May the toast be with you
Delight the Star Wars tragic in your galaxy with toast from the Death Star toaster. If the iconic Death Star casing isn’t geek bait enough, the fact that the toast is branded with an image of a TIE Fighter is a guaranteed deal clincher. Still in production, you can preorder this intergalactic gadget for a September delivery.
www.thefowndry.com
Haven Extras – Spring 16
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Pawtraits
Immortalise your loved furry or feathery friend with an original, commissioned pencil portrait. Hand drawn here in Australia from photos supplied by you, this artistic interpretation will take your favourite snapshot to a whole other level while providing you with a precious one-off piece of art.
www.pencilpawtraits.com
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Hung out to dry
These stylish Italian-designed laundry bags employ an ingenious press stud interlocking system, letting you add as many as you want – all while you train the members of your household to separate lights and darks. Made from a washable paper that looks and feels like leather, their tall, narrow dimensions help these bags fit into the trickiest of spaces.
www.uashmama.com.au
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With giant literary shoes to fill, the first novel from the grandson of J.R.R. Tolkien reveals that genetics run strong. Simon Tolkien is a gifted storyteller with a flair for crafting multi-layered stories. Inspired by his grandfather’s experiences in the Battle of the Somme, No Man’s Land is a powerful picture of early 20th-century England torn apart by the First World War and published on the centenary of the most bloody and brutal battle in human history.
HarperCollins RRP $32.99
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Haven food
Vegan raspberry and pistachio brownie
While some may seem unusual, these ingredients can all be found at your local supermarket. By using dairy free chocolate, almond milk and coconut oil this recipe is vegan, but if you don’t want a vegan version, you could substitute the coconut oil for melted butter and the almond milk for normal milk. Spelt is an ancient grain that belongs to the wheat family. It is easy to digest and low in gluten, but spelt flour can also be substituted for plain flour. Coconut sugar has a low GI range, but it can be replaced with brown sugar if you’d prefer. And a scraped vanilla bean pod or vanilla essence would also work in place of the vanilla powder.
- 150g spelt flour
- 4 teaspoons cocoa powder
- 160g coconut sugar
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla powder
- 150g dairy-free dark chocolate
- ½ cup coconut oil (melted)
- 230ml almond milk (or rice or oat milk)
- 100g crushed pistachios
- 150g raspberries
Preheat oven to 180C. Grease a brownie tin with a small amount of coconut oil and then line with baking paper.
In a double-boiler (make sure the bowl is not touching the water) melt the chocolate.
Sieve the flour and cocoa into a bowl, stir in the salt and vanilla. Add the melted chocolate, oil and milk and stir until all ingredients are combined. Pour the mixture into the prepared tin and sprinkle top with the crushed pistachios and raspberries.
Bake for approximately 15 minutes. Leave to cool before slicing into squares.
Thank you to pastry chef and food blogger Paolla Frias
for sharing this recipe with Haven. You can find more of
Paolla’s delicious recipes at www.amorasweetnatural.com
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