Homemade Mulled Extract

Spiced Sweet Potato Breakfast Bread

Doing the Spelt thing!

For the last 6 months or so, I have been doing the spelt thing. Meaning that I have switched all my wheat products for spelt products.

Three Pumpkin Recipes in One Go.

So despite October and Halloween coming to an end, it is still autumn and it is still pumpkin season, actually you might be able to get a great deal on some edible pumpkins now that Halloween is over.

Dairy free chocolate easter treats

Ingredients:
200g dark dairy free chocolate of choice
25g coconut oil
2 tablespoons of sweet freedom or agave
pinch of salt
100g almonds
100g raisins

Lightly roast the almonds in the oven for about 5-8 minutes, until they get a more golden colour inside the almond when cutting it in half. Set aside to cool, then chop roughly.

Melt chocolate, coconut oil, sweet freedom or agave, and salt on a low heat while stirring. Once all melted and incorporated, turn the almonds and raisins into the chocolate mixture.

Spread into a small dish or baking pan lined with baking paper. Refrigerate for a few hours or over night, then cut into bite size pieces.

Keep refrigerated until serving.

Enjoy

A different take on a victoria sponge cake

I came up with this recipe for mothers day, for any mother who might be struggling with some food intolerance's. 
It is super easy to make and will make any mothers Mother's Day extra special I think.

Dairy free small lemon drizzle cakes

I made a big batch of apple sauce from some apples that wasn't as crisp as I had expected when buying them. So instead of letting them go to waist, I just peeled, cored and cut up into smaller pieces. Put in a pot with a bit of apple juice, just so they don't stick and burn at the bottom of the pan, covered with a lit and cook for 20-30 minutes or until they go mushy. Cool and then just blend until smooth. Store in the fridge for a couple of days or portion it up and freeze, then just take out a couple of hours before use.

Spelt pancakes (creps) for pancake day

So pancake day is only a few days away, so I thought I would share with you my spelt pancake recipe. For anyone who doesn't know what spelt is, is a different grain than wheat, but in the same family. It is an older type of grain, that has a bit more of a nutty undertone and some people find it easier to digest than wheat flour.
These thin and delicious beauties are so yummy and not really that bad for you with the right filling.
For this pancake day, I have filled mine with sliced bananas and a little of my white sugar free chocolate syrup, click Here to see recipe.

Danish Fastelavn buns (custard filled buns)

Being Danish living in the UK, I am actually quite lucky that I get more holidays to celebrate as Denmark and the UK don't have all the same holidays, but I quite often forget. For instance in Denmark we have a day where we eat duck/goose, called Saint Mortens eve and a day where we eat a bun/roll called a Hvede, called big Hvede day.
Where as here in England there is pancake day, St. George day  and Halloween. 
The Danes have however started taking on Halloween, though it wasn't around when I was young. We do have another very old traditional holiday where kids dress up, called Fastelavn, normally celebrated around February. Going back to the origin of this holiday, it was to celebrate the beginning of the fast, that would then end with easter celebrations. 

Oreo now dairy free in EU???

Apparently so! I did a blog post almost 3 years ago, click Here to read, about how there is a difference between American Oreo's and European Oreo's, but it seems no more. 

Back then I contacted Nestle EU to ask if they where going to make the EU Oreo's dairy free as well, but their answer was a bit fuzzy, but from what I could interpret they were going to start using the american recipe in EU at some point.

Chicken Liver Pate

This liver pate is so easy to make, taste amazing and will convert any non liver eating person.

It is great for canapés on cut out german rye bread, as a starter served with toasted brioche, or just as a great lunch, on some bread or in a sandwich.
My personal preference is on some good german rye bread topped with either, red onion chutney, sweet pickled beetroot or gherkins (or both and with rucola, like picture).