Vegan Chocolate Beetroot Cake
Welcome to another recipe! Do you like beetroots? If I had to choose between many different vegetables, beets -in my opinion- would be among my last choices. Since I was a kid, I remember I wouldn’t say I liked eating them. I don’t know why, since they are lovely and have excellent color, too. Maybe they weren’t prepared correctly, and that false memory stuck with me until today. Going to the supermarket, I will not choose beets, and they won’t…
Fluffy Banana Bread with Walnuts
Welcome to another recipe! The famous Banana Bread recipe! The famous banana bread is here today to conquer everyone’s hearts! This recipe has flooded the world of the internet and specifically the world of Social Media in the last year since I have seen many people enjoying it at every opportunity. So, I decided to create a recipe and enjoy it with you all, guys! You can accompany your morning coffee with banana bread, enjoy it at your office, or…
Dreamy Pumpkin Muffins (Vegan)
Welcome to another recipe! Do you celebrate Halloween? Halloween is a time of the year that I like a lot! When I was living in Greece, I never celebrated it, as it is not a very popular feast there. But this year, since I’ve moved to Paris, I want to celebrate it. The city is decorated with lights, and you can see edible or decorative pumpkins everywhere. The spirit of Halloween affected me, too, so I decided to make one…
Vegan Tofu Chocolate Mousse
How can I add tofu to a dessert? Tofu is an ideal material to add to savory and sweet preparations since it does not have a unique and very characteristic taste. For this reason, with the proper processing and addition of ingredients, we can use it in various recipes and take advantage of all its nutritional characteristics. As we have discussed again, tofu has many forms, textures, and flavors, so depending on our recipe, we choose the right one. I…
Crisp Vanilla Cookies
Cookies that remind us of our childhood It has been a while since I wanted to make this recipe. I generally like to reminisce recipes of my childhood years and take a journey back to the past and the carefree moments of that period of my life. Cooking, with its aromas and flavors, helps me do exactly that, and it’s one of the reasons I love being in the kitchen and cooking so much. Today’s recipe, therefore, has a “mom’s”…
Vegan Tsoureki with Chocolate Filling (Greek Sweet Bread)
What are you going to cook at Easter? The truth is that Greek cuisine has countless recipes and a great variety of flavors. The holiday season, and Easter, in particular, is one of those times when we cook more and more and enjoy many favorite foods. There are also those classic recipes that fill our house with smells, such as the tsoureki that we will see today and the magiritsa, which are considered a “must” for this period. Of course,…
Grilled Cinnamon Pears
How to turn a fruit into a dessert? Apart from being very tasty, fruits are also essential for our body. I won’t hide from you that when I was a child, I didn’t like them at all. I had told you before that I tried in every possible way to avoid them. However, fruits are an integral part of my daily life either in their standard form or as a smoothie (see smoothie recipes here) or even as a dessert, as…
No-bake Vegan Chocolate Cheesecake
“When Helen Cooks” turns 1 year old and it celebrates! Today I am especially happy, since my blog is online for 1 whole year! My happiness is indescribable, because during this past year I have put a lot of effort into it and I received a lot of love as well! That’s why I want to sincerely thank you for your support. I am really glad we are together in this journey and we are sharing all these flavors and…
Chocolate Cake with Berries
Do you celebrate Valentine’s Day? This is a subject that is discussed every year and there is a lot of disagreement in social media between our everyday talks with our friends. Where do you stand on this issue? Do you think that this day is appropriate to express our love to our partner or is it just another commercialized celebration to lead people to overconsumption? The truth is that every year on this day, florists, patisseries, jewelry stores, and many…
Easy and Delicious Vegan Kourabiedes (Greek Almond Cookies)
Kourabiedes: The ultimate Christmas dessert! This eternal dilemma between kourabiedes (Greek Almond Cookies) and melomakarona (Greek Honey Cookies) has always existed and I believe it will continue to exist for many more years. The truth is that both kourabiedes and melomakarona are very popular desserts during the Christmas period and everyone loves baking them. As I have said in another recipe, I have always been a fan of melomakarona, but I never say no to kourabiedes. After all, why do…
