Creme Egg Brownies

Posted on March 27, 2016 by teesnutrition

I’m such a chocoholic so Easter is definitely one of my favourite times of the year because of that! Creme eggs aren’t out and about for that long so I just had to make these brownies! These brownies are to die for, rich in chocolate and so moist, it’s hard not to eat the whole batch! I sneaked in a few nutritious ingredients to try balance the recipe out as best I could but they’re still pretty lethal with those creme eggs in there 😀 80/20 😉

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Ingredients

185g dark chocolate

185g coconut oil/butter (I used a combo of half coconut oil/half butter)

85g plain spelt flour

40g cacao powder

3 eggs

275g coconut sugar

6 cadbury creme eggs

Method

Preheat the oven to 180°C.
Melt the coconut oil/butter and chocolate together in a bowl over a pan of simmering water. Once melted, leave to cool slightly.
Whisk your eggs and sugar together using an electric mixer until well combined.
Add the chocolate mixture into your eggs and sugar.
Sift in the flour and cacao powder and fold everything together gently.
Pour everything into your brownie tray and cook for about 20 minutes.
While that’s cooking, cut your creme eggs in half. This can be tricky without making a mess 😛
After 20 minutes, take out your brownies. Place your eggs on top of the half cooked brownies and gently press down. I fitted 3 across each row.
Bake for a further 10 minutes or until cooked through.
Once cooked, leave to cool for a while before cutting.

Enjoy 🙂 Try not to each the whole batch at once 😉

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Happy Easter ♥

Tee.X

Raw Chocolate & Caramel Squares

Posted on January 6, 2016 by teesnutrition

I have the biggest sweet tooth and chocolate is definitely one of my weaknesses! So as you can imagine Christmas was a bit indulgent with all the sweets and chocolates around!

Even though I’m so sad Christmas is all over with now, I love the feeling of getting back into my normal eating routine which is filled with lots of nutritious foods! My sweet tooth is never going to go away though so I always try to make sure I have some healthy treat lying around so that I don’t go for the bad stuff!

I love these raw chocolate and caramel squares because they are the perfect treat after all the Christmassy indulgences and are guilt free too! Definitely worth a try and they’re so easy to make too – no cooking required 🙂

Ingredients

First Layer:

20 medjool dates, pitted

5 tbsp coconut flour

1/4 cup water (more if needed)

Second Layer:

20 medjool dates, pitted and soaked

1 tbsp cacao butter, melted

Third Layer:

100g dark chocolate, melted (the darker the better)

Method

Start with the first layer. Blend dates in a food processor until you have a big and sticky ball. Break the ball up slightly before adding in the coconut flour and mix again until you have a powder consistency. Add water gradually until it starts to look like a crumble. Remove and place in a square glass container (mine was 20cm x 15cm). Spread with the back of a spoon until you have a nice flat layer. Freeze.
Next is the second layer. Using the same food processor (no need to clean it out), blend the soaked dates and melted cacao butter. Slowly add in the water used to soak the dates until you have a smooth and creamy consistency, be careful when adding the water, you don’t want it to be too liquid, should be thick and creamy. Spread over the first layer and freeze again while you prepare your melted chocolate.
Once your chocolate is melted, spread over the caramel layer and freeze again for 5 minutes until the chocolate has hardened.
Top with some of the leftover first layer if you have some. Slice into squares…

…and enjoy 🙂

Yummy! 😀

Tee.X

Healthy Rice Krispie Buns

Posted on June 29, 2015 by teesnutrition

These look like rice krispie buns don’t they…

But.. They’re not 😉

Instead of using rice krispies I followed one of Deliciously Ella’s recipes from her cookbook and made these really delicious Quinoa and Cacao Crispy Treats! The main ingredient used in this recipe instead of using rice krispies are Quinoa Pops…

Quinoa is one of my favourite foods because it’s so nutritious and I love adding it to everything and anything so you can imagine how excited I was when I found this recipe 😀 I used love making rice krispie buns when I was younger for any parties that were going on and I know to this day that rice krispie buns are a staple food party piece at most children’s parties which is why I really want to share this recipe with you all because these quinoa and cacoa crispy treats are just as fun to make as your normal rice krispie buns but they have the added bonus of being super nutritious 😀

Anyway enough chatter.. here is the recipe from Deliciously Ella’s (http://deliciouslyella.com/) cookbook which I would highly recommend purchasing!

Quinoa and Cacao Crispy Treats ~

Ingredients

1 and a 1/2 cups (60g) of quinoa pops (I was able to buy these in Cornucopia, the health food shop in Macroom)
1/3 of a cup of raw cacao powder (80g)
6 tbsp of pure maple syrup/honey
5 tbsp of coconut oil
2 tbsp of almond butter (or preferred nut butter)
cupcake cases

Method

Place the coconut oil, cacao powder, maple syrup/honey and almond butter into a saucepan and gently heat it for a few minutes until it’s melted.
Next, pour in the quinoa pops and stir it all together until all the quinoa pops have been covered in chocolate.
Scoop the mixture out into the cupcake cases and place in a fridge/freezer for approx. 20 minutes or until the chocolate has set.

Enjoy 🙂

Tee. X