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White Lies White Chocolate and Caramel Ice-Cream


White Chocolate and Caramel Ice-cream…..Shhhhhhhh

Shopping List :

  • 2 Bananas
  • 2 large handfuls Frozen or 1 punnet of Fresh Strawberry
  • 1 large handful of macadamia nuts or almonds
  • 10 Fresh dates – remove stones.

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Instructions

  • Simply remove the skin of the banana and cut into small slices, place in a snap seal bag and freeze.
  • Repeat the above if you brought fresh strawberries again remembering to slice before freezing.
  • Place both the frozen banana’s and strawberries into the Thermomix bowl. If you have brought frozen strawberries no need to chop just add straight to the bowl. Chop 10sec/Speed 8. Scrape down the sides of the bowl using the spatula.
  • Add the rest of the ingredients, repeat Speed 8 for about 20 seconds or until smooth and creamy. The nuts give the ice-cream crunch (if you use almonds, its like a biscuit crunch, my girls think the macadamias are white chocolate as they have a creamy taste!) and the dates give a slight chewy caramel consistency.

For those of you without a Thermomix, a good quality food processor will be fine, blend until smooth. The consistency you are aiming for is soft serve ice-cream

Eat straight away or transfer into a freeze safe container and freeze. Place amount into the thermomix or food processor and blend when you are ready to eat again as it loses its soft serve consistency when frozen….Enjoy


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Tip’s that keep our Neverland Kitchen a happy place…

I’m a mum of two beautiful girls as many of you know and since taking on that role food and it’s nutritional values have become something I want to stay educated on to ensure i’m making the right food choices for my family. Neverland kitchen’s mission is to not only get adults back into the kitchen but get them cooking with their kids as I want this next generation to know real food and be able to cook with it. I’ve compiled a list to help establish positive eating habits and inspire your families journey on the road to health and positive eating habits for the rest of their lives. This list is by no means conclusive but it does give you an insight into what I do or at least try to do for the good and health of my family. In no particular order, actually the order off the top of my head, my tips for change not a mutiny LOL….
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You won’t know the benefits of change unless you change….

On my journey to learning about food and how eating certain foods is and will affect mine and my families health i’ve read books, attended talks and joined groups with  people that are also on the same journey. It’s a minefield of contradictions a little like when you have your first child and every man and their dog has another great way of advising you what to do. You take it all in and implement the strategies that work for yourself and your family and live to see another day a little bit more educated and a lot more confused!!

I have currently joined a group called Small steps to Whole Foods run by Lisa Corduff. It consists of lots of individuals at varying stages of their journey’s looking at ways to make themselves and their families healthier. I would recommend it as a great source of information and a forum to ask questions and get advice. At the end of the day were all different but no matter what choices we make we all want the best for our families. Education is then key to ensure this happens.

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Sourdough Starter and Sourdough Bread

I can’t believe I never did this earlier, I didn’t have a bread maker, correct mat, know how to knead etc etc… There was numerous reasons it simply went in the too hard basket. It’s only by chance on my continuous educational journey that I came across this bread that uses a natural fermentation process. It is fermented with wild yeast in the air instead of the packaged yeast you can buy from the shops. The step step to making your Sourdough bread is creating your Sourdough starter, sounds difficult…that couldn’t be further from the truth.

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