Avocado brownie pudding

Just coz I had to use up the food in the pantry. It was off this post that I referenced to and Its pretty much blending everything in the food processor:

• 4 Bananas
• 2.5 Avocados
• 5 eggs
• cacao powder
• sugar (1/4 cup) 
• Almond flour (1/4 cup) 
• gluten free flour (1/4 cup)

I had to cook longer in the oven just because I used a high tray. So it took a good 45mins before the core hardens.

The verdict? My kids who dislikes avocado's loved it!

Eaten yummy when cold

Made in a 7" inch square tray which makes around 8 pieces of 2cm cubes.

Claypot Chicken without the claypot

First try, and my hubby thinks it's too rich and addictive. I think I could tell by the amount of water my son drank lol. But it was good first try!

Things to modify:

• Add more rice (1 more cup perhaps) or
• Reduce the rich sauces, especially soy
• Have boneless chicken thighs with skin as when I cut it the bones becomes a choking hazard

I am really liking this website from rasamalaysia and was surprised that it's american owned! They do have real authentic simple ingredients to follow and convenient steps to get to where I want so far. Plus they do nice giveaways. Bummer that I don't live in the USA.

Anyhoo, recipe for me to take note

Makes enough for 4 adults to eat or just about

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Modified Chocolate Brownies

Well, I thought I needed to bake these brownies from this recipe but no it was straight into the fridge ready to eat.

Then again I had uncooked cashew nuts....so better be safe and bake them slightly

Turned out amazingly moist and hits the spot with all the nutty ingredients, packed intensely with wonderful energy and healthy 'fats'

Thanks Kim though! For the instant simple recipe, using initially only just 4 ingredients.

Makes roughly 12 pieces from an 8" square baking tray

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Carrot cake GFDF

With cashew base icing! Should have added more lemon juice to make it like a cream cheese frosting.

Tastes a little dense just coz I replaced tapioca flour with rice and it's almond meal that dominates the mix. Just hope my kid likes it else ill be eating it all.

It's got sultanas and cranberries too instead of walnuts just coz I think there is enough nuts with the almond meal...

All of my gluten and dairy free recipe so far are taken from Chloe Moir nutrition. She just makes it easy to make with a quick video clip less than 2 minutes long. Suitable for mothers on the go like me.

See below for recipe. Makes a 9" cake. Original recipe from here

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Mini Lemon Cheesecake

But there is no cheese~!

 

My first ever virgin gluten and dairy free cheesecake. Tastes pretty good but I think the lemon does hide alot of the bigger flavours...

 

   

The only thing different I did was to use cranberries instead of dates for the base so it looks abit more redder than usual.

Tastes pretty amazing but there is a strong coconut flavour in general. I was trying to get my kid to try it but it's not his thing. Either that I gave it to him when he is too full. Oh well, it's for me to have heh.


Courtesy from Chloe Moir Nutrition. I love her website.


 Makes 7-8 mini cheesecakes

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Sweet Potato Chocolate Cake

Baking has become 'cooking' for me in the sense that these days I don't bother with measuring cups or spoons haha. I've become those chef on tv where they just sprinkle using their fingers over the ingredients.

But I do must record it so that I remember and know what I did for sure and of course to share it with the others :)

 

So here it my latest 'creation' I used pinterest to try my luck to find the right recipe but alas it doesn't really work with me. If you're interested to try check out the method and ingredients.

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Chicken Split Lentils

Aka chicken 'rice' for our little E. He's still on a GAPS diet so we are trying to avoid rice for him, no matter how much he adores and wants to eat with us (sigh). It was initially made by his grand aunty, so I asked her the steps.

This was the first time I cooked it and it was yummylicious. It can lasts for perhaps 3-4 days for a toddler like him? (he's just shy of 3)

The first mouth I took it really tasted like chicken rice! Just sorta 'mashed' rice texture or mashed potato.

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Lamb shank muffins

Just because it tastes like one to me! Although I have another leg lamb piece, steamed kale and brussel sprouts added not to mention sweet potato and carrots that was baked with the lamb.

Mmmm

All because my kiddo can't bite at the moment and muffins are the easiest for grabbing and poking and ensuring he gets good food in him.

Yes, ALL the stuff I'm cooking is now organic....and I'm glad he is the only one taking it coz it really bites on the price.

Follow this recipe to bake the lamb shanks. I just add the sweet potato and carrots at the bottom and sprinkled olive oil and salt for flavour before placing the lamb shanks on top.

All the top dishes dissaminated

No, this is the VITAL ingredient for him. GREENS~~

Makes about 15 large muffins

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Apple (& 1 Pear) Muffins

All about muffins to preserve these huge bags of organic fruits (yes, bulk buy isn't fun if it's buying all for the toddler)!

