CBD chocolate chip cookies
SocialJoy
Hello everyone and welcome to my June blog. We can see the Government is trying to set out its plan to return life to as near normal as we can expect and continue to stay safe and alert. It will be exciting that the bars and restaurants will be open from 4th July, but let’s hope people use their common sense and adhere to the new rules and restrictions so we can prevent a second peak.
We have been so lucky with the glorious weather and of course more people are outside walking, cycling and enjoying the sunshine in these summer months.
I am still continuing to cycle around London, but I can see there is more traffic in central London now. It is great we can have a picnic with our loved ones and get back to some kind of normality. Joining friends in their garden for socially distancing drinks is wonderful and to actually see people face to face after a few months in lockdown.
I hosted my book club in my garden last week with a delicious fresh tuna nicoise salad and a peach and dulce de leche cake originating from Uruguay. And lucky me that I am also in another book club where my girlfriend hosted in her garden, entering via her garage! We all took our own food, which was bbq based, so very easy and delicious to throw a ribeye steak on the hot coals. I took some avocado brownies that I had made previously for an online cookery class. They are light, yet moist and yummy!
Am still being proactive by doing lots of outstanding jobs in the house and garden, which gave me the opportunity to refurb my garden table and benches. The table is so old, it is falling apart and needed large quantities of wood filler to remake the top. After repainting it all, it always feels like a worthy job when its all done!
WorkJoy
I have been thinking about launching a CBD cookery course, which would involve infusing CBD oil in various recipes. The idea came to me, when I was on holiday in The Hamptons (distant memory…) last year with my daughter. We recognised there were numerous products containing CBD in the coffee shops and deli’s, ranging from energy bars, smoothies, chocolate bars and so forth. I believe what happens in USA, comes across the pond and its good to get ahead of the curve.
As we know CBD oil is fairly expensive and I had to do some research on a good quality oil which is verified by GMP (good manufacturing practices). I sourced the product from Windfall https://www.windfallnatural.co.uk/ which is my local natural health food store as they stock high quality goods. I chose the CBD oil from The London Botanists as it has 100% natural ingredients and was highly recommended. https://thelondonbotanists.com/
CBD oil has many benefits, from relieving pain, insomnia, anxiety, potentially reducing epilepsy and many more health advantages.
I made a batch of CBD cookies with other natural ingredients including coconut oil as it turns out CBD absorption rates are significantly more effective when consumed with fats.
As per the photo and recipe on this blog. which are very simple for anyone to make at home! The amount of CBD oil is fairly minimal which also masks the taste as its quite bitter and earthy and not to everyone’s taste.
I shall be making some savoury dishes and think its disguised well in salad dressings and smoothies, amongst many other creative ingredients.
I am also experimenting by taking the maximum does of x15 drops under my tongue for 2 minutes at night time, one hour before bedtime, to improve my sleep. Although I do not like the taste, you can take a soft drink after, and I would say it can take up to 30 days to see results. I will keep you posted!
KitchenJoy
I have launched some general online classes on my website now, from lunchtime Immune, to Brain Health courses, and a Chocolate course in the evening. The brain health at lunchtime seems very popular, and people have signed up from afar! The advantage of these online courses is, you can cook as little or much of the dishes as you wish for your household and even just prepare them and eat them later and without leaving your home to attend a cookery class. I will still be explaining the key nutritional facts of foods used in the course with the specific theme running through the class. The last online brain health course was a brain fog smoothie, followed by avocado brownies. This was from food.social platform, where they advertise my classes and organise for the clients to be online via zoom. https://food.social/
Please contact me for more details if you are interested in any other types of medicinal cookery classes or 121 and you can bring your own private party to the classes as well.
CBD CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES
Ingredients
2 tbsp coconut oil, melted
1 large egg yolk
1 tsp vanilla essence
20 mg CBD oil
1/3 cup of brown spelt flour
1/8th tsp baking soda
2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp sea salt
3 tbsp raw cacao nibs
3 tbsp brazil nuts or walnuts (finely chopped)
3 tbsp pumpkin seeds
1 tbsp flax seeds
Method
Preheat oven to 165 c . Mix butter with sugar in a medium bowl until creamy. Stir in egg yolk, vanilla and CBD oil. Stir in flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt until just combined. Stir in chocolate chips, nuts, pumpkin seeds and flaxseeds.. Divide batter into 4 equal portions. Gently roll each into a ball and arrange on a parchment-lined baking sheet. (Cookies will spread as they bake.)
Bake until cookies are golden around edges, 15 to 18 min. Let cookies stand on sheet for 2 min, then transfer to a rack to cool completely.
Enjoy ……..
