Monthly Archives: October 2013

Dessert

Banana Ice-cream

banana ice-cream

You can make this ice-cream with only bananas; the other ingredients are completely optional and it’s all up to you but I’m completely obsessed with cinnamon and nutmeg and use them in everything.  Although honey is also optional for this recipe, I recommend (especially if you have a sweet tooth problem like me) you add even just a little bit of it or any other sweetener of your choice for a total indulgent experience.

Ingredients

  1. 4 large ripe bananas, sliced and frozen
  2. 4 teaspoons honey (optional)
  3. ½ teaspoon cinnamon(optional)
  4. ½ teaspoon nutmeg(optional)

banana  cinnamon

  1. Remove the banana from the freezer and wait for about 1 hour if it’s very hard.
  2. Put the bananas in the blender.
  3. Add honey, cinnamon and nutmeg.
  4. Blend on high speed until smooth.
  5. If it’s too hard to blend, add a bit of water.
  6. Freeze for about 6 hours or until it’s hardened.
  7. Enjoy guilt free and absolutely delicious ice-cream.

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Breakfast, Muffins

Mixed Berry Muffins

mixed berry muffins

Ingredients

  1. 1 cup mixed berries
  2. ½ cup  butter, melted
  3. 2 large eggs, lightly beaten
  4. ½ cup milk
  5. 2 cups self raising flour
  6. ½ cup sugar
  7. ½ teaspoon baking soda
  8. 1 teaspoon vanilla essence

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Directions

  1. Preheat the oven at 180°C.
  2. Grease or line a muffin tin with muffin/cupcake liners.
  3. In a bowl, whisk together all the wet ingredients (butter, milk, eggs and vanilla essence).
  4. In a separate bowl, mix the dry ingredients (flour, sugar, baking soda) with a spatula.
  5. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and mix with a spatula. Do not over-mix, we do not want a smooth consistency, just make sure that all the ingredients are incorporated.
  6. Fill the cups with about 2/3 full, leaving a little space at the top because it will rise a bit.
  7. Bake for about 30 min until golden brown and a tooth pick inserted in the center comes out clean.
  8. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from the pan.

mixed berry mufins mixed berry mufins

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Chocolate

Individual Chocolate Brownies

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Ingredients

  1. 90 grams dark chocolate bar, chopped(you can also use semi sweet chocolate chips or any chocolate bar of your choice), I used a whole nut chocolate bar.
  2. ¼ cup cocoa
  3. 1/3 cup sugar
  4. ½ cup butter, melted
  5. 1 cup flour
  6. 1 large egg
  7. ½ teaspoon vanilla essence

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Directions

  1. Pre-heat the oven at 180° Celsius.
  2. Mix the cocoa in ¼ cup water of warm water and set aside.
  3. In a bowl add butter, sugar, egg, vanilla essence and whisk.
  4. Add the cocoa and mix.
  5. Add the flour and mix.
  6. Add the chocolate chips and mix.
  7. Pour into greased ramekins and bake for 30 minutes or when a toothpick inserted comes out clean.

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Breakfast, Cupcakes

Sweet Potato Pancakes

Sweet Potato pancake

Ingredients
1. 1 Cup sweet potato cooked and roughly mashed
2. ¼ cup butter, melted
3. 1 large egg
4. ½ teaspoon vanilla essence
5. ¼ cup sugar
6. ½ cup milk
7. ½ cup flour
8. ½ teaspoon nutmeg
9. ½ teaspoon cinnamon

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Directions

1. Pre-heat the oven at 180° Celsius.
2. In a mixing bowl, add everything accept the sweet potato and whisk.
3. Add the sweet potato and mix well.
4. Pour into greased ramekins or oven dish and bake for 25-30 minutes.

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Pasta

Tuna Pasta

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Ingredients

  1. Canned tuna
  2. Pasta
  3. 1 tomato, chopped
  4. ½ cucumber, chopped
  5. 1 green pepper, chopped
  6. ⅓ of a small onion, chopped
  7. ¼ cup sunflower seeds
  8. Olive oil(you can skip the oil if your tuna is canned in oil)
  9. Cottage cheese
  10. 2 tablespoon lemon juice
  11. salt and pepper to taste

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Directions

  1. Cook the pasta to your liking, and set aside to cool.
  2. In a mixing bowl, add the tomato, cucumber, green pepper and onion and mix.
  3. Add in the tuna, olive oil and lemon juice and mix.
  4. Add cottage cheese, salt and pepper and mix.
  5. Add the pasta and seeds and mix.

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