To increase consumption of dietary fiber and enjoy different food textures, I made this cauliflower rice from a cookbook ‘Against all grains’. First, I didn’t know what to expect from this dish but it turned out really awesome!

And it is so easy to make!

All you need                                                                                                                

Ingredients: raw cauliflower

Utensils: a food processor or a kitchen rasper/grater

How-to

If you process it in a processor I suggest to pulse it slowly until you get the size of ‘rice’ which suits you best. If you use rasper/grater, I suggest to use the ‘big wholes’.

Flavor

Now, this is optional and totally up to you but you can spice your rice up! I added juice from half lemon and fresh chopped parsley leaves and it just completed the dish!

The dish from the featured photo: beef, carrots, mushrooms, chive and string beans – wokked on ghee with garlic and salt. Optional 2-3 teaspoons of soy sauce (if you are not eating Paleo or AIP).

There are various ways to flavor the cauliflower ‘rice’. You can use any herbs and spices that you like or have at home. It could be e.g. basil, mint or turmeric; you name it :-)

Have fun in the kitchen!

Kati xxx

The most difficult meal of the day when following the AIP diet is breakfast. Not always one feels like cooked vegetables or meat/fish so early in the morning. Breakfast containing too much fruit (smoothie with fruits mostly) is also not such a brilliant idea: it significantly elevates blood sugar.

~ Paleo & AIP Breakfast Pap ~

What you need

Ingredients: small apple, big carrot, 2 dry figs, hand of coconut chips, 1 teaspoon coconut fat, big pinch of cinnamon; optional: coconut milk with cinnamon as a ‘sauce’

Utensils: a frying pan and a spatula, a grater/rasper and a knife

How-to

• Rasp a carrot & peel and slice an apple
• Melt coconut fat on a pan
• Place sliced apple in the hot pan and let it soften
• Add cinnamon to apples and mix well
• In the end, add rasped carrot to apples and let it ‘warm up’ shortly
• Move everything on a plate, sprinkle with pieces of dry figs (not too many; lots of sugar!) and coconut chips
• As you can see I used a little of coconut chips but if it is something that works well for you, you can easily add much more. Bon appetit!

Kati xxx

Multiple studies reported that organ meat is much richer in minerals than meat. It is estimated that consuming about 100 g of organ meat per week is very healthy. The liver from pork has somewhat stronger taste while the chicken liver is mild in its flavor. If you are new to it, I would suggest to go for chicken organ meats first.

As far as I don’t have a problem with e.g. liver fried with onion as it is, I know people who feel aversion to it. This is why grinding organ meat might be a really good idea.

Recently, I tried liver burgers and liver-pork burgers and I must admit they were much nicer to eat than the whole liver pieces.

What do you need to make Liver-Pork Burgers

Ingredients: Pork meat, liver, onion, spices (I used salt and ground cumin).

My proportion between meat:liver were about 4 to 1

Utensils: Meat grinding machine (or you get your meat ground in shop and process raw liver in a kitchen processor) and a frying pan

How I made my patties

• I ground the raw pork meat first
• Then I ground the raw liver
• I ground an onion in the same machine
• After, I mixed all components together with a big pinch of salt and a table spoon of ground cumin
• I used spoon to transfer the mixture on the hot oil as it is more liquid than a regular meat for patties
• The patties shouldn’t be too big as they could be too fragile to turn them up side down on the pan

They are best when served with fried or caramelized onion :-)

Enjoy cooking!

Kati xxx

Very easy and filling snack without allergens and without refined sugar. Snacking is one of my bad habits but I am working on it :D Sometimes it requires to bribe my belly with something truly tasty and guilt free. This plantain baked in coconut oil is such a healthy alternative to the processed food snacks.

