chocolate chip cookies

Grain free, coconut flour and almond meal  version with plenty of cocoa liquor chunks included

St. Valentine`s treat- raw chocolates

chocolate liquor, coconut oil, algarroba ( for sweetness), passion fruit extract, cranberries ( dried, unsweetened)

  Basic recipe 

Tiramisu otherwise

               Alcohol free, grain free, low carbs love potion :)

`sponge` almond flour +eggs+vanilla extract+natural sweetener 

soaked in coffee extract

egg yolk and cream layer (custard)

whipped cream layer

raw chocolates with algarroba and dried cranberries

( cocoa liquor, coconut oil, etc)

raw cocoa, cocoa liquor pieces, unsweetened cranberries

» Baked Pumpkin Spice Doughnuts Against All Grain

» Baked Pumpkin Spice Doughnuts Against All Grain

 

Crochet Toffee Apple Baby Booties Pattern — Crochet Hooks You

Crochet Toffee Apple Baby Booties Pattern — Crochet Hooks You

SUGAR SHOCK! Blog

SUGAR SHOCK! Blog

Veg.ca - The "Blood Type Diet": Fact or Fiction?

Veg.ca - The "Blood Type Diet": Fact or Fiction?

rather interesting article

Maria`s sub sandwich and panini

 source: Maria Health blogspot

 HEALTHIFIED" SUB

1 1/4 cup blanched almond flour (or 1/2 cup coconut flour)

5 TBS psyllium husk powder (no substitutes) 
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp Celtic sea salt
3 egg whites (8 egg whites if using coconut flour) (My eggs are large sized on average)
1 cup BOILING water (or MARINARA - for more Tomato Basil Bread!)

OPTION:  Use 2 whole eggs (Almond flour version) or 4 whole eggs (coconut flour version).  If you are having trouble with it rising using whole eggs you can try egg whites.

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. In a medium sized bowl, combine the flour, psyllium powder (no substitutes: flaxseed meal won't work), baking powder and salt. Mix until dry ingredients are well combined.  Add in the eggs and mix until a thick dough. Add boiling water or marinara into the bowl. Mix until well combined and dough firms up.

Form into 4 to 5 mini subs (the dough will rise about 2 to 3 times so I start mine as a 1 inch disk, see picture below) or one large sub/loaf and place onto a greased baking sheet. Bake for 65 minutes (50 minutes for smaller shapes like buns). Remove from the oven and allow the bread cool completely.  Cut open with a serrated knife. Fill with desired fillings. Makes 5 servings. 

NOTE!  If you get a hollow bread, try lowering the oven temperature to 300 degrees F.  It will rise less (maybe 2X instead of 3X at 350) but it will be less likely to get an air bubble. :)

   Note: I added less soda so it didn`t rise that much but it it came our very nice, all the same.

Rib Rack

 seasoned with Jerky  mix, smoked paprika, and marinated in lightly sweet mustard+ tomato + Tamari marinate sauce

Roasted Garlic Chicken Soup Recipe | All Day I Dream About Food

Low Carb Roasted Garlic Chicken Soup Recipe | All Day I Dream About Food

 just tested this lovely recipe and it will be our top favourite, I must say

 source:  All Day I Dream About Food

Yield: 6 servings

A creamy roasted garlic soup recipe with hearty chunks of chicken. The perfect winter warm up meal!

Ingredients

• 20 cloves garlic, unpeeled
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• salt and pepper to taste
• 2 tbsp butter
• 1 medium onion, thinly sliced  ( I also roasted onions- unpeeled)
• 12 cloves garlic, peeled
• 1/2 tsp dried thyme
• 4 cups chicken stock
• 1/2 cup whipping cream
• 1 ½ lbs cooked chicken thighs or breasts, cubed
• salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350F and place unpeeled garlic cloves in a shallow baking dish. Add olive oil, salt and pepper and toss to coat.
2. Roast until garlic is golden brown, about 35 minutes.
3. Cool and squeeze out garlic with fingers into a small bowl.
4. In a large saucepan over medium heat, melt butter. Add onions and cook until translucent, about 6 minutes.
5. Add roasted garlic, additional garlic cloves, and thyme and cook 2 to 3 minutes, until fragrant.
6. Add chicken stock and bring to a simmer. Cook 20 minutes.
7. Puree using a blender or immersion blender. Stir in whipping cream and cooked chicken and season with salt and pepper.
8. Warm through and serve.

