Cashew ginger granola

Here I am with another granola combination for you to try.

Granola is great as you always mix just ingredients you fancy or have available and you have a great breakfast or snack ready in few minutes.

This time I decided to make one with a hint of ginger and quinoa.

Ingredients needed:

2 cups oats

1 cup soaked and drained quinoa

1 cup cashew nuts (coarsely cut)

handful dried apricots (cut in small pieces)

1/4 cup melted coconut oil

1/2 cup maple sirup (or date sirup)

sesame seeds

ground ginger

bit of fresh grated ginger (as I didnt have caramelized one)

cinnamon

salt

Instructions:

Mix oats, quinoa, sesame seeds and cashew together.

In a small bowl mix remaining ingredients together (a part from apricots) and pour over the dry ones. 

Mix well and spread equally on the baking paper sheet on the pan. 

Bake at 150°C for about 20-30mins until fragrant and light brown. 
Its necessary to mix it time to time so you prevent it from burning!!!  

Leave to cool down, add apricots and store in an airtight container at room temperature for 3-4 weeks or in the refrigerator for up to 6 weeks.

Enjoy x

DF/GF/SF/V/V+

 

Buckwheat salad with salmon and mango lime dressing

My improvisation of today's lunch/dinner made my man very happy and full:). And myself too.

It was really tasty. The mango lime dressing goes very well with the fish, so I can only highly recommend this combination.

Ingredients needed for salad:

1 cup buckwheat

green beans

yellow pepper

green olives

1 shallot

coconut oil

organic salmon (or any other fish, fillet or even chicken)

Ingredients needed for dressing:

1 ripe mango

1/2 cucumber

1 lime (juice)

1 garlic clove

handful cashew nuts

black pepper

salt

vinegar

Instructions:

You can either make this salad totally raw or half raw, the way I did it. 

Cook 1 cup of buckwheat. Melt some coconut oil on pan, add cut shallot, green beans and pepper.
Steam for a while. Set aside. Prepare your fish.

Now make your dressing mixing all ingredients together in blender for about 3mins.

All ready. 

Enjoy x 

DF/GF/SF/WF

Almond quinoa nut bowl

Gluten free and nutritional breakfast

Overnight soaked quinoa, 

cooked in almond milk in the morning.

Add bit of coconut sugar,

top with chestnut flakes, chopped walnuts and hazelnuts, some bananas, 

dip in and enjoy x 

Doesn't it taste great? :)

GF/SF/WF/V/V+

The healing properties of clove essential oil

The therapeutic properties of clove are endless. It is a stimulant and has stomachic, expectorant, sedative, carminative, antispasmodic and digestive qualities. It helps flatulence, stimulates digestion and restores appetite, so is good for convalescence. It is a general tonic for both physical and intellectual weakness; and for those suffering from frigidity.

Its principal therapeutic value, though, is antiseptic because of the high proportion of eugenol. 

This is used for intestinal parasites, and for prevention of virus infections. It is good for the immune system, and particularly effective in mouth and tooth infections.

Below are only few areas in which you can find clove very helpful:

- Dentistry

- Skin cancer

- Diabetes 

- Menstrual pain

- Depression

- Parasitic infections

- Lung damage

...and much more

If you are curious how is it produced, how it grows, how and where to use it, how to even make your homemade clove soup, carry on reading on below links:

original source

slovak translation

Orange chocolate vegan cookies

Fancy some healthy vegan gluten free wheat free cookies?

Here they are - made with chickpeas and almonds

Super moist thanks to coconut butter

Ingredients needed:

1 tin of chickpeas ( 400g, approximately 240g drained)

1/2 cup almonds

1/2 cup coconut butter (melted)

1/2 cup coconut sugar

2 tbsp peanut butter

1 fresh orange

1 tsp baking powder

*dash of almond essence (optional)

*handful goji berries (optional)

Instructions:

Mix everything in blender. Create "cookies" using a table spoon on your baking sheet.

Bake at 180°C for 10mins.

Enjoy x

DF/SF/GF/WF/V/V+

 

Cacao & Goji super quick crispy bars

You literally need 10min to make this snack.

NO COOKING - NO BAKING REQUIRED

While these bars still contain sugar they are free from the refined white stuff, gluten free and full of antioxidants from raw cacao and goji berries.  

Ingredients needed:

2 cups puffed rice

1/2 cup goji berries (I also used bit of mulberries and raisins)

2 tbsp coconut oil

3 tbsp tahini (sesame paste)

4 tbsp maple sirup (I used agave)

4 tbsp raw cacao powder

zest of half orange

Instructions:

   Place a pan on to a low heat and melt your coconut oil. Remove from the heat. 

  Add your tahini, cacao, maple syrup & orange zest to your melted coconut oil and mix until smooth and well combined.

In a bowl combine your puffed rice, cacao mix and goji berries and mix well.

Line a baking tray with greaseproof paper and pour in your mix.

Place a second piece of greaseproof paper over the top and with palm press down the mix so it is tighty packed in to the tray.

Place in the fridge and allow cooling and set. Once set slice into squares.

Enjoy x

DF/GF/SF/WF/V/V+

 

 

Tangy redcurrant coconut muffins

To be honest. I can make and eat muffins all the time. Will never have enough of them.

This time I didnt even need to go to shop and buy ingredients, as I had all of them home already.

GLUTEN FREE - SUGAR FREE - DAIRY FREE - WHEAT FREE

Ingredients needed:

1/2 cup sifted coconut flour

1/2 cup almond flour

1/2 cup agave/coconut sugar 

1/2 cup shredded coconut

1/2 cup melted coconut oil

1/2 cup oat milk/any other plant one

3 eggs

1 tsp baking powder

few drops of vanilla extract

1 cup fresh redcurrants 

Instructions:

Mix all ingredients together, fill up your muffin moulds and bake at 180°C for 15mins.

Enjoy x

DF/GF/SF/V/WF