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Garlic & Chive Aioli

aioli

How good is aioli with some delicious oven baked sweetpotato fries!

Try this amazing aioli recipe. Believe it or not, homemade aioli can be healthy..

How you ask? Well the yolks of eggs and olive oil offer some amazing anti-inflammatory benefits and add to your daily healthy fat intake.

Egg yolks themselves provide a sturdy amount of B1, Zinc, Calcium, Iron, B6, Folate, B12 and vitamins A, D, E and K.

Olive oil boasts antioxidants to reduce tissue damage, skin health (keeping us looking fab and with moisturised plump skin), protect heart and cardiovascular health, is anti-inflammatory to reduce pain, inflammation and tissue damage and offers Vitamins E and K.

So get that oven baked chip and dig in!

Garlic & Chive Aioli

1/4 tsp Himalayan/Celtic Salt

1/2 Lemon Juiced

4 Garlic Cloves (hint* roast them and it will taste even better!)

300mL good quality olive oil

bunch chives chopped smallOnline Nutritionist

1 tbsp. Dijon mustard

1 whole egg

 

 

Place garlic, mustard, egg and chives in a processor/blend bowl. Process or blend until combined (roughly 10 seconds).

keep the motor running and slowly had the oil over the top until combine (approx. 2 mins) – be careful to add this very slowly.

The mixture should begin to thicken, once thickened stop the machine and add the lemon juice and salt and pulse. If mixture creeps up the side, use a spatula to scrape it down. Pulse a second time until nicely combined, smooth and thick. Leave aside for half and hour before consuming. Place remaining mixture in a glass jar and place in the fridge for up to one week.

 

 

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Simple Sugar-Free Banana Bread

Banana Bread

Who doesn’t love banana bread right? Well now you can enjoy a delicious slice of banana bread without the guilt. This recipe is completely sugar and flour free (apart from the natural sugars from the bananas) meaning lower carbohydrate, leaving room for more nutritious ingredients.

This recipe is also dairy free and gluten free.

Banana Bread

2 medium bananas, ripe

3 eggs

2 tbsp coconut or olive oil

Water

½ cup xylitol

2 cups almond meal or flax meal

1 tbsp baking powder (gluten free for those avoiding gluten)

1 tsp vanilla essence

1 tsp cinnamon

1/2 c walnuts chopped (optional)

 

Preheat oven toOnline Nutritionist 180 degrees fan forced. Oil a loaf pan.

Use a shaker or two cup measuring cup for wet ingredients and a bowl for dry ingredients.

Mash bananas in a separate bowl with a folk and put into the 2 cup container. Mix or shake.

Add all wet ingredients to the bananas and make it up to two cups by adding water.

Combine all dry ingredients in a mixing bowl and add wet ingredients, beat for 2-3 minutes, stir in walnuts if using them.

Pour the batter into the loaf pan and smooth the top.

Bake for 45-55 minutes or until a folk inserted comes out clean.

Allow to completely cool and cut into 1cm slices and wrap in alfoil and sandwich bag for work.

Store in freezer for longer term consumption.

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Clean Orange, Poppy Seed & Pistachio Muffins

Orange poppy seed pistachio muffins

We all love muffins and they are often a convenient and yummy snack option. However, they often come with a hefty, less than nutritious caloric profile and this can impact both our waistline and overall health. Thankfully, there are raw ingredient options available to us to boost their nutritional profile and reduce poor quality calories.

Clean Orange, Poppy Seed & Pistachio Muffins

 

Ingredients

 

100g pistachios (unsalted), & an extra 1 ½ tbsp. chopped (for decoration).

100g almond flour/meal (if you don’t have any on hand, put 50g almonds in a food processor and grind down)

50g coconut flour.

60g rapadura sugar (or xylitol if you are looking to cut down on sugar)

1 tsp baking powder

1 pinch sea salt or Celtic salt or Himalayan salt

Zest of one orange + juice of 1 fresh orange.

1 tbsp. poppy seeds, plus 1 tsp additional for decoration

60mL almond milk

4 lightly beaten large eggs

3 tbsp. walnut, hazelnut or almond oil (or olive oil if neither are available to you)

1 tsp vanilla bean paste/extract

1 tsp ground cinnamon

 

Method

 

Preheat oven to 180⁰C. Line 10 spaces of a muffin tin with muffin cases.

Place 100g of pistachios in a food processor or blender and process until fine.

Place ground pistachios into a large bowl and stir in other dry ingredients as well as the orange zest.

Squeeze orange juice into a measuring cup and add almond milk up to 175mL. Pour mixture over dry ingredients and add eggs, oil and vanilla. Stir until smooth.

Spoon mixture into prepared muffin cases, top with designated decorative pistachios and poppy seeds.

Bake for 25-30 mins or until a fork or skewer comes out clean.

Leave to cool.

Transfer into an airtight container for storage in the fridge or freezer if left for more than 4 days.

Diet Consultation

 

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