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lunch-box

Flat bean, fava bean and tomato salad

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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Fava bean, cucumber and hijiki salad

by Alice on maggio 21, 2010

Ingredients 4-5 handfuls of fava beans 1 and a half handfuls of hijiki seaweeds, soaked in filtered water for 15-20 minutes, then cooked in boiling water for another 15 minutes, drained, rinsed under cold running water and drained again 1 cucumber, cleaned and cut into small sticks 4-5 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil 2 tablespoons […]


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Spring orecchiette salad

by Alice on maggio 5, 2010

Ingredients 150 g semi-whole durum wheat orecchiette 1 small bunch of asparagus, cleaned and cut into pieces extra virgin olive oil, to taste 10-12 baby date tomatoes (or cherry tomatoes), cut into quarters a handful of olives (I used Taggiasca), pitted and roughly chopped 1 small bunch of fresh chives, cleaned and chopped 1 small […]


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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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Wholemeal cookies

by Alice on aprile 2, 2010

Ingredients 150 g whole oatmeal flour 50 g semi-whole wheat flour 50 g whole kamut flour a pinch of whole sea salt half a teaspoon baking soda 80 ml almond milk, plain (unflavoured) and unsweetened 90 ml extra virgin olive oil 150 g rice malt syrup 60 g unrefined cane sugar such as muscovado Makes […]


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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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Apple bread pudding

by Alice on marzo 29, 2010

Ingredients 400 g stale wholemeal bread 600 ml oat milk, plain (unflavoured) and unsweetened 200 ml apple juice, with no added sugar 150 ml vegetable cream, GMO-free (I used almond cream) 100 g rice malt syrup 2 teaspoons natural vanilla extract 4 red apples, cleaned, cored, peeled and thinly sliced 200 ml filtered water 2-3 […]


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Ingredients 1 medium cauliflower, cleaned and divided into florets 200 ml plain (unflavoured), unsweetened, GMO-free vegetable cream (I used almond cream) 3-4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil whole sea salt, just enough to taste 1 teaspoon powdered turmeric grated nutmeg, to taste 1 tablespoon poppy seeds


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Ingredients For the cake 200 g semi-whole wheat flour 80 g wholemeal flour 120 g almond flour 40 g unsweetened cacao powder, sifted 50 g muscovado sugar half a teaspoon vanilla powder 2 teaspoons cream of tartar 1 tablespoon cornstarch a pinch of whole sea salt 180 g barley malt syrup 100 ml extra virgin […]


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Ingredients 100 g quinoa flour 200 g semi-whole wheat flour 2 tablespoons cornstarch 2 teaspoons cream of tartar a pinch of whole sea salt 1 teaspoon baking soda half a teaspoon cardamom powder 200 ml plain (unflavoured) and unsweetened rice milk 70 ml extra virgin olive oil 80 g rice malt syrup 20 ml maple […]


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Creamy celeriac and chestnut soup

by Alice on febbraio 1, 2010

Ingredients 100 g dried and peeled chestnuts, soaked in filtered water for 20 minutes 1 medium celeriac, peeled and cut into pieces whole sea salt 6 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil Himalayan salt, just enough to taste 400 ml filtered water (you can use all or part of the leftover cooking water you used to […]


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