Notes

Serves 6. Each serving has 7 g of carbs.

 zupa z pieczonego czosnku z kurczakiem

Bardzo rozgrzewajaca, w sam raz na  zimowe popoludnie

• 20 zabkow czosnku ( nieonbranych)
• 2 lyzki oliwy z oliwek
• sol i pieprz do smaku
• 2 lyzki masla
• 1 srednia cebula, pokrojona drobno
• 12 zabkow czosnku ( obranych)
• 1/2 lyzeczka suszonego tymianku

• 1 litr wywaru/rosolu z kurczaka
• ok 100 ml gestej smietany
• 2-3 piersi z kurczaka - ugotowane i pokrojone w kostke

1. do piekarnika ustawionego na 180 st wstawic nieobrany czosnek ( w plaskim naczyniu, najlepiej ceramicznym) zalany oliwa , doprawiony sola, pieprzem - dobrze wymieszac.
    Piec do miekkosci i az czosnek nabieze zloto-brazowego koloru- ok 35 min
2. odstawic do ostygniecia i obrac
3. zeszklic cebule na masle- ok 6 min
4. dodac pieczony czosnek, pokrojony w plasterki swiezy czosnek, tymianek- podsmazyc przez ok 2-3 min na wolnym ogniu
5. Podlac ok 200 ml rosolu i gotowac na wolnym ogniu przez ok 20 min
6. zmiksowac, dodac do reszty rosolu, zaprawic smietana, dodac pokrojona piers z kurczaka i ew doprawic do smaku sola i pieprzem
7. podawac na goraco

Grain Free Ginger Snaps

Grain Free Ginger Snaps

Brownies again

from Reeses brownies recipe


we had some guests over the week-end so  brownies again  :)

pizza base

   I slightly modified this recipe for sub sandwich 

1 1/4 cup blanched almond flour (or 1/2 cup coconut flour)

5 TBS psyllium husk powder (no substitutes) 
1 tsp baking powder /soda
1 tsp Celtic sea salt
2 eggs  ( 4 id coconut flour used)
 2-3 TBSP grated parmesan
1 cup BOILING water (or MARINARA - for more Tomato Basil Bread!)

optional:  ad some dried onion chips or onion powder)


Preheat the oven to 220C.  I used preheated  terraccota pizza circle   ( placed it in the oven at this point)
 In a medium sized bowl, combine the flour, psyllium powder (no substitutes: flaxseed meal won't work), baking powder/soda and salt. Mix until dry ingredients are well combined.  Add in the eggs and mix until a thick dough. Add boiling water or marinara into the bowl. Mix until well combined and dough firms up.
 Add parmesan and mix some more

Form a ball and  flatten it to approx 0.5 cm thick circle  Bake for   10-15 min until golden brown
Remove from the oven and  sprinkle with some more grated parmesan 
Return to the oven and bake for additional 5 min to for a `crust`
 Remove from the oven and add the topping of your choice ( marinara sauce, cheeses, parma ham etc)Bake until all the cheese melted and ready.

 the base is suitable for freezing  

   Polish_pls

   moja mala modyfikacja przepisu na bagietke

1 1/4 miarki mierlonych migdalow ( lub pol miarki maki kokosowej )
 5 lyzki babki plesznik ( lusek)- zaden inny substytut nie wchodzi w rachube

1 lyzeczka sody
1 tsp soli ( dobrej, o wysokiej zaw mineralow)
2 jajka ( lub 4 jesli uzywamy maki kokosowej)
 2-3 lyzki drobno startego parmezanu
1 miarka goracej wody


piekarnik ustawic na 220C.
 Ja uzylam ceramicznej plyty do pieczenia pizzy wiec wstawilam ja wczesniej do nagrzania
W sredniej wielkosci misce wymieszac make, babke plesznik, sode, sol.
 Dodac jajka u wymieszac na gesta mase
Dolewac stopniowo wrzatek i mieszac do polaczenia. Na koniec dodac parmezan
 Mozna tez dodac ok lyzki proszku cebulowego ( suszonej cebuli)

Utworzyc kule i rozgniesc ja dobrze na plycie do pizzy do grubosci ok 0.5 cm.
 Wstawic do piekarnika i podpiec przez ok 10-15 min ( do zrumienienia)
Posypac parmezanem, posmarowac sosem pomidorowym  wlasnej kompozycji i dac na gore ulubione dodatki ( starty ser, szynke, szpinak, cebule, oliwki itp)
 Wstawic do piekarnika i piec do momentu stopienia sera i podpieczenia wszystkich skladnikow

Scanning old negatives

 finally, I managed to organize  some old memories ( hundreds and hundreds of  our family and `single` photos) and came across some old negatives, many containing photos which we gave away ( early children`s pics, our wedding and trips photos)
I decided, it will be probably best to digitilise  it all ( for easy viewing, storage and sharing with friends)
 I did some research and gathered, it would be best to purchase a negative scanner and do the job myself.
 This one sounded  good enough  so I ordered it via amazon and it arrived a few days later.
It does good job, indeed.
 So here I am with over 5000 images, some long forgotten as we seemed to be giving away all the best shots .. editing one by one in lightroom ( removing dust, stains and scratches as many were rather old or not stored very carefully)
 Lots of hard work, many hours of patience but also plenty of fun and so MANY good good memories.
  A real time capsule.


 Here are a few form my Italian, Austrian, French  trips, our korean holiday, first weeks in UK, our wedding, some early, pre-digital baby photos  etc

Low Carb Roasted Garlic Chicken Soup Recipe | All Day I Dream About Food

Low Carb Roasted Garlic Chicken Soup Recipe | All Day I Dream About Food