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grains

Ingredients 250 g tempeh, cut into cubes 2 tablespoons turmeric powder 1 tablespoon curry powder Himalayan salt, just enough to taste extra virgin olive oil, just enough to taste 1 garlic clove, peeled 150 g black Venus rice 1 bunch of fresh asparagus, cleaned and cut into pieces sesame oil, just enough to taste the […]


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Ingredients 2 chili peppers, cleaned and julienned 6-7 cm ginger root, peeled and juiced the juice of 1 lemon 1 teaspoon agave syrup whole sea salt, just enough to taste 1 small spring onion, cleaned and sliced 150 g thai rice 1 broccoli head, divided into florets 4-5 champignons, cleaned 2 handfuls peanuts, toasted and […]


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Chocolate, amaranth and blackberry cakes

by Alice on aprile 18, 2011

Ingredients 100 g 70% Fairtrade dark chocolate, chopped 400 g cooked amaranth 80 g semi-whole wheat flour a few pinches of Himalayan salt 85 g agave syrup 50 ml extra virgin olive oil 3 large tablespoons natural blackberry preserves (made from fruit, with no added sugar) unbleached (organic and Fairtrade) powdered sugar, to taste Makes […]


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Ingredients 6-7 tablespoons puffed millet unsweetened and unflavoured oat milk, to taste a handful of unsweetened, dried banana chips a tablespoon dried coconut flakes a tablespoon fairtrade dark chocolate bits or chips a few pinches of vanilla powder Makes 1 serving.


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Ingredients 3-4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil a 4-5 cm piece of leek, cleaned and cut into thin slices 3-4 tablespoons filtered water 20 g dried porcini mushrooms, to be soaked in filtered water for about 10 minutes then drained and chopped 200 ml vegetable cream, unflavoured and unsweetened whole sea salt, just enough to […]


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Ingredients 400 ml oat milk, unflavoured and unsweetened 200 ml vegetable cream, unflavoured and unsweetened 6 tablespoons nutritional yeast a few pinches of whole sea salt freshly ground white pepper, to taste a pinch of chili powder 1 powdered saffron sachet, dissolved in a little, and warm, oat milk 5 teaspoons agar agar powder 1 […]


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Stuffed peppers

by Alice on ottobre 3, 2010

Ingredients 4 peppers (I used yellow peppers), washed 150 g semiwhole rice (I used Carnaroli), rinsed under cold running water 150 g seitan, finely chopped 1 zucchini, cleaned and cut into cubes 8-10 cherry tomatoes, cleaned and cut into quarters a handful of capers, soaked in filtered water for 10-15 minutes then rinsed and drained […]


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Ingredients 200 g black chickpeas, soaked in cold filtered water for at least 9 hours, or overnight, then washed and drained 150 g quinoa, washed under cold running water half a red pepper, cleaned and cut into cubes half a yellow pepper, cleaned and cuto into cubes 8-10 cherry tomatoes, cleaned and cut into quarters […]


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Quinoa and fruit salad

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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Gluten-free brownies

by Alice on aprile 15, 2010

Ingredients 200 g fair trade dark chocolate (70% cacao) 90 g quinoa flour a pinch of whole sea salt a pinch of cinnamon powder 1 teaspoon cream of tartar 115 g rice malt syrup 55 g maple syrup, grade B or C 4 tablespons powdered flax seeds, mixed with 12 tablespoons filtered water 50 g […]


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Ingredients 150 g semi-whole wheat flour 100 g whole oat flour 50 g coconut flakes 50 g golden flax seeds, finely ground 2 tablespoons cornstarch, GMO-free a pinch of whole sea salt 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon cream of tartar 60 ml extra virgin olive oil 110 g rice malt syrup 130 g coconut […]


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Rice, romanesco broccoli and sesame balls

by Alice on aprile 1, 2010

Ingredients half a small head of cooked Romanesco broccoli (which should be about 180-200 g) 215 g cooked whole Baldo rice (which is about 150-170 g uncooked), preferably al dente 1-2 tablespoons raw sesame oil 1 tablespoons tahin half a teaspoon powdered coriander seeds half a teaspoon powdered cumin half a teaspoon dried ginger powder freshly […]


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