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Merry Christmas! Wishing you a peaceful and friendful Christmas Season!

 

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Tue, 13 Dec 2011 08:23:49 -0800 Cauliflower Curry with MILLMIXES Stoneground Bread http://rodneyly.posterous.com/cauliflower-curry-with-millmixes-stoneground http://rodneyly.posterous.com/cauliflower-curry-with-millmixes-stoneground I love Alison Holst recipe books, she uses all kinds of ingredients, but the recipes do tend to be healthful and I often replace flour with stoneground flour etc. I have three of her recipe books. Alison Holst's Meals without Meat is my favourite, but I haven't yet found any of her recipes to be disappointing. Some are definitely more healthy than others, so just watch out :-) She has a lot of free recipes online from the Alison Holst website and from the Alison Holst Radio Show. Here's a DELICIOUS recipe from Feed the tien: Cauliflower & Egg Curry (Alison Holst's recipe - modified):

Cauliflower & Egg Curry (Alison Holst's recipe - modified)

 

Ingredients

 

410g can seasoned/normal tomato puree

160ml can coconut cream

1/2 a large cauliflower - cut into florets

4 medium sized carrots - chopped into 2 cm thick wedges

1 onion - finely minced

5 cloves of garlic - finely minced

ginger powder

garam masala

2 OXO beef stock cubes

Brahim's curry powder

4 - 6 Eggs

salt

oil

 

Method

 

1. Hard-boil eggs.

2. Saute the onions in some oil (in a large pan or wok) until translucent and then add the garlic. Continue sauteing until fragrant.

3. Add 1-2 tablespoons of ginger powder and 2-3 tablespoons of curry powder (Sorry, I just chuck in whatever I feel like and taste it later on, so I can't give you exact measurements).

4. Continue sauteing for a few minutes until mixture darkens a little, then add can of seasoned tomato puree. Simmer for a few minutes.

5. Add garam masala and OXO beef stock cubes and mix well.

6. Add carrots. Simmer until semi tender.

7. Add coconut cream, mix well, then add cauliflower. Simmer until tender.

8. Taste and add salt (and/or curry powder and/or other spices) to your liking.

9. Add peeled, halved hard-boiled eggs, mix gently and let it rest for about 10-15 minutes before serving.

10. Garnish with roughly chopped coriander if you like.

 

PS: For those who are interested, the original recipe called for minced fresh ginger (which I swapped with ground ginger/ginger powder because the fresh ginger doesn't dissolve and leaves chewy bits in your curry), canned whole tomatoes (which I thought made it far too watery and I didn't care for the bits of resistant tomato skin - see if you can spot a piece in the photo) and peas (which I didn't think really added anything to the dish).

Another amazingly easy and totally DELICIOUS cauliflower curry recipe from a recipe book that I HIGHLY recommend is, Cauliflower Winter Curry from the cookbook, Cooking outside the box by Keith Abel. The whole recipe book is full of extremely tasty ways to use whole foods.

Oh and btw both of these curries taste fabulous with freshly sliced and buttered MILLMIXES Stoneground Bread

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Wed, 26 Oct 2011 04:05:19 -0700 NEW! No Gluten Cake in a Mug Mix http://rodneyly.posterous.com/new-no-gluten-cake-in-a-mug-mix-30069 http://rodneyly.posterous.com/new-no-gluten-cake-in-a-mug-mix-30069

MillMixes has a new product in the Cake in a Mug Mix range that contains NO GLUTEN! This cake is chocolate flavour and it is also made in a microwave.
 
The convenient single serving packet is perfect for anyone needing to cater for a person who does not eat gluten!
 
It is also the perfect size for everyone wanting to get some extra types of whole grains into their diet. The delicious cake contains stoneground brown rice flour and stoneground buckwheat flour. These two grains are super nutritious and both can be found on the world's healthiest foods list on www.whfoods.com.
 
The stoneground brown rice flour is wholesome brown rice ground into flour and this adds a bunch of special nutrients that are not found in white rice. "The process that produces brown rice removes only the outermost layer, the hull, of the rice kernel and is the least damaging to its nutritional value. The complete milling and polishing that converts brown rice into white rice destroys 67% of the vitamin B3, 80% of the vitamin B1, 90% of the vitamin B6, half of the manganese, half of the phosphorus, 60% of the iron, and all of the dietary fiber and essential fatty acids. Fully milled and polished white rice is required to be "enriched" with vitamins B1, B3 and iron." taken from http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=128, this interesting article about brown rice is worth your read for lots more information. 
 

