by Alice on settembre 23, 2010
Ingredients For the salad 200 g green beans 2 medium-large potatoes, peeled and sliced a large handful of fresh rocket, cleaned a handful of capers, soaked in cold filtered water for about 15 minutes then rinsed For the pesto a large handful of fresh, cleaned basil (and some for garnish) 2 small zucchini, cleaned a […]
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basil,
capers,
extra virgin olive oil,
green beans,
lemon,
pine nuts,
potatoes,
rocket,
zucchini
by Alice on settembre 22, 2010
Ingredients 100 g dark chocolate (70% cacao), preferably Fairtrade 220 ml almond cream (or other vegetable cream) a pinch of whole sea salt 4 tablespoons rice malt syrup 3 tablespoons hazelnut butter chopped hazelnuts, for garnish Makes 4 servings.
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almond cream,
dark chocolate,
hazelnuts,
rice malt syrup,
vegetable cream
by Alice on settembre 18, 2010
Ingredients half a (round) radicchio head, cleaned and thinly sliced into ribbons 3-4 fresh, ripe, firm figs, cleaned and cut into quarters 1 tablespoon black sesame seeds extra virgin olive oil, to taste whole sea salt, just enough to taste balsamic vinegar, to taste fresh thyme leaves, cleaned (to taste) Makes 2 servings.
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balsamic vinegar,
extra virgin olive oil,
figs,
radicchio,
sesame seeds,
thyme
by Alice on settembre 15, 2010
Ingredients 4 small zucchini, cleaned and sliced the juice of 1 lemon 2 tablespoons rice vinegar extra virgin olive oil, to taste whole sea salt, just enough to taste fresh thyme leaves (cleaned), to taste pink peppercorns Makes 2-4 servings.
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extra virgin olive oil,
lemon,
pink peppercorns,
rice vinegar,
thyme,
zucchini
by Alice on settembre 12, 2010
Ingredients For the custard 500 ml unsweetened and unflavoured almond milk 3 teaspoons agar agar powder 6 tablespoons rice malt syrup 3 tablespoons almond butter For the berries black berries (1 small basket) blueberries (1 small basket) 3-4 tablespoons rice malt syrup a few pinches of vanilla powder 2 tablespoons lemon juice lemon zest (from […]
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agar agar,
almond milk,
almonds,
blackberries,
blueberries,
lemon,
rice malt syrup,
vanilla
by Alice on settembre 8, 2010
Ingredients 2 kg extra ripe purple plums (I used the Italian variety), cleaned 1 cup (250 ml) filtered water the juice of 1 lemon 100 g muscovado sugar 300 g rice malt syrup 1 teaspoon vanilla powder 2-3 cm long fresh ginger root, peeled and grated Makes about 4 jars, 300 g each.
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ginger,
muscovado,
plums,
rice malt syrup,
vanilla
by Alice on settembre 6, 2010
Ingredients 1 large ripe avocado, peeled 1 zucchini, cleaned half a medium cucumber, cleaned a handful of fresh basil, cleaned 250-300 ml almond milk, unsweetened and unflavoured juice of half a lemon whole sea salt, just enough to taste a few pinches of dried, powdered ginger 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil 1-2 teaspoons coriander […]
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almond milk,
avocado,
coriander,
cucumber,
extra virgin olive oil,
green pepper,
zucchini
by Alice on settembre 2, 2010
Ingredients 2 cups cooked quinoa, cold (here‘s how to cook quinoa) 1-2 chilled nectarines, sliced 1 banana, sliced 2-3 handfuls of chilled blueberries a squeeze of lemon juice 2-3 pinches of vanilla powder rice malt syrup, to taste Makes 2 servings.
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banana,
blueberries,
nectarines,
quinoa,
rice malt syrup,
vanilla
by Alice on agosto 29, 2010
by Alice on luglio 29, 2010
Ingredients For the apricots 700-750 g fresh and ripe apricots, cleaned, pitted and cut into thin slices 4 tablespoons rice malt syrup the juice of 1 lemon 1 teaspoon natural vanilla extract half a teaspoon dried ginger powder half a teaspoon cardamom powder For the crumble 300 g almond meal 5-6 tablespoons muscovado sugar a […]
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apricots,
cacao,
cardamom,
cinnamon,
cocoa,
cocoa butter,
extra virgin olive oil,
ginger,
muscovado,
rice malt syrup
by Alice on maggio 28, 2010
Ingredients 70-80 g semi-whole long grain rice 70-80 black venere rice juice of half a lemon 4-5 handfuls of fresh peas (out of pod), cooked in boiling and slightly salted water for 5-7 minutes, drained, rinsed under cold running water and set aside to cool 1 carrot, peeled and diced 1 zucchini, cleaned and diced […]
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carrots,
chives,
ginger,
lemon,
nori,
peas,
pumpkin seeds,
rice,
sesame oil,
zucchini
by Alice on maggio 24, 2010
Ingredients 10-15 long flat beans, cleaned, trimmed, cut into pieces, cooked in salted boiling water for 3-4 minutes (they should stay crispy and bright green), then rinsed under cold running water and drained well 2-3 handfuls of fava beans, cleaned and unshelled 6-8 date or cherry tomatoes, cleaned and sliced 1 small handful of capers, […]
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basil,
capers,
extra virgin olive oil,
fava beans,
flat beans,
pine nuts,
tomatoes