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Nutty apple crumble

Published 2012-09-29 21:12:00 i Baking, GI recipes,

It may not look like much to the world, but gosh was this nice! This just proves that a ton of butter and sugar is not needed to make things taste nice, only a little bit is enough :-)
Nutty apple crumble for two:
  • 2 large apples
  • ½ deciliter hazelnuts
  • ½ deciliter cashew nuts
  • 1 tbsp grated coconut
  • 1 tbsp rye flour
  • ½ deciliter oats
  • 1 tbsp butter
  • 1 tsp agave nectar
  • cinnamon and cardamom

Peel and cut up the apples, and place them in a buttered, oven safe tray. Put a little bit of water in with them. Mix together the other ingredients in a food processor until it is like a paste. Put on top of apples. Put in the oven at 175 degrees for 20 minutes (I did it slightly too hot, hence the dark colour, haha!). Serve with whipped cream, or quark if you prefer for a bit more protein and less fat. We had it plain.

This was just delicious! Great for a Saturday evening treat.

Now my friends, I'm going to place myself on the sofa, with a cup of herbal tea and my new book: Fifty Shades of Grey!

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Pork chops and french vegetables

Published 2012-09-29 19:32:19 i Dinners, GI recipes,

A little whiff of France influenced my cooking of tonight's dinner. It was really nice, and a very GI friendly recipe, majorly inspired by Ola Lauritzon's cook book "100 Snabba GI Rätter på 30 min". As usual, though, I made my own little style of it.
 
Pork chops with French vegetables for two:
  • 2 pork chops
  • your favourite vegetables (I used zucchini, red pepper, mushrooms, onion and garlic)
  • sugarsnaps
  • terragon
  • lemon juice
  • salt and pepper

I started off by chopping the vegetables, then frying the pork chops in a little bit of olive oil, seasoned with salt and pepper. When they were done, I took them off, putting the vegetables in the frying pan and seasoning with dried terragon and lemon juice for that French feeling. I cooked the vegetables until soft, boiled a few sugarsnaps for a minute, and served it with some fresh tomatoes and a little bit of apple sauce on the pork. A really nice dinner!

In a little while I'm going to try making an apple crumble, but a healthier one. It is Saturday after all ;-)

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Banana muffins

Published 2012-09-26 12:51:00 i Baking, GI recipes, Snacks, Things that make me happy,

I had invited a friend over for coffee this morning, as mentioned in the post below, and wanted to bake something nice to serve with it, but still something that was healthy. I saw this recipe and thought it would be a good idea to do something similar. My recipe turned out to be more like muffins, and I decided to go with a more "cake" like topping of whipped cream (20%).
Banana muffins (makes about 6 muffins):
  • 1 deciliter oats
  • ½ deciliter dinkel flour
  • ½ deciliter rye flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 egg
  • 1½ banana
  • 1 tablespoon agave nectar
  • 1 small pinch of salt
  • 1 tablespoon Kesella (quark)
 
Put the oven at 175 degrees Celsius. Mix everything together with a rod mixer and portion in an oiled muffintray. Bake in the oven for approximately 20-25 minutes.
 
This was so quick and easy to make, and at the same time not too bad for you. Using agave nectar instead of sugar and using oats, dinkel and rye instead of wheat flour keeps the blood sugar level more steady. Bananas are great for sweetness too. Quark instead of butter takes fat content down alot and still provides nice moisture to the cake.
 
Each muffin contain approximately 120 calories :-)
 
 
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Roasted beet root and chicken

Published 2012-09-25 21:21:00 i Dinners, GI recipes, Nutrition,

Tonight my fiancé prepared dinner while I was out singing, and we had roasted beet root with chicken. I have only used beet root like this for about 2 years, and I must say I can't believe I haven't had it before that! It's really nice both boiled and roasted and goes so well with chicken, pork or beef.
 
Did you know that beet root helps oxygenate the cells in your body, stimulating the immune defense and keeping your muscles, heart and nervous system in good condition. It is also a detoxicating vegetable, helping the body to rid itself of toxins. Read more facts here.
Beet root and chicken for two:
  • 2 skin free, bone free chicken breasts
  • 12 small baby beet root
  • mixed lettuce
  • half a can of sweet corn
  • 40 grams of low fat feta cheese (10%)
  • olive oil
 
Clean and cut the roots and tops off the beet root, toss in olive oil, salt and pepper. Put in oven at 200 degrees Celsius for 40 minutes. Drizzle a litle bit of olive oil over the chicken breasts, salt and pepper and let them join the beet root in the oven for another 25 minutes or so. Serve with a salad of lettuce, sweet corn and feta cheese. The sweetness with the beet root and sweet corn goes so well with the salty chicken and feta cheese, omnomnom!
 
