13 Jun Cake Cake Cake Lauren’s Paleo Apple & Pear tea cake
In traditional Chinese Medicine food is part of our medicine. The types of foods we eat, how we cook them and when we eat them (season and time of day) all impact our health. Of coarse a diet rich in whole fresh foods that are in season is the ideal. However in our modern society where food can be sourced from anywhere this can be difficult. Shopping a markets and greengrocers can help, as well as looking at the cheaper price tags. If strawberries are $10 a punnet then probably its not strawberry season.
So in winter we are often left with less fruit options; Apples and pears are generally in season during autumn, from March to May in Australia. Below is a useful recipe for those left over or overripe in your fruit bowl.
Traditional view of Pears
Pears are cool, sweet and slightly sour. Valued for their moistening and clearing properties;
Moisten the lungs and help stop cough especially for dry coughs but also good for phlegm that is hard to cough up
Relieve thirst great for those drying reverse cycle heaters
Reduces internal heat which in Traditional Chinese Medicine can lead to constipation
Traditional view point of Apples
Apples are neutral, sweet and slightly sour. They are considered gentle and harmonising;
They are also good for the lungs and genetate fluids
Apples are also good for digestion and can relieve diarrhoea
The are also considering calming to the mind, so maybe an apple a day might keep the doctor away!
Lauren’s Gluten-Free Apple & Cake Cake
Ingredients
2.5 cups of almond meal
3/4 teaspoon of baking powder
1/4 teaspoon of sea salt
2/3 cup of brown rice malt syrup or honey
1/3 cup of coconut oil, melted
4 eggs
1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon
1 apple
1 pear
Method
Preheat oven to 180 degrees
Finely chop the pear and apple, remove pips and stalks (I placed both in thermomix for 5 seconds speed 5)
Add all other ingredients mix (Thermomix 20 seconds speed 4)
Pour into cake tin and place in oven for 20 minutes
Serve and enjoy. Feel free to add some yogurt.
About the author
Lauren Surridge is the Acupuncturist, Chinese Herbalist and owner of Balanced Life Health Care. Lauren has a bachelor of Chinese Medicine and specialises in Women’s health, gynaecology and infertility. She has a passion in educating women in the basic lifestyle changes that they can make at home to improve their health, hormonal balance and fertility. To find out more about Lauren click here and to make an appointment to see Lauren at her clinic in Ferntree Gully click here
