This delicious Blueberry and vanilla chia jam is so easy to make and healthy too.
The great thing about this jam is that you can make it with any kind of berries that you have at hand.
You can also make it with frozen berries.
All you need are 5 ingredients and you're on your way to making some awesome jam and best of all it requires no cooking :)
Ingredients :
2 cups of fresh/frozen Blueberries
1/2 cup of real maple syrup
juice of 1/2 a lemon
4 Tbs of chia seeds
1 tsp real vanilla extract
method :
Add The blueberries to a high speed blender of food processor.
Now add the maple syrup, Lemon juice and vanilla extract.
Blend until everything comes together (just a few pulses)
Pour into to a large bowl and add the chia seeds.
Stir well.
Now pour into clean jars. Mine made 2 jars.
Add the lids and let them set in the fridge for an hour.
Now your yummy jam is ready for you to eat.
The consistency should look like this.
Use the jam any way that you enjoy :)
I enjoyed some with some almond yogurt .
Store in the fridge for up to 2 weeks.
This Salted caramel is not only healthy but very delicious and easy to make.
This caramel is sugar free and can be used in baking, drizzled on Nicecream, in your oatmeal or absolutely anything you would use Caramel in.
I love to dip apple slices in mine.
Ingredients :
1 cup of dates (soaked in cold or warm water until soft)
2 Tbs of unsalted peanut butter
2 tsp of vanilla paste (see recipe) or vanilla extract
1/2 tsp of Himalayan salt
Reserved water from soaked dates as needed.
Method :
Soak the dates with warm water over night or for half an hour until soft and remove the stones.
Add the dates to a food processor and keep the water that they have been soaking in aside.
Now add in the rest of the ingredients apart from the date water.
Start off by pulsing to break everything down and then blend on the first setting.
Add a Tbs at a time of the date water until you get the desired consistency of your caramel.
Now your caramel is ready to be bottled up and stored in the fridge for when you are ready to use it :)
I hope you try this recipe out and let me know what you think.
Thank you for visiting my blog :)
Being vegan doesn't mean that you have to miss out on a Sunday roast or a festive dinner.
This delicious Loaf is very easy to make and packed with protein and lots of flavour.
There's really no need to go out and buy expensive alternatives when you can easily make it at home and adjust the flavours the way you like them.
Ingredients :
1 can of cooked green lentils (I used Biona organic)
1 cup of oats
1 small onion
Mushrooms as needed
cooked chestnuts as needed
1 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp Himalayan salt
1 tsp Smoked parika
1 tsp dried mixed herbs
A couple of splashes of liquid aminos
2 Tbs nutritional yeast
1 tbs Sriracha
1 chia egg ( 2 Tbs of chia seeds in 4 Tbs of water left to set)
Method :
Pre heat your oven to 200c/400F
Add a cup of oats to a food processor and pulse a few times to have a coarse flour.
Now add all of the ingredients apart from the lentils and chia egg.
Pulse until it comes together.
Now it's time to add the lentils and the chia egg.
Give it a few pulses until everything is combined and put the mixture into a lined loaf tin and spread evenly as possible.
Make the glaze :
Add half a cup of ketchup, 1 tbs of Apple cider vinegar, 1 tsp of garlic powder, pinch of Himalayan salt, Pinch of black pepper, 1 tsp sriracha and one 1tsp of black strap molasses.
Spread half of the glaze on the top of the loaf.
Bake for 30 minutes and then add the rest of the glaze and bake for another 30 minutes.
Check the loaf with a skewer and if it comes out clean it's ready :)
Serve and enjoy with your favourite sides.
I hope you enjoy this recipe.
If you would like a firmer texture, feel free to add bread crumbs to your mixture before baking. This loaf has a soft seitan style texture.
