Coconut and Berries

Healthy, Vegan Recipes by Emma Potts

Best of 2013 on Coconut and Berries!

I couldn’t let New Year’s Eve pass by without recapping this past year!

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I started Coconut and Berries this summer so these recipes are not only your favourites of 2013 but your favourites of all my recipes so far. I’ve already said multiple times how happy I am to have created this little space on the web. I get so much out of cooking, photographing and writing for the blog and even more from connecting with all my readers. Thank you so much for all your support and I hope you continue to enjoy reading in 2014. I’ve got a few exciting things planned so please stay tuned!

Now for your favourite recipes:

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1. Raw Berry Cream Brownies- I’m so pleased that this was no.1- not only because I loved it too but because it combines coconut and berries so is perfect for my signature blog recipe Smile

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2. Apple & Raisin Oaty Breakfast Cookies- This one proved popular too and a lot of you have come back and told me you’ve made and enjoyed it. Do please let me know if you ever make my recipes. Your feedback is always welcome.

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3. Healthy, No-bake Cranberry Jam Tarts- Another recent recipe. I really enjoyed putting this one together and discovered a new favourite cranberry sauce in the process. Perfect with anything and everything!

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4. Nectarine Salad with Blackberry Dressing, Basil & Hazelnuts- My favourite summer salad! It’s a long way to go before stone-fruit season’s here again but when it is I look forward to revisiting this recipe.

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5. Chili-Bean Soup with Avocado Lime Cream- I loved this soup! A really easy one and definitely quick enough for a weeknight.

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6. Beetroot & Sweet Potato Salad with Baked Cashew Cheese- A lot of you hadn’t tried baking nut cheese to get a firmer texture, perfect for crumbling over salads. Nice to be able to teach you something new.

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7.Baked Beetroot Falafel- I’m ashamed to admit I haven’t made these since posting the recipe! It’s fun to do this roundup to remind myself of old recipes I enjoyed. I was lucky enough to get a Magimix food processor for Christmas so maybe these falafel should be the first thing I make with it!

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8. Sweet Potato, Red Lentil & Sesame Patties with Red Cabbage Slaw- The happy result of an experiment, you loved these cute little sweet potato cakes. Slaws are my favourite thing to make with cabbage. Check out my Cabbage, Apple & Pomegranate Salad with Ginger-Almond Dressing too.

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9. Raw Mango Coconut Tartlets- Another one from the summer. I actually made these again recently and they were just as tasty as I remembered. I got a chance to retake the pictures too as my photography has improved over the months of practice!

2013 was an exciting year for me, not only blog-wise but on a more personal level too. A few highlights:

- I visited Berlin for my 23rd birthday back in April

- I took my finals and graduated. 4 years of university (3 years at Oxford and 1 year living in Paris and Barcelona) were not without their challenges but I’m proud of how far I’ve come and am grateful for both the ups and downs.

- This summer I visited Wales and Scotland for the first time! I’ve hardly seen any of the UK for someone who’s lived here all my life!

- I moved to Bath to start my Masters.

I’m excited for 2014 and whatever it brings. This year will see me (hopefully!) finish my studies and embark on a career! Wherever I am this time next year I hope Coconut and Berries is still bringing me as much happiness as it is now!

Happy New Year!

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  3. what a lovely gallery. how proud to look back and see what you’ve created! I was looking at it thinking which was my favourite? fail! I couldn’t pick. Divine. Happy New Vegan Cooking year, Emma!! x

  4. Happy New Year and best wishes for 2014!!

    I am so happy that you created Coconut and Berries, it’s been so much fun getting to know you these past few months. I am super impressed with your recipes and your photography is fantastic!

    (I can’t believe you’re only 23! Totally jealous since I am OLD!)

  5. Fantastic post!!! 😉 Loved to see all these great and beautiful recipes at once! All the best for you in 2014! 2013 sounds really like a super exciting year for you!! hugs, Sylvia

  6. I just love your site Emma. It is one of my favorites on the web. Beautiful and health food! Have a healthy and happy new year!

  7. What a fabulous and beautiful list! I STILL haven’t baked vegan nut cheese. I must get on that. I’m so glad that you started a blog this year and that I was able to add another beautiful vegan site to my blogroll. :) Happy New Year!

  9. Happy new year Emma! What an amazing year 2013 has been for you - congratulations on finishing your Oxford studies and embarking on your Masters. I love your ‘best of’ round up too, all of these are gorgeous :)

  10. Happy New Year Emma. There are so many wonderful food blogs on the internet but I am really glad that I have found one from a writer in England. I spent 4 years at Cambridge, with one split between Paris and Moscow. Enjoy your Masters. Bath is a beautiful city.

    • Thank you Amanda, I’m so thrilled you’re enjoying the blog! Can you believe I still haven’t visited Cambridge? You studied French and Russian then? Bath is beautiful. I feel very lucky to be living there now.

      • Cambridge is a bit of a trek out to the east - and the station is the coldest place on earth when the wind blows! You’re right: I read French and Russian there. The good thing about blogging though is enjoying your own. I write a blog for work and am now enjoying a renaissance of my interest in English too.

    • I suppose I am still young. I have to remind myself of that when I start panicking that I still don’t have a fixed “direction” in life! Hoping for wonderful things for you this year Janet 😀 and thank you so much for supporting the blog!

  14. I can’t believe that you’ve only had the blog for less than a year! It feels so much more established than that, which is really a testament to your talent and the staying-power of your recipes. I hope you find 2014 just as successful, happy, and of course, delicious. :)

  15. Absolutely Brilliant Emma, everything always looks so good and yummy, and i have to thank you for the raw berry cream brownies. Dands down the best brownies that I have ever made!

  17. So much deliciousness in such a short time!! I could have sworn you’d been blogging for longer. Here’s to more tastiness in 2014!!

  19. Your blog is just lovely to look at and I love these recaps just for being reminded of recipes that I want to return to - am I right in thinking that there are no favourites from vegan mofo? I really enjoyed lots of your mofo recipes so thought there might be some here but I can see a few that have been bookmarked and still on my to do list

    • You’re right, no recipes from MoFo. Some of my favourites are from that month though. I guess there was so much to read in the blogosphere during that time that recipes didn’t get so much attention. Do let me know if you make anything!

  21. What an incredible year you’ve just had! I hope 2014 proves to be as good, if not better! Here’s wishing you a year full of happiness, good health and fun adventures ♥ xx

  22. Wow, you only started Coconut and Berries this summer?! I am impressed! I stumbled upon your blog and it looked so neat and professional, it was super well written, interesting, colorful, creative… I mean, I thought you had been working on it for years at least! I look forward to continue reading you in 2014. =)

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