Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Salted Turtle Overnight Oats

Dessert breakfast in a jar. You will be full and happy for the next hours. Also another great option to-go.

Monday, March 30, 2015

Gluten-free and Egg-free Sweet Potato Focaccia

My friend Erika recently made this focaccia from a cookbook and said its consistency was similar to a corn bread, a little bit of a disappointment. To change that, I adapted the recipe (no idea where it comes from exactly) with more tapioca flour to make the dough a little fluffier. Seems I got things right :) This focaccia was extremely tasty. It does look "crackier" on top, but it was very soft inside.

Dry ingredients:
2 ½ cups gluten-free flour mix*
1 cup tapioca flour
½ cup coconut flour
3 ½ TBS baking powder
1 heaping tsp Himalayan salt

Wet ingredients:
1 sweet potato, cooked and mashed
½ cup olive oil
1 cup warm water

Others:
Fresh rosemary, salt and olive oil to top

* I used a mix of pea, almond and buckwheat flours

Directions:

Pre-heat oven to 220°C. Using a big bowl, mix dry ingredients. In a separate bowl, mix wet ingredients. Pour wet ingredients over dry ingredients and work on the dough until smooth. Spread dough on a baking sheet covered with parchment paper. Make dimples on the dough using your fingers, drizzle olive oil, then sprinkle rosemary and salt to taste.

Bake for 20-25 min. turning the baking sheet halfway. Let it cool for some minutes on a rack before serving. Avoid touching it when too hot or it might fall apart.

Sunday, March 29, 2015

Skillet Eggplant and Lentils

I love lentils and eggplant, together they are a hell of a couple!

The original recipe is vegan (that's why I marked it so), but I used non-vegan subs as per below. Feel free to try what works best for you:

Non-dairy yogurt = Kefir
Almond parmesan = Real parmesan

Saturday, March 28, 2015

Basic Oven-Baked Marinated Tempeh Recipe

This recipe made me finally REALLY enjoy tempeh. If you leave it to marinate for more than 2 hours (I left it for ca. 4 hours) it's going to be even better.

I used Liquid Smoke for the Pickapeppa (have no idea what that is haha).




Thursday, March 26, 2015

Avocado Tartare

I love avocados, 'nuff said.

Curiosity: if you're vegetarian/vegan, remember to use vegan Worcestershire sauce, the original one contains anchovies. 
















From Food and Wine
Recipe: http://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/avocado-tartare

Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Cauliflower "Ground Beef"

AN EASY MIX
Of course it’s not beef and meet eaters should not even try to compare, but this is a nice side-dish by itself.

I've learned with this recipe that coconut flour is a great substitute for breadcrumbs, it really makes things crunchy outside!






















Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Sugar-free Ferrero Rochers

I’ve been keeping myself away from store-bought stuff like chocolates for quite some time already. Very much seldom I let me get seduced by something :P Anyway, one thing is for sure: I’ll never buy me another Ferrero Rocher box again. No need with this awesome recipe!

I made it vegan using my homemade chocolate (I ALWAYS have a batch of this chocolate in the freezer for emergencies).



From I Quit Sugar