5 Tiktok Recipes that actually work. (easy & vegan)

Today we are testing more or less viral recipes I have saved over on TikTok! Really amazing ideas like healthy millionaire shortbread bites, cheesy cauliflower steaks, lazy fitgreenmind pasta, cozy spicy lentil soup and crispy gnocchi salad. 🧑🏽‍🍳

More Tiktok Recipes here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ef9VPbL4wZM
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intro 0:00

INGREDIENTS & NOTES

#1 Millionaire Shortbread Bites 0:40

165g ground almonds (1 1/3 cup)
50g oats (½ cup)
pinch of salt
3-4 tbsp agave, maple syrup
50g coconut oil or vegan butter (3 tbsp)

150g pitted soaked dates (5.3oz) (i used deglet noor)
60ml water from dates (1/4 cup)
1-2 tsp white miso paste
50g nut butter (3 tbsp)
2 tbsp coconut oil / vegan butter, melted
pinch of salt, if needed

100g dark chocolate (3.5oz)

→ yields 1 20cm/8 inch loaf pan
original tiktok: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGeaxdJTV/

#2 Spicy Lentil Soup 3:10

1-2 tbsp veg oil
1-2 onions, roughly chopped
6-10 medium tomatoes (300-400g)
1 splash of water
2 cups vegetable broth (500ml), more if needed
1 cup red or yellow lentils (190g)
2-3 cloves garlic
1 tbsp veg oil (for the garlic)
1 handful fresh basil or parsley
zest of 1 lemon
juice of half a lemon (or the full lemon)
salt, pepper to taste
spices of choice to taste (i used harissa & ras el hanout)
fresh mint & sesame seeds for serving
→ 2-3 servings
original video: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGea9TnyU/

#3 Crunchy Gnocchi Salad 5:36

500g gnocchi* (17.6 oz)
pinch of salt
drizzle of vegetable oil

for the dressing:
3-4 tbsp unsweetened vegan yogurt
1 tbsp vegan mayo
½ tsp mustard
1-2 tsp white wine vinegar
salt, pepper to taste

½ cucumber, chopped
optional: 1 red onion, finely chopped (i omitted it)
optional: 1-2 tbsp fresh dill, minced
2-3 tbsp fresh chives, minced

→ serves 2-3

*my gnocchi were on the fresher/moister side, not the super dry ones you can buy in a vacuum pack. I haven’t yet tried the recipes with these. Perhaps they turn out super crispy? Or maybe add a tiny splash of water to the baking sheet of these, along with the oil?? Hope this helps.
original vid: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGea9cakx/

#4 Lazy Pasta for One 7:37

1 onion, roughly chopped
1 clove garlic, whole & peeled
~ 1 cup cherry tomatoes (150g = about 10-12 cherry toms or 1-2 handfuls)
1 tbsp oil
1 tbsp vinegar (balsamic or white wine vinegar)
½ veg broth cube (or generous pinch of salt)
1 heaping tbsp hummus or vegan sour cream

1 serving of cooked pasta (75g-100g dry pasta)
about ⅓ cup (80ml) oat milk or water (if u choose to blend)

salt to taste
fresh basil

→ serves 1
original recipe: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGea9G4xf/

#5 Cheesy Garlic Cauliflower Steaks 8:57

1 small head cauliflower
1 tsp oil
1 pinch of salt
2 cloves garlic, minced
1-2 tbsp vg butter, melted
vegan pizza cheese
1-2 tbsp panko breadcrumbs
fresh basil for serving

→ serve as a side to the pasta from earlier??
→ serves 2 as a side
original video: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGeaxJhxs/

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tiktok rant lol 10:51

MUSIC
intro: https://open.spotify.com/track/2WGcpz55A2vrvh6foEGCNL?si=45de7d2f3c4a43d3
https://linktr.ee/kevendarcy



cover: https://soundcloud.com/user-77812510/randy-v8-final
outro: https://soundcloud.com/dvdlovesyou/fast-food

