An easy gluten-free recipe for Coconut and Yoghurt Pancakes (also known as crumpets), made with coconut flour, corn flour, vanilla, eggs and Danone Nutriday Double Cream Plain Yoghurt. Gluten-Free flours love moisture, and the double thick yoghurt ensures that the pancakes stay bouncy and moist, while the yoghurt and fruit on top finish this pancake stack off beautifully. Making the Coconut & Yoghurt Pancakes These pancakes are light and fluffy yet very filling This recipe makes around 10 – 15 pancakes (depending on how big you like) Cook the pancakes slowly over low heat, the key is to brown them nicely, which makes for an easy flip I topped with…
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Three Layered Peanut Butter and Jelly Chia
Nothing better than a PB&J sarmie, so I took the flavours of peanut butter and jam (jelly) and made a three layered Peanut Butter and Jelly Chia pudding. This Three Layered Peanut Butter and Jelly Chia pudding contains the following hero ingredients: sugar-free peanut butter, chia seeds, almond milk, vanilla essence, almond milk, agar-agar, maple syrup and fresh strawberries. How to make the Jelly Layer First, you will need about 5 strawberries, and if you can get your hands on the Woolworths Flavourburst Strawberries – all the better. Chop and then slowly simmer the strawberries in a saucepan with water, agar and a squeeze of lemon juice. Pour into the…
Guilt-free Blackberry Oatmeal Parfait
Hello to today’s recipe: Guilt-free Blackberry Oatmeal Parfait, Vanilla Chia Oats, layered between fresh Blackberries, yoghurt and Blackberry Compote. You heard that right: a Guilt-free Blackberry Oatmeal Parfait because breakfast doesn’t have to be boring brown oats. Blackberries are one of my favourite fruits and they seem to still be available at Woolies, so I grabbed a punnet to make this breakfast jar. Making the Parfait This recipe uses a quick sautée method to cook the blackberries and you can easily double this recipe if you want to make a bigger batch, and save half to put over your morning yoghurt. Once that’s done, we move onto the oats, which…
Peppermint Crisp Chia Pudding
Satisfy your sweet tooth with this Peppermint Crisp Chia Pudding. It all starts off with some chia seeds soaked in almond milk, peppermint essence, maple syrup and cocoa powder, and is topped off with some cocoa nibs for added texture. South Africans love Peppermint Crisp I think the thing that we all love about Peppermint Crisp is that satisfying crunch of peppermint shards, with that creamy chocolate base. That is what I wanted to recreate with this Chia Pudding recipe and to do that, I used crunchy cocoa nibs, a dash of peppermint essence for that freshness and cocoa powder to give the chia seeds a chocolate flavour. How Healthy…
3 Gut Healing Smoothie Recipes
Gut Health is important, that is why I have compiled my favourite 3 Gut Healing Smoothie Recipes for you today on the blog that are gluten and dairy-free and will help fight gut inflammation. If you’re looking for a delicious, healthy snack that’s easy on your tummy and won’t send your blood sugar levels into a spin, then you’ll love these simple smoothie recipes. Did you Know? The gut plays a vital role in your overall health and well-being, controlling everything from your weight to your mood to brain health, inflammation and immune function. Not only that, but 90% of serotonin, the happy feel-good hormone, is produced in the gut.…