Part 2 - Flourless Nutrient-Dense Chocolate Cake

If you missed Part 1, just click on this link. 

Ingredients:

• 8 eggs 

• 150 grams of raw dark chocolate

• 125 grams of butter 

• 1 heaping tablespoon of raw honey or 2 tablespoons of maple syrup
• 1/4 teaspoon of vanilla powder

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 160 degrees (or 320 F) 
2. Break raw chocolate into small pieces. Mix them with butter in a bowl. Heat them in a "bain-marie" (water-bath)
3. Separate eggs
4. Beat egg whites until light and fluffy, using an electric mixer
5. Beat egg yolks until foamy
6. When chocolate and butter are melted, allow to cool
7. Add vanilla powder and honey (or maple syrup) to the chocolate sauce.
8. Slowly pour the chocolate sauce onto the egg yolks, and mix well. 
9. Add the egg whites to the mixture. Gently. Very important. 
10. Pour the cake batter into a round oven dish.
11. Bake for 30 minutes or so. 

This cake is best when chilled. 

Enjoy with some raw cream and blueberries! 

GEEKY-STUFF-OF-THE-DAY:

Egg whites should be avoided by people who have gut disorders and autoimmune diseases. 

Replace those 8 eggs by 12-14 egg yolks. 

Why? Egg whites contain a protein called LYSOZYME which is good at crossing the gut barrier. It forms monster molecules with random things in the gut, then transports them into the gut. As people with autoimmune diseases already deal with a leaky gut (= intestinal hyper-permeability), dealing with an extra transporter may be detrimental to their health. The effect is relatively small in those with a healthy digestive system.  

For more information about LYSOZYME, read this post from Sarah Ballantyne. 

CREME A LA VANILLE

I can't wait to share this with you! This is a nutrient-dense vanilla custard. OH-MY-GOD! 

The Heath Benefits of Orange Foods

A SAVOURY Grain-Nut-Dairy-Sugar-Eggwhite-free MUFFIN (Breathe In here) that offers satiety and high gustative pleasure? 

I found a recipe, which also provides the marvellous health benefits of Orange Foods.
  

WARM BANANA MILK - without milk

I've recently been diagnosed with Crohn's Disease, which is one of the Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (IBD)

I can not eat any fruit at the moment, except bananas. I know and I feel that they are easily digestible. I still have to do a bit of research about their properties regarding our digestive system... 

This recipe is very simple. It is nice and soothing, when you need something warming, comforting, nourishing and above all liquid if your gut can not tolerate any solid or irritating food. 

If you don't have any issue, it is nice too ! 

You will need a blender.

Ingredients

- 1 banana (ripe like on the picture)

- 1 cup 1/2 of filtered water 

- 1 vanilla pod

- 2 desert spoons of coconut cream ( I like the brand Niulife, it comes in a glass jar)

Instructions

- Peel the skin off the banana and slice it into small pieces

- Put the pieces into a pan filled with 1 cup 1/2 of filtered water 

- Add the vanilla pod

- Heat up the pan ( low heat) for 5 minutes. It should not boil. 

- The banana should look softer 

- Remove the vanilla pod and pour the content of the pan into your blender

- Add the coconut cream

- Blend for 15 seconds

Enjoy ! 

If you've got a small appetite, just chill and appreciate it either cold or warm ( reheat it). 

Another tip : I have used the leftover into cooked white rice, to make a warm rice porridge. Yummy! 

Chocolate Fondant - Not like you would imagine

If you can't go without cacao, this recipe will find you! 

It's quick and easy to cook. 

There is some maple syrup, that's why it's not sugar-free. 

Serves 8

Ingredients:

- 2 medium sweet potatoes, steamed (skin-on) till soft

- 6 heaped desert spoons of organic dessicated coconut (shredded coconut works too. It's what I've used because I ran out of dessicated coconut) 

- 2 pastured-chicken eggs

- 2 desert spoons of organic maple syrup 

- 2 heaped desert spoons of extra-virgin organic coconut oil (when semi-solid obviously) or 4 when liquid

- 2 heaped desert spoons of organic raw cacao powder diluted/mixed with 1/4 cup of warm water 

- OPTIONAL: some cardamom powder (half a teaspoon) 

Instructions:

- Preheat the oven at 140°C

- Peel off the skin of the sweet potatoes when they are cool enough. 

- Crush them using a fork, then add the coconut oil

- Add the eggs. Whisk them into the mixture. 

- Pour the coconut (shredded or dessicated). If you've some spare time, leave them to stand for 15 minutes into the mixture so they will get softer. 

- Add the chocolate sauce, the maple syrup and the cardamom powder. 

- Bake in the oven for 1 hour at 140°C 

This Fondant is delicious when cooled, and even more delicate after a few hours in the fridge. 

Enjoy with a Rooibos Tea. Mindful Eating, bien sûr. 

Easy Unique Banana Pancake with Raw Cacao Sauce

Last week, I had the flu, and oddly I had no appetite at all in the morning, till 12 PM. It never happens to me!

The idea of eating a savoury meal was not attractive to me. 

However, the idea of eating a pancake was great to stimulate hunger! 

This recipe is super easy. You only need 15 minutes to prepare it, including the cooking time.

Ingredients (for one person only, that' s why it is UNIQUE!)

- One ripe banana

- 1 teaspoon of creamed coconut 

- 1  or 2 Eggs (Pastured Organic)

- 10 grams of Butter (I found one brand of Grass Fed Butter at Woolworth: Westgold, and it is one the cheapest on the shelves!)

