BALLERINA BITES

BALLERINA BITES

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