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Almond and coconut butter

I have never been a fan of peanut butter, tbh. (rn peanuts are out of the picture anyway) But I never tried almond butter. It's just not that big of a thing here..But I really wanted to try to make my own almond butter after I came across a recipe for it on delightedmomma.com.

Yesterday I finally made it! And it tastes quite good.

All you need to do is to blend 2 cups of roasted almonds (in my version: with skin) with 1/3 cup of coconut flakes and some pinches of salt.. it does take a while! Not 5 minutes, no! It took my food processor like 15-20 minutes. But now I have a whole glass full of smooth almond-coconut butter. ^^

xoxo

Maia

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Breakfast bun

To be honest, I miss breadrolls or bread in the morning sometimes. Because it´s an easy choice and eggs every day is just.. not my style. BUT I found an alternative! buns made from almonds, coconut and flax seeds!

I forgot where I found the recipe, but it was some paleo homepage. It's just so easy that I remembered the ingredients after the first try and forgot the name of the page.

What you need is 1 tbsp almond- and 1 tbsp coconut meal (I use coconut flakes, since I have no coconut meal rn), 2 tbsp flax-seed meal and around 1/2 tsp baking powder. Set aside.^^

Theeen you melt 1 tbsp of butter or coconut oil, add 1 tbsp of cream/whipped cream/sour cream (I figured that it doesn't really matter what you use). To that add 1 egg and mix it all good.Then you can add the meal mix and voila, that's it.

Now you can put it in the microwave for 1-2 minutes. Don´t worry, it´ll fall out of the form while cooling down. (I use a small bowl) It´ll taste really great when you toast it.

You can also make pancakes out of the batter.. which I prefer.

It´s mixed together so fast and always tastes great..

Ah! And if your butter is not salted (German butter isn´t!) - the recipe was from an american page, I think, because they used salted butter - add some salt, if you like. Herbs are great as well!

hope you´ll like it!

xoxo Maia

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Here the photos of flax seed pizza. ^^ have fun! xoxo Maia

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Flax seed pizza

Hiii!

Flax seed pizza..? While surfing the internet, I found two recipes for gluten/grain-free pizza. One person used almond flour, another one made the dough from grounded flax seeds.

Yesterday I tried the flax seed version. I was so so so surprised! It tasted good and I felt so much better than I do after eating a pizza made out of wheat! And the dough was so fluffy! (I also was full after less than half a pizza)

The recipe I found on a homepage: www.delightedmomma.com

(here the direct pizza link http://www.delightedmomma.com/2012/02/low-carb-pizza.html)

I followed the recipe, but I made some variations. I had no oregano at home, so I used some other herbs and I added less stevia. Stevia has this weird taste sometimes... so I only used a pinch of it. And I topped it with goat cheese. I´m not doing the paleo diet, so I use dairy products if they´re lactose free.

It´s easy to grind the flax seeds with a coffee grinder. The smell might be a bit unpleasant, to be honest. The food processor wasn´t working all too good, saldy.

Next time I want to try the almond dough pizza by this youtuber called PhatbodyBC

Photos in the next entry!!

xoxo

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topinambour chips

Hello!

Today I was in the mood for chips.. So I made topinambour chips in ghee, since I don´t use vegetable oil these days.

I never had topinambour before..So I only used one. The portion is big enough for one person anyway.

I sprikled them with himalaya salt and black pepper. spicy!^^

Here some photos:

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Here the photos for rice flour from short grain rice.^^

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handmade rice flour for steamed rice cake

Hi there!

Ever had homemade Korean white rice cake called baeksolgiddok (백설기떡)? While being in Seoul my friend brought me a big slice of her mothers handmade rice cake.. It was so good!

Being back in Europe, I tried to find rice flour made out of short grain rice. Of course I could not find it. So I had to find a way to make it.. Gladly I found some vague descriptions online.

And it´s actually just so easy, if you have a food processor.

First of all you need short grain rice. Then you soak it for some hours in plenty water. (I always soak it over night.)

In the next step I drain the water and place the rice on a clean dishtowel.

Theeen put everything into the food processor.. Grind the soaked rice on high speed for around 5 minutes. Done!

I read that you can keep the rice flour in the freezer for a while. I´ll try that this time. Last time I used it right away to make some yummy rice cake. A recipe for 백설기떡 will be up soon.

Photos in the next post!

xoxo

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rice semolina

Hi there!

Today I was going through a cooking book my friends gave me. it´s called "Asia Snacks". One of the recipes I want to try requires rice semolina. I found it.. but I don´t want to pay 3€ for 500g. So why not make it myself? It´s so easy!

So I took some rice, put it in a pan and roasted it until it was nicely brown. Then you just have to grind it, et voilá... done.^^ Though, I left it quite coarse so I can always grind it to my liking before I use it. I´ll try to use rice semolina for several recipes from now one instead of wheat.

Photos in the next entry!

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Cooking with soul

Welcome to my little blog on the side!

I created this little blog to share my special cooking adventures with my friends. These days I have nothing to do so I tend to hop into the kitchen and try some recipes I´ve never done before... especially gluten- or lactose-free recipes.

Even if you´re not a friend (yet), maybe this blog can bring you some joy!

xoxo

Maia