- 1 teaspoon  of coconut flour (or not at all will be even more delicate!)
- 1 heaped desert spoon of dessicated coconut

- 2 pinches of Baking Soda Powder

- One good teaspoon of coconut oil 

For the Raw Cacao Sauce

- 1 heaped desert spoon of Raw Cacao Powder

- 1 teaspoon of Raw Honey

- One pinch of Cardamom Power (my touch!)

- 5 grams of Butter

Instructions:

- Melt the butter in a double boiler or in the microwave

- Mash the banana and add it to the butter melted. Stir well.

- Add the creamed coconut and 4 desert spoons of water, or the equivalent in coconut milk.

- Add the whole egg amd mix. 

- Put the coconut flour and the baking soda powder. 

- Preheat a pan over medium heat
- Grease the pan with coconut oil

- Pour the whole amount of batter into the pan
- Put a lid on and cook for 2-3 minutes



- Flip and cook for an additional 2-3 minutes (tricky step as there is no gluten ...) It is not easy to get a well shaped pancake !)
- Add a little bit of coconut oil on your pancake, it s gonna be delicious !

Then for the Cacao Sauce:

- Heat some water

- In a bowl pour the cacao,the butter, the honey

- Pour the hot water onto the previous mixture, stirring well.

- Add the honey and the cardamom powder

Well ... A Table ! Bon Appetit !

Salmon Tartare à la française

As you probably know, for the last 12 months, I have been avoiding grains, dairy and legumes (Paleo diet)  This lifestyle suits me very well, as: 

- It has healed my body from a very rare condition called Scleritis, and it probably slows down another issue I have - I've just discovered the name of it, even if I have been in pain for the last 15 years!  As it is not common, I don't know much about it ( Idiopathic Condylar Resorption in the Temporo Mandibular Joint) I can only share my experience and would be happy to know other people who have it. 

- The other benefit is that eating that way has awaken my passion for cooking. I thrive when I cook! To be honest, on my days off, I spend at least 3 hours cooking and 2 hours shopping or just strolling round the organic shops and greengrocers! 

As I am a very curious person, I  looked for french paleo dieters on the Internet and I realised the Paleo diet is far to be known in France. Over there, they know the "Seignalet" diet , (http://www.seignalet.fr), which is meant to be an ancestral way of eating. It seems to be quite different to the Paleo diet though. One of the features of the Seignalet diet is to eat fish, meat and eggs in a RAW state. 

That's why today, I made an experience. I tried to find a way to eat RAW and PALEO*

Green Soup

Serves 4-6 


Ingredients
  

• 2 broccoli heads and stems roughly chopped OR 2 bunches of leeks, chopped
• 3 celery stalks, diced
• 1/2 bunch silverbeet, stalks trimmed and leaves coarsely shredded
• 1 onion chopped

• 1 handful of coconut flakes
• ¼ cup coconut milk 
• 1 garlic clove
• 2 TBSP coconut oil OR guee melted 
• 1 teaspoon ground coriander
• 1 pinch of caraway seeds

Instructions


Your attention please ! The following recipe is made with leeks, celery and silvebeets. If you prefer broccolis instead of leeks, add them with the Silverbeet (step 6)

1. In a large heavy bottom saucepan, place the oil or guee.
2. Heat (medium-low heat)then add garlic and onion and cook until translucent
3. Boil 1 Litre of pure water
4. Put the chopped leek and celery into the saucepan, stirring the whole mixture
5. Pour the boiled water into the saucepan
6. Add the silverbeet
7. Throw in coconut flakes 
8. Add the herbs
9. Simmer for 15 minutes and stir in coconut milk
10. Optional: place in blender then blend together until smooth and return to pan if it needs reheating

Bon Appétit !  

Hot Chocolate with Almond Milk

Note to people who are on a Salt-Free Diet : 

Almond Milk contains sea salt ! Be careful and read the labels.

If, like me, your body tells you to avoid coffee, tea, dairy and soy milk, you know how difficult it is to find substitutes ! 

I have found something guys ! You will totally forget your cravings for a Latte ! 


This is a Hot chocolate with Almond Milk. 

Please read this article http://www.marksdailyapple.com/why-you-should-eat-and-drink-high-cacao-dark-chocolate/#axzz1oTsUBtsZ, then you won't feel guilty at all when you drink this Heavenly Hot Chocolate! 

If you love CHOCOLATE, I'm pretty sure you will be a fan... 

To be honest, I have this hot drink almost every day ! It is so delicious that it stops all my cravings! 

Ingredients, for a Large Hot Chocolate

- 1 cup of Organic Almond Milk (In Sydney, I found this brand called Pure Harvest, no sugar added) 

- Hald a cup of Filtered Water

- 1 Tablespoon of Organic Unsweetened Raw Cacao Powder (easy to find in Organic Shops) 

- Spices and Sweetener are optional : a pinch of ginger powder, 3 to 4 cardamom seeds(OR a pinch of ground cardamom), a pinch of Organic Stevia Powder (the Herb) 

Directions

1. Bring the water and Almond Milk with Cardamom Seeds(optional) to a simmer in a saucepan over medium heat. 
2. In a large glass or cup, put the raw cacao power, the ground spices, the dash of Stevia. 
3. Pour less than half of the hot mixture into your glass or cup. Make sure you do this step very slowly ! Stir the Cacao Mix Powder with a fork until completelety dissolved, then keep pouring the rest of the hot liquid into your glass. 
4. My technique is to put back this mixture into the saucepan and reheat it slightly. 
5. Remove the Cardamom Seeds with a teaspoon.
6. Enjoy ...

What do you think ?