Beans-Sprouts and Fruit Salad
Ingredients • Bean sprouts – 1 cup • Baby tomatoes – 8 • Oranges – 2 • Pineapple – 2 slices • Mango (ripe) – 1 • Apple – 1 • Peach – 1 • Apricots – 6 • Lettuce leaves – 6 • Olive oil – 4 tbsp • Balsamic vinegar – 1 tbsp • Salt – To taste • Peppercorns (freshly ground) – ½ tsp...
Energy Balls
Ingredients •½ cup dried dates •½ cup dried figs •¼ cup dried cranberries •¼ cup dried apricots •½ cup almonds or cashew nuts •1 tbsp sesame seeds •1 tsp orange zest, optional •1 tbsp honey or brown sugar** Preparation Chop all dried fruits and nuts into small pieces. Place all ingredients, except honey in the blender and mix them well. Pour the mixture...
Eggless Christmas Cupcakes
Ingredients • Self raising flour – 450g + Plain flour – 50g • Mixed dried fruits (I used a mixture of dates, apricots, prunes, cranberries, raisins, sultanas and cherries) – 350g • Dark brown sugar (such as muscavado) – 320g • Sparkling water – 250ml • Chopped pecans – 80g • Ground almonds – 100g • Baking soda – 1 tsp • Baking powder – 2 tsp • Ground mixed spice (cloves, nutmeg,...
Shredded mango and Coconut Chutney
Green mango makes delicious raw or cooled raw or cooked chutney. In this much loved South Indian variation, the rock-hard type is preferred. On the other hand, in the North fruit just short of ripe is favored. Use whatever is to your liking and convenient. The peppery orange-lime dressing beautifully sets off the near tart mango and sweet coconut –dried fruit mixture. This textured, nearly raw chutney has a character similar to...
Birchermuesli
Ingredients: • Rolled oats (not instant) soaked in 1 cup of water overnight – 2/3 cup • Lemon juice – 1½ • Unwaxed apples – 4 • Each of freshly ground almonds and hazelnuts – 4 tbsp • Yogurt – 2/3 cup • Honey – 4 tbsp • Fresh seasonal fruits like peaches, apricots, bananas, melons or mango, sliced...