This is such a simple recipe - I will stop buying store-bought granola from now on! This granola is a bit coconutty because of the desiccated coconut and the coconut oil. I added some pumpkin, sunflower and flax seeds. The quantities here make about 4 cups of granola. It's ready in 35 …
Homemade tahini
Usually I buy tahini, but I wanted to try and make my own. It's quite simple, and only needs two ingredients - sesame seeds and olive oil. And here is the recipe. The quantities in the recipe make about ¾ cup of tahini. It's ready in 30 minutes or so. Ingredients 1 cup of unhulled or …
Homemade whole wheat bread with seeds
I have always been reluctant to make my own bread because it just seemed so difficult. But I gave it a go with a recipe from the Minimalist Baker, and it was okay actually. I did this bread several times now, and it works well and is yummy. So here is the (slightly adapted) recipe! This …
Homemade pure vanilla extract
With 2 ingredients and patience, it couldn't be simpler to make pure vanilla extract at home. And here is the recipe! Ingredients 3 good quality grade-B vanilla beans (find them at Amazon) 1 cup of good quality vodka (or rum, bourbon, brandy) Preparation Slice the vanilla beans …
Homemade roasted pumpkin purée
Around Halloween I saw many nice recipes from bloggers using canned pumpkin purée. I would like to try and make some of them but it's nearly impossible to find some in Israel. So I simply made this wholefood, homemade pumpkin purée from fresh pumpkin I found at the souq. It couldn't be …
Homemade citrus syrup
Here is the simple recipe to make some citrus syrup. It's not too sweet (my homemade syrups tend to be a lot less syrupy than store-bought ones!) The quantities here make about 3 cups of syrup. Ingredients 1 cup of water 1 cup of Demerara sugar ½ teaspoon of pure vanilla …