National Vegetarian Week 15th - 21st May

I am very excited to share this ideas of a truly nutritious plates of food. 

Roasted butternut squash with chili and garlic served with kale and seeds.....

Pizza made with organic unbleached flour, topped by pesto, cheese, veggies and rocket salad  I have been buying this flour for the past four years, making and baking pastries, pizzas, bread, cakes, cookies and much more .....

Hummus, quinoa, beetroot, carrot, celery, tomatoes, peppers, avocado and seeds

French toast sticks with maple syrup and fresh fruit .

 I used leftover loaf bread, thick cut into a sticks.

 Dip into eggs and shallow fry.

 Serve with maple syrup and fruit - this was a perfect brunch after a long walk with the kids!!

Three ways with leftover rice - eat your greens

Sunday is the day when I cook grains and pulses, roast seeds and nuts  for the next five days. My favorite grain is short brown rice, it's sticky, grainy and flavoursome, perfect for a quick and healthy lunch . Organic Suma short brown rice is my favorite, I simply soak 1 - 2 cups in cold water over night, the next day I rinse out the rice and cook it for 20 - 25 minutes on a very low temperature.... 

This one is the easiest dish ever, ideal for one of those days when I haven't been for a run or long walk: simply cut one broccoli head in half and cook / steam it . The rice is flavored by one Tbsp of tamari . 1/4 to 1/2 avocado is must have !

This fresh salad is very rich of nutritional food: chickpeas, chopped fresh tomatoes, spring onions, sunflower seeds, topped by some homemade hummus as well as red pepper and cucumber. 

Roast sweet potatoes, kale and cooked rice was already in the fridge, I just had to chop some avocado and red cabbage and season it with olive oil and lemon juice !



I am sharing this post as a contribution to  eat your greens the lovely blog called Allotment 2 Kitchen 

I am also contributing to Cook once eat twice , another blog that is dear to me, it's called Searching for spice

April favorites

I love these little beauties, I make them all the time and I always use different vegetables, sugar snap peas and spring onions are added to this batch. The recipe is from this blog - click here to find out more ...

Tried something new this week, meatless meatballs, really easy to make and they taste ok. Two out of three children eat their dinner without any comment, one child did not eat . The recipe is from the blog called Wholefully

This is my guilty pleasure - white bread !! It is not just any white bread, it's organic, slow-proved,  made and baked by me. For the recipe click here

Polperro, Cornwall, England

Polperro is a little hidden village on the west coast of England that I visited over the Easter break.....

Easter bunny biscuits

Happy Easter everyone !!! 

Ingredients:

100 gr white flour, I used spelt 
100 gr wholemeal flour 
1 tsp cinnamon 
75 gr butter or coconut oil*
1 ripe banana
1 - 2 Tbsp maple syrup
dry fruit for the eyes

Put the dry ingredients into a mixing bowl and rub in the fat.
Mash the banana with the maple syrup and stir into the mixture to make a smooth dough.
Roll out the dough between two greaseproof sheets and cut out bunny shapes with biscuit cutter.
Make the eyes for the bunnies by cutting a tiny peaces from any dry fruit.
Place the biscuit on a baking tray and bake on 180 C for 15 minutes.

note: Annabel Karmel's recipe from one of her baby and toddler cookery books, to be precise from 1991 😍 

* make this biscuit vegan by using coconut oil 

Lentils, mushrooms & walnuts pate

This pate is a perfect spread, it's so tasty, it's nutritious, light, healthy and vegan ... 

Ingredients: 

- 2 Tbsp olive oil,- 2 - 3 spring onions, chopped,- 2 cloves crushed garlic- 100 gr fresh mushrooms, sliced- 200 gr cooked green or Puy lentils- 50 gr walnuts- fresh herbs ( parsley, basil )- 2 - 3 cider vinegar- 2 Tbsp tahini- a generous pinch of salt and pepper

Heat the olive oil in a frying pan over a medium heat . Add the onions, garlic and mushrooms and saute for 10 minutes.Add the rest of the ingredients and stir well.Tip this mix into a food processor  and pulse until you get a smooth texture.Keep this pate in the fridge in a glass container.

note: recipe inspired from Amelia Freer - nourish & glow

Thanks for reading! I would appreciate any comments or suggestions from you.