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Warming root-vegetable soup!

Published 2012-09-24 18:11:19 i Dinners, GI recipes, Lunches,

Autumn and winter is the perfect season for root-vegetables, and honestly, you can't but love these flavoursome and healthy foods! I love making soup on them, which I did for lunch earlier.
It is as simple as anything!
 
Warming root vegetable soup for four:
  • 1 small yellow turnip
  • 4 carrots
  • 2 big parsnips
  • 1 yellow onion
  • 2 cloves of garlic
  • 200 grams of white cabbage
  • 1½ tablespoon tomato purée
  • 2 vegetable stock cubes
  • 1 teaspoon dried thyme
  • 1½ liter water
 
Dice or grate all vegetables (I use a food processor for this), and put in a big pan with a little bit of olive oil. Let it heat up and add water, tomato purée, stock, thyme and let it boil for approximately 20 minutes. Taste it and add salt and black pepper as desired. Serve with a slice of unsweetened whole grain bread with a source of protein on it, I used a boiled egg.
 
This recipe is so easy to do, and also to modify as you wish. I quite often add minced meat (pork or beef) to it, with the water. White beans or soy beans are nice in it too. The vegetables will definately help you fight those nasty autumn colds!
 
Hope you enjoy :-)
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Oatmeal and Appelsauce muffins

Published 2012-09-23 16:13:42 i GI recipes, Snacks,

Yay, here comes the recipe for the muffins we had for our breakfast this morning!
 
These are yummy, low-calorie, sort of savory/sweet muffins that work as breakfast bread as well as a snack with your afternoon coffee/tea. I found the recipe at pinterest, made a few little changes and voila!
 
Oatmeal and appelsauce muffins:
  • 2,5 deciliters of oats
  • 0,5 deciliter brown sugar
  • 0,5 deciliter stevia lightsugar
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 2,5 deciliters whole grain flour (I used dinkel flour)
  • 1 deciliter unsweetened appelsauce (I used home-made)
  • 2,5 deciliters semi-skimmed milk (1,5% fat)
  • 2 eggwhites
  • sugar and cinnamon to go on top (optional)
 
Preheat the oven to 200 degrees Celsius. Spray muffin pan with cooking spray (<- DO this, I used paper as you can see on the picture, and the muffins are really stuck to it).Combine the oats with the applesauce and egg whites, and mix until combined. In a separate bowl, whisk dry ingredients (except the cinnamon and sugar) together. Add wet ingredients to dry and mix until just combined. Add nuts or raisins if desired.
Do not over mix the batter or the muffins will be tough. Spoon muffin mixture into muffin pan.
Combine the cinnamon and sugar and top each muffin with some of the mixture. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until done. These can also be frozen and reheated in the microwave for a quick breakfast.
 
Each muffin contain approximately 80-90 calories.
 
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Most delicious indian style lunch

Published 2012-09-23 13:56:00 i GI recipes, Lunches,

Wow. I must say that today's lunch was something very enjoyable, filling, and still very healthy! I found the recipe in a swedish health magazine. I am a confessed GI eating junkie, it just makes so much sense to me. This wrap contains lots and lots of good stuff. You just have to try it out!
 
Indian style wraps for four:
  • 500 grams of protein of your choice (I chose cured ham this time, I'm sure it's lovely with chicken)
  • 1 can of rinsed chickpeas
  • 1 apple
  • 1 white onion
  • 2 carrots
  • yellow curry
  • cumin
  • chilipepper
  • 4 deciliters of water
  • leaves of rocket and spinach
  • turkish yoghurt
  • wholegrain torilla wraps

Chop the onion and dice the apple. Fry the apple and onion with the meat in a little bit of sunseed oil. Add chickpeas and grated carrot. Add the spices and water and let it simmer for about 20 mins.

Spread a little yoghurt on each tortilla, add the mix and top it off with fresh leaves of rocket and spinach. Loooovely!

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