Hello everybody, it’s John, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, vickys chocolate orange christmas pudding, gf df ef sf nf vegan. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Vickys Chocolate Orange Christmas Pudding, GF DF EF SF NF Vegan is one of the most popular of recent trending meals on earth. It is appreciated by millions every day. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Vickys Chocolate Orange Christmas Pudding, GF DF EF SF NF Vegan is something which I have loved my whole life.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have vickys chocolate orange christmas pudding, gf df ef sf nf vegan using 18 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Vickys Chocolate Orange Christmas Pudding, GF DF EF SF NF Vegan:
- Make ready 350 g mixed dried fruit - raisins, currants, sultanas, cherries
- Make ready 100 g medjool dates, pitted
- Take 3 tbsp Brandy
- Make ready 150 g gluten-free breadcrumbs
- Prepare 120 g dark brown sugar
- Take 55 g gluten-free flour
- Prepare 3 tbsp cornflour / cornstarch
- Get 3 tbsp cocoa powder
- Take 2 tsp baking powder
- Make ready 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- Make ready 1/2 tsp Sweet Mixed Spice for baking
- Make ready 1/4 tsp xanthan gum
- Prepare 2 oranges, zested and juiced (100ml juice)
- Take 80 ml water
- Take 60 ml olive oil
- Take 4 tbsp Cointrea
- Prepare 1 tsp orange extract / flavouring
- Make ready 100 g choc chips such as Enjoy Life or Moo Free brands
Steps to make Vickys Chocolate Orange Christmas Pudding, GF DF EF SF NF Vegan:
- Soak the dried fruit and chopped dates in the Brandy the night before making the pudding
- Grease a 2 pint / 1.2 litre pudding basin with some olive oil and cut a circle of parchment paper to line the bottom
- Mix together the breadcrumbs, sugar, flour, cornflour, cocoa powder, baking powder, xanthan gum and spices together in a mixing bowl
- Stir in the orange juice and orange zest, water, olive oil, Cointrea and orange extract
- Fold in the soaked fruit and the chocolate chips
- Pour the mixture into the pudding basin
- Cut another circle of parchment paper to fit the top of the basin like a lid
- Cover with foil, making sure it's scrunched tight around the top of the bowl
- Put the pudding basin inside a large pot and pour hot water inside the pot so it comes halfway up the side of the basin
- Cover the pot and start the water simmering. Leave the pudding in to steam for 3 & 1/2 hours
- Remove the basin from the pot and set aside to cool, still covered, for 30 minutes
- Turn out onto a plate if serving
- Serve immediately with some warm custard, ice cream or chocolate sauce or let cool fully, wrap in clingfilm and keep in the fridge. The pudding will keep for at least 4 weeks chilled in the fridge. To reheat simply put back in the bowl, recover and resteam for 2 hours until warmed through
- Merry Christmas!
Turn to Food to Elevate Your Mood
In general, people have been conditioned to think that “comfort” foods are bad for the body and must be avoided. At times, if your comfort food is a high sugar food or another junk food, this holds true. Otherwise, comfort foods could be super nourishing and good for you. Several foods honestly do raise your mood when you eat them. If you are feeling a little bit down and you need a happiness pick me up, try a few of these.
Eggs, believe it or not, are great for helping you combat depression. Just be sure that you do not throw away the yolk. The yolk is the most crucial part of the egg in terms of helping elevate your mood. Eggs, particularly the egg yolks, are loaded with B vitamins. These B vitamins are great for helping to elevate your mood. This is because they help improve the function of your neural transmitters, the components of your brain that affect your mood. Consume an egg and feel a lot better!
Build a trail mix out of seeds and/or nuts. Your mood can be raised by consuming peanuts, almonds, cashews, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, and other types of nuts. This is because seeds and nuts have lots of magnesium which raises your brain’s serotonin levels. Serotonin is a feel-good chemical substance that tells the brain how to feel at any given moment. The more serotonin in your brain, the happier you’ll feel. Not just that, nuts, particularly, are a terrific protein source.
Cold water fish are great if you want to feel happier. Salmon, herring, tuna fish, mackerel, trout, etc, they’re all chock-full of omega-3 and DHA. These are two things that really help the grey matter in your brain work a lot better. It’s true: chomping on a tuna fish sandwich can actually help you fight back depression.
It’s easy to overcome your bad mood when you are eating grains. Quinoa, millet, teff and barley are all actually excellent for helping boost your happiness levels. They fill you up better and that can help improve your moods too. Feeling starved can be terrible! These grains can elevate your mood because it’s not at all difficult for your body to digest them. You digest these grains quicker than other things which can help promote your blood sugar levels, which, in turn, helps make you feel better, mood wise.
Green tea is excellent for moods. You knew green tea had to be mentioned, right? Green tea is rich in an amino acid called L-theanine. Research has discovered that this amino acid stimulates the production of brain waves. This helps focus your mental energy while simultaneously making the rest of your body more relaxed. You probably already knew it is not difficult to be healthy when you drink green tea. Now you are well aware that green tea helps you to lift your moods also!
Now you realize that junk food isn’t necessarily what you need to eat when you are wanting to help your moods get better. Try a couple of of these suggestions instead.
