INGREDIENTS
2 bananas (frozen in small chunks)
100g Coconut butter
vanilla
cinnamon/ cocoa powder
Optional ingredients
Nuts, chocolate chips, coconut flakes
PROCESS
1. Place banana chunks in food processor and process until it forms a smooth "soft-serve" like consistency
2. Add melted coconut butter and flavouring of choice (I used cinnamon and vanilla), and mix until well combined
This, honest to goodness, tastes like banana ice-cream
INGREDIENTS (for 2 people)
200g salmon fillets - cooked
Handfull of prawns/shrimps
1/2 an onion
2 cloves of garlic
2-3 baby carrots
5-6 cauliflower florets
Handful of spinach
coconut oil
salt and pepper
PROCESS
1. Chop up cauliflower until it resembles rice like pieces (either in a food processor, or grater), and place in microwave for 2 minutes, or if you prefer, steam it until tender
2. Chop onion finely and sauté in a pan until softened. Then add finely chopped garlic, chopped carrots and continue to stir until just softened.
3. Add all the rest of the ingredients (breaking up the salmon into little chunks) and stir fry until well combined
This is a super quick, easy and tasty way to use up left over fish and veggies!
INGREDIENTS
7oz/200g coconut butter
2 tbsp cocoa powder
1 tsp vanilla
8 pitted dates
Alternate ingredients
- Omit cocoa powder and add cinnamon
- Add coconut flakes or nuts
- Replace dates with 2 tbsp honey
PROCESS
1. Cover dates in water and microwave for a minute or two until softened
2. Melt coconut butter by placing sealed container into hot water
3. Whizz up dates in food processor until they form a paste, then add the rest of the ingredients until well combined and the mixture starts to form a ball
4. Place on a baking paper covered tray and shape as desired
5. Place in fridge to cool
YUM!!
This is the easiest recipe ever and makes enough food for about 8 meals. I put in in little cabbage "tacos" with left over sweet potato fries, avocado and some sauerkraut.
INGREDIENTS
1.5kg (3lb) pork loin/leg
4 slices of bacon
1/2 large onion
2-3 cloves garlic
salt
PROCESS
1. Stuff the meat with garlic and onions and sprinkle with salt
2. Line slow cooker with bacon
3. Place loin in slow cooker with the rind up and cook on low for 10-12 hours
4. Let it cool and pull apart with 2 forks
5. Pour the juices left in the slow-cooker over it all
6. Use in "tacos" or with any vegetable accompaniment
INGREDIENTS
1/2 cup coconut oil
1/2 cup coconut butter
1/4 cup coconut crystals (or honey)
1-2 teaspoon peppermint oil
1 1/2 cups dark chocolate pieces, melted (I used 90% dark)
PROCESS
1. Gently melt coconut oil & coconut butter in microwave until just a few clumps remain. Add peppermint oil and coconut crystals and mix well
2. Line a flat surfaced pan (that has sides) with wax paper and pour in the mixture so that it is around 1/2cm thick (or however thick you'd like the patties). If you're using the coconut crystals make sure these are evenly distributed throughout the mixture or you will end up with clumps of crystals and then some patties with none
3. Place this in the fridge and wait till it solidifies. Using a freezer will speed this up
4. Carefully remove the hardened mixture, lay on a flat surface and using a sharp knife cut into small bars (makes about 16 depending on size). Place back in the fridge.
5. Melt the chocolate (either in a double boiler or in the microwave - in 30 second increments)
6. Take peppermint bars out of the fridge, and line a cookie sheet with wax paper. One at a time, dunk the peppermint bars into the melted chocolate and quickly take them out once they are coated with the chocolate (a fork works quite well). Be quick or the bars will begin to melt. Spread them in a single layer on the wax paper, trying to avoid excess chocolate pools around each bar
7. Place back in the fridge until the chocolate hardens
Enjoy as an occasional treat!
INGREDIENTS
6 slices of bacon cut in half length-ways
12 dates (or prunes if you prefer)
macadamia nuts
toothpicks
PROCESS
1. Preheat oven to 200 degrees celsius
2. Stuff each date/prune with a couple nuts
3. Wrap each one in a piece of bacon and secure with a toothpick if necessary
4. Place on a sheet of baking paper in the oven for about 12 minutes
These are a scrumptious easy snack - careful not to eat them all at once!
INGREDIENTS
MEATBALLS
500g ground turkey
500g ground beef
1 egg
4 mini courgettes
1/2 an onion
a bunch of kale
garlic, salt, pepper & herbs
GUACAMOLE
2 ripe avocados
1/8 onion
4 cherry tomatoes
juice of 1/2 a lime
salt & garlic
1 head of cabbage
PROCESS
MEATBALLS
1. Place onions and vegetables into a food processor and chop (or chop finely by hand)
2. Place ground meat in a large bowl, add veggies, spices and the egg and combine using your hands (it's the easiest way to get everything together)
3. Roll meat mixture into balls (slightly smaller than golf ball size works pretty well)
4. Using coconut oil to grease a pan, fry the meatballs until cooked all the way through
(This makes a lot of meatballs - so feel free to keep some for left-overs - they freeze well)
GUACAMOLE
1. In a bowl, mash up ripe avocados with a fork
2. Finely chop onion and tomatoes and add to the mashed avocado
3. Squeeze in lime juice and add garlic and salt and you're done!
TO EAT
1. Peel off pieces of cabbage, place a spoonful of guacamole in the leaf and then top with meatballs
2. Roll up and eat!
