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Sourdough

December 05, 2025 Kelly Hamill

Sourdough Based on the Cook For Love recipe Levain/Starter 20 g Sourdough Starter, 98mg phe (1g protein) 31 g Flour, 162mg (3g protein) 30 g Water 2 g Yeast 37mg   19 gm (3 tablespoons) pure psyllium husk 240 g Water Dry Ingredients 455 Platypus Bread mix 12 g Salt Wet Ingredients 330 g Water 7 g Malted Barley Syrup, or honey 15 g Olive Oil Instructions 1. In a small mixing bowl combine the ripe sourdough starter with the flour and water. Let it sit until it has doubled in size (about 4 hours). You can let it go longer...


Sticky Date Pudding

November 18, 2023 Kelly Hamill

A really easy, delicious cake that is perfect for a crowd. Cake is 11.7g protein total, sauce is around 1g prot/100g. Ingredients: 280g pitted dates, roughly chopped ½ teaspoon baking soda/bicarb soda 250ml boiling water ¼ cup (40g) brown sugar 80g butter 35g mixed egg (4.2g protein) 185g Platypus Foods 1% Baking Mix (1.85g protein) 1 teaspoon baking powder   For the butterscotch sauce: 100g butter 200g brown sugar 375ml cream (7.5g protein) ½ teaspoon vanilla Method: Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius. Grease and line a cake tin with enough paper overhanging the sides to allow you to lift...


Chinese eggplant

November 18, 2023 Kelly Hamill

Based on the Lazy Cat Kitchen recipe. Ingredients: 4 or 5 finger eggplant. approx. 1 tbsp wheat starch 2 tbsp peanut oil (or other oil suitable for frying) 2 spring onions, sliced thinly 1 chilli, diced (optional) 3 garlic cloves, sliced thinly 2.5 cm piece of ginger, grated Fresh coriander SAUCE 2 tbsp / 40 ml soy sauce 4 tsp rice wine vinegar 1 tbsp honey or sugar 1 tbsp. sesame oil 2 tsp cornflour (dissolved in 2 tbsp of water) Method: Cut eggplants into 3-4 thick slices and then each slice into wedges lengthwise. Toss the eggplant in the wheat starch...


Pasta

November 18, 2023 Kelly Hamill

Makes 750g mixture, 7.5g protein total. 1.3g protein/100g. 75g=1g protein. This can be adjusted by reducing or increasing the plain flour/egg. I make this in the Phillips automatic pasta machine and find the pasta tubes/penne type to be the best. I lay them out on a tray, freeze them and them store them in the freezer in a tupperware container. Ingredients: 275g liquid: 480g dry 50g plain flour (5g protein) 430g Platypus Bread mix ½ teaspoon salt 15g egg yolk (2g protein) 100ml aquafaba (1g protein) 160ml water (or substitute with 150g cooked, mashed pumpkin and 15-30ml water, depending on...


KFC

November 18, 2023 Kelly Hamill

Based on the Cook for Love recipe 250 gm cauliflower, broken into bite-size nuggets (3.3g prot) 18 gm (1 ½ Tablespoons) ener-g egg replacer 80 gm ice cold water For the KFC dry mix: 65 gm Platypus 1% mix (0.65 g protein) - A mix of 90g Platypus baking mix and 10g normal plain flour. I have big containers of this made up to use when needed. 1 teaspoon salt ½ teaspoon garlic ½ teaspoon sweet paprika ¼ teaspoon oregano ½ teaspoon parsley 20 gm (2 tablespoons) toasted low pro breadcrumbs oil for frying Method: 1.Combine baking mix, salt, garlic,...