Strawberries mousse with dark chocolate and cream served in flutes

It is not February yet and there is already hearts smell in the air. And how do hearts smell? No doubt: like strawberries. We have to admit it, we love Valentine's. Today we bring you the first (yes, the first one, we are working on more posts!) of our Valentine's ideas.

 

 

A very easy recipe. It is a fantastic dessert for a Valentine's dinner at home, or you can use it for any other romantic occasion. I was trying to finish recording with day light and I made the mistake of putting chocolate and cream too early, so my layers are not properly defined! If you wait for 2 hours (better if you can do more than 4) it should look better than this.

 

It is a healthy option too. We just use sweetener (we try to avoid sugar... most of the time!) but you can use sugar if you prefer it. You could just rely on strawberries sweetness too, I didn't try, but I am sure it would be nice.

 

Well, you just need 2 minutes to watch our video, we hope you like it!

 

 

Savoury cupcakes: chickpeas and spinach

 

We were in a mood of eating a classic dish today: spinach and chickpeas. And we were in a mood of eating cupcakes. So we decided to combine both and we cooked chickpeas and spinach cupcakes. A traditional flavour combination presented in an original way.

 

 

We used mascarpone and fresh herbs for the frosting, but if you prefer, you can leave them as muffins and skip the frosting, the are good that way too.

 

Do you want to know how to cook them? You just need a couple of minutes (as always!) to watch our new video. We hope you enjoy it.

 

 

Strawberries bouquet

And finally, after a long holiday, we are back. And we do it with a healthy option, because after Christmas we couldn't think about anything else. We have to somehow try to compensate!

I personally like to put some fresh fruit in a buffet when we have people around. This is just an original way of doing it. We made a bouquet with strawberries and chocolate coated blueberries.

As long as you use a chocolate with a high cocoa percentage and a low sugar content this is a very healthy option. We can't forget that chocolate is full of nutrients, a fantastic excuse to eat it (as if we needed one!)

You already know we like doing easy things, and this presentation is not different in that sense. We remind you that we already made a video about how to make a rose with an apple.

We hope you like it. We will try not to disappear again for so long! so... see you soon!

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Almond bread (grain free, sugar free)

We come back with another diet cake recipe. We go on pursuing our dream of eating cakes without compromising our shape or health! So today we cooked a flour free, sugar free almond bread. We have already published another almond bread, but it was more "cake-like". We have to admit that one tastes better, but we prefer to leave it for special occasions. 

We have used banana and sweet potato to make it sweet. It is not specially sweet though. If you prefer it, you can always add a couple of tablespoons of honey, and it will definitely make a difference. Because it is flour free, it is gluten free, it is suitable for paleo diet, so fashionable these days. 

As we commented in other diet baking posts we think that sugar and flour cakes are better than this kind of cakes. But once more, we think this is a decent substitute. 

Here is the new video. We hope you enjoy it! guilty free pleasure... 

Cheese stuffed burgers

And Halloween is gone. These year we were coming back from holidays so we didn't record any recipe, but next year we will definitely record something. In Spain there is not a big Halloween tradition, but living in UK you can see how people live it, and especially, how children enjoy it. 

But today we are talking about something different. We bring you a new recipe: cheese stuffed burgers. You can use your favourite home made burger recipe to make them. 

We used Brie cheese to fill them, but you can use any other cheese. Mozzarella, or blue cheese if you prefer a stronger flavour. We used salad and onion as side dish to make it healthier. These burgers are yummy, you have to try them. 

So here is the video. We'll be back soon! 

Decoration for Halloween: Vomiting pumpkin

We couldn't just ignore the Halloween craziness that seems to be everywhere. We have been looking for some inspiration for Halloween recipes and we saw this decoration and we decided to make a different video today.. it is not a recipe, but it involves a pumpkin, so we think it is still ok! 

It is a very easy pumpkin to carve, so you don't need to be an artist. It is basically within anybody's reach. Just little bit of patience and it is ready. 

Isn't it original? We find it very funny. We hope you like the idea and you give it a try! 

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How to make coconut milk

     We have already made a couple of recipes using coconut milk (one of the fruit cold soups and the lemon chicken breast). They won't probably be the last ones because coconut milk is an ingredient we love. Both coconut milk and all its derivatives have had a bad reputation for some time, due to their high fat content. We know now that coconut fat is a healthy one and it is a very fashionable product in different diets. It is still a high energetic fruit, but it tastes delicious and it is healthy, so we are all for it.

     Extracting coconut milk is an easy process, although it can be a little bit tedious because you have to open the coconut and extract the meat. You can extract the milk using dessicated coconut and then it is even easier. The intensity and freshness of the flavour make it worthy. Be aware that it goes off very quickly (it smells stale, it is easy to recognize) so it is better to prepare it the day you are going to use it, or maybe maximum a couple of days before. 

     Do you want to give it a try? Here you have our new video.