Raspberry financiers

INGREDIENTS

• 125g caster sugar
• 5 tablespoons plain flour
• 2 tablespoons ground almonds
• 1 large pinch baking powder
• 4 egg whites
• 60g butter, melted
• 1 punnet raspberries

METHOD

• Preheat oven to 180 C / Gas 4. Butter 4 financier moulds or mini tart tins.
• In a medium bowl combine sugar, flour, ground almonds, baking powder, egg whites and butter; whisk thoroughly.
• Distribute raspberries evenly in bottom of cake tins; cover with cake mixture.
• Bake in preheated oven for 15 minutes. Wait 5 minutes before unmoulding.

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Here is how to prepare it: Instructions Next Page

                                                                                   

 After the green chilly sauce I posted yesterday, I also made the red chilly sauce. This is almost like the green chilly sauce but with little variations. I made a paneer dish with both sauces and we just loved them. It is so much better than the pricey store bought sauces. You can store these in refrigerator for three months because of the vinegar in the sauce. The reason why I chose to make these sauces was because of my paleo diet.

The store bought sauces have so many ingredients which we can’t have during paleo. So I had to come up with versions with paleo approved ingredients. Dieting or no, these sauces can be made at home and relished as dips too. I have used red wine vinegar to make this sauce. It is just for flavour. If you don’t have it, go for apple cider vinegar or plain vinegar. They all add the required tang to the sauce. You can use it in all Indo Chinese dishes like fried rice, manchurians and noodles. They certainly add a great flavour to the final dish.

Ingredients:

• Dried Red Chilly – 100 gm
• Ghee – 2 tbs
• Cumin seeds – 2 tsp
• Ginger – 2″ piece
• Garlic – One whole Bulb
• Salt – to taste
• Red Wine Vinegar – 3/4 cup

 

Procedure:

1. In a pan heat ghee and add cumin seeds.
2. When they crackle, add in ginger, garlic and red chillies.
3. Sauté for a few minutes on low flame.
4. Add salt and 1/2 cup of water.
5. Cover and cook on low flame until the chillies are nicely soaked and there is very less water left.
6. Remove from flame and allow it to cool down completely.
7. Add this to mixer jar and grind it to a fine paste adding the vinegar 1/4 cup at a time.
8. Transfer to jar and store in refrigerator.

 

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We know, we know, it sounds too good to be true, but we promise you it is. A whole lemon, eggs, butter, sugar and vanilla are all that get pulsed together until you’ve got a finely blended mixture that’s nice and smooth, with the perfect amount of graininess from the fresh lemon; it adds both texture and flavor, and makes the whole pie extra tasty. If it’s taking a minute for this info to compute – is it really this easy to make a pie?? – don’t worry, we were in the same boat. And yes, it actually is this easy to make this refreshing lemon pie.

So, check your fridge, freezer and pantry, since you’ve probably already got all the ingredients you need for this, dust off your blender, and get going. Whether you use a store-bought pie crust or you make one from scratch, rest easy knowing the filling comes together in literally 45 seconds, then all you have to do is pop the pie in the oven and bake it until the center is just set. We like to chill it so that it sets beautifully and you get clearly defined slices, but if you can’t wait that long, we get it. Get some sweetness in your life and make this pie this week!

Here is how to prepare it:
Instructions Next Page

                                                          

Snacking is important for children since their smaller stomachs fill up fast and they burn energy quickly. Snacks between meals give their growing bodies the needed nutrients and hydration.

According to studies, snacks contribute more than 20% of the daily energy intake of children. When younger, children need a snack in the mornings and the afternoon. Older school-age children can have a larger snack after school.

As a rule, the best option is a vegetable or fruit as the main snack item alongside some whole grain, milk, or protein option.

Yet, do your kids like fruits and vegetables?

To be frank, all the kids I know would rather have a chocolate bar or some tasty cereals instead of these healthy produce, but I also believe the form is as important as the meaning at times, and this case is not an exception.

If you prepare the healthy snacks of your little ones in the form of cute and funny bugs, I bet they will always ask for more!

Vegan, gluten-free, and Sodium-low, Fruit and Vegetable Bug Snacks

Vegetable bugs

½ cup Vegan cream cheese

10 cucumber slices

2-3 Celery stalks, cut into various lengths

1-2 mini cucumbers, halved lengthwise, cut into various lengths

5-7 black olives

10 whole cashews

1 cup cherry and/or grape tomatoes

1 bunch chives, cut into 1” lengths

Fruit bugs

3-4 strawberries, sliced

½ cup blueberries

2-3 celery stalks, cut into various lengths

½ cup peanut butter

1 cup red and/or green grapes

1 apple, sliced

½ cup Envirokidz Leapin’ Lemurs cereal

¼ cups mini dairy-free chocolate chips

Directions:

1. Prepare the googly eyes for the fruit and vegetable bugs.

 Vegetable bugs:

-- Use a straw to cut out black olive pupils. You can also chop black olives into small pieces and use them for the pupils instead. Pipe small dots of cream cheese onto a plate and top with black olive pupils. After assembling the eyes, leave them in the freezer to chill.

 Fruit bugs: 

-- Pipe small dots of cream cheese onto a plate. Put mini dairy-free chocolate chips on the top.

-- “Glue” mini chocolate chips to the Envirokidz cereal with peanut butter or cream cheese.

-- After assembling the eyes, leave them into the freezer to chill.

2. Prepare fruit and vegetables

Use the photos for a visual guide to see how to prepare the ingredients.

3. Scoop seeds from mini cucumbers. Slice a flat edge on the bottoms of mini cucumbers and celery sticks to make the bugs stand upright.

4. Vegetable bugs. Using a spoon or a piping bag, fill the celery stalks and/or mini cucumbers with cream cheese.

5. Fruit bugs: Using a spoon or a piping bag, fill the celery stalks with peanut butter. These will be the base of all the fruit and vegetable bugs.

6. Unleash your imagination, get creative, and create your own bug kingdom!

Here are some interesting suggestions:

Snails: Use a fruit or vegetable round for the shell, stick the chilled googly eyes onto the tomato, cashew, or grape “heads”, and add chives or thin-sliced apples as antennae.

Caterpillars: Make the body of the caterpillar with a line of cherry tomatoes, grapes, blueberries, or Envirokidz cereal. Stick chilled googly eyes onto cherry tomato or grape “heads”, and insert chive or apple antennae.

Dragonflies and butterflies: Stick the chilled googly eyes onto grape or tomato “heads”. Make the antennae with apples or chives, and use sliced strawberries or halved cucumber slices for wings. Make the body with Envirokidz cereal, blueberries, grapes, or cherry tomatoes.

Now, more than ever, parents are looking for healthy snacks for their children. Yet, the plain truth is that it is not easy to get them to like fruits and veggies, no matter how hard to try to stir them in the health direction from a very young age.

One of the most successful ways to get them eating the right foods is by making the entire process fun, and these little healthy critters are the way to go!

Sources: healthyfoodhouse

 

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