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Sam Cowen is the co-presenter of the hugely successful Rude Awakening breakfast show on 94.7 Highveld Stereo. She is also the co-author of a 5-season sellout show with Harry Sideropoulos ‘No Sugar, Candarel Please’ and now writes a column for Your Baby magazine with partner-in-crime Lee van Loggerenberg. She ia also the author of “Waiting for Christopher”, a book inspired by her first pregnancy.
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Recipes
Dried Fruit Bons Bons
Fruits & Roots Emmarentia
Ingredients:
| 200g | Pitted dates | Or similar |
| 210g | Raw cashew nuts | Or similar (e.g. peanuts) |
| 180g | Dried peaches | Or similar (e.g. mango) |
| 195g | Raisins | |
| Desiccated coconut Milk Chocolate |
Method:
- Blend all the ingredients together in a food processor except the coconut and chocolate which you can place in a separate bowl.
- Blend until a chunky paste has formed.
- Roll into the coconut or dip into melted chocolate.
Mango Ice Lollies (Makes 6-8)
Fruits & Roots Emmarentia
Ingredients:
| 300ml | Mango Juice |
| 300ml | Water |
| Vanilla Yoghurt | |
| 4 | Large strawberries |
| Wooden skewers |
Method:
- Mix all three ingredients together and pour into lolly moulds.
- Skewer four strawberries per lolly.
- Place the skew into the mould with the strawberries before filling with the juice.
- Place in the freezer, it should take about an hour for the lollies to set.
Mini Cheese and Pesto Wraps
Fruits & Roots Emmarentia
Ingredients:
| Sweet milk cheese |
| Basil Pesto |
| Hellmans Mayonnaise |
| Bag of lettuce |
| Whole wheat wrap |
Method:
- Cook the wrap in a skillet.
- Spread the mayonnaise and the pesto on the whole wrap.
- Shred the lettuce and spread across the whole wrap.
- Roll up.
Mini Pizza
Fruits & Roots Emmarentia
Ingredients:
| 10g | Dry Yeast |
| 500g |
Whole wheat flour |
| 300ml |
Luke warm water |
| 2 tbsp |
Extra virgin olive oil |
| 1tsp | Sea salt |
Method:
- Mix all the dry ingredients together.
- Add the olive oil.
- Add the water and mix until a dough has formed.
- Knead for ten minutes.
- Place into a well-oiled bowl and allow to prove until double in size.
- Roll out the dough and shape into mini pizzas.
- Preheat the oven to 200 degrees.
- All the mini pizza shapes to rest for 10 minutes.
- Add the toppings (tomato paste, cheese, olives, fresh tomatoes, mushrooms,
nuts, et., etc.).
Guacamole and Nachos
Fruits & Roots Emmarentia
Ingredients:
| 2 | Large avocados |
| ¼ cup |
Olive oil Spring onions Coriander |
| 1 |
Tomato |
| 1 | Juice from a lemon Sea salt Bag of nachos |
Method:
- Add all the ingredients to a food processor and blend until smooth.
Rainbow Juice
Fruits & Roots Emmarentia
Ingredients:
| Mango juice | Or similar |
| Strawberry Juice |
Or similar |
| Sweet Melon |
Blend in a blender to make the juice |
Method:
- To start the rainbow juice, first pour in the mango juice. Then using a table spoon,
pour in the strawberry juice onto the spoon in the glass, layering the strawberry juice
on top of the mango juice. Repeat the process with apple juice.
Strawberry Shake
Fruits & Roots Emmarentia
Ingredients:
| 160ml | Strawberry juice | Try and use juice from the Real Juice co. |
| 100g | Frozen Strawberries | |
| 60g | Frozen Banana | |
| ½ tsp | Ground cashews | |
| 1 tbsp | Strawberry yoghurt | |
| 1 tbsp | Rice milk powder | |
| 1 tbsp | Fructose | |
| 1 tbsp | Honey | |
Method:
- Add all the ingredients to your blender.
- Blend all ingredients until you have a smoothie texture.
- Add the honey last.