Scandinavian bread

• 1 cup sunflower seeds
• ½ cup flax seeds
• ½ cup hazelnuts or almonds
• 1 ½ cups rolled oats
• 2 Tbsp chia seeds
• 4 Tbsp psyllium seed husks
• 1 tsp fine grain sea salt (add ½ tsp. if using coarse salt)
• 1 Tbsp maple syrup
• 3 Tbsp melted coconut oil or ghee
• 1 ½ cups water

1. In a flexible, silicon loaf pan combine all dry ingredients, stirring well. Whisk maple syrup, oil and water together in a measuring cup. Add this to the dry ingredients and very mix until everything is completely soaked and dough becomes very thick (if the dough is too thick to stir, add one or two teaspoons of water until the dough is manageable). Smooth out the top with the back of a spoon. Let sit out on the counter for at least 2 hours, or all day or overnight. To ensure the dough is ready, it should retain its shape even when you pull the sides of the loaf pan away from it it.

2. Preheat oven to 175°C.

3. Place loaf pan in the oven on the middle rack, and bake for 20 minutes. Remove bread from loaf pan, place it upside down directly on the rack and bake for another 30-40 minutes. Bread is done when it sounds hollow when tapped. Let cool completely before slicing (difficult, but important).

4. Store bread in a tightly sealed container for up to five days. Freezes well too – slice before freezing for quick and easy toast!

(So good with cottage cheese, chives, smoked trout & lettuce.)

Spicy beans with feta

4 people:

• Brown rice
• 1 Tbsp olive oil
• 1 onion, chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, crushed
• 1 tsp cumin
• 400g chopped tinned tomato
• 2 tsp brown sugar
• 125ml water
• 800g tinned kidney beans
• Juice of 1 lime
• 1/2 up coriander leaves
• 1 green chilli, deseeded & finely sliced
• 100g feta, crumbled
• 3 spring onion tops, chopped

Put brown rice on to cook.

Preheat oven to 160C. In a casserole, soften onion, add garlic & cumin & cook one minute. Add tomatoes, sugar & water, bring to boil then simmer for 10 minutes. Add beans, season, cover and bake 30 minutes. Garnish and serve with brown rice.