Gluten Free Buckwheat Banana Bread

It has been a long time sorry all! Here's my latest recipe. I also now have a youtube channel with video recipes which can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXmlI4FDoPruQcomPZvyrSA

Ingredients:
3 cups buckwheat flour (don't use Bob's Mill brand or it will be very dark)
3 x Organic Free Range Eggs room temperature OR 3 x Tbs flaxseed mixed with 12xTbsp water
1 Tbsp Rice bran oil 
3 x bananas
1 Tsp baking soda (check the ingredients for no added nasties)
1/2 Tsp vanilla extract
1 Tbsp stevia

Directions:

1. Line bread tin with grease proof paper (you can add butter to the tin to make paper stay better) and preheat oven to 180 degrees celsius
2. In a bowl add 3 peeled bananas, stevia, oil, vanilla extract, 3 eggs and baking soda and mix using an electric blender.
3. Add in the buckwheat and mix under all combined to a cake batter consistency. If the mixture isn't at this consistency you can add 1/2 cup of water.
4. Bake for 3o minutes in a moderate oven, it may take less time the hint is when you start getting the nice smell of baked bread it is done. You can check by putting a skewer in the middle to test it, if it comes out clean it's done
5. Let cool for 5 mins, then take out of the tin and let it cool on a wire rack
6. Cut into pieces and store the rest into your fridge. Great with homemade almond butter
   
   Optional - add blueberries or carob nibs in the mix and flaked almonds on the top for extra textures.

Arabic lentil soup

This is my absolute favourite soup and my go-to whenever I feel rundown. I enjoy cooking fresh and tasty food for my vegan friend so this one is easy and packs the flavour.

Ingredients:

2 x cups of red lentils

3.5 x cups water

1 x tbsp himalayan pink sea salt

1 x tbsp ground cumin

1 x large onion

1 x handful chopped parsley

2 x tbsp rice bran oil

0.5 x lemon

Directions:

1. Wash lentils in cold water 5-10 times until the chalky water starts to run clear

2. Once washed, place lentils in a pot and top with the 3.5 cups of water. Cook for 20 mins or as directed on the back of the packet

3. Dice the onion finely, it doesn't need to be perfect

4. In a frying pan put the rice bran oil, onions and cumin and sweat the onions down - make sure not to burn them!

5. Place the onions and make sure to also add the oil you cooked them in into the lentil mixture

6. Add salt, chopped parsley and the juice of half a lemon and cook for a further 2 mins

7. Serve and enjoy!

Flourless chocolate cakes

These are really quick to make and hit the spot for those who live a low sugar life. Now in this recipe I use glucose but you can use Stevia instead. Also look at the sugar levels on the back of the pack of chocolate it shouldn't be over 14g for a 100g pack. You only need 4 ingredients to make this!

Ingredients:

100g Lindt 85% dark chocolate

1/2 cup of glucose or 1 tsp stevia

3 eggs

60g organic unsalted butter

Directions: 

1. Preheat the oven at 180 degrees Celsius 
2. In a muffin tin place 9 cupcake cases into the 9 holes
3. Separate the eggs so all the whites are in one bowl and the yolks in another 
4. Over a pot of simmering water place a steel bowl and place inside it the dark chocolate and butter
5. Whisk the egg whites until they are stiff peaks
6. Once the chocolate and butter has melted add the glucose and yolks and mix very quickly as the chocolate will start to harden
7. Add a scoop of the egg whites into the chocolate mixture and fold gently until all incorporated 
8. Add the rest of the egg whites and fold until you get a lovely chocolatey mixture, be careful not to over fold the egg whites though as you want the air to stay in the mixture
9. With a tablespoon place the mixture into the cupcake cases 
10. Place in the oven and cook for 5 mins so it's gooey in the inside
11. Once done place on cooling rack or eat straight away