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Avocado & chia pudding | Low Carb Breakfast #1

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This is the first video of a Low Carb Breakfast series we created. So many delicious things we prepared to show you! Can’t wait to post all recipes. 🙂

To start, I decided to bring you a refreshing breakfast option: an Avocado & Chia pudding. This is perfect for a hot summer morning, refreshing and super filling. The recipe is enough for two servings, but you can double (or even triple) it to make extra servings for other days or maybe somebody you like.

Ingredients
  • 1 avocado
  • 1 and ½ cups (300 ml) of coconut cream
  • ½ cup (120ml) of water
  • Half lime/lemon juice
  • 2 tablespoons of chia seeds
  • Coconut flakes to garnish
  • Sweetener to taste (we didn’t use any, this is totally up to you).
Directions
  1. Add to a blender, the avocado, coconut cream, and lemon juice. Blend until you get a nice and smooth mixture.
  2. Turn off the blender and mix in the chia seeds.
  3. Pour the mixture into a container and refrigerate it for at least 3 hours (overnight is better).
  4. It’s done! Garnish it with some coconut flakes before serving.

Banana and chocolate ganache pie #glutenfree

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This is that kind of recipe you can make for a celebration and rest assured everybody present on the day will be super impressed and be instantaneously tempted to try it. 🙂

I know it might seem like a lot of work at first glance, but hang with me for a second; if it’s something you’re making for a special occasion, it needs to be pretty, delicious and, of course, perfect! Let’s be honest, you don’t have a gluten-free banana and chocolate ganache pie in front of you that often, do you? So why not treat yourself and your guests by having this beauty for a party?

Ingredients
  • For the pie
    • 1 pie crust (recipe here)
    • 1 cup of chocolate ganache (recipe here – this is optional and just for the record, I’m using the dairy free version)
  • Cream cheese filling
    • 250 grams of cream cheese (at room temperature)
    • 10 pitted dates, soaked (at least 2 hours)
    • 1 tablespoon of vanilla extract
    • 1 cup (250 ml) of pure cream, whipped
    • 2 ripe bananas, sliced (or enough to make a base)
    • ¼ cup (40 ml) of melted dark chocolate (I’m using here 90%)
  • To garnish
    • Some leftovers of the sliced banana we used for the filling
    • Juice from 1 small lemon
    • 1/2 cup (125 ml) of pure cream, whipped and flavoured with vanilla extract
    • Some shaved dark chocolate (again, using here 90%)
Directions
  1. Pie crust
    1. Get your pie crust recipe and make sure to prepare it in advance as we need this crust completely cool.
  2. Cream cheese filling
    1. In a food processor add the cream cheese, dates, and vanilla extract. Blend everything until smooth, reserve.
    2. Meanwhile, using an electric mixer (or your hands if you are in the mood to work out), whip the pure cream until firm.
    3. Fold the whipped cream into the cream cheese mixture very gently. Reserve.
  3. Chocolate ganache (optional)
    1. Get your chocolate ganache recipe here and make sure to prepare it in advance as we also need the ganache completely cool.
  4. Assembling the pie
    1. Get the melted chocolate and brush all over the interior of the pie crust. This is to isolate the crust and to prevent it from getting soaked.
    2. Make a bed of sliced bananas, just enough to cover all the surface.
    3. Pour in the cream cheese filling then the chocolate ganache layer at the top. If you feel the first layer is not firm enough, just pop the pie into the fridge for around 30 minutes to set before adding the chocolate ganache.
    4. Cover all the surface with more sliced bananas. Next, brush over them the lemon juice (this will prevent the bananas from getting darker).
    5. Garnish with whipped cream and some shaved dark chocolate.
    6. Enjoy this treat in moderation – if you can. 😉

How to make: Crispy pork crackling #lchf #paleo

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Need to add some crunch to your life? This Crispy Pork Crackling recipe is a crackle. 😛

It’s easier than you imagine, you only need a good oven and some time. Just remember that despite beeing a natural source of fat, it’s still very fatty and should be eaten in moderation.

