Eggs and Millet Groats Paste

This paste reigns on my sandwiches. It is very delicious. Chives do not just give it a flavor, but also emphasize the taste. It's great for breakfast.

Ingredients:

• 3/4 cup millet groats
• 2.5 cup water
• 3 eggs
• salt and pepper
• chives
• 2 tbsp yogurt
• 2 tsp mayonnaise

Instructions:

Rinse the millet under cool running water to remove dirt and debris. Keep rinsing as needed until the water appears clear rather than cloudy. Transfer the millet into a pot and then add at 1.5 cups of water. Stir the millet and allow it to boil at medium-high heat. Lower the heat once the water boils. Cover the skillet or pot to allow the millet to cook. Keep the lid on for at least 20 minutes. 
Cook hard-boiled eggs.
Blend cooked millet, eggs, salt, pepper, yogurt, mayonnaise until smooth. 
Garnish with chives.
Serve with your favourite bread.

Enjoy!

Farinata with Black Cumin

Farinata is essentially a large chickpea pancake from Provence. It's a perfect snack when eaten like a piece of pizza on waxed butcher paper.
I like to serve it for dinner with vegetables.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup chickpea flour
• 1 cup water
• 4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• salt
• a little black cumin

Instructions:

Pour the water into a bowl. Slowly whisk in the chickpea flour and 2 tablespoons good quality olive oil until smooth (you can also use blender which will help you to eliminate lumps). Let stand at room temperature for 2 hours.

Preheat the oven to 170°C.

Heat a skillet in the oven for 10 minutes.

Stir in the salt and the remaining olive oil.

Put the batter to the skillet (it should be thin).

Sprinkle with the black cumin on the top.

Bake for 15 to 20 minutes, until crisp around the edges. Slide the farinata onto a board; cut into wedges. Sprinkle with pepper; serve.

Enjoy!

High Protein Chocolate Cake

Easy, healthy and you can make this cake in few minutes.
You can put this cake in the freezer and eat it when you want to eat something sweet.

Ingredients:

• 120g chickpea flour
• 20g whey protein powder
• 70g peanut flour
• 2 tbsp cocoa powder
• 200g fromage frais
• 2 eggs
• 3 egg whites
• 3 tbsp stevia (or sugar)
• orange zest from 1 orange
• 5 tbsp orange juice
• 1 peach, diced
• 1 handful of dried cranberries
• whipped cream, to garnish

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 180° C.
In a large bowl mix all ingredients until smooth except from peach and cranberries.
Add friuts to the mixture.
Pour the mixture into the baking mold.
Bake for 35  minutes.
You can serve with whipped cream (but remember that your dessert will have more calories).

Enjoy!

Roasted Grain Beverage with Whipped Cream and Orange

Roasted Grain Beverage is very healthy drink and even kids can drink it. This type of  'coffee' is produced from roasted grains: barley, rye, chicory roots and sugar beet. Each of the components provides very useful for the body minerals that have a positive effect on our health.
It's rich in fiber, phosphorus, potassium and magnesium.

Ingredients:

• 2 tsp of grain coffee
• 1 cup boiling water
• sugar or sweetener (I used stevia)
• 1 slice of orange
• 3 tbsp orange juice
• 2 tbsp whipped cream
• vanilla

Instructions:

Pour the grain coffee with hot water. Add sugar or stevia. Add orange juice and a slice of orange.

Put 2 tablespoons of whipped cream on your coffe.

Sprinkle with vanilla.

Enjoy!

Pear Chutney

This chutney is really fantastic. It tastes really great with any type of blue cheese.

Ingredients:

• 400 ml apple vinegar
• olive oil
• 2 red onions, chopped
• 1,5 kg pears, peeled and cut into cubes
• 5 cm fresh ginger root, medium chopped
• 2 Tbsp crushed chili pepper flakes, or more or less taste
• 300 g cane sugar
• 1 clove garlic, finely chopped
• 200 g raisins
• 2 cinnamon sticks
• 2 bay leaves

Instructions:

Heat olive oil in a large pot. Add onions, garlic, ginger and chilli. Fry for 10 minutes.
Add sugar, apple vinegar, raisins, cinnamon sticks, bay leaves and pears. Bring to a boil, then reduce to simmer and cook for 40 minutes or until pears are soft.
Let the chutney cool for 20 minutes and pack it into sterilized jars (3 jars, 340 g each). 
Leave it for 4 weeks in cold and dark place (I put in the fridge).
Serve with bread or your favorite blue cheese.

Enjoy!