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hello and welcome back today I thought I
would finally take the time to recreate
some of the many many recipes that I
have saved over on the Tik Tok app I
usually never go back and look at my
save folders and then just forget about
all these cool ideas but not today not
today I will also be putting my own spin
on some of the these recipes you know
for example veganizing the meals if I
have to and so on ever since I can
remember being on the recipe side of the
internet I’ve seen so many variations of
these healthier millionaire shortbread
bites but I don’t think I’ve ever
actually given one of these recipes a
try let’s do it first melt down some
coconut oil in a small saucepan in the
meantime grab an 8 in or 20 CM loaf pan
and line it with some parchment paper
next set up a blender I couldn’t seem to
find my blender funnel if that is the
right term so I had to improvise using a
coffee filter that I cut a hole into it
worked semi well I would say anyway the
ingredients for the base are ground
almonds oats salt some syrup and the
melted oil blend this until smooth I
also added added a splash of
milk and then I also ended up having to
go in with a spatula to make sure
everything properly Incorporated
transfer this mixture to the loaf pan
and using wet hands you’re going to
press this into the pan and smooth out
the top put this into the freezer for 10
to 20 minutes in the meantime start
working on the date
caramel blend up the following the soak
dates some Nut Butter of choice I’m
going with peanut some more melted
coconut oil this is my personal recipe
adjustment but I would highly recommend
you add in 1 to 2 teaspoons of miso
paste then I also added some vanilla and
some water which can very well be the
water that you use to soak the dates
in and then once you’re happy with the
consistency you’re going to add this on
top of the Almond
layer and then this goes into the
freezer again whilst you melt some dark
chocolate using whatever chocolate
melting method you prefer the chocolate
of course goes on top of the other two
layers and then I put this into the
fridge overnight you can of course again
just freeze this for about 10 minutes
and then dig in right
away I was super happy with those the
only other edit I would make to this
recipe is instead of coconut oil use
vegan butter or a flavor Nutri natural
coconut oil I think that exists just cuz
I think I would prefer this to be a bit
less coconuty but still this was really
really nice and I would definitely make
these
again moving on to this cozy soup recipe
I’m hungry with no patience for
measuring so let’s indiscriminately
throw things into the pot and call it
soup for volume I like to add some
vegetable broth and I’m covering the
brand because those holes aren’t paying
me squeeze your baldheaded ass lemons
that you got the zest from earlier and
now now you got soup thicker than a BBL
congratulations all right so first
roughly cut up some onions bring a large
Soup pot to medium heat and add some
olive oil to it give the onions about 3
to 4 minutes of cooking before dumping
in the whole
tomatoes I would also recommend to add a
splash of water here just to prevent the
onions and everything from burning with
the lid partially on top give this about
15 minutes and then use using a wooden
spoon you’re going to crush the tomatoes
that part is really
fun next add in some vegetable broth
plus some orange or yellow lentils now
bring everything up to a boil and give
the lentil 15 to 25 minutes of cooking
also make sure to mix here and there in
the meantime go ahead and prepare the
garlic yes basically just oil garlic and
some some basil allowing that to cook
for about 3 minutes over medium low she
also mentions to adjust the spices
according to one’s ethnicity so in my
case if you’re wondering I’m half German
half Arab so we have a good amount of
spice in the front and then the salt and
pepper in the back because that’s as
Wild As It Gets when it comes to German
spiciness anyway so the spices go in
together with the zest of one lemon and
the juice juice of half a lemon or one
lemon depending on your preference I’m
pretty sure I also added some lemon pits
next at the basil garlic
mixture and now feel free to blend
everything up either using an immersion
blender as seen in the Tik Tok I don’t
have one of those so I had to go with a
big
blender I ended up serving this with
some fresh mint and some sesame seeds of
course no surprise there but yeah this
was really
good on German Tik Tok I found this
amazing looking crispy YY salad the
other
day as you may or may not know I do not
have an air fryer so I had to work with
what I had which in my case is just an
oven so first off I preheated said oven
to 190° C and added a little bit of
sunflower seed oil to my baking sheet
that was filled with thei I also added a
bit of salt mixed everything up
thoroughly and then allow this to roast
for about 30 minutes or until nice and
golden
brown as for the dressing I Loosely
followed the potato salad recipe from my
cookbook all day vegan available
anywhere there’s books check it out but
I also didn’t have all the ingredients
so I had to improvise with what I had
which was unsweetened saw yogurt vegan
