Park Snacks and Dips

Hello Faithful readers

I Absolutely LOVE that i can take these sorts of snacks to the park for the kids, snacks full of life, snacks full of wholesome goodness that will bring life to their bodies!

Here are the dip recipes as i promised

Hummus

Ingredients:

425g chickpeas

1/4 cup fresh lemon juice

1/4 cup tahini

1/2 of a large garlic clove minced

2 tablespoons olive oil

1/2 - 1 teaspoon salt depending on taste

1/2 teaspoon ground cumin

2-3 tablespoons water

dash of ground paprika for serving

Method

In a food processor, combine the tahini and lemon juice. Process for 1 minute, then scrape down the sides and process for a further 30 seconds. Then add the garlic and process for 30 seconds, then add olive oil, salt, cumin, chick peas and water and process till nice and smooth, put into desired container or plate and sprinkle with paprika.

Then ENJOY!!!

Sundried tomatoe and Macadamia Dip

Ingredients:

1 clove of garlic

50g semi sundried tomatoes

50g kalamata olives, pitted

50g macadamias

20g olive oil

20g balsamic vinager

a pinch of salt if needed depending on how salty the olives are

Method:

Place all ingredients in a food processor, process until desired consistency is reached.

This is a VERY Yummy dip and one that will be on my always list

ENJOY!

Hope you are enjoying these recipes, and i hope you are feeling your body respond in kind as you feed it what it was meant to be fed.

God Bless Y'all

Zucchini Slice

Hello Faithful Readers

So i have had a few requests for this after putting my batch up photos on Facebook, so here it is hope you all enjoy!

This makes for a GREAT Freeze option for quick and easy meals when you need and can't be bothered cooking :-)

I need a WAY Bigger Bench top i am such a MESSY Cook hahahaha

Anyway

Ingredients

5 Eggs

150g (1 cup) Self Raising Flour, sifted

500g any vegetables grated (I used Zucchini of course hence the name hahaha, Pumpkin, Carrot and sweet potato)

I Large Onion Grated

1 cup grated cheddar cheese

60ml (1/4 cup) vegetable oil

Method

Step 1

Preheat oven to 170 Deg C

Grease and line a 30x20cm lammington pan

Step 2

Beat the eggs in a large bowl until combined.

Add the flour and beat until smooth, then add the vegetables, onion, cheese and oil and stir to combine.

Pour into the prepared pan and bake in oven for 30 minutes or until cooked through.

It is Yummy so enjoy

God Bless Y'all

And lets thank Him for the Blessing of His precious Son this easter!

Happy Easter

My Jesus Rose on this here day

My Jesus chose for me to save

Im so thankful for My Jesus Saviour

Im so thankful for His unmerited Favour

He Rose

He Rose 

He Rose Again

So i can live with Him soon once again

I Love you Jesus MY Saviour and Friend

My life to you i commit again

I am thankful for Your unending Grace

And your Faithfulness despite my sinful state

You Sweet Jesus Deserve Our Praise

And Easter is a time we Celebrate

All you are

All you did 

And all you Mean

And all you Bled

Thank you for your Sacrifice and 

Thank you for dying to save me

xxx

Paleo Chocolate Recipe

Hello Faithful readers

I loved making this chocolate, it was so easy, SO YUMMY and so PRETTY!

So many flavour opportunities here, i made the basic recipe into a maple pecan and my body thanked me! :-)

Ingredients

3 Tablespoons Organic coconut oil

3 Tablespoons Almond Butter

4 Tablespoons Cacao powder

1 Tsp Vanilla extract

1-2 Tablespoons Unprocessed Honey 

(This depends on your taste and how sweet you would like it)

Then add whatever you would like to change it up, e.g. a pecan and a tsp of maple syrup...

So super easy just put all the ingredients together and mix them up in a heat resistant bowl on top or a pot with some water in it that is boiling (a double boiler) :-)

Then once they are all melted and mixed together you can add your creative mix ups and pop it into whatever form you would like it to dry in, e.g flat sheet to crack into shards, little paper patty pans like i did, etc etc

Then pop into freezer and enjoy within 30 minutes, leave in freezer and EAT away

NOM NOM NOM

Enjoy

God Bles Y'all

Paleo Caramel date slice (By popular demand)

Hello faithful readers

This is going up because this was quite a fav at Jesses party and the recipe was asked for quite a bit :-)

Paleo Caramel Date Slice. 

