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Chocolate Cake

Chocolate Cake

  • Servings: 4
  • Difficulty: easy
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Easy chocolate cake.

Ingredients

  • 1 &  1/4 cup flour
  • 1/2 cup of sugar
  • 1/3 cup of unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1/2 tsp of salt
  • 1 tsp of baking soda
  • 1 cup of warm water
  • 1 tsp of vanilla extract
  • 1/4 cup of vegetable oil
  • 1tsp of apple cider vinegar
  • 2 tbsp of nut butter
  • handful of choc chips.

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    Chocolate Glaze

  • 1/2 cup of sugar
  • 4 tbsp of margarine
  • 2 tbsp of soy milk
  • 2 tbsp of unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 2 tsp of vanilla extract

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit/ 180 degrees Celsius. In a bowl put the flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, salt, water, vanilla, oil and vinegar and mix until smooth (best to use a hand blender). Then stir in the chocolate chips.
  2. put into an oven proof dish and bake for about 30 minutes or until a knife comes out clean when you check it.  Leave to cool completely before adding the glaze.
  3. For the glaze, in a small pan mix the sugar, margarine, milk, and cocoa and bring to a boil, stirring frequently and then reduce the heat and simmer for 5 mins, stirring all the time.  Remove from the heat and keep stirring for another few minutes.  Add vanilla, mix and pour immediately onto the cake, it dries really quickly so spread it immediately. Leave this to cool for about an hour (if you can wait that long) 🙂

    4. Enjoy 😉


Cacao Chia Pudding

Cocao chia pudding

  • Servings: 1
  • Difficulty: easy
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a very chocolatey chia pudding.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup of nut milk (we use homemade almond or cashew milk) but shop bought is fine.
  • 4 tbsp of chia seeds
  • 1 tsp of vanilla extract
  • 1 tbsp of cacao powder (we use 100% cacao)
  • 1 – 2 tsp of maple syrup (optional) to taste
  • 1/4 teaspoon of cinnamon (optional, we really think this makes a difference though) 🙂

Directions

  1. put milk, 3 tbsp of chia seeds, vanilla extract, cacao powder, the maple syrup and cinnamon if using, into a blender or Nutribullet if you have one. Blend until smooth (a couple of minutes).
  2. Pour into a jar or bowl and add the remaining 1 tbsp of chia seeds, stir well to combine and put in the fridge for at least 2 hours or even better overnight, (we have it for breakfast so we prepare the night before so it is all ready for us in the morning).

    3. Enjoy 😉


Nut Milk

Nut Milk

  • Servings: 500ml
  • Difficulty: easy
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Creamy nut milk

Ingredients

Directions

  1. soak the nuts overnight in cold water.
  2. rinse the nuts in clean water.
  3. Put the nuts and 600ml of cold water into a blender or nutribullet, add 1 or 2 dates, the vanilla extract/vanilla essence and the salt and blend until smooth.
  4. Strain the milk using a nut bag or cheesecloth over a bowl or measuring jug. Squeeze/kneed the bag to get all the milk out.
  5. Put into a clean bottle and keep in fridge, it will last 3-4 days in the fridge.

    6. Enjoy 😉


Matcha chia pudding

matcha chia pudding

  • Servings: 1
  • Difficulty: easy
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an energising matcha chia pudding.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup of nut milk (I use homemade almond or cashew milk) but shop bought is fine.
  • 4 tbsp of chia seeds
  • 1 tsp of vanilla extract
  • 1 tsp of matcha powder
  • 1 – 2 tsp of maple syrup (optional) to taste

Directions

  1. put milk, 3 tbsp of chia seeds, vanilla extract, matcha powder and the maple syrup, if using, into a blender or Nutribullet if you have one. Blend until smooth (a couple of minutes)
  2. Pour into a jar or bowl and add the remaining 1 tbsp of chia seeds, stir well to combine and put in the fridge for at least 2 hours or even better overnight, (we have it for breakfast so we prepare the night before so it is all ready for us in the morning).

    3. Enjoy 😉


Energy boosting snack

energy balls

  • Servings: 6-10
  • Difficulty: easy
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an energy-boosting snack.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup of oats
  • 2/3 cups of coconut flakes
  • 1/2 cup of almond butter
  • 1/2 cup of flax seeds (linseeds are the same thing)
  • 1/2 cup of cranberries and raisins
  • 3 – 4 tbsp  of agave nectar
  • 1 tbsp of chia seeds
  • 1 tsp of vanilla extract

Directions

  1. Mix all the ingredients together and put in the fridge to cool for about 30 min.
  2. Place mixture in molds and put them back in the fridge for at least 1 hour.

    3. Tip: I found that by putting them in a mold it was easy to keep them together but you can try and roll them into balls if you want.

    Enjoy 😉


Pancakes

Pancakes

  • Servings: 2-4
  • Difficulty: easy
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A perfect, easy, weekend breakfast.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup of flour
  • 1/2 tsp of vanilla extract
  •  1 tsp of baking powder
  • pinch of sea salt
  •  1/2 cup of coconut flakes (optional)
  • 1/2 cup of apple sauce
  • 2 tbs of maple syrup
  • 2 cups of almond milk (homemade if possible)

Directions

  1. Place all ingredients in a medium bowl
  2. Mix together using a hand mixer and let it rest for 5 to 10 min.
  3. Heat a frying/griddle pan with a small amount of oil,  pour a small amount of batter,      approx 1/4 cup and cook for a few minutes on each side. Makes about 16 pancakes depending on the size of your pancakes.
  4. Serve warm with a banana and some coconut flakes


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