Buckwheat is even more interesting and is packed full of everything good for you. Buckwheat is actually a fruit seed, although it is mostly used as a grain. "

Buckwheat's beneficial effects are due in part to its rich supply of flavonoids, particularly rutin. Flavonoids are phytonutrients that protect against disease by extending the action of vitamin C and acting as antioxidants. Buckwheat's lipid-lowering activity is largely due to rutin and other flavonoid compounds. These compounds help maintain blood flow, keep platelets from clotting excessively (platelets are compounds in blood that, when triggered, clump together, thus preventing excessive blood loss, and protect LDL from free radical oxidation into potentially harmful cholesterol oxides. All these actions help to protect against heart disease." The rest of the fabulous benefits of buckwheat can be read about at http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=11, where I got this information.

And these two super grains can be found in this delicious chocolate cake, super easy to make in under 5 minutes in a microwave!

The No Gluten Cake in a Mug Mix can be bought at Vergelegen Kwikspar in Somerset West and also at the Sunday Blaauwklippen family market at Blaauwklippen Wine Estate on the R44 between Stellenbosh and Somerset West. Remember tasters are available at the market :-)

Can't wait to see you there!

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Wed, 26 Oct 2011 03:43:49 -0700 Easy Trifle with the Cake in a Mug Mix http://rodneyly.posterous.com/easy-trifle-with-the-cake-in-a-mug-mix http://rodneyly.posterous.com/easy-trifle-with-the-cake-in-a-mug-mix
Easy Trifle
 
1 baked Cake in a Mug Mix, cooled completely
 1 packet strawberry jelly
 1 cup custard
 1 banana, sliced
 200ml cream
 Hundreds & thousands to sprinkle (optional)

Cut cake into pieces the size of grapes (old cake or dried out cake works as well as freshly baked cake). Lay on the bottom of a big glass serving bowl (it must fit in your fridge). Prepare the jelly as per the packet instructions, instead of putting it in the fridge to set; pour the lukewarm jelly over the cake. Now put it in the fridge to set firm. Once set, pour the custard over the jelly. Thick custard works best. Lay the pieces of banana over the custard. Spread the stiffly whipped cream over the banana. Put in the fridge to get cold. Sprinkle with hundreds and thousands just before serving. Best served cold. Serves 5.

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Tue, 25 Oct 2011 12:34:30 -0700 NEW! No Gluten Cake in a Mug Mix http://rodneyly.posterous.com/new-no-gluten-cake-in-a-mug-mix http://rodneyly.posterous.com/new-no-gluten-cake-in-a-mug-mix
MillMixes has a new product in the Cake in a Mug Mix range that contains NO GLUTEN! This cake is chocolate flavour and it is also made in a microwave.
 
The convenient single serving packet is perfect for anyone needing to cater for a person who does not eat gluten!
 
It is also the perfect size for everyone wanting to get some extra types of whole grains into their diet. The delicious cake contains stoneground brown rice flour and stoneground buckwheat flour. These two grains are super nutritious and both can be found on the world's healthiest foods list on www.whfoods.com.
 
The stoneground brown rice flour is wholesome brown rice ground into flour and this adds a bunch of special nutrients that are not found in white rice. "The process that produces brown rice removes only the outermost layer, the hull, of the rice kernel and is the least damaging to its nutritional value. The complete milling and polishing that converts brown rice into white rice destroys 67% of the vitamin B3, 80% of the vitamin B1, 90% of the vitamin B6, half of the manganese, half of the phosphorus, 60% of the iron, and all of the dietary fiber and essential fatty acids. Fully milled and polished white rice is required to be "enriched" with vitamins B1, B3 and iron." taken from http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=128, this interesting article about brown rice is worth your read for lots more information. 
 
Buckwheat is even more interesting and is packed full of everything good for you. Buckwheat is actually a fruit seed, although it is mostly used as a grain. "

Buckwheat's beneficial effects are due in part to its rich supply of flavonoids, particularly rutin. Flavonoids are phytonutrients that protect against disease by extending the action of vitamin C and acting as antioxidants. Buckwheat's lipid-lowering activity is largely due to rutin and other flavonoid compounds. These compounds help maintain blood flow, keep platelets from clotting excessively (platelets are compounds in blood that, when triggered, clump together, thus preventing excessive blood loss, and protect LDL from free radical oxidation into potentially harmful cholesterol oxides. All these actions help to protect against heart disease." The rest of the fabulous benefits of buckwheat can be read about at http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=11, where I got this information.

And these two super grains can be found in this delicious chocolate cake, super easy to make in under 5 minutes in a microwave!

The No Gluten Cake in a Mug Mix can be bought at Vergelegen Kwikspar in Somerset West and also at the Sunday Blaauwklippen family market at Blaauwklippen Wine Estate on the R44 between Stellenbosh and Somerset West. Remember tasters are available at the market :-)

Can't wait to see you there!

 

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