Snacking on bacon is not that bad either ;-) Fats are good for thyroid. Tip: Fried bacon cut in small pieces and sprinkled on a salad instead of croutons adds nice flavor to it :)

Things you are going to use to make the plantain snack

Utensils: a frying pan and a spatula

Ingredients: ripe (yellow) plantain,  a table spoon of coconut fat and a half teaspoon of cinnamon

What you need to do

• Cut plantain in small rings (the riper plantain the sweeter it is)
• Heat a table spoon of coconut fat (The coconut fat in glass containers has the best quality)
• Add plantain to the coconut fat and fry on both sides
• In the end sprinkle generously the cinnamon
• Served warm is nicest :)

As I am typing it, I am thinking how would the plantain taste when prepared on a grill. Never tried but perhaps something to test this summer :D

Enjoy your snacking!

Kati xxx

The ready spice mixes contain many highly refined food additives which irritate humans intestines. Healthy people usually don’t feel it but someone with compromised digestive system will experience unpleasant symptoms.

Paleo diet (considered a healing diet) allows using spices and herbs. But spices are powerful ingredients and some of them could irritate the very damaged intestinal wall (at celiac patients without intestinal villi, people with a leaky gut). For us there is developed Autoimmune Protocol (AIP). It is an elimination diet which excludes all foods potentially irritating guts for a period of time (30-90 days) sufficient to fully heal intestines.

People with diagnosed celiac disease (or other gluten intolerance) can use dry spices only from the brands that guarantee no gluten traces.

Simple flavor inducing food ingredients approved for AIP (Autoimmune Protocol) 

• Onion (fresh & dry)
• Chives (fresh & dry)
• Garlic (fresh & dry)
• Imbir (fresh & dry)
• Horseradish (fresh & dry)
• Lemon grass
• Turmeric
• Lemon juice
• Lemon zest
• Olive oil
• Parsley (fresh & dry)
• Dill (fresh & dry)
• Basil (fresh & dry)
• Other fresh or dry herbs: Marjoram, Rosemary, Oregano, Thyme, Cinnamon, Bay Leaves, Lavender, Cilanto, Peppermint, Saffron, Sage, Tarragone,
• Salt
• Fruits: oranges, pineapple, bananas, apple mousse, raisins,
• Coconut flakes
• Carob
• Honey
• Maple syrup
• Mushrooms
• Crispy bacon (e.g. instead of croutons on salad)
• Ghee
• Olives green & black
• Apple Cider Vinegar
• Capers
• Sauerkraut

AIP friendly ingredients for bases of homemade sauces

• Olive oil
• Avocado
• Ghee
• Coconut oil
• Coconut milk
• Coconut cream
• Lemon juice
• Orange juice
• Bone broth
• Vegetables pure
• Fruits pure (e.g. rhubarb, apple)
• Water with coconut flour or arrowroot starch

There are many many other basic ingredients which could be used in Paleo recipes but NOT in AIP diet.

Some examples

• Nut butters
• Sunflower seeds or pumpkin seeds butter
• Mustard, mayonnaise
• Egg yolk
• Nut milks (almond milk)
• Seeds derived spices like cumin, pepper
• Tahini
• Roasted sesame seeds
• Poppy seeds
• Cocoa/cacao
• Vanilla
• Nightshades like tomato’s, red pepper and products made of.

I hope that such a list inspires to experiment with flavors or/and makes the AIP shopping a bit easier. Have fun shopping for new ingredients and experiment!

Kati xxx

The best kind of dinner is the dinner that prepares itself, am I right :-) ? And these beef rolls are exactly such independent gals :D

Well, actually meat production is a burden for our environment. So are the cars. But Loesje’s ..are just super cute ;-)

Btw. Did you hear of that great plan which will be introduced in France in 2016? Supermarkets are not allowed to throw away food which is just before or after the expiration date. It has to be send to charity or farmers who will use it as a feed for animals. Now, that is caring about environment if you ask me, no food waste!

~Back to Beef Rolls~

What do you need to make them

Ingredients: thin beef slices, raw bacon, onions, pickles and mayonnaise

Appliances: an oven dish and an oven ;-)

Tip: Did you know that red meat contains pro-cancer components but they are totally blocked when eating green vegetables with meat at the same meal?

