OH she glows - Out the door Chia Power (doughnuts) Muffins

Like I mentioned I want to try a different recipe every week and as you can tell it's not been a week. 

I decided to make these out the door chia power muffins. I do run around a lot and have a lot of activities that get my body going and make me hungry. So I thought this would be perfect for before the gym, right after work when I'm always looking for something to eat to build up my energy again or before going to the gym in the morning..

These seemed perfect so I went ahead and made them. Preheat the oven to 150°C (about 350F).

This is what you'll need

3/4 cup gluten fre oat flour (I used normal spelt free flour)

1/2 cup chia seeds

1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon (I just went for what looked right)

1/3 cup pure maple syrup or any other liquid sweetener

1/3 cup soya milk un-sweetend (the recipe normally calls for non dairy milk)

1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract (I used 2)

Dump all the dry ingredients into a bowl.

I then mixed them together

 Then I added the liquids and mixed them together too.

I then filled little muffin liners, making out exactly 12 muffins :) 

After 18 minutes I took the muffins out of the oven, personally I think I baked them a bit too long although the book recommends 22-26 minutes at 150°, it may be though that I should have baked it for less because it's not a doughnut or it's too thick, I'm not sure.

 This is what the muffins look like out of the baking tray.

 Up close and personal.

 From the inside. They're surprisingly nice and crunchy due to the chia seeds, which I love! 

This recipe was super easy to make as well and I enjoyed baking the muffins, I will definitely try out this recipe again and maybe add some lemon icing to the muffins I already have. I've had one already and can't wait to have another tomorrow :)

Happy baking :)

COCONUT AND SEA BUCKTHORN RAW CHOCOLATE

So a couple of months ago a friend of mine A. came to visit me in Austria from London. I had just read up on these Arctic Power Berries and asked her to bring me one of each.

Of course I automatically wanted to make something with the powders and as you may or may not know my family loves chocolate, so what better thing to make than some yummy chocolate.

In the end I didn't spread out the liquid equally so some bits of my chocolate bar were very bitter whilst the other bits were nice and sweet :D

Here the recipe and some photos:

1/2 cup coconut oil

1/2 cacao powder

3 tbsp honey or maple syrup

banana/coconut chips

 1 tbsp sea buckthorn powder (or cranberry or blueberry!)

add sea salt if you wish!

1. Melt the coconut oil in low heat and remove from the heat as soon as it is melted

2. Add the cacao powder and whisk until they are completely combined

3. Add honey/maple syrup, crushed banana/coconut chips, sea buckthorn powder (and sea salt if you wish!)

4. Pour the chocolate into moulds or on a baking sheet and let it set in the fridge for about 15 minutes

This recipe is fully vegan, gluten feee, raw and refined sugar free! (Yuhuu nice and healthy)

I ended chopping the chocolate up and adding bits to my müsli or yoghurts :) 

Here are the ingredients I used

This is what the melted chocolate looked like

This is what it looked like before I put it in the fridge, as I said not spread equally :/

All in all I was quite happy with the result, it's something I've never tried before but enjoyed making as it goes super quickly and is super easy to make :) I'll definitely try making this again in the near future!