Chez Loulou

Today I'm proud to present you my new creation ❤ A vegan cheesecake. Loulou's vegan cheesecake. This is an original recipe and I won't share it with you ( sorry ! ) because I intend to sell that one 😉 What I can say to you is that it's made with oat and soy, that it is really delicious, very fresh and creamy and loaded with a lot of good fruits. And believe it or not there is not much sugar in this cake. For a big cake with 12 portions there is just 100 gr sugar. No gelatin, dairy free, reduced amount of sugar but still creamy and delicious 😋 My best advice, order one from me and see for yourself ! To order contact me on my facebook page  click here  or send me an email on yacoubhelene@msn.com !  ( nota, you have to live in Stavanger or region to order from me of course ! )

Now we all are very hot in the middle of this heat wave... What about a nice ice cream recipe ? This recipe is super nice, super satisfying and super fresh annnnnnnnnd it's vegan and has no added sugar. So. You take : 1 mango 1 orange 1 can coconut milk Now... You : Cut the mango in to dices Cut the orange in half and press on half to get the juice out of it Put the mango, the orange juice and the coconut milk in a blender bzzzzzzzzzzzzz Put the mixture you got in an ice cube tray and let in the freezer for 1 hour After 1 hour, take out your "ice cubes" and put them again in your blender Press the juice out of your another half of an orange and put it in the blender bzzzzzzzzzzzzz Annnnnnnnnnnnnnnd… Enjoy !!! Try it and let me know ❤ PS : the picture is not mine ( borrowed from  pixabay ) because when I make this ice cream I don't have time to take a picture, believe me 😂

Tonight I tried cauliflower wings ! That was a total success. Everybody liked it, even me and I'm normally not a big fan of cauliflower 😁 So here is how you do it : Cut one cauliflower into florets Prepare a dip with 2dl soymilk that you blend with 3ss flour and 2ss maizena. Then you add your spices. Pretty much what you want. I had "chicken spice mix", paprika, liquid smoke, pepper and tabasco. Then you dip your cauliflower in your mix and then roll it in breadcrumbs. After that it's just to roast it in the oven after you have sprinkled some oil on it. Roast 10 mn on one side and 10mn on the other. Booooom !!! You got yourself a nice dinner, healthier than kfc but if you trust me... much tastier !! And your kids will looooooove it, I promise ❤

Last time I didn't have much time to make dinner. Here is what I came up with :) First I made a simple marinade with soy sauce, chili, garlic and ginger. I put some tofu in the marinade and let it for about 10 mn. In the mean time I cut some carrots, cucumber, mint, and cashews. It's what I had but would have worked with cilantro, squash and mushrooms lol. Do with what you have at home ( and what your kids are ok to eat 😁) Then I took the tofu out of the marinade and coated it with maizena. Next I fried the tofu. At that point I cooked water and cooked the noodles ( mine were ready after 3mn but check the package of yours to be sure ) After it was just to fry the noodles in the rest of the marinade plus sesame oil and at the end add the veggies, tofu and cashews. Really good, balanced, healthy, vegan, easy to do and kids friendly ! Enjoy !

Yesterday I tried Ginataang halo halo, a Filipino dessert ❤ My friend Johane from the Philippines taught me the recipe, bless your heart Johane, this recipe is amazing, I loooooooooooooooooooooooooooove Ginataang, love it ! In this dessert you use sweet potatoes ( orange and purple ), plantain, rice balls and tapioca pearls. You can find purple sweet potato in Asian shops. It's delicious and gives the wonderful color to the dish 💜 To make the rice balls you use glutinous rice flour ( you find this in Asian shops as well ), mix it with some water and form balls with your fingers, that's it ! I love rice balls, I love the taste and the consistence of it. It's soft, elastic and sticky, for me it's the best ! So. To make this dessert. You cut your sweet potatoes and plantain. You cook it in water mixed with coconut milk until soft. Then you add some sugar ( follow your taste, my friend Johane had just a little dash of sugar ), the tapioca pearl and ri...

Today in Norway it's the national day ❤ At home we have the tradition of making pavlovas on this day. Pavlova is a meringue and then cream and then fruits. On the national day we like to have berries on it to get the colors of the flag. But today I made it in a vegan version and also a lighter version. Less fat and less sugar and completely plant based. And believe me if you can, that was delicious 😋 So to make the vegan meringue you need to use aquafaba. Aquafaba is the cooking water that comes out of beans and peas. In this case I took a can of chickpeas and used the aquafaba of the box. ( I used the chickpeas to make vegan chicken but that is another story 😉) So what do you do with the aquafaba ? You whisk it until you get your meringue. Like with white of your eggs ? Yes, exactly like it. Here is the recipe : Aquafaba from 1 can of chickpeas ( don't throw the chickpeas, use it to make some hummus of curry of whatever ) 2 tbsp maizena 4...

