BALLERINA BITES

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Thursday 28 November 2013

Banana Bran Muffins


Banana Bran Muffins...

Makes:8-12 
  • 2 bananas, mashed
  • 1 1/2 cups organic bran cereal
  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp bi-carb soda
  • 1 tbs psyllium husk
  • 1 tbs vanilla extract
  • 2 chia eggs (2 tbs chia seeds absorbed in 6 tbs water)
  • 1/4 cup honey
  • 1/2 cup milk of your choice
  • 1 tbs peanut butter or nut butter of your choice
  • 1 tbs coconut oil, melted
Preheat an oven to 160°C fan forced.

Throughly combine all ingredients in  large bowl.
Evenly scope mixture into lined patty cases.
Bake for 30- 40mins. 

Enjoy!
Ballerina Bites. xx

Paleo Banana Porridge...


Paleo Banana Porridge:

  • 1 banana, mashed
  • 1 cup milk (I used soy)
  • 1/2 - 1 tbs honey
  • 1/2 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/4 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup mixed seeds and nuts, roughly chopped
  • 1 tbs chia seeds
  • 1 dried fig, sliced
In a small saucepan slowly bring to the boil banana, milk, honey, cinnamon and vanilla. Occasionally stirring. 
Once boiled add roughly chopped seeds, nuts and chia seeds.
Stir until thicken.
Serve in a bowl and top with fig.

Enjoy!
Ballerina Bites. xx

Tuesday 26 November 2013

PB & J Smoothie


PB & J Smoothie…
Serves: 1

  • handful fresh strawberries
  • 1 tbs peanut butter
  • 1 tbs honey
  • 1/2 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 banana
  • 3/4 cups milk of your choice
Cut the green tops off strawberries.
In a bowl mash strawberries with a fork and pop into a glass.
In a blender, blend the remaining ingredients until smooth.
Pour over mash strawberries and Enjoy!

Ballerina Bites. xx


Ginger Bread Men


Ginger Bread Men:

  • 1 cup rolled oats
  • 1 cup mixed nuts (almonds, cashews, hazel and brazil nuts)
  • 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1/4 tsp ground ginger
  • 1/8 tsp ground all spice
  • 1/4 cup desiccated coconut
  • 1/2 tsp bi-carb soda
  • 1/4 cup rasins
  • 1 chia egg (1 tbs chia seeds thicken in 3 tbs of water)
  • 1 tbs coconut oil
  • 1/4 agave syrup
Pre-heat oven to fan forced 160°C


Process oats and nuts until flour like.
Add the rest of the ingredients and process until it forms a dough.
Roll dough up in glad wrap (cling film) and refrigerate for up to 30mins.
Once harden roll dough out to 0.5cm thick. 
Cut dough with a Ginger Man Cutter or cutter of your choice. 
Bake for 15 to 20mins or until golden brown.
Allow to cool before eating.

Enjoy!
Ballerina Bites. xx

Sunday 17 November 2013

Date Spiced Muffins


Makes: 8

Date Spiced Muffins:

  • 1 cup buckwheat four. (I grounded my own using a processor)
  • 1/2 cup LSA
  • 3/4 to 1 cup fresh dates, pitted
  • 1 tbs coconut sugar
  • 1/4 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp bi-carb soda
  • 1 chia egg (1 tbs chia seeds soaked in 3 tbs water for 2min)
  • 1/2 cup + 2 tbs soy milk (my vary depending on how fine your buckwheat flour is)
  • 1/3 cup honey
  • 1/4 cup sunflower oil or coconut oil, melted
Preheat oven to 180°C.
Combine all ingredients making sure it is mixed well.
Fill 8 lined Muffin moulds with mixture.
Cook for 15 to 20mins until golden brown.

Enjoy!
Ballerina Bites. xx
 

Monday 11 November 2013

Healthy Homemade Bread




Healthy Homemade Bread
  • 1 cup sunflower seeds
  • 1/2 cup LSA (linseeds, sunflower seeds, almonds ground) 
  • 1/2 cup almonds
  • 1 1/2 cups rolled oats
  • 2 tbsp chia seeds
  • 3 tbs psyllium husk 
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp maple syrup 
  • 3 Tbsp melted coconut oil, melted
  • 1 1/2 cups water

Combine all dry ingredients. 
Whisk maple syrup, oil and water together.
Add this to the dry ingredients and mix very well. If dough is too thick add 1-2 tbs of extra water.
Transfer dough to a lined loaf pan and smooth out top with the back of a spoon.
Allow dough to sit covered for 2 hours.

