The Green Sailor
Popeye the sailor man used to eat loads of spinach to make him strong. So I can imagine if he made a voyage to the Caribbean this is the drink he would most certainly approve of. Refreshing and yummy too despite the obscure shades of green.
Ingredients:
2 big handfuls of spinach, 50ml coconut water, 100ml tropical fruit juice, 1 chopped banana.
Method:
Blend all together.
Sunshine Breakfast
A sunshine breakfast is a breakfast which is supposed to help you start your day off with a smile and my juices will most certainly add to that boost. Rather than the loaded sugar drinks at the supermarket my juices contain natural sugars and if you do need the juices sweeter you can choose how much sugar, syrup or honey to add.
Ingredients:
12 strawberries, 1 apricot (de stoned), 2 peaches (chopped and de stoned), 1 small tsp honey.
Method:
Blend well and drink up with a smile.
Berry Blast
After a successful trip to the market picking up the most luscious strawberries I could find I started inventing recipes for them. My smoothies have never failed me yet. I am currently creating more wonderful combinations. This time I mixed the strawberries with flaxseed, acai berries, a tbsp of honey and I even through in a few oats. Smoothies are so delicious and great to help you with your fruit and vegetable intake.
Angel Delight
I saw a mother in the supermarket helping her child choose several different flavours of Angel Delight. I completely forgot the stuff existed, when I was a little girl I used to look forward to eating it as a dessert. Now I am not too sure my taste buds would be too pleased with the odd concoction. Does anyone actually know whats in that stuff? I decided by making my own delight, which is basically a thick smoothie. I wanted to make it the same colour as the bright pink angel delight so I used raspberries. I think my treat is a much better alternative, natural sugars and natural colouring.
Ingredients:
1 medium banana, 3 tbsps 0 % fat greek yoghurt, a handful of fresh raspberries.
Method:
Blend altogether till you reach desired consistency.
Saffy’s Top Tip
For a little extra sweetness add some more banana or even a little drizzle of honey.
The Perfect Sidekick
The main meal and side dish should be combined as if the main meal was a superhero and the side dish was a sidekick. If the side dish is useless like a boring salad to just make the plate look pretty then this will not enhance the dish in any way and will be a waste of money and food. If Robin was a pathetic and lazy person Batman would be left vulnerable. So please make your side dishes interesting and tasty, even if it is well cooked rice. A side dish needs purpose people! This is a fool-proof side and it has a nice kick to it.
This recipe was adapted from Lorraine Pascale’s ‘Home Cooking Made Easy’ (HaperCollins Publishers, 2011).
Ingredients:
A few broccoli heads, a drizzle of olive oil, 1 big red chilli (de seeded and chopped into small pieces), salt and black pepper, a bunch of fresh mint.
Method:
1. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees C.
2. Break the broccoli and scatter over the oven tray.
3. Drizzle on some olive oil.
4. Scatter on some chillies and season with a little salt and black pepper.
5. Roast for 16 – 20 minutes.
6. When broccoli is cooked take out of the oven, shred the mint leaves and sprinkle them over the vegetables.
2 tsp Sesame Oil, 1 tbsp of grated or lazy Ginger, 1 minced Garlic Clove, 2 medium Carrots (chopped), 1/2 can of green beans, 8 button mushrooms (chopped), 4 Spring Onions (chopped), 1/2 can light Coconut Milk, 1 handful of chopped Cashew Nuts, serve with Brown Rice and Corn on the Cob.
Method:
1. Start cooking the rice.
2. Heat up the oil, ginger and garlic for a minute.
3. Add tofu and fry for 8 mintues, turn once or twice.
4. Stir in vegetables, coconut milk and cashews.
5. Cover with tin foil and cook for 8 minutes.
6. Cook the corn on the cob for 8 minutes.
7. Serve the stir fry with the rice and corn. Enjoy.
Use the rest of the coconut milk to make a curry or another stir fry.
Ingredients:
1/2 pack of Tofu, 1 small pack of Szechuan Stir Fry Sauce, 1 can of Kidney Beans, 1 small can of Sweetcorn, 1 small green Chilli and 1 small red Chilli (both chopped and deseeded), 1 small Courgette (chopped), a little Sunflower Oil for frying, 4 plain Olives or chilli green Olives (stoned) and Brown Rice to serve.
Method:
1. Heat a little oil in a wok.
2. Drain tofu, and when oil is hot fry for 3 minutes pressing down on it.
3. Add kidney beans and chillies.
4. After roughly 3 minutes add the sweetcorn, chopped courgette, olives and sauce.
5. Fry until everything is cooked through.
6. Serve with brown rice.
This recipe was inspired by the ‘Asda Fit For Life’ recipe ideas.
Ingredients:
400g minced Quorn, 1 large Onion, 2 small Garlic cloves, 400g of peeled Plum Tomatoes blended (if you have chopped tomatoes you do not need to blend them), 2 tbsps Tomato Puree, a handful of Basil, 1 tbsp dried Rosemary, 3 -4 handfuls of spinach, 200g sliced Mushrooms, 2 small Carrots, 1ooml Vegetable Stock, Wholewheat Spaghetti, extra seasoning to taste, Oil for frying.
Method:
1. Heat a little oil in a large saucepan and add onions to fry for 2 minutes.
2. Add quorn and stir and cook until cooked through.
3. Add the tomatoes.
4. Put on another saucepan of boiling water and start the pasta cooking process.
5. Add the rest of the vegetables to the “quorn stew” apart from the herbs.
6. After 6 mins add the herbs and simmer for 15 – 20 minutes.
7. Season bolognese to taste and serve with drained cooked pasta.
Saffy’s Top Tip
This recipe is too easy for you not to try out different vegetables to see what works. Add mroe vegetables and change some around. You could even try yummy snake beans or spice it up with chilli and hot pepper sauce!
Ingredients:
1/4 of a medium Brocolli (cut into chunky bits), 1 Green Chilli (chopped), 1/4 of a Red Onion (chopped into small pieces), 2 gloves of crushed Garlic, 1 can of Mixed Bean salad, 1/4 Red Pepper, 1.2 litres Vegetable Stock.
Method:
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