Recipe #65 Sauteed Greens

Easy Side dish !

Shopping list

• 4 handfuls of baby spinach leaves
• 6 big leaves of dark green cabbage, cut into small chunks
• (you can add more greens such as asparagus, kale, green beans, white cabbage, leek)
• 2-3 teaspoons of powder garlic (depending if you really like garlic)
• 2 tablespoons of oil (I like walnut or olive oil, use nut oil if you want to add nuts later)
• 1/2 teaspoon of cayenne powder
• freshly ground black pepper (5x turns)
• a pinch of sea salt 

Method

In a wok heat the oil and the greens. When you hear it start cooking add the seasoning and keep moving them so they won't stick and burn.

After 5-10 minutes all vegetables should be cooked and you can serve (be sure to use the remaining oil from the pan as this is full of flavour and, of course, garlic taste!) 

Recipe #64 Falafel Burger (no frying needed)

Similar to recipe #22 -  Falafel

Shopping list

• 100gr of dry chickpeas
• 2 tablespoons of olive oil
• sea salt
• black pepper
• 2 garlic cloves
• 2 teaspoons ground cumin
• 3 tablespoons of flour
• 1 tablespoon of lemon juice
• 2 teaspoons of dry parlsey
• cayenne pepper

Method

Place the dry chickpeas in water for 4-8 hours. Rinse well and drain the water. Place them in a food processor with all the other ingredients. Chop in the food processor till it is a nice thick paste. Place in the fridge for about 1h. 
Put some flour onto your hands and make little patties of the mixture. It should be enough for about 3-4 patties. 
Cover an oven proof tray with some baking paper and place the patties onto it. Let them cook for 30 min on 220 oC. Turn them after 15-20min.
They will be cooked and crunchy on the outside.

I served with homemade hummus

Recipe #63 Roasted vegetables with cinnamon

Similar to

Recipe #3 Vegetable Couscous (vegan)

Shopping list (4 portions)

• 1 cup of dry couscous
• turmeric, cinnamon, cayenne pepper
• salt & pepper
• Olive oil
• 2 carrots
• 1 courgette
• 1/2 butternut squash
• 1 onion
• 2 garlic cloves

Method 

I cut the vegetables into big chunks and placed them in a wok with a big of olive oil (+- 1 tablespoon)

Seasoned with salt, pepper, cinnamon (1 teaspoon) and cayenne pepper till they were getting roasted on the outside.  (this pre roasting in a pan or wok gives the vegetables more flavour, you can use whatever vegetables you like: asparagus, cabbage, broccoli, brussels sprouts, etc)
Then I transferred everything into an oven proof dish and left it to roast on 250oC for 30min. At the end I added 1 mug of water and half a vegetable stock cube (optional 1 cup of frozen peas and 1/2 can chickpeas)

In a big bowl I added 1 cup of dry couscous with some turmeric and 1/2 vegetable stock cube. I poured over this 2 cups of boiling water, stirred a bit, not too much as you don't want to loose the steam. Cover this as soon as you can with a cloth or dish and let it be for around 5 min. When this is done you will have nice fluffy cooked couscous.
Serve the vegetables on a couscous bed.

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Almond Milk, make your own !

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You'll need:

• 1.5 cups or 220 grams of raw almonds (unsalted, uncooked)
• 3 cups of spring water, plus water for soaking
• 1 vanilla bean; scoop out the seeds; alternatively, use 1/2 teaspoon vanilla essence or extract

1. Soak the almonds in water overnight. Do this for at least 8 hours, up to about 12 hours.
2. Blend the almonds in 4 cups of fresh spring or filtered water. Add the vanilla extract and continue blending until well mixed.
3. Sweeten to taste if desired. 
4. Strain. This is very important or you will be drinking almond pulp as well as the milk. Using something like a very fine strainer or sieve, or several layers of cheesecloth (muslin), pour the almond milk through the filter into a large bowl underneath. The filter will retain the almond pulp and the liquid will go through.
5. Store. Almond milk can be kept in the refrigerator for 4-7 days, covered. 

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