Healthy Banana Ice-cream - Recipe

As we all know, the start of a new year means crazy dieting and exercise for some people. While a lot of people already has given up on their "get healthy"- new years resolution, I'd like to show you a recipe that might help you keep on track with your resolutions. If you have a sweet tooth, but want to minimize your sugar intake, this recipe is perfect for you! It's all natural ingrediens and guilt free!

Here is what you'll need:

• Two frozen bananas
• 3 tablespoons raw cacaopowder

Instructions:

The day before:

Peel, and cut your two bananas into thin slices. Put the slices in a bag and put the bag in the freezer over night. You can also freeze your bananas several days before you're going to use them, I always keep a bag of sliced bananas in my freezer, just in case I want to make this recipe.

The day after:

Take your frozen banana slices out of the freezer. Boil some water. Put the frozen bananas in a food processer or a very strong blender with the cacao powder and some of the boiling water. You can add more boiling water if it is too hard to blend, but don't add to much, or else the product will become liquid.

After you have blended it for a few minutes, it should have a creamy and not liquid texture, and should look like delicious chocolate ice-cream.

 

 

Healthy Organic Berries!

Summer is indeed upon us, and that I can se every time I go out to my garden. This morning I decided to make a really delicious and healthy breakfast with the many strawberries and raspberries I've got in my garden. I made a fruit bowl with strawberries, raspberries, a banana and a pear.

Marzipan treats - recipe

Hi again!

I just wanted to share a delicious an very easy little recipe if you were to be craving something sweet. This recipe is also really fitting if you've been making my homemade strawberry tart and you have some marzipan left, which I did!

All you're going to need is some marzipan, some nuts and some chocolate (optional; some cocoa or licorice powder).

All you do, is divide your marizan into small even portions. Then you take your nuts an put one inside each marzipan dot (I choose salted almonds, but you can choose whatever you prefer). Then you just roll the little marzipan sweets together, dip them in chocolate and, if you want to, sprinkle a little bit of cocoa or licorice powder on top of them. Voila! You've now made delicious homemade sweet treats.

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Amazing strawberry tart - recipe!

Hello there!

June is finally here, and what better way to celebrate than with a sweet summery treat. I've recently made this amazing tart, so I've decided to share it with you. It's a lovely tart with a mazarin base, light vanilla cream filling and has fresh strawberries on top. It is a bit time consuming, but it will be worth it in the end, especially if you like baking as much as I do!

What you'll need:

For the tart dough:

• 100g of cold unsalted butter in chopped bits
• 50g of powder sugar
• 130g of flour
• 1 small egg

For the mazarin mixture:

• 175g of marzipan
• 150g of caster sugar
• 100g melted butter
• 2 eggs
• 50g of flour

For the vanilla cream filling:

• 1 egg
• 15g cornstarch
• vanilla bean from half a vanilla pod 
• 250ml milk
• 40g castersugar
• 250ml heavy whipping cream

And for toppings and the tart base:

• 100g dark chocolate
• 500g strawberries

Instructions:

You're going to start off  by making the tart dough. Crumble your 100g of butter together with your 50g of powder sugar and your 130g of flour, you can to this easy with a hand mixer. When your dough is crumbly, add the egg to the mixture and mix it all together until it forms a smooth consistence. Keep in mind that the dough might be a bit soft, but that's how it's supposed to be. Put the dough into the fridge, and let it sit for about 30 minutes or 45 minutes.

Meanwhile the dough is resting, you can turn on your owen to 200 degrees celsius and put a baking tray at the bottom of the owen. 

Now you can start on making your mazarin mixture. Take your 175g of marzipan and 150g of caster sugar and form them into one mass. It's easiest if you just do it by hand, by pushing the sugar into the marzipan. When the sugar and marzipan are all combined, melt your 100g of butter, and add it to the mixture a little at a time, while you whisk it all together with a hand mixer. When you have poured all of your butter into the mixture, you can put your two eggs in, one at a time, mixing in-between. The last step is to sift your 50g of flour into the wet mixture, and then give it one last whisk, so that it's all combined and smooth, without any lumps.

