MILLET PUDDING with BERRIES & TURMERIC

Not long time ago, I found one of the best food blogs ever. It is called Gotuj zdrowo! The fact I like the most is that the owner of that blog, Marek, comes from the same city as me ;)

The blog looks amazing. Beautiful photos and lots of information about ingredients used in prepared dishes.
Marek, the same as me, stands for conscious nutrition and eating healthily as a way of prevention. He is aware that food heals and nourishes us.

'Real' food brings health and happiness to your life so you can enjoy it for longer!

"You Are What You Eat"
/Aristotle/

MILLET PUDDING with BERRIES & TURMERIC
/ You can find original recipe here /


INGREDIENTS:

• 1 cup boiled millet
• 3-4 dates
• 1/2 cup almond milk (or any nut milk or mineral water)
• 2 TBS ground almonds
• 1 tsp cinnamon 
• handful of fresh blueberries & raspberries
• 1/2 tsp turmeric

METHOD:

Blend millet, dates, almond milk, almonds and cinnamon. Transfer to a glass or dessert dish, sprinkle with turmeric and top with fresh berries. Mix and enjoy it!

in Polish


SKŁADNIKI:

• 1 szklanka ugotowanej kaszy jaglanej
• 3-4 daktyle bez pestek
• 1/2 szklanki mleka roślinnego (jakiegokolwiek)
• 2 łyżki mielonych migdałów
• 1 łyżeczka cynamonu
• garść owoców jagodowych
• 1/2 łyżeczki kurkumy

WYKONANIE:

Kaszę zmiksować z daktylami, mlekiem, migdałami i cynamonem. Przełożyć do szklanki albo naczynia deserowego, posypać kurkumą i owocami. Wymieszać i rozkoszować się!

PAVLOVA with BERRIES

Summer desserts are light and yummy. Time for pavlova!

PAVLOVA with BERRIES


INGREDIENTS:

• 2 egg whites
• 100 g dark brown sugar
• pinch of salt
• 1/3 tsp cornstarch
• 300 ml double cream
• fresh berries

METHOD:

Preheat the oven to 175 C. Prepare baking tray with parchment paper.

Whip egg whites with pinch of salt until fluffy. Then gradually add sugar and beat until stiff. At the end add cornstarch and mix gently. Transfer the mixture onto the baking paper and spread in the round shape.

Place into the oven, on the lower part, turn down the heat to 120 C and bake for about 1 hour and 15 mins. The meringue should be crispy on the edges and soft in the middle. When ready, leave in the oven with door ajar.

In the meantime, whip cream and put to the fridge. Wash berries and drain well.

When the meringue is at room temperature, spread whipped cream on the top, top with berries and serve!

/ Zulus again interested in cake /

/ Big thanks to Rob Majch for help /

MERINGUE DESSERT with RASPBERRIES

Enjoy that dessert sitting in the garden... or you can imagine that :)


MERINGUE DESSERT with RASPBERRIES / Makes 1 portion

INGREDIENTS:

• 2 handfuls of fresh berries
• 2 handfuls of crushed meringue
• 6 TBS whipped cream

METHOD:

Whipped cream should be chilled. Make layers from all ingredients.

HOMEMADE RASPBERRY JELLY (KISIEL)

Custard and jelly always remind me my childhood. My mum used to buy such powdered desserts in a shop and we used to love them with my brother. Each of us had favourite flavours.

Now I prefer to make my own as I know what ingredients I put in and that is good for me.

HOMEMADE RASPBERRY JELLY / Makes 3 portions


INGREDIENTS:

• 1 cup frozen or fresh raspberries (you can use any fruit)
• 2 TBS potato starch
• 1 & 2/3 cups water
• stevia

METHOD:

Wash, cut - if needed, fruits and place them in a saucepan. Mix potato starch with 1/3 cup cold water. Pour the rest of water over fruits and place the pan on medium-high heat. When that mixture is boiling add potato starch with water and stir until you get the consistency of jelly. Cook for another 2 minutes. Sweeten with some stevia and transfer to small dishes and wait few minutes before serving or leave it to cool completely. 

LEMON & COCONUT LOAF with BERRIES

I have not had any cake in a while so I decided to make a very nice one. Last time I made simple lemon loaf like in the original recipe. It was a little too sweet and sour for me. And this time I did not make lemon glaze, I used less lemon juice and I added some berries which nicely balanced the sour taste.

LEMON & COCONUT LOAF with BERRIES

// Recipe adapted from Sprouted Kitchen //

INGREDIENTS:

• 2 organic eggs
• 1/2 cup olive or rapeseed oil
• 1/4 cup coconut milk
• 1 TBS freshly squeezed lemon juice
• 1 TBS lemon zest
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup coconut palm sugar
• 1 cup wholegrain spelt flour
• 1/2 cup coconut flour
• 1 TBS ground flaxseeds
• 1/2 tsp sea salt
• 1/4 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp xanthan gum
• 1/3 cup blueberries
• 1/2 cup raspberries

METHOD:

Preheat the oven to 175C and line baking loaf pan with parchment paper.

Whisk eggs with sugar with electric mixer for few minutes. Add coconut milk, lemon zest and juice, vanilla extract and mix well. Mix all dry ingredients in a medium bowl and then add to egg mixture mixing well. At the end add berries and gently stir them in.

Pour the mixture into prepared loaf pan and bake until cake tester inserted into the cake comes out clean, about 40-50 minutes.