Breakfast Coconut Muffins

        

Makes 6 regular size cupcakes.
You will need a hand mixer, a muffin pan and unbleached baking cups. 

Ingredients:

• 4 eggs
• 2 tablespoons organic raw sugar 
• 2 tablespoons organic coconut sugar
• 2 tablespoons coconut oil (or any other oil) 
• 3 tablespoons water
• 4 tablespoons coconut flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder 
• 1/2 cup blueberry for topping, fresh or frozen, optional
  

Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 375°F and place the baking cups into a muffin pan.
2. Separate the egg whites from the yolks into separate bowls.
3. Using a fork, whisk together the egg yolks with the sugar. Add the coconut oil, water, coconut flour and baking powder.  Mix thoroughly.
4. Using the mixer, mix the egg whites to produce a solid egg snow.
5. Gently add the dough mix to the egg snow and using low speed, mix one more time all together.
6. Place the dough into a muffin pan. 
7. Top with blueberries (optional).
8. Bake for about 20 minutes.
9. Enjoy as a delicious and nutritious breakfast or as a healthy afternoon dessert with your favorite hot drink. 

Serving suggestions coming soon.

Buckwheat Sweet Bread

  

Preparation time: about 30 minutes

Baking time: about 50 minutes

Ingredients:

• 250g soft butter 
• 200g organic raw cane sugar
• 6 eggs
• 250g buckwheat flour
• 250g ground hazelnuts (can be substituted with almonds, pecans or walnuts) 
• 1 tablespoon baking powder 
• 400g of your favorite berry jam 
• organic powdered sugar for decoration (optional) 

Instructions:

1. Preheat the oven to 350˚F.
2. Separate the egg whites and yolks. Mix butter and sugar thoroughly then add the egg yolks. 
3. Combine buckwheat flour with the ground hazelnuts and baking powder. Add the egg and butter mix. 
4. Using the mixer, mix the eggs till it makes a solid egg snow. Mix the egg snow into the dough. 
   
5. Cut the baking paper into the shape of the springform and place it in the bottom --  or grease the baking form with butter, margarine or coconut oil.
6. Bake for about 50 minutes.  Using a long toothpick or wood skewer, poke the bread and withdraw.  If it comes out clean, the bread is ready; if the dough sticks to it, continue baking a few more minutes.
7. Open the springform, then very gently flip the cake base onto the cooling rack. Carefully remove the baking paper from the cake and leave it to cool.
8. Cut the sweet bread evenly into half, spread the jam and put the other half back on the top. 
   
9. Sprinkle with powdered sugar as desired. 
10. Serve warm or at room temperature with a cup of dairy-free milk (e.g., almond milk, rice milk or flax seed milk) or a cup of tea. 

When served as a dessert, serve with freshly whipped cream. 

Morning Glory

You will need a powerful blender; I use and recommend using a Vitamix. 

Preparation: 3 minutes

Processing: 1 minute

Yield: 3 - 4 cups

Ingredients:

• 1 orange, medium size, peeled and chopped
• 1 peach, chopped
• 1 tablespoon wheatgrass juice, fresh or frozen
• 1 cup of ice

Instructions: 

1. Place the orange, peach and wheatgrass juice into the blender and secure the lid.
2. Turn on at the lowest speed and quickly increase to the maximum.
3. Blend for a few seconds until the fruit is well blended into a juice.
4. Add the ice and bland on the maximum till all the ice is crashed and the texture smooth.

Serve immediately and enjoy :)

Samosas

 

A samosa or samoosa is a fried or baked pastry with a savory filling, such as spiced vegetables, meat and chicken.

Preparation time:  approximately 30 minutes
Baking time: approximately 30  minutes
Makes about 7 samosas.

Ingredients for the dough: 

• 1 cup rice flour
• 1 cup garbanzo flour
• 120g melted butter
• 3/4 cup lukewarm water 
• 2 teaspoons of sea salt 

Instructions for the dough:

1. Mix the flour and salt, add the butter, water and knead the dough. It should not be either too hard or too soft and yes it will be sticky a little bit :) 
2. Cover the dough and put in the fridge to firm up.

Ingredients for the filling:

• 1 large leek
• sea salt and pepper or any other desired spice to taste
• 4 garlic cloves, pressed
• a pinch of sesame seeds (optional)
• 2-3 teaspoons of olive oil 

Instructions for the filling:

1. Preheat the oven to 400°F.  
2. Wash the leeks and cut into small thin slices (small rings). 
3. Pour a couple of spoons of oil into a frying pan, then add the leeks and garlic. Cover and fry on medium heat for about 5 minutes. 

Instructions for making the samosas:

1. Prepare a flat baking sheet and grease it with oil.
2. Remove the dough from the fridge.
3. Take a small handful of dough and quickly form it into a ball.  The dough will be stickier to work with than conventional flour dough.
4. Flatten the ball of dough to a small circle 1/4-inch thick, more or less.
5. Place one full tablespoon of filling in the center of the dough.
6. Gently take one side of the though and flip it over to create the samosa form.
7. Gently seal the edges by pressing them together with the fork. 
8. Using the basting brush, moisten the samosas with melted butter or oil. 
9. Bake for 20 - 30 minutes.

Serve warm or at room temperature. 

BBOW Smoothie

Blueberry Banana Orange Wheatgrass Smoothie

You will need a powerful blender; I use and recommend using a Vitamix.

Preparation: 5 minutes
Processing: 1 minute
Yield: 3 cups

Ingredients:

• 3/4 cup (180 ml) water
• 1 medium orange, peeled and halved
• 1 banana, peeled, fresh or frozen (chop if frozen)
• 1/2 cup (80 g) frozen unsweetened blueberries
• 1 tablespoon of fresh or frozen wheatgrass juice 

If using fresh fruit, add 1 cup of ice and a tablespoon of honey to enrich the taste.

Instructions: 

1. Place all ingredients into the blender in the order listed and secure the lid.
2. Turn on at the lowest speed and quickly increase to the maximum.
3. Blend for 1 minute or until desired consistency is reached. 

Serve immediately and enjoy :)

Garbanzo Bean Crepes

Ingredients:

• 200g garbanzo bean flour 
• 50g potato starch 
• 1 egg
• about 500 ml of almond or flax seed milk
• a pinch of baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon sugar or honey

Directions:

1. Mix the garbanzo bean flour with potato starch, baking powder, sugar or honey, one egg and stir.
2. Let rest for 15 minutes, the mix will swell.
3. As needed add more milk and again whisk it together. The mix needs to be much more liquid than when making American-style pancakes.
4. Pour with a ladle onto a hot non-stick frying pan in a small amount of olive oil and medium heat on both sides until golden brown.
5. While still warm, top with fruit preserves or jam to taste, roll up, and enjoy :) 

Optionally, sprinkle with powdered sugar.