Preheat oven to 175°C.
Cook dough on middle rack for 20mins.
Remove bread from from loaf pan and place upside down on middle rack. 
Cook for a further 30-40mins
Bread is done when sounds hollow to tap.
Allow bread to completely cool before slicing.
Bread lasts for up to 5 days in an air tight container. 
Also freezes well.

Enjoy!
Ballerina Bites. xx

Recipe inspired by My New Roots- Life Changing Bread


Broccoli and Cauliflower Soup


Broccoli and Cauliflower Soup:
  • 1 onion, diced
  • 3 garlic cloves, crushed
  • 1 1/2 tbs natural powdered veggie stock 
  • 1/2 small broccoli head,roughly chopped
  • 1/2 small cauliflower head,roughly chopped
  • Boiling water
  • 1 tbs dijon mustard
  • 1/4 cup soy milk
  • cracked peper
Fry onion and garlic in some neutral oil until golden.
Add veggie stock, broccoli and cauliflower and cover with boiling water. 
Simmer until veggies are cooked.
Blend with a stick blender until smooth.
Stir through dijon mustard and soy milk.
Season with pepper.

Enjoy!
Ballerina Bites. xx 

Cinnamon Maple Macadamia's


Cinnamon Maple Macadamia's:
  • 1 cup macadamia's
  • 1 tbs ground cinnamon
  • 1/4 maple syrup.
Coat macadamia's in cinnamon.
Roast in a preheated oven until golden brown.
Once out of the oven coat macadamia's in maple syrup.

Enjoy!
Ballerina Bites. xx 

Tuesday 5 November 2013

Raw Salted Caramel Chocolate Biscuits


Raw Salted Caramel Chocolate Biscuits:

Serves 6

Chocolate Biscuits: 

  • 1 cup almond meal
  • 4 tbs LSA (ground linseeds, sunflower seeds and almonds)
  • 1/2 cup raw cacao
  • 1/4 cup agave syrup
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1/4 tsp salt
Process all ingredients until it forms a ball.
Roll out dough 0.5cm thick and cut with cookie cutter of choice.
Freeze for 10min.

Salted Caramel Filling:
  • 1 cup fresh dates pitted
  • 1 tbs coconut oil
  • 2 tbs maple syrup 
  • 1/4 tsp salt
Process all ingredients until a paste.

Sandwich two Chocolate Biscuits with 1 tbs of Salted Caramel Filling and freeze for another 10mins.

Enjoy!
Ballerina Bites. xx 


Cinnamon Rasin Peanut Butter Oats


Cinnamon Rasin Peanut Butter Oats:

  • 1/2 cup rolled oats
  • 3/4 cup milk (I used soy)
  • 2 1/2 tbs rasins
  • 1 tsp chia seeds
Toppings:
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 tbs peanut butter
  • 1 tbs maple syrup
Cook oats and raisins in milk.
Add chia seeds to absorb remaining liquid.
Topp with toppings.

Enjoy!
Ballerina Bites. xx

Friday 1 November 2013

Cacao Pops


Cacao Pops:

  • 1 cup buckwheat groats
  • 2 tsp cacao powder
  • 2 tbs shredded coconut
  • 2 tsp honey
  • 1 tsp cinnamon.
Toast buckwheat in a dry pan until golden.
Take off heat, add the rest of the ingredients.

Enjoy!
Ballerina Bites. xx

Vanilla Chia Oats with Fresh Mango


Vanilla Chia Oats with Fresh Mango

  • 1/2 cup rolled oats
  • 3/4 soy milk
  • 1/4 tsp vanilla essence
  • 1 tbs chia seeds
  • 1 tsp honey
  • 1 tbs nut butter (I used Mayver's Immune Spread)
  • 1 mango cheek
Cook oats in soy milk.
Add vanilla, chia seeds, honey and nut butter. Stir.
Top with Mango.

Enjoy!
Ballerina Bites. xx