Yule Kaka (Christmas Cake) is a tradition in our house. Yule kaka is a sweet, buttery, cardamom-flavoured fruit bread that is eaten with jam and cream. I was delighted to find that cashew butter and flour have just the right sort of fat and flavor to be a perfect substitute for wheat flour in this recipe. Personally I find it especially delicious with raspberry or rose-hip jam. The slight tartness that they add to this treat is just the thing. This year I tried it with goji berries, dried cherries and pistachio nuts. But I think it would be much better without the pistachios and with raisins as well.
With the levels of low-level electromagnetic pollution on the rise I thought I should share some of my favorite superfoods that help to protect against toxic wireless radiation. They include a list of foods high in antioxidants including melatonin, vitamin C, vitamin E, glutathione and superoxid ...
San Francisco is once again spearheading the guerrilla cultural movement with the latest in guerrilla gardening -- Guerrilla Grafting in which trees around the city are grafted with delicious, freely available fruits. The following article is from www.civileats.com City Fruit: Guerrilla Graft ...
I have just finished making a raspberry-vanilla-honey syrup to use in my second ferment of coconut water kefir. Since we are on the GAPS / SCD diets we have been finding every way possible to get more probiotics into our bodies. Coconut water kefir is a very delicious way to get extra probiotics as ...
These are really easy to make, keep for a long time, are a great snack and are full of vitamin A and iron among other things. This recipe is featured in the Hella Delicious 2012 Recipe Calendar. 2 pounds apricots
3/4 -1 c honey
1/3 c water
salt Method:
Slice apricots thinly. Reduce h ...
This is a delicious and simple, colorful treat for a mid-afternoon high-tea or a late night dessert. When I was preparing the petit fours for this photo shoot, a friend kept eating them almost as fast as I could put them on the tray. They're irresistible, unless you have a nut allergy. 1/2 ...
I don't eat out that often these days because of the GAPS diet, but there are places I do like to go. Scoozi's is one of them, the soups, omlettes, platters and meatballs are just to die for. The environment is also very nice. Right downtown in Vancouver, BC the restaurant spills out onto the street ...
A friend of the helladelicious communtiy, Uli Zumsande, recently embarked on a world tour. She sent us these amazing photos of a Malaysian outdoor market: ...
These cookies are fantastic, enjoy! 1/2 c honey
1/2 c butter (softened)
1 egg
3 pods cardamom
4 c almond flour (blanched almonds)
1/2 t salt
1/2 t baking soda
sun reduced apricot jam
cherry compote Method:
Beat together butter and honey, add the egg and beat well. Add the almo ...
Many years ago while doing a study abroad program in Morocco, we spent a lot of time eating the best bread and apricot jam I have ever had. We ate it for breakfast, lunch and even just for a snack. This last week our local farmers market was chock full of tasty sun-ripened apricots. I bought a b ...
