Rawfood cake / Rawfoodkaka

Soaking cashews before eating them releases more of their vitamins and allows those nutrients and health benefits to be more easily absorbed by your body.

Rawfood cake

Crust:
75g sultanas (soaked for 2-3 hours)
200g natural cashews (soaked for 2-3 hours)
50g desiccated coconut
2 tbsp coconut oil
pinch of sea salt

Mid layer:
100g natural cashews (soaked for 2-3 hours)
1 cup raspberries (frozen are fine)
1 cup strawberries (frozen are fine)

Top layer:
1/2 cup raspberries
1/2 cup strawberries
2 tbsp lemon juice

Garnish:
fresh blueberries
coconut flakes

Steps:
1. Soak cashews and sultanas for about 2-3 hours.
2. Make the crust. Add soaked cashews, sultanas, desiccated coconut, coconut oil and sea salt in a food processor and pulse together the batter. Press into a springform pan.
3. Make the mid layer. Mix together soaked cashews, raspberries and strawberries until smooth. Spread the batter over the crust. Freeze cake for 1 hour before the top layer is poured on top.
4. Make the top layer. Mix carelessly raspberries, strawberries and lemon juice with a hand mixer or fork.  Spread over the cake and freeze another 1-2 hours.
5. Take out the cake from freezer 1 hour before serving and top with coconut flakes and fresh blueberries. Serve with whipped coconut cream or quark.

So delish and healthy!

Genom att blötlägga cashewnötterna innan du äter dem får du i dig mer av vitaminerna och låter då dess näringsämnen och hälsofördelar att lättare absorberas av kroppen.

Rawfoodkaka

Botten:
75 g sultanrussin (blötläggs 2-3 h innan)
200 g naturella cashewnötter (blötläggs i 2-3 h innan)
50 g kokosflingor
2 msk kokosolja
nypa havssalt

Mellanlager:
100 g naturella cashewnötter (blötläggs i 2-3 h innan)
2 dl hallon (frysta går bra)
2 dl jordgubbar (frysta går bra)

Topplager:
1 dl hallon
1 dl jordgubbar
2 msk citronsaft

Garnering:
Färska blåbär
Kokosflingor

Gör såhär:
1. Blötlägg cashewnötter och sultanrussin i ca 2-3 timmar.
2. Gör botten. Lägg blötlagda cashewnötter, sultanrussin, kokosflingor, kokosolja och havssalt i en matberedare och pulsera ihop smeten. Tryck ut i en springform.
3. Gör mellanlagret. Mixa ihop blötlagda cashewnötter, hallon och jordgubbar till en jämn smet. Bred smeten över botten. Frys in kakan i 1 timme innan topplagret breds över.
4. Gör topplagret. Mixa slarvigt hallon, jordgubbar och citronsaft med en handmixer eller gaffel. Det får gärna vara kvar lite bitar av både jordgubb och hallon. Bred över kakan och frys ytterligare 1-2 timmar.
5. Ta fram kakan 1 timme innan servering och toppa med kokosflingor och färska blåbär. Servera med vispad kokosgrädde eller kvarg.

Gott och nyttigt!

Chia pudding with vanilla and cacao

It 's not a bad thing this with chia, this little super seed that is full of goodness. This is a wonderful thick and creamy pudding to eat for breakfast. No sugars added at all.

Ingredients for 3 small jars:
1,5 cups liquid (cream, almond milk or coconut water, but I have also done this on berries)

1 tbs cacao powder (omitted if the pudding is made on berries)

1-2 tsp vanilla powder

0,5 cup chia seeds

Frozen crushed raspberries (optional)

 
Steps:

1. Stir together the liquid with cacao powder and vanilla powder.
2. Combine the chia seeds with the liquid and stir well, and stir few times to avoid lumps. 
3. When the pudding starts to thicken (takes about 10 min) pour over the pudding in jars. 
4. When the pudding is ready for the fridge I crush some raspberries on top of the pudding .
5. Let he pudding overnight in the fridge, and can be stored in fridge for several days.

Serve it with: Chopped fruit or berries. For example kiwi, strawberries, raspberries , blueberries and whipped cream or almond milk.

On the top picture I served my pudding with almond butter, raspberries, banana and hemp seeds.

Chia pudding with cream, blueberries, hemp seeds and kiwi.

Chia pudding with almond milk and strawberries.

13 good things with chia seeds:

1. Chia is gluten free

2. It is super high in dietary fibre, making it great for digestion and healing digestion issues.

3. It contains 20% Omega 3 ALA, making it a super food for the brain and heart. Chia has eight times more Omega 3 than salmon!

4. It boasts 20% protein

5. The protein is a complete protein with all 8 essential amino acids

6. It is high in antioxidants (It has a four times higher ORAC value than blueberries)

7. Chia contains five times more calcium than milk

8. Chia contains seven times more vitamin C than oranges

9. It contains three times more iron than spinach

10. It contains twice the potassium content of banana

11. It is food for healthy skin, hair and nails

12. It has a positive impact balancing blood glucose levels (making it awesome for diabetics)

13. Chia makes a great egg replacement. Just combine with water to form a gel, and add it to recipes that call for egg.

Chia pudding with cream and raspberries.

Found the facts about chia seeds here.

Uppdated: 2018-01-15 new photo