‘When you are a mother, you are never alone in your thoughts, you must think once for yourself and once for the others’. This is a recipe my mum saw on British TV. She loves to bake, but I never eat her sweets as I don’t have a sweet tooth and I am gluten free. …
‘Funny, how one good cookie can calm the mind and elevate a troubled soul’. I used to make these cookies at the restaurant. It was like quiet sweet meditation. They are more like a healthy granola bar in the form of a cookie, so can be eaten any time of the day. I love the …
‘Home is where heart is. Heart is where cookie is. Math clear: Home is cookie’ – Cookie Monster This recipe uses coconut flour, used predominantly by the paleo community for its high fibre, low carbohydrate quality. The flour has good fats and protein, is nutritive and satiating. Coconut flour absorbs more moisture than other flours, …
‘A tavola non si invecchia’ – At the table with friends and family, you do not become old I thought I would mix it up a bit this week and give you one of Mr B’s family recipes rather than mine and my grandma’s. This recipe is for a famous cookie, made around the holidays, …
‘’When pure sincerity forms within, it is outwardly realized in other people’s hearts’ – Lao Tzu This cookie is a spiced version of an oatmeal and raisin cookie. I’m using golden raisins, cinnamon, turmeric, pepper, ginger and cardamom. The banana and almond butter act as a binder and give added richness and sweetness. It’s can …
‘Where are you from? I am from cloves, black pepper and cardamom. Those that built you an empire’ This is a light and fragrant cookie with cooling properties, due to the rose and cardamom and vanilla. Using almonds as the base will also keep you satiated. You can make the almond meal by finely grinding …
‘In the cookie of life, friends are the chocolate chips’ I liked this recipe for two reasons, because the main ingredients are oats and bananas and because it is a blend and bake recipe. It has the same ingredients as your morning porridge but is easier to grab and go. I see this as a …
Healthy Pop Tarts (GF) Who would have ever thought you could make such a thing as a healthy pop tart?? It sounds like a contradiction in terms The pop tart for those of you who don’t know was introduced to the world in 1964 by Kellogg as a pre-baked toaster convenience food and soon became …
Porcini Cracker with Chives The wonderful thing about dehydrating food is that there is very little method involved (blend, spread, dehydrate), the food retains it nutrients due to the low temperature and the flavors of whatever you are cooking intensify This is my second attempt in the dehydrator, adapting a recipe from Matthew Kenney’s Plant …
Chocolate Chip Chickpea Cookies This is a super easy recipe for one of those days when you just need a cookie straight out of the oven The wonderful thing about this cookie is that it tastes and smells like a normal chocolate chip cookie but has no flour or sugar. Doesn’t that just blow your …
