Fuji Instax camera! 

Strawberries are pretty much natures candy, i highly recommend going out and actually picking your own strawberries, there is something about actually knowing what your eating.


Anyway back to the jam that changed my life... 


I love figs, they're gorgeous and just so packed full of flavour and i also love jam so when we went into the beerenberg store i was in jam heaven...I've always been very bias when it comes to Jam, my nanna's homemade raspberry jam is like nothing else and i rarely buy jam cos it just doesn't compare to the sweet tartness of homegrown and made jam! In beerenberg i found Fig & Cinnamon Jam!   It's amazing on scones and in pastries, i highly recommend it! yummo!

Banana Caramel Layer Cake

When i went vegan i was totally bummed that Banana Caramel Pie was going to be one of the things i missed, then my amazing sister in law told me she worked out how to make caramel vegan, i was so used to using caramel in a can that when i looked at a recipe my mum had in her cookbook it was easy! So it's a normal thing now days that i make a banana caramel cream pie, its delicious and i love it but the other day i was wanting something MORE than pie...something cakey but still banana and caramel! So here comes the idea for a banana flavoured cake with a caramel centre, although my photos do not do it justice one of the guests at the dinner party we attended said it 'changed her life'!

Absolute Delish!

Vegan Satay!

This is for Taygan, I have cooked this for you and I expect you to cook it lots when you leave me for Melbourne (also think of me when you eat it)

So this is one of my favourite easy meals...its fantastic and if you fill it full of veggies and rice it's a dream!

It serves about 4 people, depending on how hungry you really are!

1/2 Cup of Kecap Manis Soy Sauce

1/2 Cup of Sweet Chilli Sauce

1 Can of Coconut Cream

3 Tablespoons of Peanut Butter

A whole heap of veggies (I use onion, carrot, capsicum, potato, broccoli and cauliflower normally)

Enough rice for 4 people

So cook rice (i shouldn't need to explain this one) fry veggies. Mix the satay sauce ingredients together and add to veggies, mix well and heat until thick and awesomely yummy! See seriously easy and full of taste!

Enjoy! (i'll post a photo next time i eat it!)