Vegetable flowers

Okay, so this is probably the most proud I've ever been about something I made in the kitchen. Firstly because they were delicious, secondly because they looked sooo cute-like little flowers and thirdly because I didn't use a recipe- I came up with this on my own :D yaaay 

Here's what you'll need for about 24 flowers:

- filo pastry - I used 1 pack of bought filo pastry, this   may be different for different brands 

- 2 eggs

- 1tbs chia seeds

- 2tbs sour cream

- 1 onion

- 1 zucchini

- 1 red pepper

- 1 tomato

- 1 can of cooked corn

- 2 medium carrots

- mozarella

- spices to taste -  I used salt, pepper, turmeric, cayenne pepper and a little ginger

HOW TO:

- cut your filo pastry into squares with the sides about 5cm long. No need to worry about making them the same size of making the squares perfect. Now brush one square with A LITTLE olive oil and put another square over it - make it so the second square is rotated a little. Now put this into your cupcake pan and press down lightly.

- Heat olive oil and add onions - cook untill slightly yellow and soft. Cut other vegetables into small pieces and add them to the onions. Stir and cover. Reduce heat to medium and let it cook untill all of the vegetables are soft. Once they are cooked, let them cool down a little.

- Once the vegetables have cooled down add the sour cream and stir. Now add the eggs and chia seeds and make sure everything is combined nicely. 

- Add spices to taste

- Now scoop the filling into the cups you've made with filo pastry and top each flower with a small piece of mozarella. Brush the sides of the pastry with some egg wash and pop it in the oven at 180°C until the pastry is a nice golden brown and the filling has set- the eggs have cooked.

Take out of the oven, top with fresh herbs, and enjoy. These are delicious hot or cold. 

I had mine with a bowl of homemade spicy pumpkin soup and it was deliciousssss 

Chocolate chia pudding

I posted a photo of my little chia creation a few days ago and now I finally got around to writing down the (very simple) recipe :)

This is one delicious dessert/snack!

Mix about 2 tbs chia seeds with about 3/4 cup chocolate soy milk. (you can use any other chocolate milk as well- rice, almond,..it's all good!) Put it in a nice glass or cup - the one you're going to serve it in :) Now- fridge time! put is in the fridge for at least a few hours or even better- over night. Before you serve it, just top it with anything you like. I chose mixed berries and it worked like magic :)

YUM!

Coconut and buckwheat bread

So, I’ve been having lots of problems with digestion, low energy leves, and skin-acne lately. And I decided to get tested for candida overgrowth and food intolarances, and surprise surprise…All of my problems were eplained by candida and lacose and gluten intolerance. Happy about it? Nope. But it’s nice to finally know whats wrong and start making a change. 

And I have been seeing slight changes since I started watchig my diet, which is amazing :D No more bloating, no more stomach pains - well, almost, but I am still figuring this out…and my skin is already looking a bit better yaaay :D

So, now the problem is: is there ANYTHING I CAN EAT?? I admit it, I was a bit depressed for the first few days, especially because all of this happened during the holidays, and we all know there is no worse time to be told you can’t it something…and I felt like I was told I can’t eat anything…sucks, right? 

But after the initial shock was over and I started doing some research I found out there is actually loads of delicious thing I CAN eat :D and this is the first, of hopefully many recipes, to come your way. 

It’s a gluten free, dairy free and candida friendly bread loaf that looks amazing and can be made savoury or sweet, WHAAAT? Yup, it’s true :D

Here’s what you’ll need:

- 1/2 cup coconut flour

- 1/2 cup buckwheat flour

- 1/2 cup coconut milk - only use the creamy part

- 5 eggs

- 2 tbs coconut oil

- 1/2 tsp salt

- 1 tsp baking powder

* If you want to make this a sweet loaf, which is also delicious and perfect as a snack or to go with your afternoon tea, just add STEVIA to taste 

HOW TO:

Mix together the eggs, coconut oil and salt (and stevia if you’re making a sweet loaf). Now add coconut flour, coconut milk, buckwheat flour and baking powder. I recommend you add the dry ingredients one at a time, mixing inbetween. Once everything is mixed together take a loaf pan and lightly gease it with some coconut oil. Pour the mixture into the loaf pan. I sprinkled mine with some pumpkin and sunflower seeds and coconut flour, to give it a nicer look and crunch, but this is completely optional :D Bake for 30min on 175C or until golden brown 

Bon apetit :*

COCONUT FLOUR

This is a great way to sub your wheat flours, it doesn’t contain gluten and it’s delicious. It’s consistency makes bread or any other product you make with it more airy and light.

The bread made with cocout flour is a low carb one and it’s high in fiber, which helps your digestion, also making is perfect for candida.