Tuesday, 28 July 2015

Healthy Wholemeal Pizza



Ingredients: (3 large pizzas)

For a base:
  • 4 cups of wholemeal flour
  • 2 1/4 cup of warm water
  • 1/2 tbsp. of dries active yeast
  • 1 tsp. of himalayan salt
  • a pinch of xylitol or cane sugar


Tomato sauce:
  • 1 cup of pasata
  • 1 tsp. of olive oil
  • 1 tsp. of Italian herbs/herbes de provence (oregano, basil, thyme)
  • a pinch of himalayan salt
  • a pinch of sugar (xylitol, stevia, cane sugar or any other sweeterner)
  • fresh or dried garlic


Toppings: (The one I used)
  • Mushrooms
  • Mozarella
  • Onion
  • Tomato

In a small bowl put dried active yeast, 1/4 cup of warm water and sugar.




Mix until all liquid.





In a large bowl put wholemeal flour, 2 cups of warm water, himalayan salt and the yeast mixture. Mix everything together.



You can add some herbs for the base if you want.

Place the mixture in a warm place (in the oven on 30°C or by the radiator for 20-30 min.) until it rise up. Place as much mixture as you want on a tin to create pizza. Put some olive oil on your hands and the tin and form a base.

To make a tomato sauce place all ingredients in a bowl and mix them together.

Pour tomato sauce, add toppings that you like and place pizzas in the oven for around 20 min. at
220°C. 

Remember to leave the edges for the crust.




Toppings:
Place the mushrooms onto a sauce pan with a little bit of butter. Fry it for around 10 minutes on a high heat. In the meantime, add garlic, Italian herbs, himalayan salt and mix everything together.




Chop onions and slice tomatos.

Go ahead and add black olives, sweet corn, meat, pineapple, spinach or any other ingredients to make different flavours!


Enjoy!

Friday, 15 May 2015

Dairy-Free Strawberry Ice Cream With Nut Base



Ingredients:

Nut base (crust)
  • 1 cup of nuts (I used a mix of almonds, brazil nuts and walnuts)
  • 4 dates (soft dates)
  • 1 tsp. of vanilla extract
  • A pinch of himalayan salt

1. Using a blender blend the dates (soak them for few hours if they are not soft enough) with vanilla extract and himalayan salt. 

2. Add nuts and blend until you can form a ball.  

3. Place the nut base into a food container or any other plate of your choice. 

Strawberry ice cream:
  • 3/4 cup (175ml) of coconut milk (tinned one)
  • 1 cup of strawberries
  • 1/5 cup (40 ml) of honey/marple syrup (or any other sweeterer of your choice)
  • 1/5 cup (40ml) of coconut oil

1. Using the blender blend everything together. 

2. Pour the mixture on the nut base and place it in the freezer for few hours, until the ice cream gets harder. 

3. Take it out from the freezer and if it's very hard, wait for few minutes. 

4. Cut into pieces, add some decoration like desiccated coconut and serve.


Enjoy!

Tuesday, 17 March 2015

Homemade Hummus


Ingredients: (For a large portion)
  • 1 tin of chickpeas
  • 1 tin of kidney beans
  • 2 tbsp. of tahini
  • 2-3 tbsp. of lemon juice
  • 1 tbsp.of Maggi or soy sauce
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • 1 tsp. of Italian seasoning or herbes de provence (oregano, basil, thyme)
  • A pinch of himalayan pink salt and pepper or more to taste
  • 1/2 cup of water

1. Using a blender blend everything together. 

2. Add more water if needed.

Serve it with boiled or raw vegetables or use it instead of butter.


Enjoy!

Monday, 16 March 2015

How to get rid of pesticides and bacteria on fruit and vegetables


Ingredients:
  • vinegar (of your choice - I use white vinegar)
  • baking soda
  • water

Pour some water into a bowl and add vinegar (half a cup for every litre). In the other bowl pour some water and add baking soda (1 full tbsp. of baking soda for every litre)

1. Put fruit and vegetables into the bowl with vinegar for 2-3  min. 

2. Then put them into the bowl with baking soda for another 2-3 min. 

3. Wash them in a normal water. 



Monday, 9 February 2015

Vegetarian Lecho - Vegetable Version


Ingredients:
  • ½ of butternut squash
  • ½ of zucchini
  • 1 small aubergine/eggplant
  • 1 garlic clove
  • 2-3 green peppers
  • 1 big onion
  • Passata or tomatos
  • 1 small courgette
  • 1 tsp. (or more to taste) of each Italian seasoning (e.g. oregano, thyme, basil etc.)
  • A pinch of himalayan salt and sweetener (or more to taste)


1. In a large sauce pan melt 1 tbsp. of coconut oil/butter/olive oil and add chopped onion, green (or red) peppers and butternut squash. 

2. Stir them until tender - but not for too long as they may get overcooked.

3. Lower the heat and add zucchini, eggplant, courgette (all the soft vegetables that can overcook very quickly). 

4. Stir it for a minute and add chopped garlic, pasata (or tomatos), Italian seasoning, himalayan salt and sweetener. 

5. Stir it again and you're done.


Enjoy!