Sometimes it is the really simply recipes that I love the most… simply healthy snacks that take all but 5 minutes to prepare are those that I come back to again and again.

This is one such recipe…and it’s barely even a recipe! 

Homemade coconut butter was one of the very first things I made when I began Including Cake.

It’s a great alternative to coconut oil in lots of recipes and the bonus is that is very cheap and easy to make yourself….you just need a powerful (or robust) food processor!

In continuing my no-bake experiments to take us through the hot summer days, here at Including Cake I have been concocting a few experiments of the chilled variety. Chia soft serve… a simple version of an ice creamy dessert with all the luxury but with maximum health factor.

Following on from my recent chia experiments with the ‘summer chia shake’ I thought I would use the same principles in exploiting chia’s thickening qualities to create a savoury sauce. Although many of my recipes at Including cake are based around healthy sweet treats...I also like to dabble in savoury options.

This is a super simple summer sauce that takes less than 10 minutes to prepare…perfectly timed to coincide with your pasta preparation!

Here at Including Cake I have another all time favourite…smoosh bars are a very regular creation at my house. In actual fact it’s rare that I don’t have a batch to hand since they freeze so well and defrost so quickly. 

This version is another super simple recipe in which the ingredients are simply blitzed and then ‘smooshed’ together hence the nickname which then stuck.