If you remember the time I tried to make omelette with chickpea flour... that was a no go 😅 So I decided to try another sort of vegan omelette with a tofu basis this time. That was MUCH better !! Here is the recipe from  The minimalist baker if you want to try it 😃 The taste was really ok this time. Still not like an omelette omelette but approaching enough to satisfy me :) The consistence was a little too wet thought so if I make this recipe again I might try with firm tofu that I press before and then run in the food processor instead of silken tofu which is way too wet for this recipe ( even firm silken tofu ) So here is the result, vegan omelette with homemade salsa and "pommes duchesses" ( French piped potato swirls ) It's normally made with butter and heavy cream but I found this vegan recipe that worked like a charm : Recipe from Patate et cornichon The recipe is in French but as it is a video I guess you might understand it even if you don...

A Venezuelan friend came to my house one evening and showed me how to make Arepas. Arepas is corn bread that you fry and then fill with what you want to fill with. Black beans and cheese. Meat with tomato sauce... On this day we used vegan chicken with tomato sauce and vegan cheddar. That was really delicious !❤ The recipe is really simple. You use this corn flour : And you mix with water. The consistence is right when you can make a ball in your hand and there is no cracks. Then you form small balls that you flatten with the palm of your hand before frying it in the pan. It's ready when the color is right ( see the picture ) After that it's just to enjoy. You can eat the Arepas as they are ( I did... a lot ! because it's so good ) or you open them with a knife and fill them with what you want to. No need to say you... I went crazy about these things. So I made more of them. Then I saw a video on internet of somebody from El Salvador who was ma...

Tonight I tried to make vegan omelette… lol. I tried a recipe made with chickpea flour. There is a ton of those recipes on the internet. I won't put you the link because... it's not worth it.  Really. Don't make a vegan omelette with chickpea flour. Just don't. That doesn't taste like omelette AT ALL. That is not really good either. Not really bad I have to say. Eatable. But nothing to do with omelette. Those who pretend that have stopped eating eggs for way too long to remember how it tastes. This thing tastes like a bad chickpea cake. Not really bad. I ate it. I did. But I won't do it again. Nope ! No thanks ! It wasn't really pretty either. Oh yeah... I could work on it and make it look like the real deal. But I don't see the point. I am not interested in making something beautiful if the taste is not following. So there. I tried it for you. You don't need to try it yourself 😂 I spared you that at least.

Did you ever dream to make your own French baguette ? You're welcome ❤

Tonight I tried the  Sticky Sesame Cauliflower from Connaisseurus veg That was a really good dinner that me and the girls really enjoyed. Very comforting and satisfying food. And normally I'm not a big fan of cauliflower... I did put less sugar in the sauce though because the quantity in this recipe was just enormous. It was more than enough with half of the sugar that you normally put.  The batter that you make in the beginning was also too much. Make half of it, then you don't waste so much ingredients. And put a little more flour than indicated then you can correctly coat your cauliflower with the batter. Enjoy !

Here is how to make wonderful Egyptian bread ❤ Ingredients : 350 gr water 1 packet yeast 450 gr flour 50 gr whole rye flour 10 gr salt Mix all the ingredients well and knead. Let the dough rise in a warm place for an hour. Knead again and form small balls. Cover them and let them rise for another 20 mn. Spread them out with a rolling pin to get a nice flat circle. Use more rye flour if they are sticky. And then watch the video to see how you bake the bread ( you'll need a pastry circle and a grid ) Enjoy !

Tonight's diner was vegan pierogies from  Connaisseurusveg Very good recipe, very economic as well and everybody liked it 😊 I just add seasoning, more garlic, some thyme and pepper, otherwise I followed the recipe by the letter and it was amazing. Highly recommended 😋

Our dinner tonight, fantastic Bò Bún, 100% vegan 😊 The "beef" you see in the picture ? Dehydrated soy chunks, that I rehydrated by marinating them with curry, garlic, soy sauce, vegan oyster sauce and a little bit of sugar. Then fried them in the pan and tadam, you have your "beef". I had unexpected guests today and they couldn't tell the difference with real beef, so that is good stuff ❤ Also the stock you prepare for the  Bò Bún is normally based with fish sauce. So I marinated some algae and light soy sauce and got a result that was really near of the fishy taste you normally get. So I made the stock with this homemade "fish sauce", rice vinegar and sugar. At the end I added a little from the marinade I used for the soy chunks. Otherwise, fresh salad, fresh soy sprouts, rice noodles, veggie spring rolls, cilantro and we had a complete meal that made us and our guests happy and full. Highly recommended ❤