White Bean Soup

This is a great soup loaded with protein and fiber.  It's delicious, healthy and made from an impossibly short list of ingredients.

Ingredients:

• 4 cups of cooked beans (different sizes)
• 2 onions, peeled and diced
• 1 tsp olive oil
• 1 carrot, diced
• 4 potatoes, diced
• 5 cups vegetable broth
• salt and pepper
• marjoram

Instructions:

Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. Add onion, and cook, stirring, until soft, about 5 minutes. 
In a pot add beans, onions, potatoes and carrot. 
Add vegetable broth, salt, pepper and marjoram
Reduce heat to medium-low, and cook until vegetables are tender.

Enjoy!

Baked Rice with Apples

This is an easy and basic recipe for rice with baked apples. Baked rice pudding with apples can be eaten hot directly from the oven or you can eat it next day as an appetizer.

Ingredients:

• 1 bag rice
• 2 medium apples
• 2 tsp natural yoghurt
• 1 tsp sugar cane
• cinnamon
• 2 tbsp homemade seedless raspberry jam

Instructions:

Prepare rice according to package instructions. 

Peel apples and cut them into thiny slices.

Fill the oven proof dish with a half of rice and add yoghurt. Mix well. 

on the rice mixture make one thin layer of apples.
Sprinkle apples with sugar and cinnamon (add as much as you like). Put jam on it.

Cover the apples with the remaining rice.

Bake the rice pudding for about 30-40 minutes in the preheated oven to 170°C.

Enjoy!

Muesli Scones - Perfect Breakfast

I love to eat muesli for breakfast. Traditionally muesli has oats in it. Today I will show you how to make grain free muesli. It's really easy to make and tastes great with a cup of almond milk or fresh orange juice.
You must try it!

Ingredients:

• 1 cup almond flour
• a pinch of Himalayan salt
• 1/2 teaspoon gluten-free baking powder
• 1/4 glass dried cranberries
• 1/8 glass sunflower seeds
• 1/8 glass sesame seeds
• 1/8 glass of dried goji berries
• 1 teaspoon of whole flaxseed 
• 1 teaspoon of ground flaxseed
• 2 tablespoons hot water
• 2 tablespoons maple syrup
• 1 teaspoon of peanut butter

Instrutions:

In a bowl mix all ingredients except from flax seeds, water, maple syrup and peanut butter.

In a cup, mix flax seeds and add water to it. Mix it well. Wait for a while until they get gluty and jelly. Add the peanut butter and maple syrup to it. 

Combine with the remaining ingredients.

Use your hands to form dough. Shape it into a ball. Flatten it on a baking tray lined with baking paper.

Cut the round cake into 4 pieces. 

Bake for 15-17 minutes in an oven preheated to 170 ° C.

Serve with almond milk or fresh juice for breakfast.

Enjoy!

Raspberry Ricotta Cheesecake

Do you love sweets but you are on a diet? Then you must try this cheesecake. It's very good snack when you are craving for sweets. You can make your own version: white or black.

Ingredients:

• 200g low fat cream cheese
• 200g ricotta cheese
• 2 tbsp stevia
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup of sour cream
• 2 handful of frozen raspberries
• 2 tsp cocoa powder

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 170°C.

Lightly brush baking mold with a little melted butter and sprinkle the bottom with the almond flour.

Using an electric mixer, beat cream cheese until smooth. Add ricotta cheese and stevia, and beat until smooth. Add eggs, one at a time, and beat to combine. Add vanilla and sour cream, and beat to combine.
Using a spoon, fold through raspberries.

Divide the cheese mixture into 2. Add to one part cocoa powder.

Use spoon to fill the prepared molds.

Put onto a baking tray and bake for 30-35 minuts. Turn oven off and leave door ajar to cool for 30 minutes. Remove cheesecakes from oven and allow to cool completely. Refrigerate overnight.

Enjoy!

Baked Camembert with Pomegranate and Thyme

This gooey, melty cheesy appetizer is quick to throw together.
You can very easily make it when you are busy during the whole week.

Orange Cheesecake with Chocolate

Cheesecake is absolutely my favourite type of cake.
Today I am gonna show you how to make very easy and tasty cheesecake with orange and chocolate.

Ingredients for chocolate crust:

• 180g of chocolate cookies with chocolate filling
• 50g of butter at room temperature

Place the cookies (together with the filling) and butter in a food processor and blend to a homogeneous mass with the consistency of wet sand.

Put the bottom of the cake tin (diameter of 30cm) of the parchment paper for baking. 

