Lucy's Friendly Foods
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Lucy's Friendly Foods
3w ago
Let me present Biscoff Bun Wreath, the perfect breakfast or brunch for any day, but especially Christmas day! It’s all the best features of a soft, sticky and squidgy cinnamon bun but with the flavours of Biscoff, and then made into a festive Babka style centrepiece! Cinnamon buns are often my most requested bake, and ..read more
Lucy's Friendly Foods
3w ago
You have a have a Christmas cake right? But it’s not always everyone’s cup of tea – in fact in this house hold it will only get eaten by guests. We’re much more a chocolate yule log family, but it’s till nice to have a traditional Christmas cake to offer to guests. With that in ..read more
Lucy's Friendly Foods
3w ago
Chocolate dipped marshmallow reindeer are the no bake treat you must make this Christmas. Allergy-friendly, and very easy, these little vegan Christmas treats are a must make – as you can see from my photos below, they a really great addition to a Christmas chocolate box, adding a whimsical fun factor that is quite irresistible ..read more
Lucy's Friendly Foods
3w ago
Panettones have become so popular you can hardly squeeze past the piles of them in the shops in the run up to Christmas! I feel like they’re maybe becoming more popular than the more traditional cakes and pies! What do you think? Has your family moved to the panettone zone? Obviously, it’s very hard to ..read more
Lucy's Friendly Foods
3w ago
Christmas needs chocolates and these strawberry creams will make a wonderful addition to any chocolate selection box, whether fully home made or to add to some shop bought varieties. Have you ever made peppermint creams? They such fun to make, you simply make a soft minty dough, stamp out shapes and then dip into chocolate ..read more
Lucy's Friendly Foods
1M ago
Chocolates are essential at this time of year, either to gift or to enjoy. Whilst dairy-free and free-from chocolates are getting better and more varied all the time, you can’t buy everything and it’s also a real joy to make homemade chocolates (especially very cute ones). I’ve recently been made aware of Scottish free-from chocolate ..read more
Lucy's Friendly Foods
1M ago
How about Christmas in flapjack form? A vegan oat bars which transports you straight to the festive season. It’s December so it’s all about mince pies, dried fruit, and mixed spice, but we’re really not a mince pie family. I’ll have maybe one a year and for everyone else it’s a firm no thank you ..read more
Lucy's Friendly Foods
1M ago
Chocolate orange is one of those iconic Christmas flavours, a necessary addition to any Christmas cookie box. These shortbread matchsticks are the perfect vehicle for the chocolate and orange combination – crisp and ‘buttery’ shortbread, dipped in dark chocolate for the tip of the matchstick. Not only are they cute, but they’re also extremely moreish ..read more
Lucy's Friendly Foods
1M ago
Would Christmas even be Christmas without gingerbread? Well, that may be a bit extreme, but these delightful spicy cookies are always centre stage in our house at Christmas and each year I try a new incarnation and this year’s may be the cutest of them all. I was grabbing a coffee in the Pret nearest ..read more
Lucy's Friendly Foods
2M ago
Next up in my single serve series is a delicious crisp yet chewy rich double chocolate cookie. I guarantee this is one of the best chocolate cookies you’ll have ever tasted, that just happens to be dairy-free, egg-free, nut-free and vegan. Save this recipe because you never know when you’ll need a cookie for one ..read more