Raw salted caramel sauce

 Am a huge fan of salted caramel sauce - it's always the first flavour I reach out to when it comes to ice cream or chocolate treats. I love the combination of the milky popcorn-like flavour with a hint of sharp salt, it's very strange but I am so glad it was invented! 

Now that I am eating more 'cleaner' I decided to try making some gluten free, dairy free flapjacks & the main sauce I was craving for was salted caramel. 

This sauce tastes just like the real deal but without the double cream & sugars, it's a perfect guilt free sauce for a treat! 

You need :

• 1 cup of dates (go for natural/organic) 

• 3 tbsp almond butter

• 3 tbsp agave or organic honey if you can't find it 

• 1/4 spoon of himalyan salt or sea salt

• half cup water

I use everything as organic as possible to make it more beneficial for your body to absorb. I never use table salt , himalyan salt & sea salt has more minerals in which is much better for your body! 

To make:

Soak the cup of dates in half cup of water for 1-2 hours, add all the mixture into a blender (including the water soaked in the dates). Blend until there's no lumps and taste. If you prefer more salt then add it & keep blending until it's all mixed together.

It's easy right? You're all done! 

This can last in your fridge for up to a few weeks so don't forget to label the date you make it - but I don't think it will last too long as it's so yummy !! 

Good luck & have fun

Strawbeefull

XOX

Creamy white chocolate & raspberry macarons

Today is my day off work which means I bake macarons ! They are my guilty pleasures and I have almost perfected them so I like to experiment with flavours!!

Today's flavours include dark chocolate shells the filling is creamy white chocolate with fresh raspberry infusion. 

Turned out pretty amazing ......

This is what I wore all day seeing that it's lazy Sunday... 

Haha

XOX

Sea Salt Caramel Macaron

 

I love cooking, like really really do!! I also love macarons and although it has taken me about 100 attempts this year, I have never once given up on making them perfectly , or as perfectly as I could!! Sometimes they turn out ok, sometimes they are a completely disaster (in my eyes) but sometimes they taste perfectly (as stated by my friends who try them).

So tonight, I decided to bake sea salt caramel flavoured macarons because it is one of my all time favourite flavours when it comes to a treat. Just love the sticky texture with a hint of salt on the tip of my tongue, the infusion is just so perfect - I love it!!

 

Ok, so my TR90 weight management plan kind of went abit off the side (which I will get back on track tomorrow) but I mainly baked these for my colleagues at work tomorrow night for when it turns 2014 at midnight. I only eat macarons as a treat because they are so delicate and difficult to bake. 

What will you be doing on New Years Eve when it turns 2014?

I am sharing my love with people who I care about at work!

XOX