Gluten-free No-choco Choco Chunks (IC/PBS friendly) - Certified Thermomix person

No one that an IC person can understand how frustrating it is to forget about choco things. I tried recipes using carob powder and they taste good. But I still want my sweets to contain choco chips, so I found a bunch of recipes using carob powder and decided to give it a try. Many recipes call for honey, maple syrup, vanilla or salt. I preferred to keep it "raw" unsweetened, unsalted and adapt it to my recipes (mainly for cookies). So here's the recipe

When I tell people I'm chocolate intolerant, their reaction is "you should have 70% cocoa chocolate, it's healthier" so I always wonder what part of the word intolerance they don't get. Myself

This recipe is:

• Gluten-free

• Dairy-free

• Vegan

• IC/PBS friendly

You will need

• 100g coconut butter

• 100g roasted carob powder

Instructions

1. Place coconut butter in the bowl. Mix 2min/ 70°C/ Speed 1

2. Add carob powder. Mix 20sec/ 70°C/ Speed 3

3. Pour the preparation into a lined baking pan or sheet. Chill in the fridge

4. Chop into chunks

5. Store in the freezer and use when needed

6. Enjoy!

PS: for a more sophisticated chocolate, I use special molds and add almonds

Gluten-free Brioche loaf (French Butter Bread) - Certified Thermomix person

Butter lover? Want something that's not bread nor it is pastry? Brioche may be your next best friend then. I won't say this is the healthiest thing ever, but French delicatessen have plenty of butter, and it is that same butter that gives the fluffy texture and the amazing taste to this kind of food. Plus it tastes like heaven!

"I'm never at the morning table less than an hour and a half. I do some of my finest plotting over breakfast coffee and raisin brioche" Dean Koontz, American Author

This recipe is

• Gluten free

• Dairy free

• Not vegan

• IC/PBS friendly

You'll need

• 350g rice flour

• 120ml lactose free milk

• 80g butter

• 30g muscovado sugar

• 12g fresh yeast

• 1 egg

• 1/4 tsp Kosher salt

For a dairy-free/Vegan version, I use

• 120g oat milk

• 60g almond butter

Directions

1. Place milk and yeast in the bowl. Mix 3min/ 37°C/ Speed 1

2. Add flour, sugar, egg and salt. Mix 2min/ Knead (MC on)

3. Add almond butter. Mix 4min/ Knead (MC on)

4. Shape a ball and cover it with a clean and humid cloth. Let rise up to 2h in a warm place

5. Turn out onto a floured surface. Punch down to completely deflate the dough

6. Divide the dough into 3 pieces. Roll them out into a long rope and braid them

7. Place the braided brioche on a lined baking sheet and let rise for 1h

8. 20minutes before end time, preheat oven to 180°C

9. Brush the surface with egg yolk and bake for 30min

10. Sprinkle with almonds or pearl sugar and let cool

11. Enjoy!

Gluten-free chicken & red lentil soup (IC/PBS) - Certified Thermomix person

As part of my diet, I recently made red lentil flour, but I rarely use it as I prefer other gluten-free floors such as my favorite, the one and only one; Chickpea flour. Anyway, I tried flatbreads, pancakes, cookies, etc. And as a conscient person who doesn't like to waste food, I decided to try something new and I believe this is the best use I can give to red lentil flour. So, for dinner, I tried a quick creamy soup that I did enjoy...I enjoyed it so much that I made it again for breakfast today :D

"Red lentil soup, although quite seductive in scent, is as simple to make as its name suggests" Marsha Mehran, Iranian Novelist

This recipe is

• Gluten free

• Dairy free

• IC/PBS friendly

You'll need

• 500g water (for the steamed chicken)

• 100g chicken breast

• 1 cup red lentil flour

• 2 cups water (for the soup)

• 1 Tbs coconut cream. You can use store bought coconut cream, but once again, I prefer my own recipe using organic coconut.

• 1 Tbs basil (dried)

• 1 Tbs parsley (dried)

• 1 Tbs chives (dried)

• 1/4 tsp salt

• 1/4 tsp pepper

Directions

If you already have shredded chicken, you can skip steps 1 & 2

1. Place chicken in the Varoma. Add water to the bowl. Mix 15 to 20min/ Varoma/ Speed 1

2. Once cooled, place chicken into the clean bowl. Mix 2 to 5 sec/ Speed 4 - Reverse mode. Set aside

3. place remaining ingredients in the bowl. Mix 10 to 15min/100°C/Speed 2

4. 10sec before you finish, add shredded chicken

5. Enjoy!

PS: When I only make 1 serving, I use a saucepan instead of the TM