Forget the coffee - Calling all mums. These wonderful balls of energy are just what you need when you are feeling low. Protein gives you energy. Make these and hide them in the freezer. These are your treat for all the hard work you do.
Pasta Sauce - GF
Coconut Yoghurt - GF
Slow Cooked Beef Stew - GF
Who does not love Winter and crockpot meals. Throwing all your ingredients into a crockpot and then going out for the day, come home, and it smells like MAMA'S been in the kitchen all day.
I will be sharing a lot of recipes for the crock pot. Time to stop working so hard in the kitchen. If you don't have a crockpot, just go and buy one. I usually cook on low for the longer period of time, just in case I get caught up in town for longer.
Freezer - A large freezer should be one of your best friends in Winter. When you are having a ''feel like staying in the kitchen day'' Prepare a whole lot of RAW crockpot meals and place them in a freezer. The night before you just, take out a RAW meal and thaw overnight and then tip it into the crockpot and turn it on.
Buckwheat Crepes - GF
Slow Cooked Chicken and Coconut Curry - GF
Orange and Almond Cake - GF
When I am having a few around for dinner I love to cook a cake for dessert. It is so much easier and not being overly sweet, this cake finishes off a lovely meal with friends.
This recipe makes two cakes - You can halve this recipe to make one. I freeze one cake, sliced, for another day if I don't need it straight away. I usually make more than I need, because as I say, ''My freezer is my favourite appliance in my Kitchen (ok, maybe my oven)'' It is full of real, unprocessed food that has been processed in my kitchen.
Simple and Delicious Fish Chowder - GF
Vietnamese Pancakes - GF
If you need a fun meal to share with family and friends this is the one. All the dishes are on the table and you all just need to make your own. No stress, easy meal, and did I say healthy, well of course it is :)
I love my recipe for the wraps. I have used it a lot on realfoodnow.nz. In summer I would keep the mixture for two days in the fridge and fry them up fresh. You can freeze them but it is not quite the same.
Baked Apple with Prune and Orange
Lentil and Vegetable Stack - GF
Mince and Vegetable Stack - GF
Lasagne without the pasta ?
- When you feel like a lasagne but don't have any sheets of pasta and you have run out of flour to make pasta.
- When you don't want any gluten in your meal because you have already had bread today.
or when you have heaps of marrows / courgettes in your garden and tired of eating Ratatouille.
Well, this is the meal for you.
Sticky Date Pudding - gluten free/processed sugar free
Don't be scared by the word ''Gluten Free '' seriously, some of you need to give gluten a break once in a while. Buckwheat flour is one of my favourite flours. It is a great protein and very filling. Easy to buy in supermarkets.
Remember the last time you ordered Sticky Date Pudding in a restaurant. If you are were like me, you would have found it, sickly sweet. I would not even order it now if it was on the menu. It is loaded with sugar. If you have watched the ''Sugar Film'' you differently would not.
This dessert is honestly the most amazing ''sweet treat'' you could ever eat. I have served this with coconut yogurt that I make. (recipe coming soon )
Muesli with Energy -GF
Buying Muesli can be really expensive. Making it is so easy. You really use ingredients you can afford. You can change my recipe by taking away ingredients or adding others. There is no real measurements here. You just need enough sweetener and coconut oil which will give it that extra taste and helps with the toasting. No processed sugar or fructose here.
