12 Festive Recipes
If you're looking to incorporate some whole grains and pulses into your festive food this holiday season make sure you check out some of these great recipes.
Coconut Lime Chickpea and Flour Shortbread
The cardamom gives this shortbread recipe a festive flavour and the chickpea flour makes them nice and rich.
Pumpkin Seed Brittle
Using pumpkin seeds makes this toffee brittle feel a little more seasonal than a typical sesame seed recipe.
Festive Matcha Red Bean Cake
Red bean paste is in all sorts of recipes this time of year and this cake adds another great flavour, Matcha.
Healthy Christmas Sugar Cookies
This recipe might be a little healthier than your traditional cookies by using white beans and natural dyes from spinach and beets.
Vegan Christmas Pudding
Ground flax (aka linseed) helps to bind this Christmas pudidng and give it that famous dense texture.
Cauliflower and White Bean Bake
Adding cannellini beans to this classic cauliflower bake makes it even more comforting.
Black Bean Meatballs with Cranberries
These Swedish-style vegan meatballs are made with black beans and plant-milk.
Sage and Onion Faba Bean Bake
No mashed potato here. Faba bean splits replace potato in this oven bake recipe.
Cinnamon Sugar Chickpeas
You might have tried savoury roasted chickpeas but this cinnamon sugar is a nice festive treat.
Challah Bread
Challah bread is great for celebrations with it's knots, and this one is topped with bakery seeds like sesame and poppy.
Chocolate Energy Balls
These festive date balls have hemp seeds and chia seeds to give them a nice texture.
Vegan Red Lentil Nut Roast
Nut loaf is a vegan Christmas classic and this one opts for red lentils as the core ingredient.