Wednesday 24 September 2014

Autumn Harvest

It's the time of year I love - free food all over the place!  You just need to know where to look.  And not only is it free, if you find it in the right place it's likely to be free of pesticides and organic too!
Last weekend was spent in lovely Wales, racing a yole double on the sea around the coast of Mumbles.  Whilst racing the wild seas I could see the coast path winding it's way through bracken and over cliffs, then dipping down into beautiful white sandy bays with beach huts and ice-cream stalls - I had to walk this path!
So Sunday was spent on foot, strolling 20 miles along one of the nicest walks I have done in a long time.  And there we came across absolutely millions of the best tasting blackberries ever (as well as sloes, but we ran out of space to carry those too!).
So for the past two days I have been making everything I can think of with blackberries - a good top up of vitamin C has been had I think!  And these wonderful Paleo Blackberry Pancakes were breakfast this morning.



Paleo Blackberry Pancakes


Serves 2

1 banana, peeled
85 g ground almonds
10 g desiccated coconut
5 g sesame seeds
2 eggs
1 tbsp non-dairy milk
100 g blackberries
1 tbsp olive oil
2-3 tbsp honey or agave syrup

-Mash the banana in a large bowl.
-Stir in the ground almonds, desiccated coconut and sesame seeds.
-Beat the eggs and milk into the mixture.
-Lightly stir in 75 g of the blackberries.
-Heat the oil in a non-stick frying pan and spoon in two tablespoons of the mixture and cook for 3-4 minutes until golden underneath.
-Carefully flip the pancakes over and cook for 3-4 minutes on the other side until golden.
-Keep these warm then repeat the cooking process with the remaining batter.
-Serve scattered with the remaining blackberries and a drizzle of honey or agave syrup.

It's not too late to pick your own blackberries, get out to the countryside and do some foraging soon!

Joy x