Mango and Coconut Pie
The perfect summer dessert! Ingredients: Crust 10 date and coconut rolls (300 g) (available in health food stores and the fresh produce section of larger supermarkets; substitute 20 pitted Medjool dates and 1/4 cup dessicated coconut if unavailable) 1/2 cup/50 g rolled oats 1/4 cup/30 g raw cashews Filling Flesh of 2 mangoes 1 small…
Recipes – Desserts and Treats
Aduki Bliss Balls Aduki Choc-Cherry Bombs Apple Berrynut Bites Apple Cinnamon Buckola Apple Hemp Muffins Apricot Sesame Slice Banana Goji Coconut Muffins Banana Oat Biscuits Berrylicious Tart Black Sapote and Custard Apple Pie Black Sapote Mousse Black Sapote Nice Cream Blackberry Sorbet Blueberry Apple Pie Blueberry Sweet Potato Pie Bluevado Pie Caramelised Coconut Plantains Carob-Bean…
9 Treasure Salad
My husband christened this the ‘kitchen sink salad’, but I prefer 9 Treasure Salad because it’s packed full of nutritional treasures – superfoods that fight cancer, lower cholesterol, and supercharge the immune system. Ingredients: 1/2 cup black rice (or use wild or brown rice) 1 cup water 1 small red onion, peeled and diced 1…
Kale Chips
These delicious chips are just the ticket when you’re craving unhealthy savoury snack foods. Kale is one of the most nutrient-per-kilojoule foods on the planet! Kale chips are perfect for kids’ lunchboxes or for that ‘little something before dinner’. Ingredients: 1 bunch kale (preferably flat-leafed kale e.g. cavalonero, lacinato or dinosaur) 1/2 cup cashews or…
Recipes – Snacks and Side Dishes
Aduki Bean and Rice Balls Apple Cinnamon Buckola Apple ‘Sandwiches’ Broccoli and Spinach with Tabasco-Lime Avocado Sauce Caramelised Coconut Plantains Cauliflower ‘Wings’ Cheesy Chilli Popcorn and Kale Cheesy Stuffed Potatoes Cinnamon Plantain Coins Cinnamonny Brekky Buckinis Deluxe Breakfast Buckinis Easy Vegetable Pizzas Green Leafy Moroccan Medley Italian Bread Sticks (Raw) Kale Chips Mumbai Cabbage Wraps…
Sweet Potato, Zucchini and Kale Bake
This is a healthied-up version of the perennial favourite, potato bake. Ingredients: 2 medium sweet potatoes (about 500 g), peeled and sliced 3 mm thick 2 medium zucchini, sliced 3 mm thick 1 bunch kale, de-stemmed and finely shredded 30 g sesame seeds 60 g almonds 3 cloves garlic 300 ml plant milk 2 tsp…
Spicy Eggplant Burgers
Eggplant is rich in the pigments anthocyanins which lower the risk of cardiovascular disease, and in chlorogenic acid, a powerful free radical scavenger that also lowers LDL cholesterol. Lentils, like all legumes, are rich in resistant starches that foster the growth of beneficial intestinal bacteria, and cause our bodies to burn stored fat, rather than…
Aduki Bean Pie
My kids absolutely LOVE pies! I think I could put dirt in a pie and they would eat it, just because it was a pie :). The problem with pies is pastry – specifically, what to use in place of the usual margarine (yech!) or oil. Solution: tahini. This paste of ground sesame seeds binds…
Dissolving the fears that hold you back
Fear is one of our most primal emotions, and it serves a very useful purpose: it prevents us from needlessly doing stupid and dangerous things! It’s safe to assume that fearless cave-people who didn’t heed their extremely sensible fear of leaving the cave after dark, or approaching very large animals with very sharp teeth, got…
Top 10 tips for healthy eating – Part 2
Recently I was asked by food blogger, home cook and photographer extraordinaire, Megan Young of Veggies and Me, for my top 10 tips on healthy eating. (Read the whole post here.) In the previous post and this one, I elaborate on these tips, so you can fully grasp the profound impact that implementing them will…