Archive for March 2012
Nutty Falafels
Posted on: March 28, 2012
2 onions
4 garlic cloves
Cummin (to preferred taste)
Tumeric (to preferred taste)
Herbes de Provence (to preferred taste)
Himalaya salt and ground pepper (to preferred taste)
A little handful of fresh parsley
6 tbsp mixed finely chopped nuts – cashew, almond, hasselnut
Dash of worcestershire sauce
1 tbsp Heinz brown sauce
1 tbsp sesame oil
Mix all the above ingredients in a food prosessor. Pour into a bowl and add the following:
2 – 3 tbsp brown rice flour
Add water to bind
Make into balls and fry on pan with olive and sesame oil. Turn regularly. Add more oil to the pan if required.
Makes 10 – 12
Serve with a tomato, garlic and onion sauce and rice with a sprinkle of nutty parmesan cheese
Mimi Kirk’s parmesan cheese
Posted on: March 28, 2012
This is such a wonderful cheese substitute! Tastes great on salads, pasta and well, just about on everything!
Blend a cup of cashew nuts, 1 garlic clove with a pinch of himalaya salt until very fine and crumbly. That’s it!
This will keep for a couple of weeks in the fridge in an air tight container.
Visit Mimi Kirk’s site here
Chocolate chia seed mousse
Posted on: March 28, 2012
3 tbsp chia seeds
1 tbsp peanut butter
1 tsp vanilla essense
pinch of salt
1 – 2 tbsp raw cocoa powder
1 tbsp cacao nibs*
A few stevia drops to sweeten
Blend all the ingredients in a food prosessor. Decorate with chopped nuts or orange rind. Chill in the fridge for a couple of hours. That’s it! Delicious and healthy!
Serves 2 – 4
* Cacao nibs are the crushed seeds of the cacao plant from which chocolate is made.
Chocolate and multi-nut balls
Posted on: March 22, 2012
You’ll never eat a mars bar or a snickers bar again after you have tasted these guilt free scrumptious treats. Your kids will love them too.
1 cup of mixed nuts – this recipe uses cashews, almonds and hazelnuts.
1 tbsp organic cocoa powder
1 tsp vanilla essence
7 – 8 large organic medjool dates
Blend in a food processor. Roll into little balls and refridgerate for a couple of hours.
Opptional: coat with dried shredded coconut.
Sweet Chick pea burgers
Posted on: March 21, 2012
These sweet burgers are really delicious and are great for lunch.
1 carrot
4 garlic cloves
250g cooked chick peas
2 tbsp chopped walnuts
zest of 1 orange
juice of 1 orange
1 tbsp sesame oil
2-3 tbsp rice flour
seasoning: nutmeg, cumin, salt and pepper
Olive oil and sesame oil for frying.
Grate beetroot, carrot and garlic. pulse with the cooked chick peas. Add walnuts, orange juice and zest, sesame oil and rice flour. Season with nutmeg, cummin, salt and pepper.
Make into burgers.
Fry over low/medium heat in olive oil and sesame oil for about 15 minutes. Lightly brush the burgers with olive and sesame oil before flipping over. Fry for another 10 minutes.
Serve with grated carrot and apple.
Banana milkshake
Posted on: March 16, 2012
This is a real Friday afternoon ‘pick me up’
Blend 1 banana, 2 dl soy milk, flavour with vanilla and sweeten with stevia drops.
Easy and delicious!
Water
Posted on: March 16, 2012
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We all know that drinking water is good for us at Healthcave.com they tell us why. Get yourself a water purifyer and drink away!
Weight loss – Water is truly the best negative calorie food there is, a glass of water contains no calories and taking it before a meal will mean you stomach will be a bit full and you can get away without having to eat the extra food.
Ph balance – The human body needs a 7+ Ph range so that it can function properly. Drinking enough water throughout the day helps to maintain this balance.
Healthy Heart – We have talked plenty about how to keep your heart healthy, but a study done in the Loma Linda university in California, involving 20k healthy men and woman in the age range of 38 to 100 years, came up with the results that those who drank enough water throughout the day had 41% in women and 54% in men, were less likely to have a heart attack. But this does not works with other liquid, so if you substitute water with milk, tea, coffee etc. then you will have increased chances of heart attack, which is to be precise – in women it is 50% and 46% in men.
