Strawberry Coconut Milk Delight

       

Ingredients: 

• 1 lb fresh organic strawberries + a few more for decoration
• 2 cups unsweetened canned organic coconut milk (this is the one I use)
• 14 tablespoons organic honey
• 3 tablespoons gelatin (this is the one I use)
  

Directions:

1. Place cleaned strawberries in your powerful blender, add 1 cup of coconut milk and 10 tablespoons of honey. Blend on high speed till the mix is liquid. 
2. Place the mix in a small pot and warm over medium heat but do not boil.
3. When hot, turn the stove off, add 3 tablespoons of gelatin and mix well till the gelatin dissolves. 
4. Pour the mix into paper cups, filling them 1/3 or 1/5.  You can also use ice cube trays. (I used both, the bottom part is from paper cups and the flower is from an ice cube tray.)
5. Place in the freezer for about 10 minutes or until hard, but do not freeze. 
6. Stir 4 (or as desired) tablespoons of honey into the 1 cup of organic coconut milk.
7. Take the jelly snack out of the paper cups (tear the cup on the side) and place on a plate. Pour the cold coconut milk over the jelly and decorate with the strawberries. 

Enjoy as a delicious, nutritious summer dessert.

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.

Date & Nut Snack Bar

 

Ingredients:

• 7 oz / 200 g shelled almonds
• 7 oz / 200 g hazelnuts 
• 15 dates, dried and pitted
• 2 eggs 
• Optional:  60 g dark chocolate or 2 tablespoons shredded almonds 

Directions:

1. Preheat the owen to 350 °F / 175 °C.
2. Mix almonds and hazelnuts in the food processor or a blender into a fine flour. 
3. Chop the dates into small pieces either by hand or the food processor. 
4. Beat the eggs and mix together with nut flour and dates. 
5. Shape the dough into a long tube.
6. Slice into pieces and shape into bars.
7. Place on a baking sheet lined with baking paper. 
8. If desired, top with shredded almonds. Press the almonds gently into the bars.
9. Bake for approximately 20 min.
10. Place the bars on a cooling rack. 

Directions for chocolate-covered bars:

1. Use a double-boiler to make sure you don't burn the chocolate. If you don't have one, you can make one by filling a medium saucepan 3/4 full with water. Then rest a smaller saucepan or a heat-proof bowl inside, in which you place the chocolate.
2. Turn the stove on low heat, stirring occasionally. When the chocolate is nearly all melted, turn off the stove. 
3. Using a wooden spoon, stir the last few pieces to melt them. 
4. Take a single bar and dip one side of it into the melted chocolate.
5. Place it onto a cookie sheet to cool. 
6. Repeat with the remaining bars. 
7. You can place the cookie sheet with the nut bars into the fridge for the chocolate to harden faster.

Orange Jelly Candies - all natural

Ingredients:

• 3-4 tablespoons unflavored all natural gelatin
• 2/3 cup orange juice, preferably freshly squeezed and strained 
• 8 tablespoons organic agave 
• 1 teaspoon organic vanilla extract, optional 

Directions:

1. Combine all ingredients in a saucepan on low heat until gelatin has completely dissolved and the mixture is smooth. 
2. Pour into silicon ice cube trays. 
3. Place in the freezer for about 10 minutes. 
4. Remove the tray, pop out the jellies from the form and enjoy these delicious gummy candies. 

Keep in an air-tight container and use within a day or store in the refrigerator for a couple days. Can be also kept frozen for later use.

Coconut Ice Cream

Yields 6 ZOKU pops

Ingredients:

• 3/4 cup + 2 Tbsp (7oc) coconut milk, unsweetened, not light
• 1/4 cup (2 oz) regular almond or coconut milk unsweetened 
• 3 Tbsp water
• 3 Tbsp + 1 tsp organic raw cane sugar 
• 1/2 cup shredded unsweetened coconut 

Directions:

1. Whisk together all the ingredients until sugar has dissolved.
2. Insert sticks into the pop maker molds and pour the coconut base until you reach the fill line. 
3. Let freeze completely, then remove the pops as directed by ZOKU.
4. Repeat with remaining pops and enjoy :) 

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 :)

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 :)

Grilled Cheese and Alfalfa Sprout Sandwich

This healthy and highly nutritional meal that kids love to eat is easy and quick to make.

You will need:

• Grilled cheese sandwich maker or non-stick frying pan
• Sliced bread
• Alfalfa or other sprouts
• Sliced cheese
• Variety of fresh vegetables on the side 

Need some finding where to buy all the stuff? Here are some links to make it easier for you:

• Bread mix -- our family loves this one the most of all on the today's market: http://www.amazon.com/Bobs-Red-Mill-Gluten-Free-20-Ounce/dp/B000KELHPS/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1371909525&sr=8-6&keywords=gluten+free+bread+mix
• Seed sprouter:
  http://www.amazon.com/Victorio-VKP1014-4-Tray-Kitchen-Sprouter/dp/B005FVPP04/ref=sr_1_fkmr1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1371909256&sr=8-1-fkmr1&keywords=seat+sprouter
• The sprout house organic alfalfa seeds, 1 pound:
  http://www.amazon.com/The-Sprout-House-Organic-Sprouting/dp/B0052LDET6/ref=pd_sim_k_6
• Grilled cheese sandwich maker:
  http://www.amazon.com/Cuisinart-WM-SW2-Dual-Sandwich-Nonstick-Electric/dp/B00006F2MD/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1371909776&sr=8-1&keywords=grill+cheese+sandwich+maker

Herb Souffle

Recipe coming soon