Put the cookie mixture to the cake tin to cover the bottom.

Cool for half an hour in the refrigerator.

Ingredients for the cheese filling:

• 500 grams of semi-skimmed curd, milled at least twice
• 3 eggs
• 110g sugar
• 125g mascarpone
• zest of 1 orange
• 1 tablespoon flour

All ingredients should be at room temperature.

In a large bowl with an electric mixer, beat eggs. Add remaining ingredients. Beat the mixture until it is smooth. 

Pour the filling over the chocolate crust.

Bake at 160 °C without forced air convection for about 45 minutes. The surface of cheesecake should be slightly elastic. Cool in the oven slightly ajar.

Refrigerate for several hours or overnight.

Tip: Do not overbeat the cheesecake batter. Blend the ingredients quickly to add as few air bubbles as possible. The ingredients must be well blended, but excessive beating creates too many air pockets which can cause the cheesecake to puff up too much during baking, and then crack during the cooling process.

Ingredients for orange layer:

• 2 large eggs
• 2 egg yolks
• 70g sugar 
• 80 g of butter
• zest and juice of 1,5 orange

In a small saucepan, beat egg yolks and sugar (preferably using the whisk) to combine the ingredients. 

In top of a double boiler over hot water, combine all ingrediens. Stir and heat until the butter is melted and  the consistency of the cream thickens and you obtain a pudding with a smooth consistency.

Put to a jar, cool overnight.

You will also need 25 grams of grated dark chocolate to garnish.

Cooled cheesecake sprinkle with the grated chocolate.

Enjoy! 

Buffalo Chickpea Dip

This spicy dip is sooo delicious! In all seriousness, this is kind of like a hummus, really tasty with crackers, veggies or just with toasts. And, given the combination of nuts and beans this gives quite a lot of protein.

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup raw cashews
• 3 1/2 cups chickpeas (if using canned rinse and drain well)
• 1/2 cup Hot Sauce
• 2 tsp lemon juice
• 6g of dried yeast
• 1/2 tsp garlic salt
• 1 tbsp freshly chopped parsley
• 1 cup shredded cheese (I used Gouda)
• 1 cup non dairy milk (I used soya milk)
• Salt and pepper to taste

Instructions:


Preheat oven to 170 degrees.

Place all ingredients in a food processor with the exception of one cup of chickpeas and cheese. Blend until very smooth.

Transfer to an oven safe bowl or baking dish and stir in the one cup of chickpeas. 

Sprinkle with cheese.

Cover tightly in foil and bake at 170C for 30 minutes.

Serve with crackers, veggies or bread.

Enjoy!

Healthy Chocolate-Orange Cake with a hint of Cardamom

This is very good and healthy cake. It is non-sugar, non-gluten and non-dairy. And you also don't need to bake it. 
If you care of your health and you like sweets, this is a very good alternative that you must try.

Ingredients:

Cake:

• 2 cups walnuts
• 150g raisins
• 1 cup dates
• 1/4 cup of hot water
• 4 tablespoons raw cocoa powder
• 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1 teaspoon of cinnamon powder
• 1/2 teaspoon of cardamom powder
• a pinch of Himalayan salt 
• freshly squeezed orange juice from 1/2 orange
• 1 teaspoon of orange zest

Chocolate Glaze:

• 2 tbsp of coconut oil
• 30g of dark chocolate (80% of cocoa)

Instructions:

Crush walnuts in a food processor. 

Pour over raisins and dates with hot water.

Combine all ingredients together.

Line the baking sheet (size: 20x20 cm) with kitchen foil (which will make easier to remove the cake), and then fill it with the prepared mixture, carefully smoothing its surface.

Put the cake into the freezer for at least one hour. When it is sufficiently firm prepare chocolate glaze. For this purpose melt coconut oil and add chopped dark chocolate. Mix thoroughly.

Pour the chocolate glaze on the cake and carefully spread across its surface.

Put the cake into the freezer for 15 minutes.

After this time, remove the cake from the baking sheet and cut it into pieces. You can decorate with orange and almond flour.

Enjoy!

Super Easy Hummus

Hummus recipes across the world might differ. The recipe can include spices such as cumin, coriander seeds, paprika, dried chilli flakes or sumac. You might also come across hummus blended with red pepper, sun-dried tomatoes and beetroots.
The hard and fast rule for flavouring hummus is that there are no rules, so it’s great for having fun with at home.

I am gonna show you how to make super easy hummus in only few minutes. It's great with veggies, bread or pita chips. Actually, it's really great with anything!

