CANCER-FIGHTING DIET: BETTER SPREADS AND DELICIOUS BREAKFAST TREATS

Better Spreads

Apricot Spread

1 cup pure orange juice

1/2 cup apple juice concentrate

2 teaspoons agar powder

1/2 to 1 tablespoon lemon juice 400 grams fresh apricots

Place all ingredients, except for apricots in a saucepan and bring to the boil. Simmer for 5 minutes. Add apricots and simmer for 15 to 20 minutes. Remove from heat. Pour into clean jar. Cool and refrigerate.

Roasted Garlic Butter

Take a whole head of garlic and, without peeling it, wrap it in aluminum foil. Place the garlic in a moderate oven at 180° Celsius. Bake for 10 to 15 minutes. Remove the soft flesh from the skin and place in blender. Now you have delicious garlic butter. Stored correctly it will keep for more than 2 weeks in the refrigerator.

Delicious Breakfast Treats

Apple, Date, Apricot and Prune Compote

2 apples

10 prunes, pitted

3 dates

5 apricots

125 ml of water

Wash the apples. Cut each apple into wedges, leaving the skin on. Place the wedges in a saucepan with the water, prunes, dates and apricots. Cover with a lid and place over a medium heat. Bring to the boil and simmer for 3 minutes. Remove the lid and stir the fruits. Cook the fruits until just softened. This recipe can be served either hot or cold (excellent for constipation).

Flaxseed, Fruit and Cottage Cheese Breakfast

2 tablespoons LSA mix (linseed, sunflower, and almond)

2 tablespoons cottage cheese (mixed with 1 teaspoon of flaxseed oil)

Your favourite fruit chopped – good choices include berries, papaya, apples, pears, banana, pineapple

3 tablespoons natural acidophilus yogurt

1 teaspoon brown rice syrup or stevia, or manuka honey

Mix the ingredients together in a bowl. Add brown rice syrup, manuka honey or stevia last, for flavouring. Eat fresh.

Fruit Muesli

55 grams oat flakes or 25 grams oats and 25 grams rye flakes

1 serving of fruit – apple, banana, berries, pear

140 grams natural acidophilus yogurt

1 dessert spoon ground flaxseeds and pumpkin seeds