Vegan Savoury Pie - by Princess E !

Hello  again!  Today we are going to make vegan savoury pie. It is suitable for vegans, people who can't have dairy, egg, or soya due to allergies. If you substitute the Quorn for something else you can eat, it can be made gluten free.

Ingredients:-

• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 1 bag of vegan Quorn pieces
• 200g of sliced mushrooms
• 1 large red onion
• 1 big squeeze of garlic puree
• 50g  of dairy free butter alternative
• 2 tbsp flour
• 200ml of vegetable stock
• 300ml of oat milk
• large pinch of nutmeg
• pinch of salt
• pinch of pepper
• 400-500g shortcrust pastry that is suitable to your allergy requirements - ready rolled works, if you can find a suitable one near you.

1. Get Mummy or Daddy to heat the oil in a saucepan, and add the Quorn and mushrooms on a low heat.
2. Once the mushrooms start getting smaller, add  the chopped onion and a big squeeze of garlic.
3. Cook for a couple more minutes and then put it on the side while you do the next bit.
4. Melt the dairy free butter in a different saucepan and add the flour. Keep stirring for a few minutes until it forms a paste like in my first photo.
5. Make up the vegetable stock in a jug, and add the oat milk.
6. Add the salt, pepper and nutmeg to the liquid in the jug.
7. Slowly, add the liquid to the paste you made, and whisk it for a few minutes until it gets thicker, like  my second photo.
8. Then add the liquid to the Quorn mixture and stir over a medium heat for a few minutes, like in my third photo.
9. Next roll out the pastry, turn your pie dish upside down and push it into the pastry, to make the shape for the pie lid.
10. Add your mixture to the pie dish, and then place the pastry lid on top of your pie.
11. Then you can decorate the pie, but you then have cook it for 30-35 minutes in a pre-warmed oven.
12. Hope you enjoy it!

(Allergy Mummy here, again. The pie needs to be cooked at around 180-190 degrees, if it's in a fan oven. Princess E has done her very best to keep as many allergens out of this recipe, which is why she has been vague on some ingredients. For example, vegetable stock often contains celery, and Princess E is allergic to celery too. It is best to use one that is a light stock, and suitable for your own allergy needs. Princess E is anaphylactic to soya, and I am vegan, so we used the new Vegan Quorn pieces. If you are allergic to gluten, you could replace this with some other vegetables or soya, if you are able to eat it, and use gluten free pastry and flour. Also, pay attention to the oat milk, as some contains gluten).

Vegan Chocolate Cake - by Princess E :-)

Hi welcome  back! I hope you enjoyed our last recipe, banana muffins! Today I am going to show you how to make crazy chocolate cakes! Here are the ingredients.

• 210g  of plain flour (this recipe can be adpated to gluten free by using gluten free flour that has xantum gum included in the mix - or by using the gluten free flour and also adding your xanthum gum).
• 200g of caster sugar
• 3 tbs cocoa powder
• 1 tsp of bicarbonate of soda
• half a tsp of salt
• 1 tsp of vanilla
• 1tsp of vinegar
• 5 tbs of vegetable oil 
• 250 mls of cold water

Here is what you need to do.

1. Sieve the plain flour and cocoa powder into a bowl.
2. Stir with the rest of the dry ingredients.
3. Make three wells in the mix.
4. Add vanilla to one well, vinegar to another, and oil to the last well. I made a smiley face in mine!
5. Pour the cold water over the whole mixture and stir well.
6. Put in a cake tin and cook for about 25 to 30 minutes.
7. It's also very tasty!
8. Plus don't forget to lick the bowl!

Allergy Mummy here again. The cake was cooked at 180 degrees, in a fan oven. We have also previously used this recipe to make muffins, just reduce the cooking time slightly if you do. Princess E likes to decorate her cakes with allergy-friendly icing and sprinkles. We make chocolate icing using 110g dairy free butter alternative (we use dairy free vitalite), 170g icing sugar and 55g cocoa powder. We mix this in a bowl until it goes smooth, and then use it to top the cake. For the sprinkles, we just scour the supermarket shelves until we find any that are suitable for her individual allergy requirements.

Banana Muffins - A Post From Princess E!

I'm Princess E. I have a little sister called Princess M and a mummy and a daddy. I have a lot of allergies, like dairy, eggs and soya, and lots more, but I can still make yummy recipes!

I like making banana muffins here is the recipe.

Banana Muffins

You need

• 3 bananas
• 4oz sugar
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 2oz melted butter alternative- we use dairy free vitalite
• 6oz self raising flour 

Instructions

1. Mash sugar and bananas.
2. Melt the butter in the microwave for a few seconds. Be careful as it can get very hot very quickly!
3. Add melted butter to the banana mix and stir.
4. Add flour and baking powder and stir.
5. Put in muffin tins and cook at 180 degrees. 

They are very yummy!


(Allergy Mummy here - just to say that these muffins are very versatile, and can be frozen, ready for emergency allergy parent nightmares when you suddenly need cake at short notice! They can be iced, for a sweeter treat, but don't freeze them with icing on. We also add a handful of raisins and a pinch of cinnamon sometimes, as above, to make a 'breakfast muffin'. They take around 20 minutes to cook, but the time will depend upon how big the muffins are.)

Allergy Princesses Go Live!

Finally, after several months of deliberation, Allergy Princesses is going live! This will make Allergy Princess E extremely happy, as this blog is her brain-child. :-)

Princess E intends to use this blog to talk about easy child-friendly recipes that may be suitable for allergy sufferers. We like easy recipes here, as Princess E is only 7 years old, but we also understand that allergies are often unpredictable, and not every allergy sufferer can eat the same things.

Princess M may well feature in the blog at some point, but she is only a toddler, so she is not quite up to writing her own blog posts yet!

First Princess post to follow very soon!

From The Allergy Princesses' Mummy!