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Wednesday, 16 April 2014
Tuesday, 15 April 2014
That's my JAM!
Today I'm here to give you my super technical, tricky, favourite recipe for jam. Can you tell I'm kidding?
I woke up today and wanted jam. I don't know why.. I've never really liked jam or honey or anything like that- Vegemite all the way people! But as I grow and change, so do my taste buds (who'd a thunk I'd like olives now?)
So, I opened the fridge and... hurrah! We had jam! Look at the sugar content- and almost fell over! So I decided to make my own :)
I know you have to add sugar to jam for the flavour and all, because berries are extremely tart, but my recipe has no added sugar and tastes even better than bought jam! How did I do it?!?
Steph's super simple jam recipe!
Watch carefully guys, I'm only gonna tell you once how to do this!
1. Get a cup if mixed frozen berries, microwave on high for 1:30 mins.
2. Place half a chopped banana into a small food processor:
3. Add your hot berries:
4. Whaz!
Yes, I know, I know, pretty technical stuff- 2 ingredients, whazzed together!
It's super-duper yummy though!
So what did I do with my delicious jam? Well it was breakfast time and I was pretty hungry... but somehow I managed to stop myself from sculling the entirety of my jam (a few spoonfuls is fine!) instead, I decided to make pumpkin jam cookie bar things :)
With some leftover jam on the side ;D
Wheat free, dairy free, sugar free, soy free, nut free...
Ingredients:
140g pumpkin
chia gel- 1 tablespoon chia seeds, mixed with 1 tablespoon water
65g wholemeal spelt flour
15g rolled oats
10g coconut flour
10g oat bran
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
optional- LSA mix
Method:
1. Preheat oven to 180 degrees celsius
2. Chop pumpkin and steam/ boil until soft (15 mins)
3. Place all the dry ingredients in a bowl and stir to combine
4. Add pumpkin to dry mix:
5. Add chia gel to mix and stir until combined:
8. Bake in the oven for 10-15 mins until hard on top and slightly golden.
9. Top with whatever you like (I chose coconut butter) and enjoy!
Yum, yum, yum! Especially that delightful jam!
I placed the remaining banana in as well.
I think we need some close-ups:
Hello DELICIOUS!
Inside view:
Can't forget the spoon shot:
* Note to self, put the spoon down before fiddling with camera...
No- not the jam!
Hehe! I hope you all have a fabulous day and maybe enjoy some all-natural jam!
:D
I woke up today and wanted jam. I don't know why.. I've never really liked jam or honey or anything like that- Vegemite all the way people! But as I grow and change, so do my taste buds (who'd a thunk I'd like olives now?)
So, I opened the fridge and... hurrah! We had jam! Look at the sugar content- and almost fell over! So I decided to make my own :)
I know you have to add sugar to jam for the flavour and all, because berries are extremely tart, but my recipe has no added sugar and tastes even better than bought jam! How did I do it?!?
Steph's super simple jam recipe!
1. Get a cup if mixed frozen berries, microwave on high for 1:30 mins.
2. Place half a chopped banana into a small food processor:
Yes, I know, I know, pretty technical stuff- 2 ingredients, whazzed together!
It's super-duper yummy though!
So what did I do with my delicious jam? Well it was breakfast time and I was pretty hungry... but somehow I managed to stop myself from sculling the entirety of my jam (a few spoonfuls is fine!) instead, I decided to make pumpkin jam cookie bar things :)
Wheat free, dairy free, sugar free, soy free, nut free...
Ingredients:
140g pumpkin
chia gel- 1 tablespoon chia seeds, mixed with 1 tablespoon water
65g wholemeal spelt flour
15g rolled oats
10g coconut flour
10g oat bran
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
optional- LSA mix
Method:
1. Preheat oven to 180 degrees celsius
2. Chop pumpkin and steam/ boil until soft (15 mins)
3. Place all the dry ingredients in a bowl and stir to combine
4. Add pumpkin to dry mix:
6. Take a small bit of dough and flatten onto a tray lined with baking paper- raising the edges slightly:
7. Spoon on some of the jam and top with a bit more dough, until you've used up all the dough:
9. Top with whatever you like (I chose coconut butter) and enjoy!
I placed the remaining banana in as well.
I think we need some close-ups:
Hehe! I hope you all have a fabulous day and maybe enjoy some all-natural jam!
Monday, 14 April 2014
From the bread up!
So I haven't been feeling too tip-top lately so for breakfast I took it easy with a nice cool green smoothie for my tummy and some muesli:
This was an extra super thicky greeny:
1 frozen banana
1/2 frozen avocado
1 handful frozen mango
2 big handfuls of spinach
1 tablespoon peanut butter
sprinkle of chia seeds
splash of milk- all thrown in a blender and wazzed up :)
For the muesli:
Open box and pour into bowl, add milk (or green thickie) if desired:)
Soothing, filling, nutritious, delicious!
Then lunch rolled round and my stomach was pretty happy, so I decided to spoil it for being such a well-behaved girl!
I made my ultimate grilled veggie sandwich... I'm sure you've seen it before, but I took pictures (mainly coz I was bored :) as step by step instructions for the most delicious sandwich!
Grilled veggie sandwich:
Firstly start with bread (I used wheat free spelt/rye bread)
Spread on the hommus baby!
Next add some greens (me love spinach!)
Top with a cooked veggie patty- I used a delicious curried chickpea veggie patty
And.. some salsa (as hot as you like :)
Next add some grilled eggplant ( I don't know why, but this tastes like the cheese to me!?!)
followed by some oven baked sweet potato:
Some lightly grilled tomatoes and mushrooms: (everything that is grilled- I used a griddle pan on high heat)
Topped with char-grilled capsicum and some baked carrots
Finished off with a slice of bread and then... duh! duh! DUH!
Boy, that sandwich press looks hot and angry!
Sorry sandwich...
Nooooo!
( I had way too much fun making this sandwich...)
And voila!
Thank me later- you have a sandwich to devour first!
Ciao for now!
1 frozen banana
1/2 frozen avocado
1 handful frozen mango
2 big handfuls of spinach
1 tablespoon peanut butter
sprinkle of chia seeds
splash of milk- all thrown in a blender and wazzed up :)
Open box and pour into bowl, add milk (or green thickie) if desired:)
Then lunch rolled round and my stomach was pretty happy, so I decided to spoil it for being such a well-behaved girl!
I made my ultimate grilled veggie sandwich... I'm sure you've seen it before, but I took pictures (mainly coz I was bored :) as step by step instructions for the most delicious sandwich!
Grilled veggie sandwich:
Firstly start with bread (I used wheat free spelt/rye bread)
Next add some greens (me love spinach!)
Sorry sandwich...
( I had way too much fun making this sandwich...)
And voila!
Thank me later- you have a sandwich to devour first!
Ciao for now!
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