by Siobhan | Apr 26, 2016 | energy balls, Lunch, snack, Uncategorized, vegan
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| Healthy blueberry lemon shortcake bites/energy balls |
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by Siobhan | Apr 22, 2016 | Breakfast, snack, vegan
This recipe is a great way to sneak some healthy green powder into your breakfast for a nutrition boost. Moringa is high in vitamin K and iron (among others), which can be hard for some people to get, plus one advantage to consuming it is that you only need a small amount for a big nutritional impact (
Aduna brand):
approx 96% vitamin K per 4.5g! Start out with small amounts if you haven’t used it before.
Note: Do not
use it if you’re pregnant/on blood thinners-speak to a doctor first.
The other ingredients in this meal provide you with plenty of healthy fat and slow release energy to boost the rest of your day!
Moringa can be purchased in health food stores or
online
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by Siobhan | Apr 19, 2016 | Desserts, Grainfree, snack, vegan
A simple, classic treat with the option of the added twist of moringa* powder for an extra kick of nutrition for the health warriors (but trust me, you won’t taste it, I served these up to my family and they didn’t suspect a thing!).
*Do not use moringa if you’re pregnant-consult a doctor first
Even if you choose to leave out the moringa (in which case reduce the syrup to 1Tbspn) but make your own chocolate, this is still an awesome treat as the chocolate will then retain a lot of its goodness when compared to the heavily heated/processed varieties.
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by Siobhan | Apr 7, 2016 | energy balls, Grainfree, Health, snack, vegan
I love baobab (pronounced
bay-oh-bab) and after reading about the
#MakeBaobabFamous attempt, I really wanted to promote it so that African families can get a better income.
Incase you don’t know what baobab is I’ll briefly describe it here.
Baobab is a powdered fruit that grows in Africa which tastes sweet and citrusy. Personally I find it so versatile as I can use it in porridge or smoothies and one of my favourites is mixing it with coconut oil and lemon juice to make a lovely citrusy
baobab frostingThe biggest nutritional punch in this fruit is the Vitamin C and antioxidant capacity mainly found in the pulp.
Per 10g of baobab (depending on the brand/batch) it has approx. 28-37% of your RDI of vitamin C!! The leaves and other parts of the fruit contain other nutrients eg. magnesium and calcium but it is mainly the pulp that forms most powders.
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10408390701856330?journalCode=bfsn20I also think it’s a great ingredient that adds depth of flavour to food and increases diet variety, so I encourage anyone to consider consuming organic baobab powder & not to be afraid of it because of its funny name. Remember, the more we demand good, natural products from companies the more the supply will have to increase, making it easier in the future for healthy products to be more readily available, plus you’ll be helping African families get a
better income.
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by Siobhan | Apr 5, 2016 | Desserts, snack, vegan
These are a great little snack and you can easily manipulate them to suit your own tastes e.g choose white chocolate chips with cranberries or use different fruit such as fresh cherries, gojis or raisins. This recipe is healthier than the traditional as it doesn’t use any refined biscuits, condensed milk and omits the heavily processed cherries, with the replacement ingredients being a lot “cleaner” and with less refined sugar.
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by Siobhan | Nov 12, 2015 | Desserts, snack, vegan
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| secret hidden veg brownies but you wouldn’t know it! |
I made these brownies because I had some leftover pumpkin from Halloween so decided to half the amount of dates in the original recipe and swap it out for pumpkin & it turned into one of the best ideas I’ve ever had! What was even better was that the taste wasn’t compromised at all as the dates provide plenty of sweetness & the cacao gives such a rich chocolatey taste. Uh-mazing!! (more…)