Birthday party – with lots of cakes

Yesterday, we had the whole family over to celebrate Silas’ and Vega’s 10th birthday. We had such a nice day and the kids were happy and excited. Vega helped me out in the kitchen. I sense that she has a growing interest in cooking and I really need to take advantage of that and have her cooking with me some more. Silas just wants to play football and eat food so I guess he’s just your average 10 year old boy.

We made so many delicious treats for the birthday table yesterday. Vega loves chocolate so I made a raw chocolate tart for her that was so rich and intense that a small slice was enough to satisfy any chocolate craving. Silas wanted an apple pie and in the last minute, he also asked if I could make cookies. I’m not the most experienced cookie maker so I experimented with some steel cut oats. They’re gluten free but not low carb. The cookies came out crispy and really tasty.

Here’s what we served for the party:

• Raw chocolate tart
• Apple pie – 100% natural without gluten, grains or added sugar/sweetener
• Oatmeal cookies – gluten free and refined sugar free
• Gluten free bread rolls
• Chia seed crackers
• Regular bread rolls
• Berry jam – sugar free
• Two cheeses
• Liquorice almonds

Raw chocolate tart to die for…

Gluten free bread rolls, oatmeal chocolate chip cookies and the apple tart – grain free and without any added sugar or sweetener (natural sweetness from the apples)

Crispy oatmeal chocolate chip cookies – gluten free and almost refined sugar free. I used a dark chocolate 70% that contained some sugar. 

Apple pie and chocolate tart.

I’m so tired after such a busy weekend. My introvert self enjoys the company of others but it also exhausts me. I’m very happy to work in a quiet house today. Imagine if I had had to go into a busy office for work. No wonder that kind of work made me sick and miserable.