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Cosy Starter & Canapé Recipe Collection

We cooked some cosy starters and canapé for the joyful 1st Anniversary of Joyful Ladies London. Hope you enjoy the recipe collection!



Cinnamon Apple Orange Tea


1 Orange, sliced

Apple juice, 1.5l / 2 Apples, sliced + 1.5l water

Cinnamon 7g or 1-2 stalks

Ginger, 3 slices

Dried cranberries, a small bunch

Star anise, 2 pieces (optional)


Bring all the ingredients to a boil and let it simmer for an hour.





Tomato Canape


Sourdough bread, sliced

Tomato, sliced (good and hard ones, like beef tomatoes or heirloom tomatoes)

Olive oil, a drizzle

Vegan parmesan*, sprinkle on the top

Salt and black pepper, to taste

Salad leaves or sprouts, to garnish


Assemble all the ingredients and garnish as you like.



*Vegan Parmesan

100 g blanched almonds or almond flakes, roasted

15 g breadcrumbs (vegan)

25 g nutritional yeast

Salt, to taste

Ground white pepper, to taste


Blend all the ingredients into a mixture of powder.





Creamy Vegan Hot Broccoli Dip


200 g broccoli florets

200 g vegan yoghurt (e.g. alpro green style soya yoghurt)

140 g cashew nuts

150 g dairy-free milk of choice, unsweetened

15 g lemon juice

2 tbsp nutritional yeast flakes

1 tbsp cornflour

1 ½ tsp salt

½ tsp sweet paprika

1 pinch dried chilli flakes

25 g vegan cheese (optional)


1. Preheat oven to 180°C.

2. Blend broccoli into small pieces. Transfer to a bowl and set aside.

3. Blend vegan yoghurt, cashew nuts, plant milk, lemon juice, nutritional yeast, cornflour, salt, paprika and chilli flakes until smooth.

4. Add reserved chopped broccoli and mix it all up (or reserve a bit of chopped broccoli as a topping). Transfer the mixture to baking dishes.

5. Bake for 25-30 minutes (180°C) until lightly golden. Serve hot preferred.





Beetroot Hummus


240 g cooked chickpeas, rinsed, drained (1 x 400 g tin)

1 beetroot, peeled, chopped (approx. 100 g)

20 g extra virgin olive oil

1 tbsp tahini

30 g lemon juice (approx. 1 lemon)

3 tsp ground cumin

Salt, to taste

1 pinch of paprika (optional)

White sesame seeds, to garnish


Blend all the ingredients until smooth.





Mushroom Mini Burgers


White Mushroom, skin peeled, fried in olive oil, extra liquid poured off, sprinkled with black pepper

Baby tomatoes, sliced

Lettuce, sliced

Baby cucumber, sliced

Mixed nuts (cashews, pumpkin seeds, pine nuts, etc), roasted/pan-fried and blended

Dressing: vegan mayo* or ketchup


Assemble all the ingredients into burgers and use garnish picks to hold them up.


*Vegan Mayo

100g raw cashews, soaked/boiled

1.5g nutritional yeast

5g apple cider vinegar/alcohol-free white vinegar/lemon juice

5g yellow mustard

10g maple syrup

25g olive oil

Salt, to taste


Blend all the ingredients until smooth.





Chocolate Brownies


200g dark chocolate, chopped and melted (or reserve half unmelted to sprinkle on top)

200g self-raising flour

3 tbsp cacao powder

50g coconut sugar (reduce sugar if using vegan milk chocolate that has sugar in it)

225ml soya milk

75ml vegetable/olive oil (+ extra to grease)

Sea salt


1. Preheat the oven to 200°C / 180°C fan. Grease a baking tin with oil.

2. Mix all the ingredients until smooth. Tip the batter into the tin, level with the back of a spoon and sprinkle over the remaining dark chocolate and a little sea salt.

3. Bake for 20-25 minutes until set around the edges and have a little wobble in the middle.

4. Sprinkle with more sea salt and let cool. Store in the fridge.





Thank you for reading!

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