Sunday 11 August 2013

Raw organic cocoa balls

You can make these little morsels of joy with cacao but I only had cocoa on hand. You need only a few ingredients for this. It's a delicious treat you can make as a gift for friends or just to munch on by yourself.



Ingredients:

1 Tbsp organic coconut oil (softened)
2 Tbsp greens and black organic cocoa
150g ground almonds
2 Tbsp xylitol
3 Tbsp desiccated coconut

Directions:

1. Put the cocoa, ground almonds and xylitol in a bowl and mix together
2. Add coconut oil and mix thoroughly until the ingredients clump together. If necessary, add a touch more coconut oil
3. Take one heaped teaspoon of the mixture and put it in your palm and roll the mix into a ball
4. Roll the ball in desiccated coconut and repeat for the rest of the mix
5. Place all the balls in the fridge for an hour or two
6. Serve


Saturday 10 August 2013

Pan-fried salmon with chilli garlic prawns

Seafood is my joy and this dish always put a smile on my dial. It takes about 10-15 mins to make so there's no excuse in terms of having no time to cook.



Ingredients: 

1 x salmon fillet
50g shelled king prawns
4 x cloves of crushed garlic
1 Tsp chilli flakes
1 Tsp Himalayan sea salt
1/2 lemon
2 Tbsp rice bran oil

Directions:
  1. In a frying pan pour in 1 Tbsp rice bran oil
  2. Season the skin of the salmon with 1/2 a tsp of salt
  3. Place salmon skin-side down in a sizzling pan
  4. Cook for 2-3 mins on this side until the skin is nice and crispy
  5. Turn the salmon and cook for a further 2 mins, then take out of the pan and set it aside somewhere warm
  6. Add 1 Tbsp rice bran oil to frying pan and add in crushed garlic and the prawns
  7. After 2 mins add the chilli flakes and cook for a further 3 mins
  8. Turn off the heat and squeeze lemon juice into the pan
  9. Immediately place prawns on top of salmon
  10. Serve with green salad or broccoli cooked with oyster sauce