Chestnuts Warning, these Poppy Chestnuts are addictive! Are chestnuts really nuts? The high content of carbohydrates and low content of fat in chestnuts set them apart from the other nuts, but they really are nuts 🙂 If you are on a Paleo diet and wish to have more carbohydrates, chestnut flour is the perfect ingredient to…
Category: Dessert
Vegan Muesli Bites Recipe
Barley vs Oats Barley and oats have a range of healthy cholesterol-lowering properties as was discussed in the Barley Risotto post. There is an important difference between barley and oats, it is that the oats are gluten free. Oats are gaining increasing scientific and public interest for their potential antioxidant-associated health benefits as well as anti-inflammatory…
Chocolate Cheesecake
Cacao All chocolate lovers probably felt even happier when cacao was declared a super food. However, a chocolate and raw cacao are very different. The process of producing cacao powder involves cold-pressing raw cocoa beans to remove cacao butter before turning the product into cacao powder. So, how harmful is a high temperature for the…
Gluten and Sugar Free Banana Bread
“Oh Hallelujah, our problems are solved. We have banana bread.” Watch this episode of Simpsons and you will definitely want to try my recipe:-) Banana Bread
Cottage Cheese Gnocchi
Cheese for Teeth There is a lot of advice we can follow to maintain our baby’s health. One of the important things we can do for our children’s health is to provide special care for their teeth. Some of you might be surprised to hear that baby teeth first start to develop while the baby is in…
Spicy Lemon Cake
Enjoy this guilt-free cake. It is Magic Tablecloth original dessert for lemon lovers.
Almond Raspberry Flourless
Are you wondering why they say raw almonds are better for you than roasted? The answer ‘because the roasted almonds are tastier’ may be a suitable answer. According to the study (Food Chemistry, Volume 151, 15 May 2014, Pages 31-39) the levels of most alcohols increase significantly (500 times) in response to roasting. The nutritional value of…
Almond Pear Torte
Almond fruit consists of a kernel, seedcoat, middle shell, and outer green shell cover. All the nutrients in almond fruit are found in the kernel, what we call the almond nut. Our body will surely benefit from the antioxidants found in almonds. The most powerful of the almond’s antioxidant actions is from the Vitamin E. The health effects of almonds depend on…
Coconut Apple Crumble
Since reading about Coconut oil I’ve been curious how it compares with other oils, which also have many benefits for human health. For example, Flaxseed (Linseed) oil is rich in Omega-3 and Omega-6, which may help to lower cholesterol, protect against heart disease and control high blood pressure. So, while searching, I came across an article where researchers compared Virgin Coconut Oil (VCO) qualities with…
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