Gluten-Free

Warm Chocolate

  • Posted on: 6 May 2017
  • By: Monica

Ingredients

  • 1 Tbs quinoa flakes or rolled oats
  • 1 Tbs coconut sugar
  • 1 Tbs cacao powder
  • 1 Tbs nut butter *
  • 300mls water 

 

  1. Place all ingredients into your bowl & cook for 5 minutes 75 degrees speed 4.
  2. Blitz for 30 seconds starting at speed 5 then going up to speed 9 (this makes the froth)

Enjoy 

 * TIPS if you don't have nut butter add milk of choice instead of nut butter & water 

Warm Green smoothie

  • Posted on: 6 May 2017
  • By: Monica

Ingredients

  • 300mls coconut water
  • 30g raw cashews
  • 1 tbs coconut sugar
  • 40g baby spinach
  • 30g avocado
  • 1/4 tsp mesquite powder

 

  1. Add coconut water, coconut sugar & cashews into your thermomix & mix for 1 minute speed 9. This makes the milk - no need to drain.
  2. Heat for 4 minutes speed 3 70 degrees.
  3. Add baby spinach, avocado & mesquite powder & mix for 45 seconds starting at speed 5 then going slowly to speed 9. 

Coconut Quinoa Curry

  • Posted on: 22 March 2017
  • By: Monica

Ingredients

  • 80g desiccated coconut
  • 800mls water
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • 1 onion, halved
  • 2cm ginger, peeled
  • 1 tsp turmeric
  • 1 tin diced tomatoes
  • 1 tin drained chickpeas
  • 1 large broccoli head, cut into florets (about 2 cups)
  • 1 large sweet potato, cut into cubes (about 2 cups)
  • 200g beans, trimmed
  • 1/4 cup quinoa
  • 2 tsp soy alternative sauce, or soy sauce

 

Tri-colour salad

  • Posted on: 10 February 2017
  • By: Monica

Ingredients

  • 3 cups baby spinach
  • 1/2 cup toasted almonds (can be substituted for seeds for nut free)
  • 1/2 cup dried cranberries
  • 2 tbs sesame seeds
  • 1/2 tbs poppy seeds
  • 3 tbs honey
  • 50 g olive oil
  • 1 tbs apple cider vinegar
  • 1 tbs white wine vinegar

 

Colourful Quinoa Salmon Salad

  • Posted on: 9 February 2017
  • By: Monica

Ingredients

  • 300g salmon fillet
  • zest of one lemon
  • 1 garlic clove
  • 30g olive oil
  • 50g quinoa
  • 500g water
  • 3 sprigs basil
  • 2 sprigs parsley
  • small amount of fresh chives
  • 1 tsp mustard
  • 1 tsp apple cider vinger or lemon juice
  • 100g baby spinach
  • 1/4 red onion
  • 1/4 red capsicum, halved
  • 1 small cucumber, halved 
  • 2 tomatoes, diced
  • 1/2 avocado, cut into slices
  • 2 tbs pepita seeds
  • 2 tbs dried cranberries

 

Nutty Butter balls

  • Posted on: 9 February 2017
  • By: Monica

Ingredients

  • 25g desiccated coconut
  • 40g raw cashews
  • 155g medjool dates
  • 30 salted peanuts
  • 160g peanut butter
  • 25g honey

 

  1. Add all ingredients into your thermomix & mix for 15 seconds speed 8.
  2. Roll into balls & enjoy.

 

Makes about 20 (depending on the size)

Keep in the refrigerator for about a week

'Cheesy" puffs

  • Posted on: 15 January 2017
  • By: Monica

Ingredients

  • 160g dairy free milk (i used almond milk)
  • 60g coconut oil
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 egg
  • 170g arrowroot flour
  • 1 Tbs nutritional yeast

 

  1. Place all ingredients into the thermomix & blitz for 20 seconds speed 8.
  2. Pour into greased mini muffin tins ,filling half way.
  3. Cook for 20 minutes in a pre-heated 220 degree oven.

Makes 24 

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