Blend together 1 chopped apple (golden delicious are my fav), a handful of raw spinach leaves (or curly kale leaves) cinnamon and a few chilli flakes. If I want to make the smoothie thicker and more of a substantial breakfast I add some sunflower seeds and/or pumpkin seeds. Also can add ground almonds. Whizz it all up. Delicious! It gives you a real Zing to start the day. Full of nutrients. Continue reading Rebecca’s Super Green Smoothie Zing
Use Quinoa flakes mixed with ground almonds and cinnamon. Add enough whisked eggs to make it all bind together. Add honey to taste. Mix up well. Cook on greased baking tray (or with baking paper) shaping the flapjacks as you like. Thin layer on the bottom. A layer of sugar-free blueberry jam in the middle, and then another layer of flapjack mixture on top. Cook in the oven at 180 degrees Celsius for approx 30 mins. Yum! Continue reading Rebecca’s Quinoa Blueberry Flapjacks
2 avocados – blended with/in a blender with approx 1/2 juiced lime and about 1.4 cup coconut milk or cream. Then fold in the pulp of 1 passionfruit. To assemble in a glass, place crushed nuts (Sarah’s Breakfast Granola is great) at the bottom, then spoon avocado mixture on top as per what you feel and then top with fresh or frozen blueberries. Then use a good quality thick coconut cream (I find Kara brand is great) to spoon on top and finally top it off with more passionfruit pulp. Allow to set in fridge for a couple of hours…. … Continue reading Jennene’s Passionfruit Parfait
http://www.bridgingfoods.com.au/ Spinach and Salmon Frittata Ingredients 1 onion halved and finely sliced 1 tablespoon Olive oil 10 eggs, room temperature, whisked 300g spinach leaves 150-200g portion of cooked salmon 1 bunch of fresh herbs (parsley/ coriander/basil) 2 teaspoons black sesame seeds ½ teaspoon of chilli flakesMethod Turn grill on to a medium heat Pour 500mls of boiling water over spinach to wilt – squeeze spinach until moisture is removed In a large fry pan place onion with oil and heat until softened Flake Salmon with a fork and add to onions Add spinach spreading evenly over the fry pan Whisk … Continue reading Bridging Foods Spinach and Salmon Frittata
Preheat oven to 200oC degrees, have your cooking tray pre-heating as well Slice avocado in half, take out pit Take pan out, put avocado half on, crack egg into the avocado Put whatever you want on top – herbs/ spices/ buckwheat/ nut meal etc Place in oven and cook till your eggs are as you desire Continue reading Peter’s Baked Egg in Avocado
Via the amazing Vanessa 250gms each of the following: Sunflower seedsPumpkin seedsWalnutsLinseed Blend – I didn’t blitz the sunflower seeds, and then add 5 beaten eggs mix together FLAVOUR as you wish dried herbs etc and place on baking tray. My mixture did two trays and bake in gas mark 5/6 (170cC) for about an hour. Keep an eye on it. These are crispy and delicious and my batch kept for a week. Continue reading Eva’s crackers – she isn’t, but this is her recipe 😉
Making great hummus I’m sure lots of you make your own hummus but I felt to share two tips that have made all the difference to my hummus making adventures. 1. I don’t know why this works but it does: Mix the lemon, tahini and garlic FIRST. Whip it up with a spoon or fork until it gets stiff (there’s definitely some chemistry going on here because this mixture actually starts to get warm). It you are finding it is getting too stiff you can add just a little cold water to loosen it a bit, but don’t add too … Continue reading Naren’s Hummus
1 tin/jar pitted black olives (in olive oil) 2 garlic cloves, peeled and quartered Juice from half a lime Some fresh parsley Olive oil I added half a medium chilli which did no harm at all! Blend well to a paste Continue reading Doug’s Olive Tapanade
http://www.lighthouse-uk.com/love-in-a-cup The Tea House at the Lighthouse in Somerset, UK shared their nut loaf recipe, and this is my version: 200g ground nuts (I used almonds, you could use other nuts too), Packet of silken tofu, Half a large grated courgette (you could use carrot or another vegetable grated) 1 egg Herbs (I used fresh thyme, turmeric, pepper and chilli – but you could use any combination of herbs you want). I mixed it all together, and put into a greased (with olive oil) baking tin/loaf tin (or lined with baking paper), and baked for 45 mins on around 175oC. … Continue reading Jane’s adaptation of the ‘Love in a Cup’ Nut Loaf
Pre-heat oven to about 140oC Roll a lime under your palm on the counter top till it becomes soft Add the juice of the lime and cayenne pepper or hot paprika to taste (I used a small teaspoon to 250g of almonds); mix well to coat the raw almonds and roast gently for about 20 minutes till the coating dries out and the nuts are just starting to brown inside EN-JOY 😀 Continue reading Lime and Chilli Toasted Almonds
Healthy Cooking for Beginners - Heal Yourself With Food 