What you need to do

Preheat an oven to 200 degrees Celsius. Cut long thin pieces of onion, pickle and bacon. Spread slices of beef and sprinkle some salt (and other spices of your choice) on it. Then take a stripe of bacon, pickle and onion and roll them in the beef. Place some mayonnaise on top of the meat if you like. It isn’t necessary though, beef won’t get burn in the oven without it.

What you can’t see on the picture is that I sometimes close the ends of the roll with toothsticks so the juices stay inside of the roll. It is not necessary but it sure makes the rolls more juicy.

What you get

Tasty meat that looks fancy while it is actually very easy to make.

I keep trying to photograph them when they come out of the oven but I always can’t wait to eat them rather than dance with the camera around them. So if you like to see them baked, I suggest to make them yourself ;-)

Rock your kitchen and enjoy the meal!

Cheers,

Kati xxx

Do your intestines tolerate the shop bought bouillon? If yes, then you can consider yourself lucky. If not, you can consider yourself lucky too because I will share with you a recipe for the best homemade chicken soup ever ;-)

What ingredients are needed to make the soup

• Chicken – the best would be from a farm, freely hopping and eating organic feed, such a little happy guy :D
• Carrots – 2
• Parsley root – 1
• Onions – 2 small
• Leek – 1
• Green celery or root celery – 2-3 stalks
• Bay leaves – 2 big
• *Allspice seeds – 5-6
• *Black pepper seeds – 5-6
• Salt – a generous pinch
• Parsley (green) chopped
• Water – about 2-3 liters
• Optional: rice noodles

! *For Autoimmune Protocol leave allspice and pepper seeds out.

..and appliances

• Big pot
• Cutting board, knife to peel and cut vegetables
• Colander to wash vegetables

How to make the chicken soup

I place the entire chicken (cleaned from the internal organs) in a pot with 2-3 liters of cold water and a pinch of salt & I start cooking it on a middle gas pit.

While chicken is being boiled I peel, wash and cut vegetables. I add them to the chicken when the meat is already boiled (after an hour or so) and I continue to boil. At the same time I also add the bay leaves, allspice and black pepper. I let it all cook for 2-4 hours on the smallest gas pit. The longer it cooks the better quality bouillon it is.

Afterwards, I remove chicken gently. It falls apart because the nutrients from joints and other connective tissues are well dissolved in the bouillon. I clean the chicken from bones and skin and place the cleaned meat back to the soup.

I serve it hot with fresh green parsley leaves and rice noodles. It is very healthy to drink as well.

I wish you Happy & Healthy cooking!

Kati xxx

How do you like to eat chicory (witlof)? I used to prepare it in two ways: in an oven dish with ground meat and potatoes or on a pan with honey and pine nuts. Now I have a better recipe. Chicory wrapped in bacon!

What is needed to make the chicory in bacon

Ingredients: chicory, bacon, almond milk, ghee

Utensils: an oven dish and an oven :D

..and how to make it

Cut chicory in half, wrap each half of chicory in two slices of bacon and place them next to each other in an oven dish. Add big spoon of ghee and a generous splash of almond milk to the dish so the chicory is resting on the liquids. If you don’t mind refined flours, you can add some flour to milk and ghee to create a kind of bechamel sauce. You don’t need to salt it as the bacon will lose some of its flavor to the sauce. Place everything to the preheated oven (about 160-170 degrees Celsius). My chicory was ready after 20-25 minutes. Keep an eye on them and remove before the bacon is burnt ;-)

What to expect

Soft and juicy chicory – on the picture they look little dry but it is far from the truth!

Don’t you just feel like making them? :D

Bon appetit!

Kati xxx

Nothing is better on a gluten free cracker or on a slice of bread than a homemade bread spread. I usually have meat or eggs or smoked salmon on my cracker but I like to make some new things whenever I have time. Lately, I couldn’t eat enough of the beets tapenade, it was so special. Now, I am into fish -based spreads. Normally, I would use tuna from a tin in a homemade spread like this as a tin is easy to store and I always have some at home. This time, I made it with a smoked mackerel.

