วันอาทิตย์ที่ 19 มิถุนายน พ.ศ. 2554

Kirstie Allsopp's Lime and Coconut Cake

As the days start to hot up, dust off the picnic hamper and try conjuring up this gorgeous golden brown Lime and Coconut cake, created by the expert of all things homemade, Kirstie Allsopp. This light sponge cake is drizzled with white icing and lime zest and is guaranteed to sweeten up any outdoor eating occasion. Plus, it's really easy to prepare -- simply beat together butter, eggs, desiccated coconut, self raising flour, the zest and juice of one lime, one tbsp of baking powder and the all-important ingredient, Nestle Carnation Condensed Milk. The condensed milk is the secret ingredient which will help to create a rich and moist sponge which all cooks crave. For the icing, simply mix the juice of one lime into 300g of icing sugar until you have a thick pouring consistency, drizzle over the cake and decorate with strands of lime zest. Watch the following video to see step by step how to make this simple and delicious summer treat. Perfect to pop into your picnic hamper and share with the whole family, this fresh, tropical and zesty cake will ensure that they'll be back for seconds! Log on to www.carnation.co.uk to find new delicious recipes every month from Kirstie Allsopp.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRwF3DPC2Bs&hl=en

วันเสาร์ที่ 18 มิถุนายน พ.ศ. 2554

Coconut Almond Chicken Recipe

This recipe for coconut almond chicken is both simple and healthy. The ingredients for this recipe include chicken breasts, organic coconut oil, organic coconut shreds/flakes, organic almonds, organic curry powder and himalayan crystal salt. Swanson Health Products has a variety of healthy recipes featuring natural and organic ingredients. For more healthy recipes, visit: www.swansonvitamins.com



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dpavp7hE6rU&hl=en

วันจันทร์ที่ 13 มิถุนายน พ.ศ. 2554

Raw Food Dessert: Jumble Berry Upside Down Cake - A Delicious Raw Food Recipe

Visit www.learnrawfood.com to see more raw food recipes. Raw food author and chef Jennifer Cornbleet shares how to prepare a delicious and simple Jumble Berry Upside Down Cake using all raw ingredients and natural sweeteners. From her second book, Raw for Dessert. Raw dessert and snack...



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pf4nJoe_ay4&hl=en

วันเสาร์ที่ 11 มิถุนายน พ.ศ. 2554

วันพฤหัสบดีที่ 9 มิถุนายน พ.ศ. 2554

Vegan Coconut Cake - sugar, egg and dairy chargeless with spelt or rice flour

Learn how to make vegan coconut cake that is dairy, egg, sugar, wheat and gluten free and taste fantastic with Anette Martinsen. For conversions grams into cups etc go to... www.gourmetsleuth.com USE 200g RICE FLOUR FOR GLUTEN FREE or 200g SPELT FLOUR FOR WHEAT FREE Filmed, directed and edited by my son Tomas Martinsen-Hickman - www.youtube.com To order a copy of the book "A Recipe for Health by Anette Martinsen" go to www.amazon.co.uk or from www.anettemartinsen.com Credit: Moby - In My Heart



