The Little Green Spoon‘s Indy Power is the queen of healthy, delicious recipes.
From Roasted Butternut Squash curry, to Vegan Rocky Road, there’s something for everyone in her array of recipes.
Indy’s healthy cookbook is available online at Amazon.com and in all good Irish book stores.
Make sure to pick yourself up a copy, and enjoy one of her scrumptious recipes below.
Rocky Road: Gluten free, dairy free, vegan, paleo.
“Little cubes of nutty, crumbly, chewy heaven. I had to get a bit creative to come up with textures that mirror traditional rocky road, and although these might not be exactly the same, they taste even better!
“My Grain-Free Maple Pecan Granola replaces biscuits, while toasted hazelnuts and pistachios are added for crunch and dates for yummy chewiness.
“You can sub or add in different nuts and dried fruit, if you like, she says.
Ingredients:
50 g (13⁄4 oz/1⁄3 cup) hazelnuts
50 g (13⁄4 oz/1⁄3 cup) pistachios
100 g (31⁄2 oz/3⁄4 cup) pitted dates
185 ml (61⁄4 fl oz/3⁄4 cup) melted coconut oil
35 g (11⁄4 oz/1⁄3 cup) cacao powder
75 g (22⁄3 oz/2⁄3 cup) Grain-Free Maple Pecan Granola (page 25 or online here)
35 g (11⁄4 oz/1⁄3 cup) dried apricots or other dried fruit
Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas mark 4.
Dry roast the hazelnuts and pistachios for about 10 minutes, until toasted and delicious. Put the dates in a bowl and pour boiling water over them, leaving them to soak for about 10 minutes.
Add the drained dates to your food processor with the melted coconut oil and cacao powder. Blend on high until smooth (ish!) then transfer to a bowl.
Pour in the granola, apricots and nuts and mix well.
Spread the mixture into a 20 cm (8 in) baking tin lined with parchment paper and pop in the freezer to set. When set, chop into little squares.
Store in the fridge.