Healthy Skin – Those of you who have wasted plenty of time and money in expensive cosmetics will be quite surprised to hear that drinking enough water throughout the day is just sufficient for having a natural glowing skin. For long term skin benefits, just keep drinking water regularly.
Helps keep dehydration away – for keeping your body properly hydrated, one must drink enough water throughout the day.
Pain relief – Water is said to help people with joints pain, when the body is properly hydrated then muscles are more elastic and gets less strain and prevents joints pain.
Remove toxins – Water removes toxins from the body and keep it nice and clean. So, water is a good cleansing tool as well.
Metabolism – Water improves your metabolism which is another reason why it helps you with weight loss. There are other foods that helps boost your metabolism like probiotics for example, but water is easily available and costs nothing.
Kidney health – Kidney requires enough water to keep filtering the liquid waste from our body, lack of water can result in a lot of problems as the liquid in the kidney needs to be diluted before removing.
Kidney health – Kidney requires enough water to keep filtering the liquid waste from our body, lack of water can result in a lot of problems as the liquid in the kidney needs to be diluted before removing.
Prevent cancer – Drinking good amount of water everyday helps in keeping bladder and colon cancer away.
Restoring energy and feeling fresh – water keeps the body well hydrated which makes us feel a lot fresh and thus restores a lot of energy by which we can easily carry about a lot of work.
Headache solution – while there can be many reasons for having a headache, for most common reasons, dehydration is responsible. Drinking enough water throughout the day can keep the headache away and also if you got headache, drinking some water can help cure it.
Constipation – Water, along with foods which are high in roughage content, like salads helps in curing and keeping constipation away. Several diseases like gastric or heartburn etc. can be kept at bay, if water is taken regularly.
Body temperature – Water helps in controlling body temperature, this is especially important for the athletes or those who are working out. Water is preferred over other liquids because our body absorbs water much better than any other liquid.
Helps sickness – Drinking water helps in getting well sooner as being sick leaves us with low water in our body. This can make us even dehydrated and to prevent this, we just need to drink more water.
Nutrient transport – Water helps in sending the nutrients from one place of our body to another, thus making a constant flow which helps our body to function properly.
Pregnant woman – At the time of pregnancy, the body’s need of adequate water is very important to keep the nutrients flowing and keeping the infections etc. away.
There are plenty of health benefits of drinking water, however for most people; drinking water makes them feel good. Start your day with a glass of fresh drinking water; it is the best way to start a day.
Inspiring videos
Posted on: March 15, 2012
FOOD
President Clinton talks about the benefits of being on a plant based diet
Charlotte Gerson 89 years old on cancer and disease
Jay Kordich – the 89 years old juice guy
Mimi Kirk is still sexy in her 70′s she talks about her raw food diet
Famous vegans, vegetarians, heros
Mike Tyson made an incredible recovery
Paul McCartney ‘Glass Walls’ documentary
ART
PEOPLE
Inspiring speeches of the 20th century
Elaine N. Aron Ph.D. talks about being a highly sensitive person (HSP)
Susan Boyle’s first performance on Britains got talent 2009
President Clinton talks about the benefits of being on a plant based diet
Crunchy coconut chick pea dish
Posted on: March 14, 2012
Fry a can of chick peas, 1 tbsp chopped garlic, 1 tsp chilli paste, 1 tsp chopped fresh ginger, 1 chopped chilli pepper, a handful of sliced mushrooms, a small handful of cauliflower and 1 thinly sliced carrot in coconut oil. When golden add a squeeze of half a lemon.
1 – 2 portion size
Garnish with lemon rind and serve with soggy rice and soy sauce.
Lemon drink
Posted on: March 14, 2012
Lately I have taken to drinking a glass of lemon juice first thing in the morning. I squeeze the juice of 1 lemon into a glass, top up with water and sweeten with a couple of drops of Stevia.
Delicious and good for for you too.
Lemon juice is a super food according to 10 reasons lemon juice is good for you
- Constipation and diarrhea relief. Lemons help cleanse the digestive track and allow food to digest properly.
