An unusual healthy recipe with beetroot baked with olive oil!

Serves 6-8

250g boiled beetroot

75g cocoa powder

4 eggs

200 ml. good quality olive oil

180g flour

250g sugar

2 tsps baking powder

1/3 tsp sweet clove powder

1/4 tsp nutmeg

1/2 tsp cinnamon

Mash the beetroot into a paste (preferably using a mixer) and then mix with the sugar. Put the mixture into a bowl and slowly add the olive oil and mix well with a whisker.

Add the spices, then the eggs and keep mixing. In another bowl mix the flour, baking powder and cocoa power, then pour into the bowl with the beetroot and mix all ingredients together. Empty the mixture into a well greased pan dusted with a little flour.

Bake for 50 minutes at 180^oC. Let the cake cool down and sprinkle caster sugar on top. You can also serve with ice cream. Yummy!

This is a healthy dairy-free chocolate mousse recipe by famous Greek Chef Stelios Parliaros.

Serves: 6

270g ounces dark cooking chocolate
¾ cup extra virgin olive oil
7 eggs, separated
1 cup sugar
2 tbsp brandy
zest of 1 orange or lemon

Melt the chocolate slowly over low heat. Stir the chocolate frequently with a rubber spatula, once the outer edges start to melt. When smooth remove from heat and add olive oil slowly, stirring constantly with a wire whisk. Add brandy.

In a bowl beat egg yolks with ½ cup sugar until light and airy. Then add to chocolate mixture. In another bowl beat egg whites with remaining sugar using a mixer at low speed until stiff peaks form. Pour into chocolate mixture along with the orange or lemon zest. Divide mousse evenly among 6 bowls and put in refrigerator to chill.

You can make it a day before and have it ready to pull out after a special dinner! It can also be served with fruit.