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Escape Juice

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Banana watermelon juice

Our little Juicemaster son has been busy experimenting with his juicer and blender again and has created this very simple, but refreshing juice. Packed full of vitamins it could also all be made in the blender if you don’t have a juicer, but it would then be thicker as all the fiber of the watermelon would still be included. This Lego criminal thinks it has all the right ingredients to aid his escape.

Ingredients

  • 3 bananas
  • 1/4  watermelon
  • handful of ice
  • Juicer machine
  • Blender

Directions

  • Remove the rind from the watermelon. Juice in a centrifugal or slow juicer on the slowest speed to extract as much juice as possible.
  • Pour the watermelon juice into the blender. Add the banana and a handful of ice. Blend for 30 seconds until well combined
  • Serve over ice for a refreshing juice

Music to go with it…
Listen on Spotify: Graveyard Club – Nightingale

Dried Fig and Cranberry Almond Loaf

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 Fig and cranberry loaf

There is nothing quite like the smell of bread baking in the oven. This loaf uses ground almonds to be gluten free, and fruit and honey to sweeten it and avoid processed sugars.

Ingredients

      • 2 cups ground almonds (or almond flour)
      • 5 free range eggs
      • 1/2 cup dried figs, chopped (could be substituted with dates)
      • 1 cup frozen cranberries
      • 1 ripe banana
      • 2 Tbsp honey
      • 1 Tbsp coconut oil or ghee
      • 1 Tbsp apple cider vinegar
      • 1 tsp baking soda
      • pinch of sea salt

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 160°C (320 degrees Fahrenheit) and line a loaf tin with baking paper.
  2. Add all of the ingredients except for the raisins in to a food processor. Process until smooth. Fold in the raisins.
  3. Pour the batter in to the prepared loaf tin, and smooth out evenly.
  4. Bake in the oven for 30-45 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean when inserted.
  5. Leave to cool in the tin. Slice in to thick pieces, and enjoy with your favorite topping.
  6. Makes 8-10 slices, keeps for 3-4 days in an airtight container.

Music to go with it…
Listen on Spotify: Regan Perry – Maui

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gluten Free Banana Pancakes

Breakfast, , , , ,

Banana pancakes

Sunday morning isn’t complete in our house without pancakes for breakfast, so when we decided to go Gluten and Dairy Free this was my first cooking challenge – how to create a terrific pancakes recipe so that we didn’t miss out on our Sunday morning family ritual. This one certainly works a treat and has become a firm family favorite!

Ingredients

  • 250ml sweet potato flour
  • 250ml rice flour
  • 1 x 200ml packet of coconut milk
  • 2-3 bananas
  • 2 eggs
  • Coconut oil to cook.

Directions

  1. Measure the sweet potato and rice flours out into a bowl.
  2. Blend the coconut milk and bananas together in a blender
  3. Add the eggs, and coconut milk mixture to the flour
  4. Stir well. Add a little water (about 50ml) to the mixture to get a runny batter consistency
  5. Cook in a well heated pan with a little (few drops) of coconut oil
  6. Serve with freshly cut fruit or any other topping for a delicious breakfast treat for the whole family.

Music to go with it…
Listen on Spotify: Jack Johnson – Banana Pancakes