Ingrediens:

• 2 cups of cooked chickpeas 
• 2 garlic cloves, crushed
• 6 tbsp quality extra virgin olive oil
• 3½ tbsp freshly squeezed lemon juice
• 4 tbsp of seasame seeds
• salt and grounded pepper, to taste
• 5 tbsp of the water that was used to book chickpeas

Instructions:

Put all the ingrediens into the food processor.

Turn on the food processor.

When the mixture is fully combined and smooth, tip it into a serving dish.

Enjoy!

Vegetable Oats Cutlets

A delicious and tasty starter made with the vegetables remaining after preparation of vegetable broth and broccoli.

Ingrediens:

• 4 boiled carrots
• 1 medium boiled celeriac
• 1/3 medium boiled broccoli
• 1/3 cup of vegetable broth
• 1 cup of whole rolled oats
• 1/2 cup of millet flakes
• 1 tbsp of grounded flax seeds
• a pinch of salt and pepper to taste
• 1 tbsp of chili olive oil
• 1 tbsp of parsley, finely chopped
• oil, to fry

Instructions:

Blend all vegetables with broth and oil until smooth.
Add all the remaining ingrediens and mix well.
Leave the mixture for 10 minutes.
Heat an oil in a pan. 
Make 8 to 10 balls from the mixture.
Flatten the balls and give them the shape of oval cutlets.
Then shallow fry these shaped cutlets until they turn brown on either sides.

Now, the Vegetable Cutlets are ready! Serve hot with Chilli Sauce and tomatoes.

Enjoy!

Avocado Green Dip

At a party, it doesn’t matter if you serve crudités, chips, crackers, or crostini - actually the real stars are the dips.

The avocado cheese dip is easy to make, and I am sure your guests will love it (the same like mine).

Ingrediens:

• 1 medium ripe avocado, pitted and pilled
• 125g white cheese
• lemon juice (from 1/2 lemon)
• 2 tbsp of dill
• 4 tbsp of natural youghurt
• salt and grounded pepper to taste
• flax seeds to garnish

Instructions:

Blend all ingredients (except from flax seeds) until smooth.

Add flax seeds as garnish.

Serve with rice cakes, celery or carrot sticks.

Enjoy!

Easy Apple Mousse

This easy recipe for apple mousse is a wonderful way to prepare a light, delicious dessert and also useful for lunchboxes the next day.

Ingrediens:

• 5 medium sized cooking apples or Granny Smith apples, peeled, quartered and cored
• 1 tbsp of coconut oil
• 3 tbsp of sugar cane
• a pinch of cinnamon
• dash of lemon juice
• 4 tbsp of natural yoghurt
• dark chocolate, to serve

Instructions:

Place the apples in a saucepan, add the coconut oil, sugar, cinammon and lemon juice. Simmer for 10 minutes until the apples are tender and just starting to break up.

Add natural yoghurt and mix well.

Remove the apples from heat.

Using a blender, blend apples until smooth.

Serve immediately garnished with a piece of dark chocolate.

Enjoy!

Light Cake on the Basis of Chickpeas with Peaches

This is a perfect cake for those who try to avoid sugar and gluten.

This cake is good as a snack during the day. 

Ingrediens:

• 200g chickpea flour
• 2 whole eggs
• 4 egg whites
• 180 g fromage frais (0% fat)
• 4 canned peaches
• 1 teaspoon of baking powder
• 5 tbsp of stevia (you can also use any other sweetener)

Instructions: 

Preheat the oven to 180C.

Belnd all the ingrediens (except from peaches) until smooth.

Add diced peaches and mix thoroughly.

Pour the prepared cake into baking mold.

Bake for 35 - 40 minutes.

Enjoy!

Makes 12 servings; 1 piece = 109 kcal

Spinach and Broccoli Roulade

That's the delicious roulade stuffed with mozzarella cheese and broccoli.
It's excellent as a main dish, but can also be served as an appetizer.

The mix of spinach, broccoli and tomatoes makes this a particularly healthy choice. Combined, these ingredients provide a range of protective factors which will work together for maximum health effect.

Surprise your guests this yummy and perfectly-looking roulade.

Ingrediens:

• 500 g spinach leaves
• 30 ml water
• 4 eggs, separated
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• salt and pepper to season
• 1 1/2 homemade tomatoe sauce
• 3 teaspoons of lemon juice

Filling:

• 1 1/2 cup of broccoli florets
• 200 g mozzarella cheese

Instructions:

Wash the spinach, place in a large saucepan with the water and boil for 4 - 5 minutes. 

