Elle Republic

This roasted vegetable salad is the perfect winter salad. It’s warm, hearty, and packed full of plant-based goodness. It’s made with a assortment of oven-roasted root vegetables (sweet potato, carrot, parsnip, beetroot, and celery root) which are served over a bed of arugula and drizzled with a delicious balsamic-dijon dressing. Toasted seeds add crunch and an optional sprinkling of feta adds an extra depth of salty flavor and tanginess. The...

This is soon to be your new obsession. Homemade Nutella. What’s so great about it? Well for one, not only is it made with lots of roasted hazelnuts, but it also packed with other good things. There’s superfood organic raw cacao powder, pure bourbon vanilla, Canadian maple syrup, unsweetened almond milk and another superfood — coconut oil. All of which make it a great alternative to the loaded with sugar...

This lentil salad with roasted potato and a mustard balsamic dressing. With smoked bacon, Italian parsley and a vinaigrette that lifts everything up, this is the perfect cold weather salad. There is something so very special about a warm potato salad for fall and winter days. Especially the combination of oven-roasted potato and al dente lentils. Roasted potatoes add more flavour Roasting rather than boiling the potatoes means more flavour and...

This Brussels sprout apple salad is a simple, light and delicious side dish. A combination of shaved Brussels sprouts, sweet-tart apple, green onion, toasted walnuts, panko and parmesan are tossed in a delicious Dijon mustard apple cider vinaigrette. A raw shaved Brussels sprouts salad Rather than roasting Brussels sprouts, I wanted a light, tasty, raw preparation that was just as delicious. As a member of the cruciferous vegetable family (like cabbage,...

Chocolatey, soft and lightly sweet! That’s what these tahini chocolate chip cookies are. And there is no butter! Rich and creamy tahini paste eliminates the need for butter while also adding a nutty sesame flavor that pairs beautifully with dark chocolate. In this case, you’ll get puddles of melted dark chocolate in every bite. Plus they are naturally gluten-free, thanks to ground almonds. And what’s more they’re easy to...

This is mushroom ragù is the ultimate dish for mushroom-lovers! It’s perfectly rich and savory thanks to caramelised onions and a mixture of slow-cooked mushrooms in a richly flavourful cherry tomato sauce. This vegetarian ragù makes a hearty plant-based sauce to use over pasta, potatoes, gnocchi, polenta and so much more. Slow-cooked for deeper flavours Slow-cooked caramelised onions add a deep, rich, sweet flavour to an otherwise simple tomato sauce. And...