Getting "healthy": Juice

apple


So recently we bought an juice extractor. 
We tasted a really tasty ginger, carrot, apple and beetroot juice at a cool lunch spot.
So we felt like we  had to buy an juice extractor.
We choose the Philips HR 1832/00 from the Viva Collection. So far we are very happy of it!

 We tried different "recipes", some were good others not.
We found a favorite juice. It's an apple, beetroot, cucumber and ginger juice.



For two glasses you will need:

Half a cucumber
one apple
one small beetroot (washed well)
And a tiny piece of ginger


So just wash your fruit and vegetables and throw them into the juicer. 

 Mix the juices together.

 Add in a splash of water and some ice cubes.

 There you have all your veggies in just one glass!



Until next time,

Ornella



Spiced Pumpkin Cake

cinnamon


To start the fall conveniently, there's nothing better then a Spiced Pumpkin Cake. 
Let's jump right into it.


For one cake (baking tin of 23cm) you will need:


350 gr pumpkin (peeled)
3 eggs
225 gr flour
170 gr caster sugar
110 gr butter
Half a tsp cinnamon
5 gr fresh ginger (peeled + diced)
6 gr baking powder
a pinch of salt
Optional: walnuts

50 gr Philadelphia
25 gr butter
50 gr powder sugar
Optional: vanilla

Preheat your oven to 170 °C.
Make sure to clean your pumpkin well. By this I mean that you have to remove the pumpkin seeds.
Rasp you pumpkin. Tip Use your food-processor for this!
Pumpkin contains a lot of water, so make sure to "press" it out by (for example) using paper towel.
It should look like this:



Mix the dry ingredients (flour, sugar, cinnamon, ginger, baking powder and the salt).

Mix, in another bowl, the eggs and the melted butter.

Now add carefully your "wet" ingredients to your "dry" ingredients. 

Add your pumpkin.

Now butter and flour your baking tin.
Pour the batter in the baking tin.


Bake 30 to 35 minutes.

Let the cake cool down!

Make your frosting in the meantime.

Just whip the philadelphia, butter, sugar.

Once the cake has completely cooled down you can frost him!



Eat straight away or let it cool in the fridge (the frosting will set).



Tip: make it as soon as possible, before fall is over ;-)




"Healthy" Ice Cream Sandwiches

chocolate sauce

And after a long absence I'm back with a dessert. A "healthy" dessert. 

 It's basically an ice cream sandwich, but homemade and "healthy".



 I took major inspiration here.
For this you will need:

 4 tbsp vegetable oil (or coconut oil or butter)
3 tbsp honey
2 tbsp buckwheat flour
2 tbsp milk (I used almond milk, but you can use regular milk or hazelnut milk ...)
70 gr oats
2 tsp freshly chopped ginger
a pinch of salt
a splash of vanilla extract

First you should pre-heat your oven to 180°C.
Then stir together all the ingredients.
Make then (about) 12 balls and place them on parchment paper.
Make sure to leave enough space between them, cause you'll have to flatten them out before putting them into the oven.
Once your oven is heated, place your cookies in the oven and bake for about 15 to 18 minutes. 
When they get darker at the edges it's time to take them out.
If you want to make ice cream sandwiches, let the cookies cool down a bit.
Once cooled, fill them with your favourite ice cream (mine is milk ice cream, also known as fior di latte gelato). 
And for more indulgence, serve with some melted dark chocolate.
Still "healthy" but super tasty dessert. 
Make it as soon as you can, because once you've made them you're addicted to them.




XO

Ornella


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