Recipes
Oat waffles with berries
Ingredients 2 tbsp. ground flaxseed 4 tbsp. hot water 2 cups rolled oats 1/2 cup cashews 1/2 tsp. pink Himalayan salt 2 1/4 cups water 1 tbsp. oil 2 tbsp. date puree or a sweeten of choice oil spray Topping Ingredients (suggestions) fresh or frozen berries maple syrup or honey banana cashew cream Directions In a cup combine flaxseed and hot water and let it sit for 5 minutes. This is your binding agent Put oats, cashews, salt, water, oil, honey and flaxseed gel into a blender, blend until smooth. Spray waffle maker with oil and put the mixture in...
Dry Oats
I think I ate this for about 1.5 years straight for breakfast I would go to bed feeling excited to wake up so I could make this to eat, to the point that I got scared I was addicted (thank God I have since branched out to other breakfast options LOL). Its impt that the banana is sweet and ripe/spotty ripe cos I dont use honey/sugar! If you buy it from NTUC, the malaysian selangor? baha-smth one is better than the Dole one. When I started to poke holes & microwaving it for about 20s, it made the slightly under-ripe...
Greek cookery book with a big difference
Although social media has many critics, I love the way it allows you to meet and get to know people from all around the world. Via our very different blogs, I corresponded with Greek American chef Krystina Kalapothakos and soon became Facebook friends. Back in August 2017, Krystina holidayed in Crete and we jumped at the opportunity to meet up. Im glad to say social media friends became real friends that day. How brave, or foolhardy, was I to bake a cake for a chef? The cake I chose was Fanouopita a traditional Cretan recipe for the name day of...
Cranberry Sauce
This Alton Brown recipe uses honey in lieu of sugar which is a win and was recommended to me by my best friend Jean from Cleveland OH. Link to recipe: https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/cranberry-sauce-recipe2-1944111 Recipe featured in Thanksgiving 2019 Menu : comforting and indulging. GobbleGobble!
Radicchio Pesto Pasta
As you know, I love pesto. Its so easy and fresh and works with a lot of different foods. I recently heard about the concept of a pesto based on radicchio, the bitter red lettuce related to endive. While I was skeptical, I do like radicchio and have found it to be surprisingly pleasant in the right circumstances, so I decided to try it out with pasta, adding a quickly sauted shrimp for some added protein. Radicchio Pesto Pasta print Radicchio Pesto 3 cups roughly chopped radicchio cup walnuts cup grated parmesan 3 cloves garlic cup extra virgin olive oil...