Drain the spinach, squeeze to remove excess water and finely chop or blend.

Mix the chopped spinach with the egg yolks, salt, pepper, nutmeg and lemon juice.

Whisk egg whites until until stiff but not dry, combine gently with spinach mix.

Preheat the oven to 180C. Line and grease a 33cm by 23cm baking tray with baking parchment.

Spread the spinach on the baking tray and smooth the top, bake in the oven for 15 minutes or until firm and golden.

While the spinach is in the oven, wash the broccoli and boil it for 4 minutes, drain and keep warm.

Remove the cooked spinach mix out of the baking tray and leave it on the baking parchment. 

Spread the Mozzarella over the spinach and top with the cooked broccoli. 

Carefully roll up the spinach base off the parchment to form the roulade.

Cut the spinach and broccoli roulade into slices and serve with your favourite tomatoe sauce on top of it.

Enjoy!

Makes 4 servings; 1 serving = 290 kcal

Coconut Oil Chocolate Bars

Coconut oil has a multitude of health benefits, which include but are not limited to skin care, hair care, improving digestion and immunity against a host of infections and diseases.
Make your own chocolate coconut oil bars with your favourite dried fruits and use the benefits of this oil.

Ingrediens:

• 3/4 cup of melted coconut oil
• 5 tablespoons raw cacao
• 4 tablespoons maple syrup
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• dash of salt
• dried or fresh fruits (I used pomegranates and dried cranberries)

Instructions:

Combine all ingredients (without fruits) and mix well.

Pour on the baking sheet.

Put fruits on top.

Place in the fridge or freezer. Sets up in about 10-15 minutes.

Cut into small squares and serve.

Enjoy!

Oatmeal Raspberry and Cranberry Bread

This recipe was created accidentally. No bread at home, snow everywhere outside and due to holidays all shops are closed.
It's quite easy to bake this bread and I am sure, you have all ingredients in your kitchen.

Ingrediens:

• 1 cup wholemeal flour
• 1 cup spelt flour
• 1 cup rolled oats
• 1/3 cup sugar cane
• 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp cinammon
• 3/4 cup raspberry tea (make from 2 tea bags)
• 1/2 cup melted coconut oil
• 3 eggs
• 1 handful of raspberries (I ised frozen)
• 1 handful of dry cranberries

Instructions:

Mix dry ingredients (flours, oats, sugar, baking powder, soda, cinnamon). Mix wet ingredients into dry. Add raspberries and cranberries and mix gently. Pour into bread pan. Bake at 180C for 55-60 minutes.

Enjoy!

Creamy pumpkin soup

Have you ever tried pumpkin soup?  It's really good - even kids like it!  It's one of those foods, like carrot or beetroot cake, that sounds bad, but  actually tastes great! As an added plus, the pumpkin soup is all natural! 

Ingrediens: 

• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 onion, roughly chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, roughly chopped
• 600g pumpkin, peeled, chopped
• 3 potatoes, chopped
• 2 carrots, chopped
• 4 cups vegetable broth
• 1/2 chili pepper
• 1 teaspoon of turmeric
• 1/2 teaspoon of curry
• salt and pepper, to taste
• pumpkin seeds, toasted

Instructions:

Heat oil in a pan over medium heat. 

Add onion and cook for 2-3 minutes until soft. 

Add garlic and all vegetables. 

Add broth and bring to the boil. 

Add the spices. 

Reduce heat to low, cover and cook for 25 minutes or until the vegetables are tender. 

Cool slightly. 

Use blender to make your soup smooth. 

To serve, ladle into bowls and top with toasted pumpkin seeds.

Enjoy!

Buckwheat Salad

If you think you have absolutely nothing to eat in your house, think again. Grain Salad is hiding in your kitchen.

Buckwheat Salad is good for dinner or the next day for lunch at work. 

It only takes 15 mins to prepare it.

Ingredients:

• 3/4 cup of uncooked Buckwheat 
• 1.5 cup water
• 8 sun dried tomatoes in olive oil, chopped
• 2 tbsp oil from dried tomatoes
• 2 tbsp of black beans
• 2 tbsp of corn
• 40g Brie Cheese, chopped
• 1/4 teaspoon of Tandoori masala
• a pinch of salt and grounded pepper

Instructions:

Cook buckwheat  - in a pot, simply add 3/4 cup of buckwheat groats and 1.5 cups of water. Bring to boil then turn down to a simmer, and cook for 15-20 minutes. Once cool, add to the other ingredients. You can eat it cool or the next day cold is also tasty.

Enjoy!