Gluten-Free Spinach Flatbread

The preparation does not require special skills and takes around 30-35 minutes.

Ingredients for 4 persons:

Spinach	150g
Gluten-free porridge oat	90g
Eggs large	3
Garlic	1 clove
Salt	½ tsp
Pepper	pinch

Method

·      Preheat the oven at 180⁰C

·      Grease a 20cm circular tin

·      Place the ingredients into a food processor or smoothie maker and homogenise the mixture

·      Transfer it into the baking tin

·      Bake it a round 25- 30 minutes  

Buckwheat Pancakes with Spinach and Feta Cheese

Buckwheat and spinach enrich the blood, helping to increase the red blood cells and restore metabolic balance.

Ingredients for 4 persons

130g -140g 4 medium ½ cup 60ml 2 tbsp 1tsp 150g 100g 100g 3tbsp

buckwheat flour eggs milk corn oil salt spinach finely chopped Feta cheese Ricotta cheese Greek yogurt water

Method:

·      Place the flour in a mixing bowl with a pinch of salt add the egg and the milk. Using a wooden spoon stir in well.

·      Gradually add around 100ml water, little by little, stirring continuously until all the flour has been incorporated and the mixture is lump-free. Then stir a ½ tablespoon oil into the batter.

·      Preheat the oven to 180⁰C

·      Place the crumbled feta cheese, 3 eggs ricotta cheese, Greek yogurt and a pinch of salt in a bowl mix them well, then add the chopped spinach to the mixture and combine them.

·      Make 8 pancakes

·      Spread some of the filling over a pancake and roll it up. Repeat with the rest of the pancakes.

·      Arrange the pancake rolls in a greased baking dish. Pour the remaining filling over the pancakes and bake in the preheated oven for 20 minutes.

Serving:

Serve them hot with salad.

Health Benefits of Nettle Leaf

Ms H

A natural allergy relief remedy is the common nettle, stinging nettle or Urtica dioica belongs to the family Urticaceae, it is an annuals or perennial herbaceous plant. Stinging nettle contains chemicals like histamine and acetylcholine, which can be very irritating to the skin.

The plant’s derives are used to help a number of indispositions.

You can use the health aids of nettle in the following ways:

·      The leaves can be stemmed and cooked like spinach.

·      The dried flowers and leaves can be steeped and made into tea.

·      Stinging nettle extract, root tincture (soaked in alcohol)

·      Nettle oil or capsules

Health benefits:

·      Due to its anti-inflammatory and pain relieving properties the leaves, tincture or oil are used for treating arthritis and join pain.

·      The anti-inflammatory qualities also make nettles to be able preventing  hay fever symptoms because they affect number of receptors and enzymes in allergic reactions.

·      Stinging nettle root extract can slow or stop the spread of prostate cancer cells, it also can ease the symptoms of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia.

·      It is a natural treatment for eczema due to its antihistamine and anti-inflammatory properties.

·      It reduces bleeding after surgery, dental surgery or menstrual flow.

·      Helps to control blood sugar level in patients with diabetes.