Tonight it was vegan enchiladas ❤💚❤ Vegan, are you sure it's vegan ? Isn't that cheese on top of it ? yeah well it's vegan homemade cheese, and you have to taste it before you say it can't be good, because it was. Should have been more pictures of it, from inside, on a plate, with the guacamole on the side etc... but there was no time for that because this was shared with many wonderful people and the food was just a part of a fantastic evening. Making food is the best way I know to share love with people, to connect people together and open amazing discussions... and when the magic happens, you have to enjoy it, not take pictures 😉 My motto "Love is my first ingredient" Making food with this idea in mind is the best way to do it. Share the love, be happy and... enjoy !

Our dinner tonight ❤ A wonderful risotto with mushroom and a creamy sauce made with white wine. Some parmesan on top and that was heaven on earth... If you want to cook a perfect risotto, follow this  video from Tasty , you won't be disappointed. We were not ! For the dessert I decided to make puff puff. I used to eat a lot of it before because my friend Hefner from Nigeria made them every Sunday and brought them to church, nam, such a delicious memory. Hefner has now moved and no more puff puff on Sundays 😞 But now I found this recipe online  Nigerian puff puff recipe and I made it and that was sooooooooooooooooo good, oh my... so so so good ❤ Just like I remembered it. And this is a naturally vegan dessert, so why deprive oneself ?? It's not an healthy dessert but it's homemade, cheap and vegan, meaning good for environment 💚 very good reason to eat a lot of it with no guilt ! Enjoy !

Everybody loves sushi right ? Why not trying some vegan ones ? It's as delicious, it's safer to eat ( raw fish can easily be a risk if not prepared the right way or not kept at the right temperature etc.. ), easier to keep. Kids love to have some in their lunchbox for school. The ones I made tonight were with some false shrimps ( can buy at  Greenpeas ), fried tofu, tomatoes, cucumber, vegan chili mayonnaise and that was... amazing ! I just regretted I didn't have mature avocados at home to make some sushi with 😭  But yeah the dinner was amazing and what was the most amazing thing was to be able to share it with new friends. Food you eat alone is good, food you eat in good company is 10 times more delicious. Making nice food is an amazing way to spread love around 💓 So if you can, make some good food and invite people over, you will feel fantastic ! If you don't cook, consider to come at my place some day and enjoy a dinner with us 😘  The door i...

I work as a substitute. I doesn't happen a lot but sometimes there is no place where I'm needed and I get a free day. Coming as a nice surprise in the middle of a busy life. I had to run some errands today. I went to the grocery and then decided to treat myself with some homemade paninis for breakfast. Simple but always a hit, pesto, tomatoes and mozzarella ❤ Pure happiness that I wanted to share with you ❤ Have a wonderful day !

Dinner tonight inspired by a recipe in the book  15 mn vegan from Katy Beskow ( merci Auré pour le cadeau 😉) A very nice recipe with a lot of spices, beautiful flavors. I did change the recipe a lot though. I cooked it much longer. Katy Beskow was just cooking everything in a pan for 15mn but for me that does not deserve the word "tajine" if you make it that way. The tajine is a North African traditional cookware in ceramic or clay that you put in the oven. I don't have a real tajine but I have a very nice  Baeckoeffe backing dish that I used for this occasion.  I cooked everything in the backing dish in oven for 45 mn, time for all the flavors to really impregnate the veggies. I also wanted the veggies to be cooked enough to be melting in your mouth. No al dente veggies in tajine, that felt wrong ! I added some veggies. The recipe in itself was with sweet potatoes, chickpeas and green beans, I added potatoes and carrots. I wanted something that...

Tonight I tried a recipe from Tasty  Vegan Bao buns with pickled veggetables It was quite long to do but really worth it ! My kitchen smells so good right now, all the spices and flavors in this recipe are just wonderful. And making your own bao buns is just so nice ! That is the sort of vegan dinner that doesn't feel vegan at all, you don't miss anything and you feel full and happy ❤ For those of you reading me that are living in Stavanger like me, I recommend you my favourite Asian shop here  Greenpeas . They have always everything you need for any recipe and they are always smiling and helpful. I loooooooove this shop and the people working there !