Ingredients

• Smoked mackerel
• Big onion
• A cup of chopped parsley
• A couple of teaspoons of mayonnaise
• A pinch of salt
• Optional: boiled eggs, pickles, olives, ..

Preparation

• Separate fish meat from the rest of the fish carefully. To make sure that all fish-bones are removed – squeeze the fish meat between your fingers.
• Mix fish meat with the rest of ingredients and serve!
• In principle you can add anything you like to it: corn (not Paleo), pickles, green onion, dill, boiled eggs, bell pepper, olives etc.

Happy cooking! :-)

Kati xxx

I like these Gummies because they are healthy and free from white refined sugar. They are a perfect snack for someone who has problems with bones and joints. They add gelatin to a diet and (good quality) gelatin is supposed to be good for both, joints and bones. Sadly most of Celiacs have troubles with their bones later on in their lives so I like to counteract already now.

Do you know what gelatin is? It is a mixture of peptides (elements of proteins) produced by partial hydrolysis (a kind of breaking reaction) of collagen extracted from the skin, bones, and connective tissues of animals. I used the Great Lakes gelatin derived from grass fed cows. It is known for its very high quality. It is available in The Netherlands here.

Gummy Candy

Diet restrictions

• Gluten free
• Dairy free
• Grain free
• Egg free
• Nuts free
• Soy & corn free
• Sugar free

Ingredients

• Frozen raspberries – 1 cup
• Apple mousse – 4 -5 spoons
• Water (or some juice) – 6 spoons
• Gelatin – 6-7 spoons
• Salt – a pinch
• Optional: maple syrup (1-2 spoons)

Preparation steps

• Pulse the raspberries and apple mousse in a kitchen processor to smooth consistency

• Mix pulsed fruits with water (or juice) and a pinch of salt and bring it to boiling while continuously stirring
• Slowly add gelatin (keep stirring)
• Let it boil for a couple of minutes while stirring
• Cool it and then fill in the forms
• Let it cool a bit more in forms and then place it in a fridge
• It will solidify in a fridge very fast – don’t wait to long, enjoy it :-)

My gummies weren’t sweet as I used no sugar nor syrups. It is possible to add 2-3 spoons of maple syrup or other sweetener for sweeter effect. One can play with this recipe as much as possible by using other fruits, coffee, juices, teas etc. My next trial will be apple mousse with cinnamon, ‘ à la’ apple pie :D

Thank you for dropping by :-)

Kati xxx

I found amazing recipes for Plantain waffles. Paleomum.com posted a recipe based on plantain banana, eggs and coconut oil. Similar recipe but without eggs was published by Holdthegrain.com. I love these recipes as they require just two/three main ingredients. I even excluded some of the minor ingredients from the original recipes and the waffles were still amazing :-)

~Plantain Waffles~

Dietary restrictions

• Grain free
• Dairy free
• Nuts free
• Refined white flours free
• Refined sugar free
• Eggs free (as I eat a lot of eggs with other meals)

I like minimalism so this is what I used to make my waffles

• Plantains (yellow and ripe) – 2
• Coconut oil – 2 melted spoons
• Cinnamon – 1 spoon
• Vanilla extract – 1/2 spoon
• Baking soda – 1/2 spoon
• Apple cider vinegar – 1 spoon

..and this is how I made them

1. I mashed the plantains using a kitchen processor
2. In a small pan I melted 2.5 spoons of coconut fat and I mixed it with the plantain pure
3. Then I added the rest of ingredients: cinnamon, vanilla, soda and vinegar
4. Well mixed pure I transferred  to a hot waffle machine which was earlier coated with coconut fat
5. Baked until golden brown

I chose ripe yellow plantains with black spots all over. They were soft and really sweet. As I didn’t eat refined sugar for 10 days the waffles seemed very sweet to me. Just don’t expect them to be extremely crunchy. Mine were soft and only slightly crunchy but still mouth watering!

