Naturopathic Doctor

Banana Cake - this time I put some plums on top

This is my favourite banana cake recipe. It is incredibly simple and feels great to eat a second helping guilt free.

I’m certainly not suggesting you replace your Christmas pudding but here is a healthy suggestion for one of your holiday meals.

Recipe below:

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Healthy and tasty soup with lots of Greens

Ever wonder if there was any way to make kale taste good?  Try this soup.

Recipe below:

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It is possible to have yummy gluten free bread….

275g Dove Farms Gluten Free Brown Bread Flour (Doves Farms and available at many health food stores)

125g quinoa flour 

2 TBS psyllium husk

1 TBS of xylitol (natural sugar substitute)

2 Tsp(heaped) dry yeast

1.5 Tsp salt

125g whole linseeds

125g sunflower seeds

2 eggs

1 egg white

300ml water

100ml rapeseed oil or coconut oil

10ml apple cider vinegar

Mix the dry ingredients together and mix the wet ingredients together. Combine both together in food processor for 3 min.  The final mixture will be quite loose (unlike regular bread dough).   Pour into greased bread tin.  Cover and leave to rise in a warm place for 1.5 hours.  Bake for 35 min at 180 C.  (To test if done, knock on bread and listen for hollow sound).   Allow to cool before serving.  Enjoy!

This flourless, eggless mousse cake is a real oddity in that it tastes both sweet and slightly savoury, and it seems to alternate flavours of chocolate and beetroot on the tongue. And it tastes great with whipped cream. It can be made vegan by using some of the really good sugar and dairy free chocolate available. If you can’t get really dark chocolate, then use the darkest you can find and add a few tablespoons of dark cocoa-it makes the cake that much richer.

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