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grains

Ingredients
100 g dark chocolate, fair trade
2 tablespoons plain oat milk
1 pinch whole sea salt
100 g barley malt syrup
200 g almond butter
70 g whole puffed barley
Makes 20 treats.


Posted in: autumn, breakfast and brunch, chocolate, desserts, finger food, grains, lunch-box, snacks, spring, sweet, winter

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Ingredients
2-3 cups filtered water
2 teaspoons dried mint
a pinch of powdered cloves (or 1-2 whole cloves)
a pinch of powdered star anise (or 1 whole star anise)
200 g whole grain cous cous (I used whole spelt cous cous)
Himalayan salt, just enought o taste
2 tablespoons raw sesame oil
2-3 handfuls of raisins, soaked in filtered water for 10 minutes [...]


Posted in: autumn, breakfast and brunch, finger food, fruits, grains, lunch-box, salads, savoury, spicy, sweet

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Ingredients
1 cup whole barley, hulled
3 cups filtered water
a pinch of whole sea salt
a piece of kombu, 2 cm long
1 small red, round radicchio, outer leaves removed, cored, rinsed, dried and thinly sliced
8 fresh champignon mushrooms, cleaned and sliced
3-4 handfuls of white grapes, rinsed, cut into halves and seeded
3-4 handfuls raisins, soaked in natural mineral or [...]


Posted in: autumn, cooked, grains, lunch-box, picnic, salads, savoury

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Farro with summer vegetables

by Alice on September 16, 2009

Ingredients
200 g pearled or semi-pearled farro, rinsed under running water (plus natural mineral or filtered water, and a pinch of whole sea salt to cook it -use 1 part farro, 2 parts water)
the juice of 1 lemon
2 large handfuls of  fresh green beans, ends trimmed, washed and cut into pieces (plus natural mineral or filtered water and [...]


Posted in: cooked, grains, lunch-box, salads, savoury, spring, summer

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Thai rice and vegetable salad

by Alice on May 12, 2009

Full of bright flavors, this dish is a perfect spring, early summer salad. It can be served as part of a multi-course meal or as a first course.

Makes 4 servings.
Ingredients:
For the dressing
juice of 1 lemon
4 tablespoons sesame oil (from raw sesame seeds)
juice of 3 cm ginger root
1 pinch Himalayan salt
½ teaspoon powdered coriander seeds
1 teaspoon [...]


Posted in: cooked, grains, picnic, rice

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