Month: October 2017

Friday Pie Day

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It’s not always easy to get excited about vegetables, especially when they’ve been in the fridge for a week and are looking a bit sad. But it’s amazing what banging them between a couple of bits of pastry can do for their allure! I don’t reckon there’s much you can’t put in a pie; case in point Friday’s dinner.

I literally chopped up all the vegetables I had left in the fridge, (spinach, spring onion, carrot, cabbage), mixed them with a couple of eggs and half a block of feta, and covered the lot with filo pastry. Suddenly boring left-overs are cheesy pie and everyone wants some!

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Keep-me-going slice

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I love that this slice has enough protein to keep me full for ages, but lots of other good stuff too: oats for fibre and slow release carbs, fresh fruit, and enough sweetness to satisfy the 3pm slump. It’s a pretty forgiving recipe, so feel free to change up the nut butters and fruit toppings.

raspberry slice

1 cup rolled oats

1/2 cup desiccated coconut

1/2 cup nut butter (I used 50/50 peanut and cashew)

1/3 cup coconut oil, melted

1/3 cup rice syrup

1 teaspoon vanilla essence

1 cup fruit (I used frozen raspberries)

2 tablespoons coconut butter (or oil, but makes the topping less creamy)

1-2 tablespoons maple syrup

 

Blitz the oats in a blender until they are fine crumbs. Add the coconut, nut butter, coconut oil, rice syrup and vanilla, mix, and press into a tin. Sprinkle the fruit over the top.

Gently melt the coconut butter and maple syrup, and drizzle over the top.

Refrigerate for an hour or 2.

 

 

Baked pakora with yogurt sauce

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I’m always looking for inventive ways to serve vegetables! This is a beauty of a recipe: low fat, gluten-free, dairy-free and plant based. Oh, and did I mention delicious? I found the recipe here at the upbeet dietician. Of course I made a few tweaks, just by using my own favourite curry powder blend and sneaking in some fresh herbs for an extra punch.

I served the pakora with a sauce made from coconut yogurt, filtered water, chopped fresh mint, and a shake of sweet chilli sauce. It was declared a winner all round!

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