I didn't really bother taking photos of the making process just because I forgot haha.


Makes about 12 muffins

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Feijoa Jam

And so there were a huge amount of Feijoas given to us from many friends. There was toss between feijoa jam or muffin. I suggested jam so that it lasts.

 

For about 2 kgs worth, look at how much jam we could make.

I had to be cautious when I peeled them out as some had worms (one of those, sigh)

Feijoas~

The inside of Feijoas

My MIL suggested adding apples so that it encourages 'pectin' so that it sets more too.

Mom's tree

I used this blog as reference, but the other things added were suggested by MIL

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Rice Crispy Treats

What do you do when your toddler starts napping for 3.5 hours? Make food! For him lol (well try to)

I whipped this up real quick (well had to whizz up the almonds first), and over estimated the tray needed.

It's quite yummy to pre fry the dessicated coconut actually, and I wasn't sure whether it was enough syrup and nut butter to glue everything together.

It worked anyway...

Got the original recipe here

Makes a full square 9 x 9 inch tray

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Beetroot Carrot Muffins

Never knew it tasted so good! I must have added a bunch of stuff to make up for the bitter after taste since it was my first time using real beetroot and getting my hands coloured..

I didn't realised I was also using the same ingredients from this other surprised carrot blueberry muffin recipe too. I guess I do love that combo of sweet carrots and refreshing apples together with a tinge of sweet potato to fill one's tummy sweetly and gracefully.

I pretty much dumped everything in and was relying on my vision to see how thick the texture is with the flour estimation. I did ran out of Gluten free flour so added a touch of coconut flour which was just right (can't taste it for a change).

The strong taste is definitely the beetroot. But it's supported by the other goodness of natural sweet carrots, apples, raisins and sweet potato.




Makes 6 muffins

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Vegetarian Nuggets round 2

This time with a little more structure and prediction hahaha.

 

Well, I got carried away by trying to add one more vege to the mince but the bowl was too full and I didn't want to go beyond the tray, and squares were easier to semi circle.

Exactly the same process as my previous post but I change the veges instead.

 

This time I used:

• 2 x Carrots (for sweetness)
• 2 x Sweet potatoes (for sweetness)
• 1 x Broccoli
• A bag of Long Beans (About 350 grams)
• A bag of Brussel Sprouts
• Spinach steamed by my MIL
• A spoonful of LSA

Made 90 nuggets

Sweet Potato Banana Bites

I love the way the title was written and yes I had leftover sweet potatoes again so was wondering what to do with it.

Looks kinds 'bland' but it does tastes edible lol. I didn't put any oil, and should have dropped in some raisins or something. Oh well, it's just bites for li'l E to have as snacks.

Should have coated with egg wash....

Doesn't look appetizing but tastes good~~

Original recipe here

Makes 6 cupcakes (note this is different to muffin trays as the depth of the cups are smaller)

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Surprise Carrot blueberry muffins

I actually have no idea what to call it to be honest but a whole portion of it was made of carrots and blueberries. Plus other sweet natural fruit and vege too.

You can literally eat this raw without the eggs and flour lol

No baking powder, so I can literally pour extra over each tray!

It turned out so delicious my son loved it! Felt really strong in the coconut just coz I added a tad bit too much flour again. All good, it's so nutritious, gluten free and dairy to the point that I am happy to eat it, also moist too! yay.


Will see how I can remember how the ingredients were coz it was all estimated!



Makes 6 big muffins

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Grain Free Apple Muffins

Beside it sticking to the paper, it does taste quite crumbly nicer off the oven. Probably needing butter or olive oil with salt to add moisture and it doesn't have a crumbly top.

The pain about gluten and dairy free food is retaining the added moisture, which drives me to dig further into recipes and the science behind things. Of course my little kid doesn't mind it for now, but my aim is to get everyone liking it and be proud to say that there wasn't any dairy involved.

Anyway, I loved how the apple stew turned out! Should have made apple crumble instead lol.

The journey continues~!

Till then, it makes 6 

Original recipe here.

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Vegetarian Nuggets

It's alot of work, but it's so worth it making it delicious, especially with superfood.

 I pretty much followed the process in the video but changed the ingredients instead, taking the chance to use chicken peas as a form of sticky ingredient to avoid too much carbs and made sure the wet ingredients are dried out (which it did since I blend it while it's hot)




The longest process was probably blending, coz I had to use a tiny coffee grinder

Chickpeas and spinach

With broccoli and Cauliflower

 

Rolling them out before dipping

Option to put it in the freezer or bake them

Add coconut oil coat when bake

This ingredient made about 50 pieces easily I think depending on the size but its about half an ice cream scoop per piece

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