What will you be doing this Christmas?
Heart of Gold
What will you be doing this Christmas? Will you be sitting down at someone else’s table or will you be dancing around your own kitchen in prayer for a tender bird or at least for the presentation of a sumptuous feast? Summer can mean hot times in the kitchen, often with the added strain of several seldom seen relatives out there in the living room staring uncomfortably into space. Again my advice is don’t over do it, keep it simple, most people are there for the company and good cheer, not for elaborate fine dining. Our warm weather suggests small amounts of food that zing on the palate. Things like dips and exotic chips, marinated olives, grilled seafood, crudités, and finger foods of all persuasions, are guaranteed to please, especially when accompanied by a superior liquid refreshment. May your mantra be – relax, enjoy and allow it to happen organically, meaning don’t impose too many uptight rules of engagement, give life a chance to unfold unpredictably, it’s the secret to actually having fun.
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Fig & Dark Chocolate, Macadamia Nut Muffins
Fig & Dark Chocolate Macadamia Nut Muffins
Delicious melt in the mouth muffins that are energy giving and healthy too.
- Flour plain 1 cup
- SR wholemeal flour 2 cups
- Baking powder 1 tspn
- Cinnamon ground 1 tbspn
- Butter 200g melted
- Linseed sunflower almond LSA ground 1 cup
- Coconut shredded 1 cup
- Macadamia nuts 1 cup chopped
- Eggs FR 6 beaten
- Honey 1 cup
- Vanilla Essence 1 tsp
- Raw sugar ½ cup
- Yoghurt 1 cup
- Milk ½ cup
- Lemon peel 1 tsp grated
- Figs dried 1 cup chopped
Preheat oven to 170C. Grease muffin trays and drop in muffin cases. Sift flours and add in to large mixing bowl, with spices, baking powder and melted butter, mix well. Fold in LSA, macadamia nuts, coconut, lemon and figs. In a separate bowl mix beaten eggs, vanilla, sugar, honey, yoghurt and milk, before folding into the bowl with the remaining ingredients. Mix evenly before spooning into muffin cases and baking for 30 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean. Makes 18 to 24 muffins.
©Sacred Chef
Hazelnut & Banana Cake
Hazelnut & Banana Cake
1 cup plain flour
1 cup SR flour
1 cup LSA mix
1 cup hazelnut meal
1 cup desiccated coconut
1 tspn lemon zest
1 tspn baking powder
1 tspn mixed spice
4 eggs
150g unsalted butter
1 cup castor sugar
2 bananas mashed
1 cup soy milk
1 tbspn canola oil
Preheat oven to 180 degrees
Grease & line a loaf tin. In a large bowl sift flours & rub or blend in butter, then add all dry ingredients to this mix. In a separate bowl beat eggs, sugar, soy milk & banana. Fold mixtures together with all remaining ingredients & pour into cake tin & bake for 35 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean.
©Sacred Chef. Cooking School Sunshine Coast
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