What to use for Natural Food Colourings

ByAudreyP August 14, 2013July 12, 2017

Don’t you just love those rainbow sprinkles or coloured cakes? Sadly, most of them are loaded with artificial colours that I fear even touching them. However, I just discovered that there are foods that can be used for natural food colourings.

(Wouldn’t you want to eat this cake, knowing all the ingredients were natural?)

Yellow

Turmeric, saffron flowers, lemon zest, pineapples

Pink

Beetroot mixed with white, raspberries mixed with white, cherries.

Green

Matcha powder, spirulina powder, avocados, spinach, kale, Dracaena angustifolia

Purple

Cooked blueberries mixed with something white or pink, Boiled red cabbage, purple sweet potatoes.

Orange

Carrots, oranges

Red

Red beet juice

Blue

Red cabbage juice with baking soda, blueberries, blue corn, cornflowers, butterfly blue pea, borage.

Brown

Cocoa powder, carob powder

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Brown Rice Salad

ByAudreyP August 3, 2013August 10, 2017

This is my dad’s recipe. Though the vegetables aren’t raw, but it’s not like fried rice, so that’s why I’m calling it a salad. Anyway, enjoy because I can’t get enough of this. (Yields: 2 bowls, Serving: 2, Prep time: 15 mins, Cook time: 25 mins) Ingredients Rice 2 cups brown rice (I use Japanese…

Grains and Legumes | Recipes

Brown Rice Milk

ByAudreyP August 12, 2013August 14, 2017

(Yields: 1 pot, Serving: Many, Prep time: 5 mins, Cook time: 25 mins (rice)) Ingredients 2 cups cooked brown rice 6-8 cups water Optional for Sweetness: 1-2 medjool dates 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract Note: The amount of water really depends on how thick/thin you want the milk. I like to have mine thicker. You…

Food & Eating | Healthy Eating

Suggestions for Natural Sweeteners

ByAudreyP September 29, 2013August 24, 2017

Very Sweet Figs Wow, I am absolutely shocked that ripe figs are possibly the sweetest things I’ve tasted. If you can get your hand son some figs, you’ve got yourself sweet dessert without even trying. I seem to find that figs in the Asian supermarket is generally cheaper than the ones in the regular supermarket….

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Susanna’s Weight Loss Regime: Introduction

ByAudreyP May 21, 2013August 4, 2017

So you wanna lose weight? I’m going to help you step by step in this process, to help you achieve your goal without making it too difficult for you! This will just be an introduction. I will be breaking this goal into many steps so you can do them in your own pace, whenever you…

Recipes | Vegetables

Steamed Silken Tofu with Shiitake Mushrooms

ByAudreyP July 27, 2013August 13, 2017

(Yields: 3 plates, Serving: 2, Prep time: 15 mins, Cook time: 15 mins) Ingredients 3 shiitake mushrooms 1 packet silken tofu 1 clove garlic 1 tablespoon reduced sodium soy sauce 1 tablespoon superior pickle sauce (or cooking wine) 1 tablespoon vegetable broth 1/2 sesame oil 1/2 teaspoon ginger powder 1/2 scallion Instructions Soak shiitake mushrooms…

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10 Mistakes to avoid making in the Kitchen

ByAudreyP June 8, 2013August 23, 2017

Let me share some of the crazy mistakes I’ve made in the kitchen so that hopefully it helps you not to make the same mistakes as I did. 1) Thinking that adding yeast with boiling water will speed up the process. It actually kills it, and therefore your dough may not rise at all. 2)…

(Wouldn’t you want to eat this cake, knowing all the ingredients were natural?)

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