The Pear & The Purple Peach

Inspiring recipes for a compassionate lifestyle

Fresh Strawberry Spelt Muffins

Yum yum yum yum yum!! I bought some yummy strawberries the other night and wanted some kind of baked good that was not super naughty so came up with this little treasure of a recipe.

These are gorgeous fluffy, moist and moorish muffins that are easy to whip up with minimal ingredients. Easy enough to whip up anytime for morning or afternoon tea. Or like me you can make them At 9:30pm and eat all of them with someone you love.

Minus the strawberries and it’s a great base recipe. Apple and cinnamon, blueberry etc etc

Did I mention these where YUM! my 1 year old niece will back me up on that one she gobbled two of them with a huge smile on her face when I tested a second batch at my parents house on the weekend! Maybe she could taste all the love and compassion in them!

What you need

1 Cup white spelt flour
1/2 cup Plain Flour
1/2 cup raw sugar
Grind of salt
2 teaspoons baking powder
3/4 cup soy-milk or other dairy free milk
1/4 cup rice bran oil
3/4 cup diced strawberries
1 Tsp vanilla extract

What you do

Line a 12 tin muffin pan with 9 liners (you will get a more satisfying size doing 9)

Combine flour, sugar, salt, and baking powder in a mixing bowl.
In a separate bowl or jug Mix in soy milk, oil and vanilla

Mix wet into dry ingredients along with strawberries and fold gently until just combined. Don’t over mix as it will cause tough muffins

Pour into prepared muffin pan and bake at 165 degrees for about 15 mins or until golden brown and spring back to the touch

Enjoy

With Compassion

Brett

Sprouted Chickpea Hummus

Gratitude to chris from MK RAW

I am a BIG fan of hummus and can eat it anytime on toast for breakfast or a snack, for dipping veggies you name it.

I have been looking into sprouted foods. As they offer a powerhouse of goodness, natural sources of vitamins, chelated minerals, enzymes, and amino acids (protein). In simple terms there is a whole heap of energy compacted in seeds, nuts etc but laying dormant. That is until they are soaked activating that energy, left to germinate in a warm spot and BANG all that energy turns to superfood ready for the the body to absorb all that glorious goodness.

I’m not going to give you instructions on how to sprout as it really depends on how you want to do it. Check out this great link for a wealth of sprouting information. Also a great website for anyone interested in adapting a raw food vegan diet

So after I sprouted some chickpeas I searched for sprouted chickpea Hummus and came across this recipe. I will note that it’s not your standard Hummus of course this is a raw sprouted version but I really love it and you can just tell its full of super goodness!

What you need:

2 cups sprouted chickpeas, rinsed
2 Garlic cloves, crushed
3 tablespoons raw tahini
4 tablespoons lemon juice
½ teaspoon Sea or Himalayan crystal salt
1 tablespoon water

What you do:

Add all ingredients to a food processor and blend. This won’t be super smooth but will have a texture to it.

Serve up with some fresh cut veggies and enjoy a great work time snack.

With Compassion

Brett

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