I like to use a few grams to garnish soup or tacos. Just enough to give me that good crunchy feeling. 🙂

Ingredients
  • 400g of pork rind (you can use a pork belly taking off the meat part)
  • Olive oil enough to brush
  • Salt and black pepper to taste
  • A fan-forced oven
Directions
  1. First pat dry the entire piece of pork using paper towels, then store it uncovered in the fridge for at least 2 hours.
  2. Now, preheat oven to 200C (392F).
  3. Place your dry and refrigerated pork rind in a baking sheet (you can also use a wire rack, in case you have one), and brush olive oil over it, just enough to cover the whole piece.
  4. Season it with salt and pepper. You can be generous here. 🙂
  5. Pop it in the oven (it MUST be very hot) and roast it for 15 min.
  6. After that, adjust the oven temperature down to 160C (320F) and roast for more 45 minutes or until small blisters form on the surface and the rind is golden and crispy.
  7. It’s done! Take it out of the oven and let it cool down for at least 5 minutes before serving.

Enjoy that feeling only a good crackle can give to you. Ah! Drain the rendered fat, pour in a sealed jar and store in the fridge to use as cooking lard. 🙂

How to make: Simple flat bread #lowcarb #glutenfree

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Missing bread for breakfast but not in the mood to bake a whole loaf? This Simple Flat Bread is perfect for you!

It’s an individual serving, very low carb and awesome for sandwiches or simply to have with some butter in the morning. I normally make it as a quick breakfast option, but you can also use it to create beautiful sandwiches to have along the day.

Ingredients
  • 2 small eggs
  • 2 tablespoons of almond flour (or 1 tablespoon of coconut flour)
  • 1 tablespoon of grated parmesan cheese
  • 2 tablespoons of pure cream (or unsweetened yogurt)
  • ½ teaspoon of baking soda
  • Salt to taste
Directions
  1. Whisk all ingredients together and set it aside.
  2. Put a fry pan to warm up at low heat. If you don’t have a non-stick fry pan, I suggest you to grease it a little with coconut oil.
  3. Pour the mixture and let it cook until the bottom part gets brown. Flip to the other side and repeat the process. It’s the same idea of making pancakes!
  4. It’s ready! This recipe gives you one flat bread. You can have it with anything you like. Cut it in half in order to make a beautiful sandwich.

How to make: cashew nut milk and coconut milk #lowcarb #vegan

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You will not believe when I say that it’s very easy to make your own vegetarian milk!
In today’s video you will learn how to make two different types: Cashew Nut milk and Coconut milk.

They are yummy, healthy, and ridiculously easy to make at home. Ah, and using the same directions described in the video above, you can easily create other milk flavours, such as almond, Brazil nuts, and macadamias.

Ingredients
  • Cashew nut milk
    • 1 cup (100 grams) of raw cashew nuts
    • 750ml of hot water
  • Coconut milk
    • 1 cup (100 grams) of coconut meat (or coconut flakes)
    • 750ml of hot water (in case you are using fresh coconut, you can include here the water from the fruit).
Directions
  1. Cashew nut milk
    1. Soak the raw cashew nuts with fresh water for at least 5 hours.
    2. By the next day, drain and rinse the nuts. Reserve.
    3. In a blender, add the nuts and blend them until a paste is formed.
    4. Now add the hot water.
    5. Once everything is smooth and well combined, pour the liquid in a glass container.
    6. It’s done and ready to drink! You can keep it in the fridge for up to 3 days – no more!
  2. Coconut milk
    1. In a blender, add the coconut meat (or coconut flakes) and hot water.
    2. Blend everything together for about 3 minutes.
    3. Cover a bowl with a cheesecloth (you can use a sieve to add some support to the cheesecloth) and pour the blended liquid on it.
    4. Squeeze through the cheesecloth. All the milk will pass through and small coconut flakes will be retained by the cheesecloth. Don’t throw them away when you finish; you can add to a cake or use to make pancakes.
    5. Store the milk in a clean glass container.
    6. It’s done and ready to drink! You can keep it in the fridge for a maximum of 3 days.

Tip: In case you decide to make almond, brazil nuts, walnuts or any other kind of nut milk, I suggest you to follow the same process as I showed above to make cashew nut milk, but then drain the liquid using a cheesecloth. These types of nuts always leave some residues, different from cashew nuts.