- Lemons aid in the production of antibodies in the blood that attack invading microorganisms and prevent infection.
- Lemon is found to be anticarcinogenic, which can lower the rates of colon, prostate, and breast cancer.
- Because of its high potassium content, lemon controls high blood pressure, dizziness, and nausea, and provides relaxation to mind and body.
- Lemons feature antibacterial properties that help aid sore throats. Mix half of a lemon with water and gargle.
- Lemons are great for colds, the flu, and fevers. They help stop the fever by increasing perspiration.
- Lemon has antiseptic and styptic properties, so it can stop internal bleeding. For instance, you can put some lemon on a cotton ball and apply it to the inside of your nose to stop a nose bleed.
- Lemon mixed with water is great for anyone who has respiratory problems like asthma because of its rich source of vitamin C.
- A cup of warm water with lemon and a pinch of salt can help with weight loss and lower cholesterol.
- When applied to a burn, lemon juice will actually reduce the burning sensation since it acts as a cooling agent.
Almond butter
Posted on: March 14, 2012
Blend desired almonds in blender until very fine. Add a little almond oil and water to bind.
Flavour with vanilla seeds and stevia for a sweet nutty treat on toast.
Kidney bean burgers
Posted on: March 14, 2012
Gently fry in coconut oil, 3 crushed garlic cloves, 1 chopped leek, 1 tsp chilli paste. When soft add 1 tbsp almond butter, 3 shredded carrots, 1 handful shredded brocoli. Mix well.
Add mixture to food processer with 1 can rinsed kidney beans and 1 handful bean sprouts. Aprox 4 tbsp oats. Pulse ingredients together. Season to taste.
Pour mixture out on to a chopping board and make the burgers using a cutter (I used a glass).
Fry for 7 minutes on each side in olive oil and sesame seed oil. The sesame seed oil gives a smokey flavour.
Serve with sweet potatoes and almond butter.
Makes 7
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Posted on: March 14, 2012
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Almond milk
Posted on: March 14, 2012
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Almond milk is the easiest thing in the world to make.
Soak whole almonds overnight in water. Rinse and blend together with water. I add 3 times amount of water to the volume of the almonds.
Strain through a fine net.
For this batch I added vanilla seeds.
Store in fridge. I have found that it is best used within 4 -5 days.
Want to know what to do with the almond pulp? Check out my recipe for Almond pulp cookies
Healthy coconut banana frenzy!
Posted on: March 14, 2012
So simple…
Fry the bananas in coconut oil over medium heat. Add chopped almonds after you have turned the bananas. Remove from pan when golden.
Serve with chopped dark chocolate.
A great dessert or a fab breakfast!
Strawberry and pear drink
Posted on: March 14, 2012
So simple…
Blend a little bag of frozen strawberries, ½ liter of pure pear juice, 2 tbsp lemon juice, 1 cup of water. Sweeten with agave nector.
Makes a couple of delicious breakfast drinks.
What a great way to start your day!
Almond and fruit smoothie
Posted on: March 14, 2012
I made myself this for breakfast this morning and it was sublime!
2.5 dl almond milk, a large handful of fresh fruit. I used strawberries, raspberries, blueberries. 1 banana and juice of 1/2 a lemon.
Blend and sweeten with stevia.
Photographs: Katherine Scrivens Eje
Chick pea burgers
Posted on: March 14, 2012
The other day I made my vegetable and barley broth which was delicious. There was about a 1/3 left over so I decided to use it in a chick pea burger recipe. The result was great! The burgers turned out tasty, crunchy and crispy. Yum!
Ingredients: 1/3 vegetable and barley broth (drain from the the liquid) 1 can drained and rinsed chick peas , 2 cloves garlic, 3 tbsp walnuts, 1 tbsp sweet mustard, 3 tbsp oats, 1 handful of bean sprouts, 1 tbsp worcestershire sauce, 1 tsp chilli paste, ground pepper to taste. Pulse together and fry in olive oil with a drizzle of sesame seed oil. The sesame oil gives the burgers a smokey BBQ taste. Makes 5






















