Seed Milk (aka iced coffee)

This is so delicious and tastes alot like Iced Coffee

In a blender we mix

1) 1 cup of sunflower seeds (can be done with Almonds or Cashews too)

2) 1 cup of pitted dates

3) 1 Tablespoon of vanilla powder/ extract or seeds of one vanilla pod

4) 5 cups of filtered or spring water

5) Blend

6) Pour into nut milk bag available from http://www.superfoods.co.za/ for R60

7) Strain and drink on crushed ice or when it is cold (here you can see our chef "milking" the nut bag)

SO SO DELICIOUS!

Raw Meusli

Ok this is a real winner. We make a raw cereal that is gluten, sugar and dairy free and PACKED with nutrition.

Here's how:

1) Get buckwheat groats ( I buy all my nuts, seeds, dates, raisins etc from Yellow Submarine in Ottery - it's half the price)

2) Sprout 4 Cups of this by soaking for 12 hours in water (rinse off and clean water every 3 hours, it goes gooey)

3) Leave the sprouts overnight to grow

4) Next morning mix these in a big bowl with 2 handfulls of raisins, 2 handfulls of any seeds, 2 handfulls of chopped dates, 2 handfulls of nuts, 1 handfull of coconut and a cup of agave nectar or honey, a tablespoon of cinnamon and for a chocolate version we add half a cup of raw cacao powder)

5) Mix with hands and then put in dehydrator for 12 hours

6) OR if you don't have a dehydrator spread out onto 2 baking trays and put oven on 70 degrees with the door 2mm open - for 10 hours

7) Store in fridge for 1 month

8) Serve with rice milk (available at health stores)

YUMMMMMM!

Mrs Meyers

Well hello! We are back and ..... kind of into the swing of normal life again.

We had a wonderful holiday, but more about that later.

For those who know Jewels from http://eyesofwonder.typepad.com/my_weblog/ you will know how she raves about Mrs Meyers aromatherapeutic cleaning products. Well finally they have landed in South Africa at Wellness Warehouse ( I found mine at the Cavendish branch) They were suprisingly reasonable. Here I have the Countertop Spray, Dishwashing soap and Handwash. They are truly heavenly and so worth the money. Other locally made products in the Natural Range are more expensive so I was pleasantly surprised.

Please support Wellness Warehouse they bring in many products from overseas that we could not get through any other shops here , like the Seventh Generation dishwasher powder.

Enjoy

We're all going on a spring holiday...

Ok we are off to camp and waterski and braai, and fly kites, and skurf and play boule and drink wine watching the sun go down.... we will be back in a couple of weeks.

Perfecto Pasta!

Ok this is so easy , it is scary! And takes 20 minutes. While your water is boiling....

Chop a few big tomatoes (like about 6-7) or just dump a big punnet of baby tomatoes into the wok or fry pan

with 3-4 teaspoons of crushed garlic

(in this one) I chopped up some baby marrows - one punnet (he he.. you don't see them - kids don't know dem in there!)

1 teaspoon of Himalayan rock salt (from health shop - it has every trace mineral your body needs)

1 teaspoon of italian herbs (oregano, basil, majoram) - any combination

cook up till tomatoes skins peel back a little , doesnt matter if under cooked.

blend this concoction and serve over wheat free pasta, in this pic I am using Orgran Animal pasta - kids love the animal shapes and we have spaghetti (buckwheat or rice) -by the way buckwheat is gluten free and has a silly name, but is no relative to wheat!

ENJOY

A little birdie...

Well we found this little birdie quite stiff on our trampoline this morning. I think he either died of old age, cold or fright as Pablo our cat came around the corner. Anyway we think from our bird book he is a European Starling. What beautiful green feathers. This is truly the best type of nature study right in our own garden and hands-on!

Dairy-Free Pineapple Yoghurt

This is so so delicious.

1. Peel, core and chop your pineapple

2. A big handful of cashew nuts ( I buy mine from Yellow Submarine in Ottery - wholesale)

3. A dollop of organic honey or Agave Nectar

4. Optional - a handful of pitted dated (either fresh or soaked)

5. Blend till smooth

6. Enjoy this exquisite yoghurt!