When your tart dough from earlier has cooled down and hardened in the fridge for about 30 minutes, take a baking sheet, and put som flour on it. Take out a tart dish (about 30 cm in diameter), and butter it all over and well, so that the tart can be cut out of the dish, without being stuck or break when you serve it. Take your dough out of the fridge and roll it out on the sheet. Be sure to get flour on the dough, so that you kan lift it from the baking sheet, without it sticking. When you have rolled your dough out (you need to do it quickly, because the butter, keeping the dough together, must not be warmed up too much, or the dough will break. Take your baking sheet with the dough, and put your tart dish nearby. Turn the baking sheet with the dough on it up side down, on top of the tart dish, so that the dough lands exactly into the dish. Take of the baking paper and cut and adjust the dough to the fit the dish. 

Now, take your mazarin mass and pour it on top of the dough in the dish. Put the tart in the preheated owen (200 degrees celsius) and place it on the lowest shelf in the owen. Bake it for about 20-25 minutes, until the mazarin mass is solid. Afterwards, take it out of the owen and let it cool completely.

When the tart has cooled down, melt your chocolate in a bowl on top of a pot with hot/boiling water. The bowl needs to be wider than the pot, and must not be made of plastic. The steam from the hot water, will heat op the bowl, and melt the chocolate in it. When the chocolate is melted, pour it over the cooled tart and spread it out, so that it covers the whole top. Let it sit and cool, until the chocolate has hardened. You can put it in the fridge, to speed up the process.

While the tart is cooling again, you can start on the vanilla cream for the filling. Take a pot and whisk your egg and cornstarch together, so that there is no lumps. When the mixture is smooth, put it on the heat and start adding your vanilla bean, 40g of sugar and 250ml of milk. Whisk the mixture while it heats up (on high heat). It should only take about 1 minute for the mixture to get a thick consistency, and when it does, take it of the heat and let it cool down in the fridge.

When the chocolate has hardened on the tart, take your 250ml whipping cream, and whisk it together until it gets a light and firm consistence. Take your vanilla cream out of the fridge, and give it a whisk just to make sure it's smooth. Now combine the two mixtures to one, and then put it on top of the tart. Wash your strawberries and cut them in half. Place them on top of the tart, and you're done!

Bon appetit!

Internatonal pancake day

Hi there!

So the past few days I have been incredibly sick, and it is really bothering me. I just hate being sick as much as the next person, but I'm just trying to get through it by binge-watching "Pretty Little Liars" and drinking lots of tea. It really sucks, but since today is the "international pancake day" I decided to treat myself with some delicious and healthy banana and oat pancakes. They are really simple to make and very yummy, so here is the recipe:

What you'll need (1 portion):

The pancake batter:

• 1 banana
• 1 egg
• 1 deciliter/1/2 cup of oats
• 1 teaspoon of vanilla sugar

The toppings:

• Some spoonfulls of skyr (if you don't have skyr, you can use greekyoghurt)
• A pear or any other fruit you prefer

Take your banana and mash it in a bowl with a fork, until it is a smooth consistence (you can also use a blender). Next take your egg and mix it in, and after that your oats and you vanilla sugar.

When you have mixed your batter, you just turn on a pan on medium heat with some butter on it, and fry the pancakes until they turn golden brown. 

Put the pancakes on a plate and serve them with some fresh fruit and low fat yoghurt or any other toppings you like (nuts, berries or honey is also some good choices of toppings, if you don't want yoghurt or fruit).

Enjoy and happy pancake day!

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Healthy & delicious quinoa salad - recipe

Yesterday and the day before that I made this delicious salad I came up with. It's very healthy and nutritious and will fill you up when you're hungry. The salad is made of a layer of quinoa on the bottom, with some fried vegetables on top, salad, avocado, chicken and topped of with roasted almonds and balsamico vinegar. The recipe is also perfect if you want to live a healthier lifestyle, as the new year has begun, or just want some inspiration for healthier food or salads.