makes: 16 squares    prep time: 10 minutes    bake time: 25 minutes

stuff you need…

2 cups almond meal
1 cup chopped dates
1 cup chopped walnuts
125g ghee metled (you can also use coconut oil)
½ cup coconut sugar
1 egg

now what…

Preheat oven to 180 degrees celsius and line a 20cm x 20cm slice tine.
In a saucepan melt the ghee and sugar together, allow this to cool slightly.
Add the egg, dates, walnuts and almond meal, mix until well combined.
Press the mixture into the prepared tin and bake for 25-30 minutes.
Allow the slice to cool in the tin and cut into squares.
Enjoy! You can store left overs (if there are any) in an airtight container. 

Blueberry and coconut coffee cake breakfast bars

Hello Faithful readers

Here is the recipe for the

Blueberry and coconut coffee cake breakfast bars

Ingredients
1/2 cup coconut flour
1/4 tsp salt
1/3 cup almond milk
1/2 cup maple syrup
3/4 cup liquid egg whites
2 tbsp coconut butter, softened
1 cup frozen blueberries, thawed with juice

Glaze
2Tbsp coconut butter softened
2 tbsp maple syrup

Instructions
1. Preheat oven to 350. Spray 9x9 baking dish with non-stick spray.
2. In a bowl, stir together coconut flour and salt.
3. In a medium size bowl, stir together almond milk, maple syrup, liquid egg whites and coconut butter, mix well.
4. Add liquids to dry ingredients. Mix until just combined.
Pour into greased pan and spread out evenly. Place blueberries onto, evenly spread out along with any juice that there may be.
5. Place in oven and bake for 18-22 minutes, or until bars are set in the middle.
6. Meanwhile, combine coconut butter and maple syrup until thin, liquid and smooth consistency is formed. May need a tablespoon of almond milk to thin consistency.
7. Drizzle coconut glaze over bars, cut into 9 and serve.

Cant really say i loved this at all, it was way too sweet and i may have botched it up but i won't be making it again.

I love putting my successes and failures on here because for those who are new to this raw dessert world i want you to know that if you fail just keep pressing on because there are some SUPER YUMMY Successes out there!

God Bless Y'all

I LOVE MAKING NUT BUTTER!!!!!

Hello Faithful readers

So i made some almond butter, hazelnut butter (Which is SUPER YUM, who needs nutella now!) and Cashew butter.

These are all really simple and I'm sure they will totally BREAK your food processor unless you have a thermomix! I do not own a thermomix but i did go to my mother in laws to use hers to make these and i am so glad i did cause i know my processor would have totally broken :-)

Recipe is basically crush the nuts to powder then add some unprocessed honey then mix till it turns into butter, not very precise sorry but just depends on how much you want to make...

But if you like a recipe 

Almond butter

2 C Almonds

1 T  Raw Honey (optional)

1/2 t Sea Salt (optional)

Whazz Almonds first till powder then add honey and go go go till butter forms :-)

Hazelnut Butter

• 2 cups raw hazelnuts (240g)
• 1 1/2 tbsp pure vanilla extract
• 1/4 cup cacao powder
• 1/4 cup unprocessed honey
• 1/4 tsp plus 1/8 tsp salt
• optional: 2 tsp coconut oil
• 1/2 cup almond milk 

Roast hazelnuts for 6-8 minutes at 400 F. Rub them together in a paper towel to get the skins off. (It’s ok if a few stubborn skins won’t come off.) In a Vita-mix or food processor, blend the nuts until they’ve turned to butter, then add all other ingredients and blend a long time until it’s smooth like Nutella! (I think I blended off-and-on for a full two minutes. It’s extra-creamy in a Vita-mix, but a Cuisinart food processor works as well.) 

I Used a Thermomix its so yum! :-)

Cashew Butter

300g raw cashews 

1 tablespoon (20g) coconut oil

 1/2 teaspoon salt

 5g unprocessed honey 

Spread cashews out on a tray lined with baking paper and roast cashews in the oven at 180°C for 10 mins. Keep an eye on them as they brown very quickly. Chop in the Thermomix for 4 sec on speed 6. Add oil, salt and honey. Mix on speed 6 for 4 – 4 ½ minutes stopping to scrap down sides ever 30 seconds. 

I found the longer I did it for, the softer and more spreadable consistency it became.  

Store in a jar. 

ENJOY Guys these are SUPER YUMMY!!

God Bless Y'all