The most guilt free use of my waffle making machine ever :-)

Kati xxx

I really like eating eggs for breakfast. Such a meal keeps me full for the entire half a day. But how many days in a row can I eat scrambled eggs or boiled eggs :D Today, I made something else: mini- pancakes. There is a reason why they are ‘mini’. If you try to make them bigger, you might have a problem with turning them up side down. They seem quite fragile until baked on both sides.

• Gluten free
• Dairy free
• Grain free
• Soy & corn free
• Refined sugar free

Needed appliances

• Kitchen bowl
• Fork
• Frying pan
• Spatula

Ingredienst

• Banana – 1
• Eggs – 2
• Coconut flour – 2 spoons
• Flax seeds (broken) – 3 spoons
• Apple fibers Le Poole – 3 spoons
• Optional: gelatin (I use organic from Great Lakes*) – half a teaspoon
• Fat for frying

*I bought it here

Preparation

Mash banana with a fork and add the rest of ingredients to it. Mix well and fry on a hot pan.

They are rich in fibers and protein. After eating them at breakfast I felt satiated until lunch. They are nicely sweet so I think they would go great with fresh berries.

Cheers,

Kati xxx

I am a big fan of beets. My favorite way of eating this vegetable is warm pure. Recently, I came across of tapenade made of black olives and beets. It is so delicious. Even my partner, who never eats beets, enjoyed it. According to ‘Healing with Whole Foods; Asian traditions and Modern nutrition’ eating beets has following benefits:

• Strengthen the heart
• Improve circulation
• Purify blood
• Benefit liver
• Moisten the intestines
• Treats constipation
• Promote menstruation
• Together with carrots – regulate hormones during menopause
• Treats nervousness

There is a number of nutrients in beets, like folates, niacin (B-3), pantothenic acid (B-5), pyridoxine (B-6) and minerals such as iron, manganese, copper, and magnesium. What is more beets are a unique source of phytonutrients called betalains. Betanin and vulgaxanthin are the two best-studied betalains from beets, and both have been shown to provide antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and detoxification support. In recent lab studies on human tumor cells, betanin pigments from beets have been shown to lessen tumor cell growth through a number of mechanisms, including inhibition of pro-inflammatory enzymes (specifically, cyclooxygenase enzymes). The tumor cell types tested in these studies include tumor cells from colon, stomach, nerve, lung, breast, prostate and testicular tissue.

Tapenade

• Gluten free
• Dairy free
• Egg free
• Nuts free
• Sugar free
• Vegetarian
• Vegan
• Paleo

Needed appliances

• Kitchen processor
• Pan to boil beets (unless you buy already boiled beets)

Ingredients

• Boiled beets (2 big or 3 small)
• Black olives (4-5 spoons)
• Basilicum leaves (half a cup)
• Olive oil (a couple of spoons; to your preference)
• Lemon juice (from half a lemon)
• Salt

Preparation steps

• Boil beets and peel them
• Place boiled cooled beets, black olives and basilicum leaves together in a kitchen processor. Pulse till desired consistency
• Add olive oil, lemon juice and salt and mix together

This tapenade is excellent on bread/cracker but also with fish and meat at dinner.

Enjoy,

Kati xxx

This year (at Easter), I made my own pate for the first time. I read the recipe from Bezglutenowamama.pl (here), I called my mum for more tips and I went to shop to buy all ingredients.

Such homemade pate is fully nutritious and delicious. It contains no preservatives or other functional ingredients.

Tips from my mum

• Don’t use lean pork. Make sure there is some fat on it (so the pate is not dry)
• Cook beef 30 min longer than pork
• Don’t boil/fry liver – place it in boiled water and let it cool down (boiled liver will taste bitter)
• Beef, pork and bacon can be boiled together
• It is enough to grind meat once
• You can omit butter in recipe if you used enough bacon and fatty piece of pork
• You can use any liver, e.g. from pork or chicken
• Don’t  add salt to the boiling meat

Ingredients

• Beef – 500 g
• Pork – 500 g
• Raw bacon – 500 g
• Liver (I used chicken) – 500 g
• Eggs – 5
• Butter (in room temperature) – 250 g <*for Paleo leave it our or use ghee, lard, more bacon or replace with more vegetables>
• Carrots – 2 big ones
• Onions- 2
• Parsnip – 2
• Salt
• Thyme
• Oregano
• Pepper

The machine (meat mincer) I use to process meat (see picture).

