Ginger Snaps

This is one of my absolute favourites! It's so quick and they last for days without going bad!

Ingredients: 

250 g flour

175 g golden syrup

125 g butter (of good margarine)

125 g sugar

1/2 tsp. bicarbonate of soda

2 large tsp. ground ginger

Directions:

1. Melt butter, sugar and syrup together

2. Add dry ingredients and mix together well until it's a sticky dough

3. Roll into balls and place 1 inch apart on a well greased tray, press down with a fork 

4. Bake at 180*C for about 10 minutes

Creamy Tomato Basil Soup

This recipe is so easy and tastes amazing, I'm not a fan of basil so decided to do some without the basil...but it's way better with it, i would never leave it out again!It's also great re-heated!

 Ingredients: 

3 cloves of garlic, minced

2 tablespoons of olive oil

500 g fresh tomatoes-cubed, you can use canned ones, then use 2 tins, or like me cut up fresh ones and cook first (much tastier)  

2 cups of stock (chicken or vegetable)

1 tsp of sea salt

1 tsp sugar

1/2 tsp pepper

1/4 cup of cream

3 tablespoons of fresh basil

Directions:

1. In a saucepan, saute garlic in olive oil on medium heat for 1 minute - being careful not to burn the garlic. 

2. Add the cooked (or canned) tomatoes.  

3.  Add chicken stock, salt, pepper and sugar.  Cook the soup on medium at a simmer for 10 minutes.  

4. Add cream and simmer for another 10 minutes, stirring continuously

5. Add chopped basil and serve right away

TIP: if you want to make the soup go further just add more stock with a little more seasoning and basil.

Best served with croutons!...Enjoy!  

Nadine enjoying the soup...

Gluten Free Peanut Butter Chocolate Filled Cookies

My first recipe is one I recently came across and is incredible! I was put off at first by the chickpeas but believe me you can't even taste them, but they do give the mixture a great texture.

Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups canned chickpeas (well rinsed and dried)
2 tsp vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups + 2 tbsp Peanut Butter
1/4 cup honey
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 cup dark chocolate chips

Directions:
1. Pre-heat oven to 175* C, combine all the ingredients except for chocolate chips in a food processor and process until very smooth.
2. Put in the chocolate chips and stir, the mixture should be thick and sticky.
3. If mixture is thick enough wet hands and form into balls and place on greased tray, if mixture is too sticky use teaspoon and spoon onto tray (evenly spaced).
4. Bake for approx. 10 mins. or until golden brown.

These cookies aren't the crunchy kind, so don't expect crisp cookies, if you do prefer your cookies to be crunchy then try doing less honey and instead adding sugar...Enjoy!