Super tasty vegan cookies

School holidays has started and we are on week one. The weather is not too bad so lots of outings and picnics are involved. I am still doing a lot of baking especially in the evening when I have more time for myself. I am slightly obsessed with this cookies, I bake them every second day so I always have then for a healthy snack alongside a savory crackers and carrot sticks.. 

Ingredients:

150 gr ground porridge oats

50 gr ground almonds

4 Tbsp maple syrup

1 Tbsp cocoa powder 

50 gr cocoa nibs

handful of currants (optional )

4 Tbsp melted coconut oil

1 tsp vanilla extract

pinch of salt

85 ml water

Combine everything in a mixing bawl , using your hands form a 16 cookies .

Place them on a baking tray covered with a baking paper. 

Bake the cookies for 20 minutes on 170 C . 

Thanks for reading! I would appreciate any comments or suggestions from you.

Yummy food over a busy weekend

It's been a busy bank holiday over here full of celebrating, cooking, eating, laughing, playing and more.
First, it was my 13th wedding anniversary which always involves a special meal and a nice bottle of something bubbly.
The very next day we celebrated my sister in law's birthday in a very nice Italian restaurant.
But that's not all, the day after, our youngest child turned four and that was a busy and exciting day for all of us.
Here is some of the food we enjoyed over the weekend!

Classic hummus in a company of a fresh french radishes 

300 gr cooked chickpeas

1 Tbsp tahini

juice of half lemon

3-4 Tbsp olive oil

salt and pepper

Place all ingredients into a food processor and blended until smooth.

Store in a glass jar in fridge up to 3 days.  

Baked squash with roasted veggies 

serve 4

1 butternut squash 

vegetables of your choice: peppers, courgettes, onions, broccoli 

cooked kale or fresh rocket leaves 

pumpkin seeds

salt and pepper

olive oil

Cut the squash into half, don't need to peel it.

Using a knife make a cross cutting at the top, season with salt and pepper and brush it with some oil.

Bake the squash up side down on 180 C for 30 minutes, then add the vegetables and turn the squash over.

Roast everything for further 20 minutes or until the veggies are done.

In a meanwhile, cook the kale and dry-roast the seeds.

Cut the squashes on half lengthwise and serve with the veggies sprinkled with seeds.

 

Strawberry cake 

200 gr fine flour

90 ml oil, I use coconut oil, melted

300 gr fresh strawberries 

2 eggs

90 gr brown sugar or 4-5 Tbsp honey

1 1/2 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

1 tsp vanilla exstract

milk if needed

Place 200 gr fresh strawberries into a blender and blend until smooth.

Chop up the rest of the strawberries.

Place the wet ingredients in a large mixing bowl, whisk all up, add the dry ingredients and a splash of milk if cake mixture is dry.

Add the chopped strawberries and pour the mixture into a bottom loose cake tin, size 20 cm across.

Bake the cake for 20-25 minutes on 180 C.

Serve with custard and some fresh strawberries.

Peanut butter cookies 

220 gr spelt flour

1 tsp baking powder

4 Tbsp peanut butter

2 Tbsp coconut oil

4 Tbsp honey or maple syrup 

1 egg

1 tsp vanilla extract 

pinch of salt

50 gr chopped nuts, I used pecan 

50 gr currants 

Melt the coconut oil, add the peanut butter and set a side.

In a mixing bowl, place the dry ingredients, add cooled oil and butter mixture as well as the egg.

Mix everything using a wooden spoon.

Add the nuts and currants.

Scoop out a medium size cookie dough, form a cookie with your hands and place it onto a baking tray.

Repeat until you use all the dough.

You can make a pattern on the top, using a fork.

Bake the cookies for 10 - 15 minutes on 170 C.

 

Breakfast blueberry cakes

350 gr self-raising wholemeal flour

2 tsp baking powder

1 tsp salt

1/2 tsp cinnamon 

150 gr fresh or frozen blueberries

2 eggs

200 gr plain yogurt

100 ml oil

zest and juice of half lemon

1 tsp vanilla extract

100 gr mashed banana

4 Tbsp honey

Whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt and cinnamon in a bowl.

In a separate bowl whisk the eggs, add the yogurt, oil, zest and juice of lemon, vanilla, honey and mashed banana.

Fold in the dry ingredients followed by the blueberries.

Spoon the mixture into a muffin tin ( buttered ) for 12 muffins and bake for 25 - 30 minutes on 200 C.

Get them out as soon as they are baked and cool them down a little bit before eating. 

Колачи / Cookies

No, I am not eating shop-bought cookies filled up with fats that can damage you body, I always find time to make my own, store them in a jar and enjoy them occasionally. Very often I don't have a chance to even try one, if you have children you will understand why.
Love your body ..........  

Ке ви треба:

200 гр брашно

90 гр путер

50 гр шеќер

3 лажици ладно млеко

30 - 40 гр сецкано чоколадо

Во подлабок сад ставете го брашното, додајте го путерот исецкан на коцки и истрљајте го во брашното да се соедини смесата.

Додајте млеко по потреба.На крај додајте го сецканото чоколадо.

Смесата замотајте ја во најлон фолија и чувајте ја во фрижидер половина час.

Со сукало развлечете го тестото, малку подебело од 5 мм.

Со калап од 5 см вадете колачи и редете ги во тепсија за печење.

Повторете ја постапката додека имате тесто.

Печете ги колачите на 180 степени 12 до 15 минути.

Ingredients: 

200 gr flour

90 gr butter

50 gr sugar

3 - 4 tbsp cold milk

30 - 40 gr chopped chocolate 

Put the flour in a mixing bowl, add the butter cut into squares and rub it in using your fingers.

Add the milk, form a dough and add the chocolate. Wrap the dough in cling film and store it in fridge for 30 minutes.

Using a rolling pin roll the dough to be just over 5 mm thick and cut out cookies using a 5 cm wide cutter.  

Place the cookies into a baking tray and bake them on 180 C 12 - 15 minutes.