Pestiños (sweet fried pastries) // Easter food

Pestiños (sweet fried pastries) // Easter food

🌱🐰 Easter is a time for sweet traditions, but it doesn’t have to come with food waste or excessive packaging. Grandma Sita’s take on Easter keeps it plant-based, homemade, and zero-waste—because celebrating sustainably is the sweetest treat of all!  😋 Discover crunchy Pestiños, a classic…

Plant-based Asturian-style rice pudding (Arroz con leche-inspired)

Plant-based Asturian-style rice pudding (Arroz con leche-inspired)

🌱🍚 Did you know that rice is among the most wasted foods worldwide? Despite being a staple in many cultures, too much rice ends up in the bin instead of being repurposed. The good news? Rice is an incredibly versatile cereal grain and has a…

LEMON CAKE

LEMON CAKE

🌱🍋 When life gives you lemons, bake Grandma Sita’s plant-based lemon cake. Freshly grated lemon zest is the true essence of lemon flavor in this cake, Grandma Sita often add a bunch of chopped fresh rosemary picked from her  garden. Light, tasty, and so lemony is…

Galician-style lemon leaves (Follas de Limón-inspired) // Carnival food

Galician-style lemon leaves (Follas de Limón-inspired) // Carnival food

🍋🎭 Carnival isn’t over until Piñata Sunday, which is celebrated on the weekend after Ash Wednesday with a festive farewell and delicious traditional treats, like one of the most unique —crispy, fragrant fried batter lemon leaves. Grandma Sita always picks the leaves from homegrown lemon…

Plant-based Breakies from leftover bread

Plant-based Breakies from leftover bread

🌱🍪 Why the name of breakies? Brea(d) and (coo)kies. Grandma Sita’s plant-based creation helps you run out of stale leftover bread and ripe (brown) bananas, is fun to do with kids, and is the perfect in-between healthy snack.  🍞🤔 Did you know that for every…

Italian-style sandwich cookies (Baci di Dama-inspired)

Italian-style sandwich cookies (Baci di Dama-inspired)

🍪🤔 Did you know homemade cookies are an easy zero waste way to bake with whatever leftovers you have in your pantry like a mixture of nuts, chocolate, or jam? Follow Grandma Sita’s zero-waste hacks, save yourself an extra trip to the shops, and turn…

Galician-style pancakes (Filloas de Entroido-inspired) // Carnival food

Galician-style pancakes (Filloas de Entroido-inspired) // Carnival food

🌱🎭 Happy Pancake Tuesday! Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday), Shrove Tuesday, or Martes de Entroido (Carnival Tuesday) is the final day of the Carnival, which means it is time to eat delicious pancakes!  ➡️ Galician filloas (Galician pancakes) similar to French crêpes are traditional treats of Carnival…

Galician-style fried dough treats (Orellas de Entroido-inspired) // Carnival food

Galician-style fried dough treats (Orellas de Entroido-inspired) // Carnival food

🌱🎭 Carnival is coming to your kitchen, and here are these delicious plant-based crunchy treats to get you started! This yummy recipe is inspired by Orellas de Entroido (Galician) – Orejas de Carnaval (Spanish), which means “carnival ears”.  ➡️ Orellas de Entroido are very thin fried…

French-style chocolate marble cake (gâteau marbré-inspired)

French-style chocolate marble cake (gâteau marbré-inspired)

🌱🍫 Do you know how to use up leftover Christmas chocolate? It’s a piece of cake! Bake a delicious French-style marble cake with stunning swirls of chocolate and vanilla. Like most traditional cakes the ingredients are simple but the outcome is a funky look. Follow…

Spanish-style Christmas cookies (Polvorones-inspired) // Christmas food

Spanish-style Christmas cookies (Polvorones-inspired) // Christmas food

🌱😋🎄Christmas is just around the corner, it is officially time to bake Grandma Sita’s holiday plant-based treats. Discover Spanish-style Christmas cookies made with toasted flour have a nutty flavor and a smooth, silky texture, and will crumble to dust in your mouth when you eat…