Any other kitchen processor you might have at home will do a good job too.

Preparation steps

1. Boil water and add beef to it. Cook for 30 min. Then, add pork, bacon, carrot and parsnip (optional: onion) to it and boil for another 45-60 min.
2. Remove boiled meat from the water and put into the boiled hot water the liver. Let it stay in water until cold.
3. Optional: you can fry onion or let it boil with meat. I boiled mine.
4. Grind the cooled down meat, liver and vegetables together once. Mix together well.
5. Add eggs, butter and spices to the mix. Make sure all is well combined. You can use spoon to mix it or your hand.
6. Place the mix in a baking form (spread butter on it first or use baking paper) and decorate (for example with vegetables or herbs)
7. Bake pate with a cover for 30 min at 180 °C. After, uncover it and bake it for another 30-45 min until golden brown.

From the ingredients listed in the recipe I made two forms as shown on the picture above.

Feel free to modify the recipe. You don’t eat pork? Leave it out! It is a great opportunity to incorporate organ meat in a diet without the ‘bleh’ effect ;-) Play with ingredients and their amounts for the taste that suits you best.

Cheers,

Kati xxx

Why do I make my own pesto?

• I use organic basil
• I use the best quality, organic olive oil (raw, organic, cold pressed, not filtered, in a dark bottle)
• Homemade pesto is pure and tastes better (no unnecessary additives)

Needed kitchen appliances

• A food processor
• A kitchen bowl
• A knife

Ingredients for one pot (250 ml) of pesto

• Basil – one basil plant (about 2 cups of fresh leaves)
• Olive oil – half cup (choose oil with the best quality: raw, organic, cold pressed, not filtered, in a dark bottle)
• Pine seeds – 1/4^th cup
• Garlic – 2 big cloves
• Sea salt- a big pinch
• Optional:(not Paleo) cheese, olives, nuts, pepper, cayenne pepper

Preparation steps

Place all ingredients in the kitchen processor and pulse-grind until desired consistency.

If you decide to give it a try – I am sure you will love it!

Cheers,

Highlights

• Glutenfree and dairyfree
• Eggfree, soyfree, nutsfree
• Paleo
• Vegetarian
• Just 4 ingredients
• No baking

Ingredients

• Avocado
• Ripe banana
• Honey – I used 1 ½ tea spoons (make it as sweet as you like it)
• Cocoa – I used 3 tea spoons

Needed appliances

• A bowl
• A fork or a kitchen blender
• A spoon

Tips

• You can add to it whatever you like e.g. berries and other fruits, nuts, puffed rice/quinoa.
• The more ripe your banana, the less honey you need to add.

Preparation steps

Mash avocado with banana and honey. Then add cocoa powder. Mix all very well until smooth consistency.

Enjoy,

Two days ago, we made very popular, so called ‘law-salted’ pickled cucumbers.

Pickling is the process of preserving food by anaerobic fermentation in brine (or vinegar). This procedure gives the food a salty (or sour) taste. The most commonly consumed pickles are sauerkraut, pickled cucumbers and peppers.

Brine is a solution of salt (sodium chloride) in water.

Although the pickling process was initially invented to preserve foods, nowadays pickles are made as a delicacy. Pickling improves the nutritional value of food by B vitamins produced by bacteria. The flavor of the pickled vegetables is determined by the type of the dominating microorganisms developed. The latter depends on the acidity or salinity of the brine, the temperature of fermentation (pickling), and the lack of oxygen.

