Basil Pesto Recipe

Pesto is the easiest thing to make! Make a big batch and freeze the rest. I found these great Consol jars to store it in.

   

Basil Pesto:

• 3C fresh basil
• 2 cloves garlic
• 1/2 cup almonds and cashews (can also use pine nuts)
• 1/8 C lemon juice
•  ½ tsp Himalayan seasalt
• 1/2C olive oil

Blend all ingredients in a food processor/ blender

Vegan banana choc chip muffins

These are a winner! 

Ingredients:-

• 2 ripe bananas mashed
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1tsp baking powder
• 1tsp baking soda
• pinch salt
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 1tsp egg replacer
• 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup canola oil
• 1/4 cup soya milk (or rice milk)
• 1 slab chopped dark chocolate (I like to use Lindt 70%)

Preheat the oven to 180 degrees
In a bowl combine bananas, oil, milk and sugar. In a separate bowl mix the rest of the dry ingredients together with chocolate bits. Fold dry ingredients into mixture until combined. Don't over mix. Spoon into muffin trays

Makes 12 muffins

Vegan peaunt butter biscuits

As you can see by the half eaten jar... these are yumo!

Recipe:-

• 1 cup brown sugar
• 3/4 cup peanut butter
• 1/4 cup apple sauce
• 1/2 cup vegan butter (Ole/ Earth Balance)
• 1tsp vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 cups gluten-free flour blend
• 1tsp baking soda
• handful chopped peacan nuts 

Beat all wet ingredients until smooth, or blend in a food processor. Add flour and baking soda and knead into a dough. Roll dough into little balls. Line on greased baking tray and flatten cookies with a fork. Bake at 180C for 10 minutes  

The Power of Raw juice

Life is the most profound mystery of the universe and raw juice is bursting with it. Raw juice is the most powerful fuel because its assimilated to cleanse and nurture the body while supplying it with a full range of essential nutrients. Freshly extracted juices are bursting with a vital natural energy that is miraculous in its beneficial effect on the human body. Get into the routine of drinking raw juice on a regular basis and you will feel that the more you drink of it, the better you'll feel.

The facts

Water constitutes 70% of the human body and serves the crucial function within the body of transporting nutrients to its tissues and, in turn, removing waste products. if we failed to regularly replenish the water in our bodies which is lost through perspiration we would soon start to wilt (aka aging)

Life Water

The kind of water your body craves and depends upon to function at peak efficiency does not come out of the tap, or from a bottle, but it is only to be found in fresh fruits and vegetables. The water extracted from raw fruit and vegetables has a unique, organic, living quality. it is readily absorbed by the body. Because it is so rich in essential micronutrients, raw juice effectively replenishes lost energy. In fact, raw juice is the most profoundly refreshing thing you can drink!

Energize your life

Fresh fruit and vegetables also have another quality which is intangible and unquantifiable, but could be compared to an electric charge… Raw Energy! The most immediate way to experience its power is by drinking raw juice.

All our energy is ultimately derived from the food we eat, but the body has to expend energy in order to break down and digest our food before we can derive any nutritional benefit from it. Without proper digestion there can be no such thing as good nutrition. By extracting the juices of fruits and veg, removing the fiber, you can provide the body with an excellent source of nutrition that is virtually predigested, so that it is absorbed into the body with minimum expenditure of energy. In fact, freshly extracted, nutrient-rich live juice is nothing but liquid Raw Energy.

Detoxing

Juice-blitzing is a great way to detox and give your body a rest from digesting solids. The aim of detoxing is to bring your body back into balance by taking in alkaline living foods to balance the bodies acidic build up caused from unhealthy eating. A powerful way to detox is to make a "green juice" and sip on this throughout the day. The longer the detox the more effective it will be. A day of detoxing on only Green Juice is sufficient- ultimately a 3 day detox on green juice is ideal to give your body a good cleanse. After which slowly incorporate living, whole foods back into your diet such as raw salads etc, maintaining a green juice daily. (You can also drink raw soups to accompany your green juice detox if you can't manage it alone).

Green juice is a great way to start the day! In fact, it is best assimilated into the body in the morning on an empty stomach.

Green juice recipe:-

The Green Alkalizer

Makes 500ml 

dilute with the same quantity of spring water to make 1litre

• 1 apple
• 1/2 grapefruit
• 1/2 lemon
• 5 celery stalks
• 4 spinach leaves
• 1 sprig parsley
• 1 segment of fennel
• 1 kale leaf
• 2 pan choi leaves
• 3 tatsoi leaves

(You can also add a tablespoon of a green powder such as wheatgrass, barley green or spiralina etc.)

Juice all ingredients and dilute with water

Tip: Pour in an aluminum flask with ice and sip throughout the day

If you are drinking a litre or more of this per day its likely that it can take the place of a meal. at the very least it will discourage mid morning and mid afternoon snacking

Play around with different fruits and veg and invent raw juice cocktails of your own!

Vegan health muffins

Ingredients:

• 2 ripe bananas mashed
• 1 finely grated carrot
• 1/4 cup oil
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 cup nutty wheat flour
• 1/2 cup flour
• 1tsp baking powder
• 1tsp baking soda
• 1/2 cup brown/treacle sugar
• handful mixed seeds (flaxseed, sunflower)
• handful crushed pecan nuts/almonds

For gluten free muffins replace flour with rice or potato flour

Combine mashed bananas, grated carrot, oil, and sugar. Fold in dry ingredients and mix. Spoon in muffin cups and sprinkle with seeds. Bake for 15-20 mins in oven preheated oven at 180C 

*mixture can be stored in the fridge for a few days
Enjoy! :)

Guilt free ice-cream (You heard me!)

Simply chop up ripe bananas, place in ziplock bags and freeze, then pop in the blender and blend until smooth for a delicious, healthy treat! 

More "indulgent" ice-cream recipes…

Banana, mango and coconut ice-cream

• 1 mango or cup dried mangoes
• 5-6 frozen, overripe bananas
• 50-100g coconut cream powder

if using dried mangoes, soak overnight in water or slice and soak in warm water for 2hours, and then drain.

Puree all the ingredients together in a food processor until smooth and fluffy, then freeze.

Once frozen, blend again in a food processor and return to freezer. Bland and freeze once more for a really smooth ice-cream.

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Vanilla-maple Ice-cream

• 2C almond milk
• 1C macadamia nuts
• 1/2C maple syrup
• seeds of 2 vanilla pods
• Pecan nuts chopped

Blend all ingredients together in a power blender until smooth. Stir in chopped pecan nuts if you would like a maple-pecan nut version. Put the mixture in the freezer overnight to set. In the morning take the ice-cream out of the freezer, slice it up and process through a maculating juicer or blend again to remove ice crystals. Refreeze or serve straight away

Chocolate sauce

• 100g cacao paste, melted
• 1/4C coconut oil, melted
• 1/4C agave or maple syrup

On low speed blend all the ingredients together or simply place the ingredients in a bowl and whisk with a fork

Get out your ice-cream, pour this chocolate sauce over and indulge guilt free.

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Frozen banana Ice-cream with carob sauce

• 1-4 overripe bananas
• 100g-200g coconut cream powder
• or 2 1/2 cups desiccated coconut blend until fine
• 1/2-1cup carob powder
• 300g-400g fructose dairy-free carob chunks
• 1/2-1l carob soya milk

To make banana ice-cream:

-Blend frozen bananas in a food processor/blender until think and creamy

To make sauce:

- Place the coconut cream powder, carob powder and carob chunks in a food processor and blend until smooth. Slowly add the soya milk and blend until well-mixed

Pour over banana ice-cream and serve

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