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Showing posts with label recipe. Show all posts

Monday, 13 July 2015

No-Bake Berry Cheesecakes


Earlier in the year I attended a media breakfast at Fresh Earth and absolutely fell in love with this little one stop health shop and cafe. The folks over at Fresh Earth were kind enough to offer me some ingredients to make a diabetic friendly cake for my birthday. Unfortunately with my broken foot I didn't manage to get to them in time and so I decided to make some little cheesecakes over the weekend instead.

Thursday, 10 July 2014

Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Cookies


These are possibly THE easiest cookies I have ever made! With quite a bit of honey in them and the chocolate chips, their sugar content is a little higher than I would like but they're absolutely perfect in moderation!

Ingredients
1 cup peanut butter
1/3 cup honey
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon baking soda (I didn't have this so I left it out and they came out great)
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
1/2 cup chocolate chips (I chopped up half a bar of 85% cocoa Lindt Excellence dark chocolate)


Method
  • Preheat your oven to 180 degrees. 
  • Mix together all ingredients except the chocolate
  • Add the chocolate and mix well
  • Line a baking tray with parchment paper and spray with Spray and Cook
  • Using a table spoon of mixture at a time, lump cookie dough balls onto the paper
  • Bake for 8 minutes
  • Remove and allow the cookies to rest on the baking sheet for 10 minutes. They will firm-up as they rest, so this step is important!

Tuesday, 8 July 2014

Chocolate Strawberry Brownies



First of all, as great as these are, I don't really recommend them in winter. I learnt that this morning when taking a bite into the frozen strawberry layer and immediately my body was covered in goosebumps!

The original recipe is for Chocolate RASPBERRY Brownies which sounds way better than strawberries but tis' strawberry season so that's what I used!

Ingredients for Base
1 cup raw nuts (I used almonds)
1/3 cup cacao
3 Tbsp. coconut oil, melted
12 Medjool dates, pitted

Ingredients for Middle Later
2 cups fresh or frozen raspberries (I used strawberries)
2/3 cup raw cashews (I left out the nuts in the middle layer) 
4 Tbsp. shredded coconut
6 Tbsp. organic maple syrup (I used honey)
1 Tbsp. coconut oil, melted

Ingredients for Top Layer
½ cup of cacao butter (or melted coconut oil)
½ cup of cacao powder
¼ cup of organic maple syrup



Directions for Base
  • Add all ingredients to a blender and blend until all the ingredients are well mixed and the macadamias are crushed.
  • Add mixture to a lined tin, smooth out with a spoon and place in the freezer to set.
Directions for Middle Layer
  • Blend all but the coconut oil in a high speed blender until smooth.
  • Add coconut oil and blend until well combined
  • Add to the base and smooth over with a spatula or back of a spoon and place into the freezer for at least 1 hour.
Directions for Top Layer
  • Melt the cacao butter in a double boiler on low heat (I used coconut oil, melted in microwave)
  • Add the organic maple syrup to the double boiler and whisk until combined (I used honey, melted in microwave) 
  • Whisk in the cacao powder.
  • When well combined pour over the middle layer and smooth over with the back of a spoon
Put back into the freezer and let it set completely (around 1 hour).

Remove from the tin, slice straight away and store in an airtight container in the freezer (I recommend the freezer as the raspberry layer softens easily).

Recipe taken from Mind Body Green