Here is what you will need (1 portion):

• 50ml of quinoa
• 1 chickenbreast
• Two vegetables of you choice (I choose bell pepper and zucchini)
• Three handfuls of salad
• 1 avocado
• Almonds
• Seasoning for your chicken

Start of by boiling your quinoa in a pot with one part quinoa to two parts water. Put a pan on your stove and roast your almonds on high heat (you don't have to use oil on the pan). When you almonds are getting burnt marks and looks roasted enough, take them of the pan, and set them aside. Cut the almonds into smaller pieces.

Next take the pan and fry your chicken breast on medium heat about six minutes on each side. Season your chicken before you flip it on the other side. Slice up your vegetables.When you have fried your chicken on one side and flipped it over, move it to the side of your pan, and fry the vegetables on the other side of the pan. Season the vegetables as well.

When your quinoa is done boiling after fifteen to twenty minutes, take it off the stove and pour the water out, so you're left with only your quinoa. 

Wash your salad and set it aside. Take your chicken breast of the pan when it is browned and no longer raw inside (check it, by cutting in the chicken breast), and slice it into bitesize pieces. When the vegetables are browned and done as well, take them of the heat.

Now take your quinoa and put it on your plate in a flat circle. Next take your fried vegetables, and put them on top. Take your salad and chicken and put it on top of your vegetables. Now take an avocado and slice it into small pieces. Put the avocado on top of the salad as well as the roasted almonds. Now drizzle the salad with a little bit of balsamico vinegar, or any other salad dressing you prefer.

Bon appetit!

Oreo Cheesecake

Hello there!

This past weekend I held a little birthday dinner-party for some of my really good friends, and it was so nice to just sit and talk to everyone and we had a really nice evening.

Because it was a kind of "dinner-party", I had been cooking all of the food and what I want to share with you today is how I made the dessert, an Oreo cheesecake!

The cake wasn't that hard to make and does NOT require any baking at all. So if you're very good at burning cakes in the oven, this is a perfect recipe for you!

Here is what you'll need:

For the crust:

• 200g Oreo-biscuits
• 60g melted butter

For the cheese-filling:

• 300g cream-cheese
• 150g sour cream (18% fat)
• 150ml cream
• Juice from 0.75 limes (if you really like the sour taste, I recommend using 1 1/2 limes) 
• Zest from 1 lime (optional)
• 80g sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla bean
• 4 sheets of gelatine

Topping:

• Strawberries
• Whipped cream

I recommend making a double portion if you want a taller cheesecake, if you're using the same size tin as I am (diameter of the springform-tin = 22cm).

Instructions:

Start of by crushing all of your Oreo-biscuits. You can crush them however you want to, but I found that the easiest way, was just to put all the biscuits in a blender.

After you have crushed all your Oreo-biscuits into little pieces, you're going to pour your melted butter over the Oreo's, mix it all together, and then push the biscuit-mixture down into your springform tin.

After you've done that you're just going to let it cool for a bit. 

And while the crust is cooling down, you can begin making the cheese-filling.

Start of by mixing the cream cheese with the sugar, and then add vanilla bean and the lime zest. After that is mixed all together, you're going to gently mix in the sour cream with a spatula.

Now you going to whip your cream stiff, and then also gently mix that in. 

Now you're just going to soften up your gelatine in cold water, and then after about 5 minutes, take the gelatine up from the water and melt in in the microwave with some of the water hanging in the gelatine. Be very careful with this step, the gelatine melts VERY QUICKLY in the microwave, and you want to take it out, when all of it is a thick liquid. 

After that, you're going to pour your lime juice into the gelatine and mix it together with a whisk, so that it's all combined. Then you're just going to let et cool for about 2-3 minutes, and after that, put a little amount of your cheese-mixture into the gelatine-mixture, and whisk that together very well, so that the gelatine doesn't make chunks in the cake.

After you've whisked the gelatine-mixture together to an even liquid, you're going to pour that into the rest of the cheese-mixture and also gently mix that together, until it's all combined.

When you're done with the cheese-mixture, you're just going to pour it all over the crust in the springform tin.

Then your just going to put it into the fridge, and let it cool over night.

When you're just about to serve the cake, decorate it with whipped cream and strawberries.

Bon appétit!

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