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  1. Spiced apple and goji berry healthy muffins

    September 12, 2012 by potatoface

    spiced apple and goji berry muffins

    spiced apple and goji berry healthy muffins

     I have been indulging myself recently in lots of butter and sugar (icing on cupcakes, etc.) because I felt sorry for myself (don’t we all).

    But enough is enough! I’ve decided it’s time to go back to healthy baking.

    Will power or what?!

    I really wanted to use goji berries as they have been used in Chinese medicine for the last 2000 years and apparently they can even slow the ageing process (among other amazing health improving tricks).

     So I made really really healthy muffins. They are so freaking healthy, they should be prescribed by a doctor or something…

    spiced apple and goji berry muffins

    spiced apple and goji berry healthy muffins

     For the muffins:

     2 cups of wholemeal flour

    1 cup of plain flour

    1 teaspoon of baking soda

    2 teaspoons of baking powder

    1 cup of agave syrup

    2 tablespoons of cinnamon

    1 tablespoon of all spice

    3 apples, diced

    1 cup of dried goji berries

    300 ml of buttermilk

    1/2 cup of grape seed oil

    3 eggs

     For the topping:

    2 tablespoons of grape seed oil

    3 tablespoons of plain flour

    1 tablespoon of cinnamon

    2 tablespoons of brown sugar

    100 grams of sunflower seeds

    100 grams of pumpkin seeds

    spiced appleand goji berry muffins

    spiced apple and goji berry muffins

    1. Preheat oven to 180 C

    2. Mix flour, baking powder and soda, cinnamon and all spice in a big bowl.

    3. In a separate bowl mix oil, eggs, agave syrup and buttermilk.

    4. Add wet ingredients to the dry ones, mix carefully and gently until combined.

    5. Peel and dice apples and add them to the mixture with goji berries. Mix gently.

    6. Line muffin tray with muffin cases. Scoop batter into them.

    7. Mix all the ingredients for the topping and crumble on top of muffins.

    8. Bake till skewer comes out clean and muffins are golden on top.

    9. Stuff your face without guilt – your are extending your life eating them (see: goji berries).

    spiced apple and goji berry muffins

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  2. brussel sprouts quiche

    December 21, 2011 by potatoface

    I don’t understand people who make fun of brussel sprouts.

    Anyway, if you want to try something christmassy but different, here’s the recipe for a nice quiche.

    The one on the picture has got the base made of wholemeal flour. Not that it’s relavant.

    brussel sprouts uiche

    brussel sprouts quiche

     

    Brussel sprouts quiche

    Ingredients:

    For the pastry:

    1 glass of flour

    1/2 pack of butter

    few spoons of cold water

    pinch of salt

     

    for the filling:

    300-400 grams of brussel sprouts

    100 ml of sour or soya cream

    1-2 spoons of nutmeg

    pinch of salt

    2 eggs

    200 grams of hard cheese (any type you like)

    fresh or dried herbs (oregano, basil, thyme, parsley)

     

    1.For the pastry go to the recipe for spinach and cherry tomato quiche and make it exactly the same way.

    2. Pre-bake the base, in the meantime boil brussel sprouts in a lightly salted water (obviously you have to first cut off the stems, but not so much that the leaves fall. Cut a small X into the base of each sprout to allow the core to cook thoroughly) for about 5-6 minutes. Drain.

    3. Arrange sprouts on pre-baked base. Mix eggs with cream, herbs and nutmeg. Sprinkle grated cheese on the sprouts, then pour cream and egg mixture over and sprinkle some more cheese.

    4. Bake in 160 C till it’s golden and done.

     

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  3. blueberry pancakes – much healthier than the american version

    September 12, 2011 by potatoface

    blueberry pancakes

    blueberry pancakes

    I’m blessed to have a few but dear friends I can always count on. One of them, the best one, recently visited me. She’s like a sister to me and I love her very much. She has lived for the last 12 years in California, so the last time I saw her was about 6-7 years ago. We always pick up where we left, I never felt like there was a break at all. It feels almost like having a twin – we always know without talking and with the ocean between us when something happens in our life, when we are sad, or we are going through something dramatic.

    If you have a friend you truly love and don’t need words to communicate with, you know you are lucky.

    First morning after she arrived I made pancakes – my interpratation of an American favourite. It will always remind me of her.

     

    Pancakes but much healthier than the American version

    Ingredients

    1cup of wholemeal flour

    1/2 cup of spelt flour

    1/2 cup of ready oats

    1 teaspoon of baking powder

    1/2 teaspoon of baking soda

    1 spoon of cinnamon

    2 eggs

    blueberries

    maple syrup or agave nectar

    1 or 2/3 glass of soya milk

    knob of butter

    1. Mix all dry ingredients in a bowl. In a separate bowl mix eggs, milk and melted batter. Add those to the dry ingredients and leave the mixture for at least half an hour on the side.

    2. Warm heavy frying pan. Wait until it’s really hot. Add blueberries to your batter, fold gently.  Using a ladle pour some batter, wait till the top of the pancake begins to bubble, turn over, and fry until golden brown.

    3. Repeat till you use all the batter, if you are making a lot of pancakes for many people, keep the ones you made in a warm oven until they’re all ready.

     

    pancakes

    pancakes

    If you just want simple pancakes, instead of wholemeal flour and ready oats use normal flour and ordinary milk instead of soya – and voila!


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