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!

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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!

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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!

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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!

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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!

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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!

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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!

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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!

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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!

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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!

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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!

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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!

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