by Alice on September 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,
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plums,
rice malt syrup,
vanilla
by Alice on September 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
Ingredients
50 ml GMO-free vegetable cream (I used almond cream), unsweetened and unflavoured
50 ml almond milk, unsweetened and unflavoured
120 g rice malt syrup
50 g hazelnut butter
50 g almond butter
100 g dark fairtrade chocolate (70% cocoa), broken into pieces and melted in a bain-marie
2 teaspoons natural vanilla extract
1-2 handfuls of dried sour cherries
1 large handful of coarsely [...]
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almond butter,
almond cream,
almond milk,
chocolate,
dried cherries,
hazelnut butter,
rice malt syrup,
vanilla,
vegetable cream
Ingredients
350 g ripe strawberries, cleaned and coarsely puréed
150 g rice malt syrup
juice of half a lemon
half a teaspoon powdered cardamom
a few pinches of powdered vanilla
half a teaspoon agar agar powder, dissolved in 1 tablespoon filtered water
Makes about 1 jar.
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agar agar,
cardamom,
lemon,
strawberries,
vanilla
by Alice on April 21, 2010
Ingredients
For the cake
150 g semi-whole wheat flour
150 g millet flour
a pinch of whole sea salt
half a teaspoon cream of tartar
4 Granny Smith apples
160 ml unsweetened and unflavoured almond milk
100 ml extra virgin olive oil
170 g rice malt syrup
a few pinches of vanilla powder
For the rice malt caramel sauce
250 g rice malt syrup
150 ml vegetable cream [...]
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almond milk,
apples,
extra virgin olive oil,
millet flour,
rice malt syrup,
semi-whole wheat flour,
vanilla
by Alice on March 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 tablespoons apple juice concentrate, with no added sugar
half a [...]
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almond cream,
apple juice,
apple juice concentrate,
apples,
bread,
oat milk,
rice malt syrup,
vanilla
by Alice on March 22, 2010
Ingredients
150 g whole rice, washed in cold water, well drained then cooked in water until very tender
160 g rice malt syrup
3 tablespoons light and fruity extra virgin olive oil
zest of 1 organic lemon, grated
3 tablespoons whole rice flour
80 g corn flour (GMO-free)
a pinch of whole sea salt
a few pinches of vanilla powder
1 tablespoon cornstarch (GMO-free)
3 [...]
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corn flour,
cornmeal,
mirin,
raisins,
rice,
rice flour,
rice malt syrup,
sultanas,
vanilla,
wholemeal flour
by Alice on March 12, 2010
Ingredients
For the crust
260 g semi-whole wheat flour
40 g whole rice flour
half a teaspoon whole sea salt
100-120 ml filtered water
120 ml extra virgin olive oil
For the filling (to fill 4-6 baskets)
100 g chopped walnuts
2 tablespoons rice malt syrup
4 tablespoons apricot jam, with no added refined sugar and naturally sweetened with agave syrup or rice malt syrup [...]
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almond cream,
apricots,
extra virgin olive oil,
oat mik,
orange,
rice flour,
rice malt syrup,
semi-whole wheat flour,
vanilla,
walnuts
by Alice on February 13, 2010
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 olive oil
200 ml almond milk, unsweetened and unflavoured
100 ml almond cream (or [...]
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almond cream,
almond milk,
cacao,
candied ginger,
chocolate,
ginger,
muscovado,
rice malt syrup. barley malt syrup,
semi-whole wheat flour,
vanilla,
wholemeal flour
by Alice on November 28, 2009
Ingredients
For the pannacotta
350 ml almond milk
150 ml almond cream (or other vegetable cream, preferably rice based cream)
3 tablespoons agave syrup
a pinch of vanilla powder
2 1/2 teaspoons agar agar powder
For the cacao and carob sauce
2 teaspoons cacao powder
4 teaspoons carob powder
2 teaspoons tahin
4 teaspoons agave syrup
3 teaspoons raw almond cream
9 teaspoons almond milk
To complete
2-3 fresh prickly [...]
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agar agar,
agave syrup,
almond cream,
almond milk,
carob,
prickly pears,
vanilla
by Alice on November 11, 2009
Ingredients
200 g semi-whole Manitoba flour
100 g whole rice flour
2 teaspoons cream of tartar
a pinch of whole sea salt
70 ml extra virgin olive oil
100 ml agave syrup
100-120 ml oat milk
half a teaspoon of essicated ginger powder
half a teaspoon cinnamon powder
2-3 pinches of powdered cloves
3-4 pinches of grated nutmeg
a pinch of mace powder
a pinch of vanilla powder
a [...]
Posted in: autumn, baking, breakfast and brunch, cupcakes and muffins, finger food, fruits, lunch-box, picnic, spicy, sweet
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agave syrup,
apples,
cardamom,
cinnamon,
cloves,
ginger,
macis,
Manitoba flour,
nutmeg,
oat milk,
rice flour,
semi-whole flour,
vanilla,
wholemeal flour