Healthy Breakfast
Toasted Teff Porridge with Cinnamon & Pecans
With Winter upon us, here is a simple and delicious porridge recipe using our newest product in store, Teff seed. Serving size: 2 serves Ingredients: 3/4 cup Teff grain 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon 2 1/4 cups boiled water 3 medjool dates (pitted and chopped) 1/2 pear 2 tablespoons Coyo (natural coconut yoghurt) 2 tablespoons pecan nuts 2 teaspoons maple syrup Method: In a…
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Teff: Tiny Seed, Big Nutrition
Teff is a grass seed native to the North East African countries of Ethiopia and Eritrea. Also known as ‘love grass’, it has been traditionally used there as a staple food for thousands of years. Teff has an impressive nutritional profile, is gluten free and is becoming increasingly popular in western countries in all types of cooking both savoury and sweet. The…
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Cauliflower & White Sweet Potato Soup (with Bull Kelp)
A great winter warmer, this soup is rich and creamy with the Middle Eastern flavours of cumin, coriander and paprika spice. A great recipe for those cooler months. Ingredients: 1 medium cauliflower (cut into small florets) 2 medium white sweet potato (with purple skins removed) cubed 1 teaspoons ground cumin 2 teaspoon ground coriander 2 teaspoons sweet paprika ½ teaspoon…
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Caramel Coconut Slice (Gluten Free)
You will love this simple and delicious gluten free slice made from just almond, coconut and maple. Ingredients: For the Base 1 cup natural almond meal 1 cup desiccated coconut 3 tablespoons almond Butter 3 tablespoons coconut oil Method: Melt almond butter and half of the coconut oil In a bowl combine the almond meal & desiccated coconut…
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Chocolate Macadamia Brownies
Best brownie recipe ever – not kidding! The macadamia nuts and quality dark chocolate are what make this brownie so tasty. If you’re a chocolate fan, you will love this recipe. Ingredients: 125g butter 100g quality Dark Chocolate (we used Rapunzel Dark Chocolate sold in store but you could alternatively use our delicious Vegan Dark Chocolate Buttons) ¼…
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For the Love of Chilli
For over 9 thousand years’ human beings have been enjoying the benefits of the chilli plant. Being officially domesticated in Mexico over 6 thousand years ago it has long been enjoyed as both a flavour enhancer in cooking as well as medicine for many ailments. The medicinal component of chilli is Capsaicin. This compound is well known for its anti-nociception…
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Creamy Mixed Vegetable Curry
Inspired by the traditional flavours of central India, this simple Vegetable Curry will be a winner with the whole family. Serving size: 4 Ingredients: 100g dried chickpeas cooked (or 1 x 400g tin) 3 tablespoons Olive oil 3 cloves of garlic diced 1 red onion finely chopped ½ teaspoon brown mustard seeds 1 teaspoon cumin seeds ¼ teaspoon freshly ground black…
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Tips for Storing your Wholefoods
Whole foods are packed full of minerals, vitamins, fats, proteins and carbohydrates, all of which are susceptible to natural environmental elements such as light, heat, air, moisture and insects. Due to this vulnerability, whole foods are best kept under certain conditions in order to slow down the degradation of nutrients and to prevent the growth of unwanted microbes and…
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Cooking With Gluten Free Flours : Part 1
There are many advantages to using gluten free flours and this is because they are generally made from seeds that are high in nutrients and low in acidity, making them easy to digest. Millet, believed to have originated in tropical west Africa, has long been a highly valued and sacred crop in China. With its mild flavour, millet makes…
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Gluten Free Quinoa Tabouli (Tabbouleh)
A delightful gluten free summer salad using our organic tri-coloured quinoa; a combination of red, black and white quinoa varieties. The Andean mix adds vibrancy, colour and flavour (as well as extra nutrition). And yes, it tastes as good as it looks. Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups tri-coloured quinoa (makes roughly 4 cups cooked – see instructions below) 1 red capsicum (diced)…
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