All posts tagged: vegetables

Meat Free Monday – Sweetcorn Quinoa Salad

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Meat Free Monday is something you should all be taking part in, its a fun way to switch up your diet and get creative and thoughtful when it comes to thinking up recipes. If you want to find out a little more about the campaign, check out their website here. When it comes to quinoa, I have a pretty basic set-up for constructing a recipe. Quinoa + 2 veg servings + little salad-y things + something kinda creamy (like yoghurt or avocado), it works every time. Serves 2 200g baby sweetcorn Couple fistfuls of tender stem purple sprouting broccoli 80g quinoa 3 cloves garlic 2 tbps sesame oil Little drizzle chilli oil 2 heaped tbsps houmous 2 heaped tbsps lentil, pea and bean shoots 4 spring onions, chopped finely Each 40g serving of quinoa wants to cook in 200ml water, so rinse your quinoa off under cold water then put it on to boil in 400ml of water, it’ll take 15-18 minutes so chuck a timer on. Heat the sesame oil in a big pan and …

Little Liv’s Superfood Salad

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My little sister is home from college for the Easter Holidays and wanted to get involved in metabolism boosters week, so she knocked up this Superfood Salad. What you see before you may seem to be an unusual combination of flavours, but each has its own health benefit and it makes for a very tasty lunch or snacking platter. 1/2 Avocado – boosts the metabolism by protecting the energy-producing part of cells according to Elle. Handful Blueberries – full of great antioxidants, which your body can use to clear free radicals. Handful Walnuts – These contain around seven grams of protein per ounce, making them the best choice for boosting the metabolism says Daniel Bartlett at Huffington Post. 1 Peeled Beetroot – Not a specified metabolism booster, but a certified superfood due to its ability to cleanse and aid digestion. 2 tbsps Pomegranate Seeds – Rich with vitamin A, B and C, all metabolism boosters. 2 Slivers of Cheddar – Cheese is never going to be a health food *sigh* but, calcium is a diet essential. Few Squares Dark Chocolate – Don’t …

The Allotment: April Edition

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As I mentioned in a previous post, this household is blessed with an allotment owner. I will openly admit in case my mother is reading this that it is only on a very rare and special occasion that I’ll actually show my face there, but I am always more than happy to take advantage of its produce. What’s in season this month If something is in season during April, you’ve got much better chances of finding it UK grown from the supermarket, so if you’re conscious of food miles look out for these: Cabbage Cauliflower Celeriac Lettuce (just barely) New Potatoes Pak Choi Pepper Purple Sprouting Broccoli Radishes Spinach Spring Greens Watercress What’s growing on the plot this month An abundance of herbs, an immeasurable amount of green things, and one of my all time favourite things to ever grow in the ground, rhubarb.   This afternoon armfuls of delicious organic goods were brought home along with our tired but still somehow manically hyperactive Border Terrier, Molly. The rhubarb has already been stewed, the herbs …