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Raspberry Cashew Cream Easter Eggs

April 15, 2017 by admin Leave a Comment

 

 

 

 

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Raspberry Cashew Cream Easter Eggs
Author: Vanessa Woozley
Prep time:  40 mins
Total time:  40 mins
Serves: 6
 
Ingredients
  • 400g of cacao chocolate
  • Raspberry Cream
  • 1 tablespoon of organic raspberry powder
  • 1½ cups of cashews soaked overnight
  • 1 tablespoon of coconut milk
  • 2 tablespoons of coconut cream
  • ½ teaspoon of vanilla powder
  • 1 tablespoon of maple syrup
Instructions
  1. I tempered my chocolate but you could buy chocolate and melt over a bain marie.
  2. Pour the chocolate into easter eggs moulds and tip upside down on a board so that the chocolate pours down the sides of the moulds, place in the freezer
  3. Rinse the cashews and blend with the other ingredients
  4. Spoons the mixture into the easter eggs
  5. Top with more chocolate and place back into the freezer to set.
  6. In 20 minutes turn out and enjoy!
  7. Happy Easter
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Crispy Paleo Smoked Paprika Chicken

April 10, 2017 by admin 13 Comments

Sometimes you have to recreate a childhood classic, this is my favourite recipe to make for when children come to dinner because who doesn’t like crispy chicken!  This might also be the recipe to convert some of family members that aren’t quite Paleo yet.  My daughter loves dipping her chicken in the homemade ketchup too.
This is great recipe to make with children too because you can get a little messy dipping the chicken in the egg and coconut flour.

We don’t eat a lot of meat these days, when we do I choose to buy organically and free-range.  This is kinder to the animal but also to the chickens who have to be outside for a % of time and therefore they can roam in the sunlight and peck at the grass, leaves and bugs eating them.  This means that you are naturally providing your body with the essential fatty acid Omega 3 in a more balanced ratio to Omega 6 than in conventional chicken.  Conventional chickens are usually fed what is cheap and available so usually GMO corn and soy, they can be caged their entire miserable lives without sunlight too.

If organic seems expensive, we balance our budget by making sure our plate is full of beautiful organic vegetables like the spiralized ones here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Crispy Paleo Smoked Paprika Chicken
Author: Vanessa Woozley
Prep time:  10 mins
Cook time:  12 mins
Total time:  22 mins
Serves: 4
 
Ingredients
  • 1 egg
  • 2 free range organic chicken breasts
  • ¼ cup of coconut flour (buy here)
  • ¼ cup of almond flour (buy here)
  • ½ cup of desiccated coconut without additives(buy here)
  • 1 teaspoon of smoked paprika
  • Pinch of sea salt and black pepper
Instructions
  1. Put the coconut flour in a bowl
  2. Beat the egg in another bowl
  3. Add the final ingredients to a third bowl
  4. Cut the chicken breasts into strips and dip into the flour, then beaten egg and then roll in the coconut mixture
  5. Place onto a pan covered with grease-proof paper and cook on 180 degrees for 10-12 minutes
  6. Serve with a huge salad and homemade ketchup or make up some sweet potato wedges, enjoy!
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Chocolate Celebration Cake

April 3, 2017 by admin 16 Comments

It was my sister’s baby shower this weekend, I’m so excited to by Aunty Vanessa for the first time very soon.  In case you couldn’t guess it’s a girl, we haven’t quite embraced the gender neutral philosophy, because, well.. we love PINK!  We had four gluten sensitive attendees which gave me an excuse to go to town and bake – catering for others and not just Scarlett and I.  That being said, everyone had a slice and they all wanted the recipe so here it is…

I made a similar cake for my daughter’s birthday party, see the picture below, she had a Forrest School party in November and wanted a pink cake.  My daughter is gluten sensitive and I wanted her to be able to have a party where she could eat everything, we also don’t eat sugar (I’ll leave that for a whole other post) but I don’t believe eating healthily means deprivation and so this cake is for all those striving to eat in a healthier way but still want to be able to celebrate with everyone else. Cake fits into my 80/20 philosophy, I use healthier ingredients but I don’t eat cake every day, cake is my 20% indulgence!

The buttercream (frosting) I tried to keep quite authentic to how a real cake tastes. Although neither Scarlett or I tolerate dairy very well, butter and ghee seems to be fine for us so I make the icing with butter but you could use ghee (butter with the problematic proteins removed).  You could use palm shortening which is often used in paleo baking but please make sure it is sustainably sourcd as many rain forests are being destroyed for this product.

The cake has a chocolate buttercream centre and if you don’t want a pink cake you could cover it in the chocolate buttercream all over.

If you like pink like us, you can alter the different shades of pink with the amount of beetroot powder you use, I used 1 teaspoon for my daughter’s cake and nearer 1 tablespoon for the main picture cake.

Any leftover cake, I find freezes really well and I take out a slice for my daughter to have at other celebrations.

 

 

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Chocolate Celebration Cake
Author: Vanessa Woozley
Prep time:  15 mins
Cook time:  30 mins
Total time:  45 mins
Serves: 12
 
Ingredients
  • ¾ cup of coconut flour
  • 1 cup of extra virgin olive Oil
  • 9 Eggs
  • ½ cup of cacao powder
  • ¾ cup of maple syrup
  • Pinch of Sea Salt
  • ½ Teaspoon of vanilla powder
  • 1 teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda
  • 2 teaspoons of cream of tartar
  • Chocolate Buttercream for the Centre
  • ¼ cup of unsalted butter or ghee at room temperature
  • 2 tablespoons of maple syrup
  • 1 tablespoon of cacao powder
  • Icing / Frosting
  • 1 cup of butter or ghee at room temperature
  • 2 tablespoons of arrowroot powder
  • 2 teaspoons of coconut flour
  • ¼ cup of maple syrup
  • 1 tablespoon of beetroot powder
Instructions
  1. Use a hand whisk to blend the eggs
  2. Add the olive oil, maple syrup and blend further
  3. Carefully stir in the flour, cacao powder, vanilla powder, bicarbonate of soda, cream of tartar, sea salt
  4. Take two 8" sandwich tins, (I use the tins with the release bottoms, much easier for turning out).coat in a small amount of olive oil and sprinkle with coconut flour ensuring it's well distributed to ensure that the cake releases easily.
  5. Divide the mixture between the tins and give them a gentle bang on the worktop to ensure the mixture is flat on top for stacking.
  6. Put in the oven at 180 degrees for 30-35 minutes
  7. Allow to cool slightly before transferring to a cake rack.
  8. For the buttercream, whisk all the ingredients together and when the cake is cool spread evenly over the middle and then cover the cake.
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