mayonnaise
mustard white wine vinegar salt and
pepper and then I also added some chives
towards the end now the nyaki did turn
out nice and crispy despite there being
no air fryer
involved I would definitely recommend
you let these sit for at least 10 to 15
minutes just because I personally don’t
love the idea of a hot mayo based salad
especially when mixing it with fresh
cucumber but that’s personal pref
friends and yeah this was really
delicious the only downside to this
recipe is that as soon as the noi have
fully cooled they do lose some of their
crispiness this was a post filming Feast
for me and my friend EMA we had the soup
and the salad together which is a bit of
a weird mix but not in a bad way
honestly I was helping her with one of
her uni projects so I was able to put my
food photography set up to get use
here next up is a recipe inspired by
Maya from fit Green Mind might ring a
bell her pasta just looked amazing and
so I wanted to give this a try putting
my own spin on this recipe as well
preheat the oven to 190° C grab a
casserole baking dish and add some whole
cherry tomatoes a roughly chopped onion
or shallot
I also added a clove of garlic plus half
of a vegetable broth Cube some olive
oil some vinegar and instead of the
vegan cream that Maya uses I went for
some hummus I let everything roast for
about 25 minutes in the meantime you can
start to get some salted water ready for
the
pasta and then Maya’s recipe says to
just mash up everything with a fork but
I did have a bit of time and so I
decided to grab a blender of course and
add the roasted veggies together with
some oat milk you can also use water
here and that was my was my pasta sauce
it’s really good it tastes very fresh
due to using the fresh
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tomatoes so I paired this recipe with
the next Tik Tok recipe which is for
these buttery cheesy cauliflower steaks
the video didn’t give you all the
Specific Instructions or at least I can
seem to find them but I think I guessed
correctly I first preheated my oven to
190° C and then put some parchment paper
on a baking sheet next I grabbed a small
head of cauliflower and first removed
the leaves before trying my best to cut
this into staks this part is tricky it’s
not guaranteed that you’re going to be
able to get staks out of this it helps
to cut them really thickly so like at
least 3 cm
[Music]
wide but yeah I only managed to get two
out of it put the cauliflower chunks and
steaks onto the baking sheet lightly
brush them with oil maybe add a pinch of
salt and then put this into the oven for
about 15
minutes
in the meantime finally chop up one to
two cloves of garlic or more mix that
with some softened or melted vegan
butter and now remove the roasted
cauliflower and brush it with the garlic
butter don’t forget to sprinkle some
vegan pizza cheese on
top I let this bake for another 10
minutes or so before removing it and
then this is my personal little addition
which is some punco breadcrumbs and then
I gave everything another 5 minutes in
the oven or until lightly golden brown
yeah I would love to know your opinion
about Tik Tok versus YouTube that is a
topic that I could debate for hours I
find it so interesting I feel like we’re
all aware of the fact that Tik Tok comes
with a lot of bad and I used to be very
very anti- Tik Tock but I’ve come around
to it since I’ve gotten so many great
movie music book recommendations from
this app is it the funniest place on the
internet right now possibly maybe and it
is kind of cool to feel like you’re on
top of things like you’re on top of
knowing what is happening in the world
what is trendy what is funny right now
what are people talking about so I get
that I get that at the same time it is
also an incredibly addictive dystopian
hellscape that we should all be avoiding
so I don’t really know I don’t really
know I personally have zero control when
it comes to Tik Tok and whenever I’m not
using the app I actively have to delete
it I need to force myself to delete it
cuz
otherwise I am stuck on there and I
found myself really just using it as a
mind numbing coping mechanism where I’m
like oh I don’t want to have any
thoughts right now I don’t want to deal
with what’s going on in my head let me
just go on Tik Tok I try doing you know
the market research and thinking you
know when you do social media as a job
you also need to be on this app as well
and so I went into it consuming a lot of
content in order to understand the
landscape of it and figure out
where I could fit in um but then I ended
up just becoming addicted to it as a
consumer and not creating any content
for it hardly any definitely not enough
to
be successfully feeding this content
monster that is that algorithm so that’s
why I’m not on Tik Tok not really I am
but I’m also not let me know your
opinion on Tik Tok versus YouTube in the
comments and um leave me a little like
maybe share this video with a friend let
me know if you test other recipes if you
do tag me in a photo on your story that
is always very much
appreciated and I will speak to you soon
goodbye don’t you see the world is full
of
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possibilties a number n side of fries
one for you and one for me