Honey Lemon Haloumi Chicken Salad...

Honey Lemon Haloumi Chicken Salad:

Serves 4:

• 4 large handfuls of rocket
• 4 tbs walnuts

1 free range chicken breast (My family and I aren't big meat eaters so 1 chicken breast was plenty. The chicken is also optional)

• 180g good haloumi, sliced
• handful lemon thyme

Syrup:

• 4 tbs honey
• 2 tbs olive oil
• juice of 1 lemon
• rind of 1/2 lemon

Method:

Even separate rocket onto 4 plates.

Sprinkle 1 tbs of walnuts onto each plate.

In a hot oiled pan start to cooked sliced chicken breast.

Add thyme and haloumi to the pan and start to cook.

Meanwhile in a saucepan combine all syrup ingredients and heat.

Pour part of the syrup over haloumi and chicken and further cook.

Once haloumi and chicken are golden brown place over rocket and walnuts. 

Pour remaining syrup over each salad.

Enjoy!

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Lemon Slice...

Lemon Slice:

Base:

• 1 1/2 cup rolled oats
• 1 cup sunflower seeds
• 1/2 cup desiccated coconut
• 1/2 lemon rind
• juice of 1 lemon
• 1 tbs coconut oil
• 1/2 cup agave syrup

Process all ingredients until forms a dough.

Press dough into a lined slice tray.

Freeze for 20 min.

Syrup:

• 2 tbs agave syrup 
• 1 tbs coconut oil, melted

Combine agave and coconut oil.

Even pour syrup over base.

Freeze for another 5 min.

Enjoy!

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Banana Pancakes...

Banana Pancakes:

• 1 banana, mashed
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1/2- 1 tbs coconut sugar
• 1 tbs flour of choice (I used rice flour)
• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
• dash of milk of choice (I used almond milk)

Combine all ingredients until forms a batter.

Preheat a pan with 1/2 tsp coconut oil.

Add 3 tbs of batter to your pan and cook for 1-2 mins before flipping and cooking for a further 30 secs.

Repeat this until all pancake batter is gone.

Top with your favourite yoghurt and fresh berries. 

Enjoy!

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Chocolate Tart...

Chocolate Tart:

Crust:

• 1 cup rolled oats
• 1 cup almond meal
• 1/4 cup cacao powder
• 1/2 cup unsweetened desiccated coconut
• 1/3 cup coconut sugar
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 2 tbs agave syrup
• 1/4 cup oil of preference(coconut, sunflower)
• 3 tbs water

Process rolled oats to a fine flour.

Add almond meal, cacao, desiccated coconut, coconut sugar, baking powder and process until combined.

Add agave, oil, water and process untill it forms a dough. (you might need extra water so it forms a dough)

Freeze dough for 30mins.

Pre-heat oven 160°C fan forced.

Once dough is hardened roll out until 0.5 cm thick.

Cover a large creased tart tin. Patch up any holes with remaining dough.

Bind Bake tart for 10-15 mins.

Remove beads or rice and bake for another 10-15min. Tart should be golden brown.

Allow tart to cool.

Chocolate Filling:

• 200g good quality dark chocolate 
• 1 cup fresh dates, pitted
• 1 tsp coconut oil, melted
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2- 1 tsp granulated coffee (optional)
• 1/2 cup water, warmed ( add more water if needed

On a double boiler melt chocolate.

Once chocolate is melted add dates, coconut oil, salt, coffee and stir.

In a processer process dates and chocolate mix.

Slowly add water and process until thick and smooth.

Pour chocolate filling over cooled tart crust and refrigerate until set.

Enjoy

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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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Raw Caramel Slice

Raw Caramel Slice:

Base:

• 1/2 cup Mejool Dates
• 1 1/2 cups Almonds
• 1 tbs Maple Syrup
• 1 tbs Coconut Oil
• 1 tsp Vanilla Essence

Process all ingredients until a fine crumb.

Press into a lined rectangular baking try.

Freeze for 10min.

Caramel:

• 2 cups Mejool Dates
• 1/4 cup Tahini 
• 2 tbs Coconut Oil
• 1 tsp Vanilla Essence
• 2 tbs Maple Syrup
• Pinch of salt
• 1/3 Water or more if you need it.

Process all ingredients until thick.

Spread evenly over base.

Refrigerate for 10mins.

Chocolate:

• 1/4 cup Cacao 
• 1/4 cup Maple Syrup
• 2 tbs Coconut Oil, melted.

Combine all ingredients and pour over base and caramel.

Refrigerate for 10mins.

Enjoy!

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Honey Almond Beans

Honey Almond Beans:

Serves 1:

• handful green beans with ends cut off
• 1/4 lemon
• 2 tbs slithered almonds
• 1 tsp honey
• 1 tsp extra virgin olive oil
• salt and pepper to taste

Cook beans in boiling water.

Drain water and add the rest of the ingredients.

Enjoy!

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Banana Pear Smoothie

Banana Pear Smoothie:

• 1 banana
• 1 pear
• 3/4 of milk of your choice (I used soy)
• 1/4 tsp cinnamon 
• 1/4 tsp nutmeg
• 1 tsp LSA (linseeds,sunflower seeds, almonds)

Blend all ingredients until thick and creamy.

Enjoy!

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Coconut Chocolate Almond Butter

Coconut Chocolate Almond Butter:

• 1 cup almonds
• 1 heaped tbs cacao powder
• 2 tbs agave syrup
• 1 tbs coconut oil

Process all ingredients until it forms a paste.

Enjoy!

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Chicken Pad Thai

Chicken Pad Thai:

Serves 1.

Ingredients:

• 4-6 small mushrooms
• 1/2 onion
• 1/2 free range chicken breast, diced
• 6 broccoli florets  
• handful soba noodles

Sauce:

• 1 tbs tahini 
• 1/4 tsp ginger
• 1/2 tsp garlic
• 1 tsp sesame oil
• 1tbs soy sauce
• 1/4 lemon 

In a pan lightly fry in neutral oil (canola oil) mushrooms and onion.

Once softened add diced chicken breast and cook.

Meanwhile cook broccoli and soba noodles in boiling water, drain and add to the pan. 

Stir in sauce and cook for a further 2- 3 min.

Enjoy!

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Choc Berry Overnight Oats

Choc Berry Overnight Oats:

• 1 1/2 tbs goji berries
• 1/3 cups oats
• 1 tsp cacao powder
• 1 tbs chia seeds
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 banana, mashed
• 1 tbs peanut butter

Combine all ingredients and refrigerate overnight.

Enjoy!

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Honey Cinnamon Banana Overnight Oats

Honey Cinnamon Banana Overnight Oats:

• 1 banana, mashed
• 1/3 cup oats
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon 
• 1 tsp honey
• 1/3 milk
• 2 tbs soy yoghurt
• 1 tbs chia seeds

Toppings:

• 1 tbs ABC spread (almond, brazil and Cashew)

Combine all ingredients and refrigerate overnight.

Enjoy!
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