My Favourite Recipes From Fraiche Food Full Hearts
If you’ve been here before, you’re no stranger to the fact that I’m a rather avid Jillian Harris fan, so it probably comes as no surprise that I have her, and her cousin Tori Wesszer’s cookbook, Fraiche Food Full Hearts. In fact, I was also lucky enough to have snagged tickets to their sold out cookbook tour last October and I documented it all in a blog post — Recapping The Fraiche Food, Full Hearts Book Tour (check it out if you haven’t read it already - spoiler, I got to meet them!).
Now that the cookbook has been out for a little over a year, I’ve made my way through about 20 or so recipes from the cookbook, most of which I did during the lockdown phase of the pandemic since I had a lot of time on my hands, and I wanted to share some of my favourite recipes from the cookbook with all of you! I made sure to include how difficult I found to make the recipe (this is entirely personal, and based on the fact that I’m not by any means a chef), as well as what page in the cookbook the recipe is on. Let’s jump into it!
Angel Cakes
Difficulty: Easy | Page 63
Starting off with some breakfast food — I’m actually personally not a huge pancake person. 394 days of the year, I’ll take a savoury breakfast over sweet, but the Angel Cakes recipe was so good, and I’ll absolutely be turning to this one whenever I do find myself having a hankering for pancakes. They make a really quick & easy Sunday brunch option as well.
Sweetheart Oven Fries
Difficulty: Intermediate | Page 77
You might be wondering what about some potatoes can make this recipe considered “intermediate”, but the reason I’m saying it’s a bit more difficult than easy, is because I took the time to use a cookie cutter, and cut out the heart shapes from the potatoes. If you don’t want to do that, it’ll make it a lot less time & be a lot more straightforward while still being delicious. That being said, there’s something about heart shaped breakfast potatoes, right?
Coconut Cauliflower Tacos With Pineapple Salsa
Difficulty: Advanced | Page 113
Even though these were hard to make, boy were they worth it. I whipped these up for myself for Cinco De Mayo (because who doesn’t want to have tacos?), and they did not disappoint! The pineapple salsa added the perfect amount of tang & sweetness, especially alongside the coconut coating on the cauliflower. But, be warned — I marked these as more advanced for a reason! You do need to deep fry said cauliflower, so if it’s your first time doing so, be extremely careful! I almost had an accident with some hot oil, and that could’ve gone wrong so fast. It’s an excellent recipe, but not one I’d recommend if you are not comfortable with deep frying.
Butternut Squash Carbonara
Difficulty: Intermediate | Page 153
If I’m being perfectly honest, I’m not really a huge butternut squash fan. I like the soup, but usually, just about anything else that’s butternut squash, doesn’t really do it for me, with the exception of this pasta. It’s flavourful, creamy and filling, and 100% a recipe that I will be making again in the near future! I mean, it’s creamy pasta… how could you not enjoy it!?
Creamy Roasted Tomato Basil Soup With Garlic Croutons
Difficulty: Easy | Page 148
If I had to pick one dish from the cookbook that I think has been my absolute favourite, I would say it’s this soup here. Not only is it one of the easiest recipes in this cookbook, but it is the best tomato soup I’ve ever had. I’m not really a huge tomato soup fan — in fact, I generally never eat it. I just find it so bland and boring, but this soup is anything but bland. The fresh basil gives it an amazing flavour and of course, a nice hot bowl of soup in the fall is the perfect thing to warm you up.
French Onion Soup With Thyme Croutons
Difficulty: Intermediate | Page 144
Being a vegetarian, finding a good French onion soup recipe can be difficult to come across (at least, from my findings!), so when I saw that Jillian & Tori had a French onion soup recipe, I knew I wanted to give it a try. It’s marked as intermediate difficulty for one reason and one reason only… cutting up six onions is a challenge! My eyes were on fire by the end, and I actually made the mistake of only chopping up 4 or 5 onions, and it definitely fell short in texture. I know it’s going to seem like a lot, but just follow the recipe! Cut up 6 onions!
Banana Coconut Cream Pie
Difficulty: Easy | Page 271
The pie of my dreams. Banana & coconut together to make the most delicious, completely vegan pie you’ll ever eat. Now, of course, if you’re not a fan of bananas or coconut cream pie, this recipe isn’t for you. But, if you’re like me and are practically drooling just at the name of the pie, don’t hesitate to make it. It’s the easiest recipe I’ve come across in the book (yes, easier than the tomato soup!) and it tastes incredible! Even your non-vegan family & friends will love it.
Coconut Lemonade
Difficulty: Easy | Page 300
Lastly, but certainly not least, the coconut lemonade! You might be wondering if the lemonade with coconut cream makes it taste super coconut-flavoured, but it really doesn’t. My favourite part about this recipe is that the coconut cream really cuts the acidity, and if you’re also someone who gets heartburn a lot, it’s a lot easier on you to drink this than straight up lemonade from the store. Not to mention, as someone who doesn’t love sweets, I like that I can control just how much simple syrup goes into the lemonade, so it’s not over powering.
So what are your favourite recipes from the Jillian Harris & Tori Wesszer cookbook? Is there one in particular you think I should try out? Let me know in the comments below & I’ll see you again on Monday for a brand new blog post - don’t worry, Christmas content is coming!
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