Ditch the processed treats and make these nutritious recipes for teatime or dessert. The kids won’t realise how healthy they are.
Ditch the processed treats and make these nutritious recipes for teatime or dessert. The kids won’t realise how healthy they are.
Coconut banana bread
Ingredients Wet ingredients
5 eggs
2 tbsp honey
1 tsp vanilla extract ½ cup melted coconut oil
Dry ingredients
1 cup quinoa flour (grind ¾ cups quinoa grains until fine)
½ tsp baking soda ⅓ cup brown sugar
3 ripe bananas
1 Preheat the oven to 180 deg C.
2 Combine the wet ingredients well, in the following order – eggs, honey, vanilla extract and coconut oil. Do the same for the dry ingredients in a separate bowl.
3 Mix the dry and wet ingredients together, followed by bananas. Process in blender until smooth.
4 Pour batter into a loaf pan and bake for 45 minutes. Let cool and serve.
Cacao maca salted caramel spread
Ingredients Maca salted caramel
1 cup sugar
¼ cup water
2 tsp maca powder
3 tbsp unsalted butter
2 tsp sea salt
¾ cup heavy cream Cacao spread
½ cup dates, seeds removed ½ cup (about 125ml) almond milk or soya milk
2 tbsp cacao powder
1 To make maca salted caramel, combine sugar and water. Warm over medium heat until sugar dissolves.
2 Increase heat and add maca powder, then boil for 5 minutes. Remove sugar mixture from heat and stir in butter, sea salt, and heavy cream.
3 To make cacao spread, blend all ingredients together for 3 to 5 minutes. Boil the mixture for 5 minutes for a smoother consistency.
4 Layer cacao spread and maca salted caramel dip in a glass jar. Use this as an alternative to chocolate spread; dip fruit and oat crackers into a small portion as a snack. It can keep for 2 to 3 weeks.
Mixed berry jelly
Ingredients
1 pack konnyaku jelly powder 200g brown sugar 100ml fresh lemon juice 150ml grape, pomegranate or apple juice (or any juice of your choice) 1 tbsp honey 2 tbsp soaked chia seeds 1 cup mixed berries ½ cup strawberries Mint leaves for garnishing 1 Mix konnyaku jelly powder and sugar in a bowl. In a separate bowl, combine lemon juice, grape juice and water, and stir well. 2 In a saucepan, add konnyaku mixture, juice mix and honey. Boil for about 5 minutes over medium heat. Stir occasionally. 3 Remove from heat, and stir in chia seeds and berries. Set the liquid in jelly moulds and chill for 2 hours or overnight. Garnish with mint leaves before serving.
Superlife Co., an online superfood retailer (http://superlife.co), contributed these recipes.