Highlights

• To preserve/prepare vegetables
• Nutritious (rich in vitamins B)
• Contain good microflora
• It’s very easy

Ingredients

• Young cucumbers – about 10-15 small ones – the amount depends on the size of your glass pot
• Salt (without iodine)– one spoon
• Water – 1 liter
• Garlic – 5-7 gloves
• Dill – whole stems including roots and flower buds
• Horseradish – one root or a couple of leaves (horseradish greens)

Tips

• In the Netherlands, small cucumbers can be found in Eastern shops e.g. Turkish supermarkets
• It is better to mix dry and green stems of dill for the ultimate taste
• It is possible to replace the horseradish root with horseradish greens or add both
• Cold water can be used for brine instead of boiled water
• Instead of a glass pot you can use a stone pot

Needed appliances

• Big glass pot (with a cup) to pickle cucumbers in it
• A kitchen pot to boil water
• A knife

Preparation steps

1. Boil one liter of water and dissolve one spoon of salt in it
2. Wash cucumbers and cut off the ends
3. Wash the horseradish and dill
4. Peel garlic gloves
5. Place greens and spices (horseradish, dill, garlic) on the bottom of the pot
6. Place the cleaned cucumbers vertically in the glass pot

To make so called low-salt pickled cucumbers

7. Pour the brine solution to the pot until all cucumbers are covered by the brine and let it stand overnight partly covered by the cap (but do not turn it). Make sure you have about one tea cup of the brine left.
8. The next morning, pour the rest of the brine to the pot with cucumbers until all the cucumbers are covered and let it ferment for about 15-24 hours before consuming. It is important that all cucumbers are covered by the brine.

OR

To make strongly fermented pickled cucumbers

7. Pour the hot brine until all cucumbers are covered. Close the pot, turn the cap until sealed. Place the pot upside down and let it rest for 24 hours. Afterwards turn the pot upside up and let it rest for a couple of days longer (2-3). They can be stored even for a couple of months. The longer time of fermentation, the richer taste of your pickles.

Have fun making your own pickles :-)

• Anti-inflammatory
• Refreshing
• Delicious

Ingredients

• A piece of a ginger root
• A few slices of a lemon
• Water
• Optional: ice cubes

Tips

• Addition of the fresh mint leaves

Needed appliances

• A knife
• A glass

Preparation steps

• Peel a piece of a ginger root and cut it into small pieces
• Wash one lemon and cut a few slices
• Fill the glass with water, add pieces of ginger and slices of lemon
• Give everything a good stir

Enjoy,

Ideas for easy and healthy gluten & lactose free desserts

•        Dark chocolate
•        Nuts (almonds, walnuts, Brazilian nuts; optional: in dark chocolate)
•        Fruits (melons with optional: sorbet)
•        Fruit salad
•        Fruits with a touch of a dark chocolate (chocolate fondue)
•        Dates with roasted almond pasta (my fav!)
•        Chia seeds pudding (with almond milk and cacao; optional: honey)
•        Sorbet from frozen fruits with almond milk
•        Sorbet from frozen bananas
•        Smoothie
•        Bon-bones from frozen roasted almond pasta in dark chocolate (optional & not Paleo: puffed grains)
•        Apple slices with roasted almonds pasta and honey or chocolate sprinkles
•        ‘Ice-cream’ from roasted almonds pasta with blended bananas

Not Paleo:

• Baked rice with apple moose and cinnamon
• Cookies from cornflakes with dark chocolate

Ingredients

• Not roasted almonds – pasta (EkoPlaza)
• Water

[See image gallery at glutenfreelady.nl]

Accessories

• Shaker or blender
• Tea spoon

* If you have no shaker nor blender – just give it a good stir with a spoon. The pasta is easily soluble in water!

How to

• Fill the shaker or blender with a glass of water
• Take a spoon of almond pasta and add it to the water
• Give it a good shake/blend
• Optional: add some fresh or frozen fruits
• And enjoy!

Version with fruits requires a blender (see pictures).

[See image gallery at glutenfreelady.nl]

The almond pasta is pricey, I know. But it will last for many glasses of almond milk.  What’s even more important contains NOTHING else but almonds. Another option is to buy almonds (if you leave them in water for a while, they will be extremely easy to pill) and make the pasta yourself. But if you buy biological almonds the end price will be identical (it just gives you an additional work!).

Enjoy,