Mostly Domestic Tahini Brownie – Vegan & Gluten Free A modern take on a classic, these tahini brownies are not only fudgy, chewy and subtly sweet, but they are also gluten-free and vegan. Anyone who follows Mostly Domestic on social media knows just how long I teased this recipe. It was not intentional, I just wanted to make sure the recipe was absolutely perfect and after about a dozen slight variations, the recipe is finally complete! Let’s have a look at what goes into these incredibly delicious brownies: Tahini Brownies – Ingredients Tahini: Seeing as this is our main ingredient and s ..read more

Mostly Domestic Easy Vegan Focaccia New to bread making? Focaccia recipes are a great place to start! Fill your kitchen with the smell of freshly baked bread, with minimal stress and effort.  New Year’s resolutions (sigh). We often make them, but rarely follow through on them. I think a big part of the lack of success in this department comes from calling in something too lofty, time consuming or life altering. I’ll usually opt for something rather simple like drinking less caffeine, not letting laundry sit in the washing machine overnight or attempting to be less of a megalomaniac while ..read more

Mostly Domestic Easy Vegan Focaccia New to bread making? Focaccia recipes are a great place to start! Fill your kitchen with the smell of freshly baked bread, with minimal stress and effort.  New Year’s resolutions (sigh). We often make them, but rarely follow through on them. I think a big part of the lack of success in this department comes from calling in something too lofty, time consuming or life altering. I’ll usually opt for something rather simple like drinking less caffeine, not letting laundry sit in the washing machine overnight or attempting to be less of a megalomaniac while ..read more

Mostly Domestic Date Squares – Vegan, Gluten Free & Nut Free Perfectly sweet with a buttery oatmeal crumb topping with a soft, chewy center. This version is vegan, gluten free, nut free and refined sugar free and absolutely delicious! Jump to Recipe The first time I ever had a date square was in early elementary school, at a bake sale the parent teacher association was hosting. Seeing as I was an over-achieving, goodie two-shoes growing up, I was asked to help out at the bake sale and be one of the cashiers. A couple dozen moms walked from table to table, placing their desserts onto platte ..read more

Mostly Domestic Vegan Antipasto Pasta Salad This fresh, brightly coloured pasta salad is popping with delicious classic antipasto ingredients and tossed in a zesty homemade Italian lemon vinaigrette. Jump to Recipe You know what I love? Pasta. You know what else I love? Anything from the antipasto bar. You know what’s even better? The marriage of the two! This antipasto pasta salad started off as just a way to use up some jars of open olives and canned chickpeas that were on their way out. However, this recipe came together so brilliantly that it is a must share! I am SO looking forward to the ..read more

Mostly Domestic Easy Avocado Toast – Vegan and Gluten Free Option Level up your breakfast game with this super delicious, quick and easy avocado toast! Jump to Recipe Avocados could be used as genuine currency in our home. Should we ever run out of avocados, it becomes a blame game and a who-done-it. Each sibling faulting the other for “always eating the last avocado.” Heaven forbid I should make one child easy avocado toast for breakfast or lunch and not the others. Don’t get me wrong, I too enjoy the creamy yumminess of a perfectly ripened avocado, but not anywhere near the way the kids do ..read more

Mostly Domestic Last Minute Vegan Stocking Stuffer Ideas – Amazon Prime Vegan Stocking Stuffers – Last Minute Ideas Looking for last minute vegan stocking stuffer ideas and Christmas gifts?  We got you! Wow, it’s pretty hard to believe that we are about a week away from Christmas! Life in lock-down makes time pass in the most bizarre way. Over here, in the Dunlop home, we are essentially all ready for the holidays and have only some very minor tasks remaining. However, yesterday I spent the afternoon wrapping the kids’ gifts and realized I could still use a few holiday vegan stocking stuf ..read more

Mostly Domestic Vegan Dinner Meal Plan – December Week 3 Vegan Dinner Meal Plan – December Week 2   Hope everyone had just a wonderful weekend and feeling ready (and pumped!) for the holidays. Over here, we are pretty much good to go as far as gifts and family planning is concerned. I have to pick up a couple last minute teacher and younger cousin gifts, but outside of that it’s looking good! Last week’s Vegan Dinner Meal Plan went perfectly and I stuck to the schedule without fail. There is just SUCH a sense of relief knowing that the dinners are already planned out and even most of the ..read more

Mostly Domestic Cashew Chocolate Vegan Protein Bars – Gluten Free Quick, delicious, NO BAKE plant-based gluten free vegan protein bar recipe! A healthy and fast pre or post workout snack and cheaper than store bought options like Cliff Bars or Larabar cashew bar! Jump to Recipe   Cashew Chocolate Protein Bars – Vegan & Gluten Free   After months of being in forced lock-downs and having life’s activities put on what feels like a seemingly endless pause, our household is starting to pick up again. The boys have started some after school activities again, my daughter’s little part t ..read more

Mostly Domestic Vegan Dinner Meal Plan – December Week 2 Vegan Dinner Meal Plan – December Week 2 Here we go again! After taking 8 months off from our monthly grocery hauls (due to the whole pandemic situation), we are back at it and ready to get back to saving time and money. We took a look at our grocery spending over the past few months and we are spending easily $300-$600 more every month, when compared to our previous monthly grocery hauls. Gross. I am not a fan, lol! So we took a good 2-3 days and planned out our dinners and then created the grocery list based on the ingredients required ..read more