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Nutty Paté
Posted on: June 10, 2012
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This is one of my absolute favourite nut patés – easy to make and so tasty!
1 dl cashews
1 dl almonds
1 ripe avocado
1 dl chopped bell pepper
2 tsp capers
1 dl water
Blend all ingredients together and add Himalaya salt, pepper, garlic powder, paprika and preferred herbs to taste.
Will keep in the fridge for 1 week in an air-tight container.
Almond pulp cookies
Posted on: March 30, 2012
Enjoy with ginger tea
2 cups fresh almond pulp
2 tsp baking powder
4 tbsp oats
spice it up with cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger
1 tsp vanilla essense
3 medjool dates
1 large tbsp peanut butter
1 large tbsp coconut oil
1 tbsp dried coconut flakes
1 tbsp chia seeds
1 tbsp flax seeds
Stevia drops to sweeten if necessary
Makes 12
Blend all ingredients together in a food processor
Add and pulse desired dried fruit. (I used goji berries, raisons and prunes)
Roll into balls and flatten on a greased baking sheet. Bake at 170 C for 20 – 30 minutes.
There are so many possibilities with this recipe … one could also add orange zest, chocolate chips and, or, raw cocoa powder.
Nutty Falafels
Posted on: March 28, 2012
1 can of cooked chick peas
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.
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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.
So yummy… and healthy!
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 beetroot
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.
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.
Mixture in the food processer with kidney beans and bean sprouts
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.
Cut burgers on chopping board
Pour mixture out on to a chopping board and make the burgers using a cutter (I used a glass).
Fry burgers 7 minutes on each side
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
Serve with sweet potatoes and almond butter.
Makes 7
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
Almond and fruit smoothie
Posted on: March 14, 2012
- Almond and fruit smoothie
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!
- Chick pea veggie burger
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
Vegetable and barley broth
Posted on: March 14, 2012
- Healthy and good
Lightly fry for 7 mins in 1 tsp coconut oil – 1 finely chopped leek, 1/2 cup shredded cabbage, 4 chopped garlic cloves, 1 tsp shredded fresh ginger.
Add 2 chopped carrots, 1/2 cup brocoli, 2 tbsp bean sprouts, 2 tbsp quick cook pearl barley. Add 750 dl water. Cook for 10 minutes. Season with fresh ground pepper
Tip: Garnish with thinly grated lemon rind or chopped cashew nuts.
Serves 1 – 2 persons
Thick and healthy tomato soup
Posted on: March 14, 2012
So simple…
- Thick and healthy tomato soup
Lightly fry in coconut oil – 2 finely chopped onions, 8-10 chopped garlic cloves, 3 finely chopped carrots and 1 tsp grated lemon rind.
Blend 2 cans of tomatoes and add to onion mix. Cover and simmer for about 15 minutes.
That’s it!
Optional: Spice it up, add a tsp of fresh grated ginger and chilli.
Garnish with chopped chives or chopped cashew nuts (or both!)
Photo credit: Katherine Scrivens Eje
