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2nd March 2016 by Gaëlle Branellec-Shachar Leave a Comment (0)

Pecan and raisin granola

  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 …

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24th February 2016 by Gaëlle Branellec-Shachar 3 Comments (0)

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 …

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21st January 2016 by Gaëlle Branellec-Shachar Leave a Comment (0)

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 …

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6th January 2016 by Gaëlle Branellec-Shachar Leave a Comment (0)

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 …

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19th November 2015 by Gaëlle Branellec-Shachar Leave a Comment (0)

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 …

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5th November 2015 by Gaëlle Branellec-Shachar Leave a Comment (0)

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 …

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Gaëlle Branellec-Shachar

Hi, I'm Gaëlle. After years of eating junk and processed foods, I made in September 2012 the life-changing decision to eat healthy and adopt a flexitarian wholefood diet. And I never looked back.

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