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLtJd68yEpo&hl=en

วันพุธที่ 8 มิถุนายน พ.ศ. 2554

Weight Loss and Vegan Diets

When it comes to healthy weight reduction, one of the techniques of success is to eat a healthy diet. Balance here means eating the proper quantity of tasty food. In our preprocessed food, take-out world, it is simple to get the quantities inaccurate and also miss the quality too. Getting back to the elementals is critical. Rather than nibbling consistently in the day, try your best to eat three sensible meals. Cook or have your food cooked using delightful, natural ingredients and then eat with others in a cool demeanour.
The yoga diet contains fruits, plants, grains and milk products. You can get satisfactory protein ( particularly if you also consume nuts and milk products ) so you don't have to stress about it. If you want to lose weight on a long term basis you need to change your diet or your pattern of exercise or both. Try out a balanced animal product free diet and if you find it advantageous, then keep it up for the rest of your life.
All diets intended to promote heart health are low fat and fats and fiber-rich. Vegan diets, then, are natural choices for those that need to reduce the danger of coronary disease because vegan diets are naturally low fat and high in fiber! Getting shot of meat, birds and fish, which are among the foods highest in cholesterol and fats and lowest in fiber, can be a giant step in the direction of improving heart health.
Another step, which comes simply to those on vegan diets, is to extend the consumption of plant-based foods that are naturally fiber rich. Plant-based foods, especially vegetables and fruit, also provide antioxidant protection for the heart. The following ideas from www.d-vegetarian.com are advised for cooking heart-healthy vegetarian meals : Saute foods in water or truly tiny quantities of olive or canola oil.
Such techniques include sauting, steaming, roasting, baking, poaching, boiling, and stir-frying with virtually no oil. You can try replacing some of the oil, butter or marg in recipes with water, juice, applesauce, or pured prunes.
As an example, if a recipes call for one egg, use two whites of the eggs and drop the yolks. When buying ingredients for heart-healthy meals, buy lots of fruits, plants, whole grains, legumes and fat free or fat free milk products. Read the labels on break foods to find out how much cholesterol and fats they contain. The best nibbles are popcorn, fresh vegetables and fruit, rice cakes, and pretzels. To fiber intake, select multi grain bread and cereals and limit the consumption of refined ( white ) bread and cereals. Also limit consumption of sweet baked products like croissants and muffins, which have a tendency to be low in fiber and high in fat. Eating out can be particularly challenging both to vegans and to those worried about heart health. Dodge mayonnaise-based salad dressings, and always ask for dressings and sauces to be served on the side so you can limit the amount you eat. But saturated fats are also found in coconut, palm, and palm kernel oil, so these oils should be led clear of on a heart healthy diet. Trans fats, that might also make a contribution to the development of heart issues, are found in marg and many baked products. Monounsaturated fats, the kind that are superb for the heart, include canola oil, olive oil, flax seed oil, nuts, avocado, soy, and nut butters. A vegetarian diet that includes soy products may add a further benefit for heart health.
The common advice is twenty-five grams of soy protein each day. Since cholesterol is only found in food of animal origin,eg meat, eggs and dairy products, vegans don't have to worry about cholesterol in the foods they eat... Grains, legumes, nuts, fruits, veggies and plant oil are all naturally cholesterol free.
For great new information on vegan diets, as well as vegan multivitamin supplements, and recipe ideas for vegetarians, visit the VegetarianVitaminsGuide.com today.

วันอังคารที่ 7 มิถุนายน พ.ศ. 2554

Paleo Diet Cake Recipes – How to Bake a Lip-Smacking Paleolithic Pecan Nut Cake

Are you looking for some delectable paleo diet cake recipes? Ah, did I hear you say "yes"? Okay cool, because I want to share with you my methods of baking a Paleolithic style pecan nut cake.
It's quite easy to do so - just follow the step-by-step instructions. I'm sure it'll turn out alright.
You know, recently I tried my hands on a few paleo diet cake recipes which I learned from a digital cookbook set and they all turned out okay.
One of the first paleo cakes I baked had a really burnt look, but surprisingly it tasted awesome! Heck even my fiancé' liked it a lot and she's doesn't even follow the caveman diet. Cool huh?
By the way, if you're interested in downloading that paleo cookbook set just follow this link:  Paleo Recipe Cookbooks
You'll find lots of tasty paleo recipes in those cookbooks – seafood, beef, chicken, cookies, noodles etc. I don't recall the exact number of recipes, but they do have several paleo diet cake recipes.
Okay I should stop blabbing now. After all, you want to know how to make that paleo pecan nut cake right? So, let's begin!
You'll need these ingredients: 600 grams of pecan nut flour, 30 grams of macadamia nuts, 30 grams of shelled walnuts, 60 grams of raisins, a bit of rosemary and finally, 3 tbs of olive oil
Directions:
Step 1
Pour pecan nut flour into a mixing bowl and stir it around .Next add about 800 ml of water but don't pour the whole jug into the bowl. Instead pour in a gradual manner and repeatedly stir the flour to ensure that lumps do not form.
The mixture must not become too drippy or thick so stir until it is absolutely smooth.
Step 2
Raisins should be soaked thoroughly and the excess water squeezed out completely. Next, drop macadamia nuts, walnuts, raisins and 2 tbs olive oil into the mixture.
Step 3
Grease a shallow cake pan (cake height shouldn't be more than 1 cm) and pour the entire mixture into it. Use the remaining olive oil (1tbs) to drizzle over the mixture and add some rosemary on top of it. Heat oven to 180°C. Place the cake pan in the oven and bake for approximately 30 minutes.
Step
Wait 20 minutes or so for the cake to cool down. Now grab a fork and start gobbling on what I feel is one the best paleo diet cake recipes around!
As mentioned earlier, you can get tons more paloelithic style recipes…Stuff like cherry balls, choco nut bar, coconut choco cake, omelets, beef, chicken and more from a set of downloadable paleo cookbooks found at the link below:
www.paleorecipecookbooks.info