Category Archives: Healthy Snacks

Raw Carob & Almond Brownie Bites 

Ladies and gentlemen when you’re in need of something sweet…

These 2 minute brownie bites are just what you need to eat! 

Ingredients

  • 1 banana 
  • 1 cup of flaxseed
  • 4-6 tablespoons of carob
  • Handful of Almonds 
  • 1 tablespoon of dried grapefruit zest 
  • Dates/raisins/currants (optional)

Measure out your flaxseed into 1 cup…

  

Then add with the almonds and shake it all up! 

  

Give them both a good fine blend… 

Your consistency should look like this in the end:

  

Add the rest of the ingredients carob, banana and zest…

Blend well until the dough is mixed right through and is smelling the best! 

Then roll into balls or why not fill a shaped ice cube tray…   

  

And place in the freezer for 10 – 15 minutes, to become solid and stay! 

  

Then pop them out and you have the perfect treat: a soft and delicious sweet healthy bite to eat ❤️👌

 

Watermelon Sorbet 

Sometimes you need something refreshing and nice, There’s nothing like a cool bowl of watermelon ice!

Perfect when the sushine is bright in the sky, so simple to make – why not give it a try! 

Ingredients:

  • Watermelon

Method:

  • Chop melon into bite size chunks (We used 3-4 mini watermelons, though 1 large melon would work also.)
  • Freeze over night 
  • Blend in high speed blender or ice crusher.

   Suggestions

  • Add a small amount of water if you are finding your blades are struggling. 
  • Do not feel you need to completely blend the ice crush mixture, it can be rather appetising to leave a few frozen watermelon chunks in your sorbet! 


MMS (make me smile) endnote: 

What does a person enjoying this recipe retreating on a Sunday afternoon cry when the phone rings? Leave ME ‘LON! 🍉😂😎

Lettuce Salad Wraps 

Ladies and Gentlemen here’s a delicious idea to give your meal a nutritious start…It’s so wonderfully vibrant it is edible art! 

Ingredients

  • Lettuce head with large leaves. We used Batavia, though Cos could work well too.
  • Julienned or thinly sliced salad vegetables.
  • Salt/pepper to taste
  • Cocktail sticks
  • Favourite dip/sauce (optional)

First wash out your leaves and lay them out flat..

  
Then lay salad items in strips…just like that! 

We used julienned, cucumber, carrot, red onion and pepper too. Though you could add any fillings that you wish to.   

Sprinkle a little salt and pepper for extra spice and roll the green leaf up like a wrap, oh it looks so nice!   

We always find piercing a cocktail stick through the middle helps it to stay, so your delicious crunchy centres don’t unfold away.
Voila! There we go our wraps are ready and complete, ready for a delicious healthy bite to eat 👌 
Here’s another tasty tip…Why not serve our lettuce wraps alongside your favourite  sauce or dip?  

Red Pepper Hummus – Sesame Seed Free

Here’s a delicious red pepper hummus recipe, unique indeed because it’s sesame seed free!

 We like our hummus with a texture quite thick, which is why homemade we always pick!

Ingredients

  • 3 cans or cartons of pre-cooked chick peas
  • 1/2 a red pepper
  • 25ml of fresh lemon juice
  • 1/2 teaspoon cumin
  • 3 garlic cloves. 
  • 1 teaspoon black pepper
  • 1/2 teaspoon of salt
  • 1 tablespoons olive oil
  • 120 ml water 
  • 1 teaspoon salt  

Have your chick peas ready to go…  

And measure out your lemon juice ready to flow…

  

…into the jug with your cumin too…

  

And half of a red pepper washed right through.

  

You’ll need to peel and give your garlic cloves a chop…

  

…and into the jug with the oil you pop….

  

All of the ingredients into your blend ready to whir! 

    

And in 30 seconds your hummus is ready to stir! 

😋      

GRILLiant Grapefruit

Ingredients:
– Grapefruit
– Maple Syrup (or other sugar/sweetener)
– Cinnamon (or spices of choice)

Preparation Time: 2 minutes
Cooking Time: 12 minutes

Grilling Grapefruit such a delicious treat,
A warm and fruity breakfast that’s sticky and sweet!
Half the grapefruit and place on the grill, then drizzle on syrup (be careful not to spill!)
Sprinkle on cinnamon – or sugar and spice,
And anything else you think would be nice.
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Then pop under the grill until the syrup sizzles a lot,
And the fruit is crispy at the edges all lovely and hot.
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And voila! Enjoy, your GREATfruit that is sticky and grilled!
May your tummy be warm, content and filled!
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Cocoanut Date Bites

When you crave something sweet and there’s no chocolate in sight,
You want something healthy and something crunchy to bite.
Here ladies and gentlemen is just what you need:
Cocoanut-date bites that you can make with speed!!

We have a handful of dried pitted dates (though fresh would work too),
And hemp seeds, currants, raisins and sultanas (though any seeds nuts or dried fruit will do.)

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Then a heaped spoonful of cocoa, milled seeds and coconut oil – each one spoon,
Then blend everything together and you’ll smell that wonderful taste soon!

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Then take spoonfuls of sticky mixture and roll into balls bitesize
Then roll them around in a bowl of dried coconut – a snowy sight before your eyes!

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Leave in the fridge to set over night – a recipe so simple and sweet!
And by morning you’ll have a healthy delicious snack to eat!
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