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Facts
Maca is a sexy heart shaped root vegetable of the Brassicaceae cruciferous family that looks like a radish but grows like a sugary sweet potato -- the colour varies from thick, creamy yellow or easy pink to dark purple or black. Maca's botanical name is Lepidium meyenii,Walpers after German botanist Gerhard Walpers and is also acknowledged as Lepidium peruvianum,Chacon after Peruvian scientist Dr. Gloria Chacon.
Nutrional Advantages
A uniquely revitalizing and energy containing superfood celebrated in South America for its condensed nutrition luxuriant in amino acids, essential fatty vitamins, minerals, acids and microsupplements
Suggested Uses
Mix into oatmeal, cereal, yoghurtsmoothies, muesli, fruit natural juice, , or bake into cakes or cookies.
Recipes
Maca Smoothie: In a blender, add Maca and rice/soy/cow milk and any of the after additions: -banana -carob powder -tahini -honey -peanut/almond or macadamia butter The Maca substitution rule is : Generally, allow ½ tsp Maca per cookie
since folk are likely to eat more compared with one cookie, until centres spring back when touched. Remove from oven, combine remaining constituents and mix well. Pour wet into dry, and the serving suggestion is one tsp Maca a day. For every teaspoon Maca added, subtract equal quantity of flour from recipe. This works wonderfully in banana cake and pumpkin spice cakes also. Substitute one tsp Maca for one tsp flour Per Slice. In other words, if your loaf pan makes ten slices, you would subtract ten tsp flour from the recipe, and add ten tsp Maca Maca Cookie Recipes Almond Cinnamon Carob Macadamia 125g Sugar raw organic 125g Butter/Ghee/or Natural Oil one egg/ 1/2 tsp cinnamon two Tbsp Milk rice/soy/cow 230g Spelt flour organic 20g Maca powder one tsp almond essence 50g almonds, chopped 1/2cup Sugar raw organic 1/2cup Butter/Ghee/Natural Oil one egg 3Tbsp Milk rice/soy/cow one c. less two Tbsp Plain flour 1.5 Tbsp Maca powder 1/2 tsp nutmeg 50g macadamia, chopped Beat butter/sugar, add egg/milk/spice/essence. Add flour, Maca and spices until just combined. Stir through nuts. Grease baking sheets, drop two Tbsp batter flatten, bake at 180 200 for 12 15 minutes until cookies are just brownish on bottom. Cool on sheet. Makes a dozen large cookies. Maca Banana Macadamia Muffins Gluten Free, Dairy Free, Sugar Free Makes two dozen recipe can be halved 1/3 cup Maca powder five ripe ladyfinger bananas, chopped 2/3 cup maize flour one cup macadamia nut natural oil or alternate one tsp baking soda one cup honey or apple natural juice concentrate four tsp alum free baking powder one cup rice or soya milk one tsp nutmeg four smallish eggs or egg alternate one tsp cinnamon Optional: One cup sultanas or currants Preheat oven to 180 C and lightly natural oil muffin trays. Sift all constituents in the Left column in one in a large bowl. Fold in bananas and nuts. In another bowl, stirring until Just combined. Spoon into muffin tray and bake 20 25 minutes, mashed three cups rice flour one cup macadamia nuts, cool and turn out. Yum
Note
Each muffin will contain around one tsp of Maca powder. Maca Zuchinni Bread
scant one cup Maca powder two eggs two one cup whole wheat flour one cup milk ie.rice/soy/cow one cup brown sugar 1/2 cup applerelish one tsp baking soda one tsp vanillin concentrate one tsp baking powder one tsp cinnamon 3/4 cup raisins or currants 1/2 tsp nutmeg 1/2 cup pecan/walnut or almond two cup grated zuchinni 3 4 little Optional: Two Tbsp molasses Note: Vegans alternate eggs for one Tbsp Egg Replacer mixed with four Tbsp water Preheat oven to 180 extents Celsius. In a large bowl, or until edges begin to brown; remove, then fold wet bowl into dry bowl. Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto baking sheet, combine dry constituents, mix in fruit/nuts, then make a well in the centre. In another bowl, beat eggs, then stir in rest, folding in zuchinni last. Add wet constituents to dry constituents until just melded. Natural Oil a 9 x 12 pan, and bake 30 40 minutes, or until tester inserted in centre comes out clean. Cool ten minutes, turn out. This Is Delicious for lunchbox, quick, breakfast afternoon snacks or with a cuppa. Mmmmmmmm Maca Cookie Recipes -- Vegan {Each cookie is made with approximately 1/2 tsp Maca} Almond Butter Cookies Gluten Free, Egg Free, saturated fat Free one cup Maca powder four ounces silken smooth tofu one cup rice flour one cup chunky almond butter one cup buckwheat flour 1/3 cup cold pressed natural oil one tsp baking powder one cup brown sugar 1/8 tsp sea salt one cup maple syrup one tsp cinnamon one tsp vanillin concentrate Optional: One cup currants Preheat oven to 180 C. Sift flours, sift constituents in Left column into a bowl. In another bowl, mash and mix constituents in Right column in one. Fold the wet onto dry; roll mixture into 1 inch balls, place on ungreased baking sheet, flatten with a fork. Bake twelve minutes or until the edges begin to brown. Remove, cool on sheet. Makes 30 little ish cookies. Maple Walnut Cookies Wheat Free, Egg Free, saturated fat Free one cup Maca powder two tsp baking powder one 1 cup spelt flour* one tsp sea salt one cup rice flour one tsp nutmeg eight ounces silken smooth tofu one cup cold pressed natural oil 3/4 cup brown sugar one cup maple syrup one tbsp vanillin concentrate one cup walnuts, chopped Preheat oven to 180 F. Sift Left column into bowl, mash constituents of Right column, flatten with fork. Bake twelve minutes, add walnuts. In another bowl, cool on sheet. Makes about 45 cookies. *Substitute gluten free flour if desired
Available in
Maca Power Powder 350g
Maca Power Powder 500g
Organic Maca Power Smoothie Mix 250g
Power Super 250g
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