Mindy Belle

Chocolate Brownies Nigella Lawson recipe

10 Tablespoons of unsalted butter

1 3/4 cups of Brown Sugar

3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder, sifted

1 cup all purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

Pinch of salt

4 eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

6 ounces chocolate  chopped or 1 cup of chocolate chips

Icing sugar for dusting

Foil for the pan

Preheat oven to 170 degrees

Melt the butter in a saucepan, add the brown sugar and stir with a wooden spoon over a low heat to help it blend with the butter.

Whisk together the cocoa powder, flour,baking soda and inch of salt and add this to the pan and stir, remove from the heat.

In a bowl whisk eggs and vanilla and add to mixture, stir in chopped chocolate and quickly pour into a foil lined greased square baking pan.

Bake for about 25 to 30 minutes and till the top is firm, the inside will still be moist if you test with a screwer.

Dust with Icing sugar and cut into squares.

Enjoy !!!

Muesli Paleo recipe inspired by Family food – Pete Evans

Ingredients

100g 2/3 cup Almonds

80g 1/2 macadamia nuts

3 Tablespoons sunflower seeds

3 Tablespoons pumpkin seeds

1 Tablespoons sesame seeds

2 Tablespoons Goji berries

4 dried Apricots sliced

2 Tablespoons dried cranberries

4 Tablespoons flax-seeds

2 Tablespoons coconut oil, melted

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

2 teaspoons ground ginger

pinch of sea salt

2 Tablespoons of Honey or to taste

Serve with Strawberries, blueberries, banana. and nut milk or soy milk.

Place the nuts and sunflower,pumpkin and sesame seeds in a large bowl. Cover with filtered water at room temperature and soak for 7 hours or overnight.

Also place the Goji berries,dried apricots and cranberries in a small bowl and soak in filtered water overnight.

Preheat the oven to the lowest temp possible 50 to 60 is Ok and line 2 large cookie trays with baking paper.

Drain the Nuts and Fruit and rinse well. Place on a clean tea towel or paper towel and pat dry.

Add the flax-seeds, coconut oil, cinnamon, ginger,salt and honey –  mix until combined.

Spread nut mixture thinly on the trays and place in the oven for 6 to 8 hours. I prefer to increase the heat at the end to 100 degrees for some crunch. You can process before you bake for a finer Muesli or break some of the pieces with a rolling pin after roasting.

Cool on the tray before breaking the pieces and storing in a glass container and store for up to 4 week.

Enjoy!!