Halloween! Black pudding, poached egg and rocket salad

It’s Halloween ^°^! I decided to make a “bloody” dinner with grilled black pudding and poached egg on toast with rocket and spinach salad. Very lovely ❤ ^°^

Chili con carne, delicious!

Chili con carne, nothing better if you are really hungry! Keep it simple, but with amazing organic ingredients. 

For this dish, make plain white rice, and at the same time cook the chili.

You will need : (serves 5)

500g of organic minced beef

1 big carrot

1 yellow or green pepper

1 onion

2 cloves of garlic

1 can of tomatoes

1 can of kidney beans ( 420g)

sea salt, black pepper, paprika, cayenne pepper, dry chili, oregano

Fry the onion with olive oil and garlic, when soft add the meat, let it brown for 5 minutes, add all the remaining ingredients and let it cook in medium heat for around 30m. Serve immediately.

Spicy food is really good for the immune system so use and abuse! Take care xx

Rice with prawns, peas and parsley, simple and quick meal!

Very simple dish, still tasty and healthy. Just put some olive oil in a pan with garlic and parsley. Let it fry lightly and add the rice, it fry for another 5 minutes, in with the prawns and peas, stir a bit and add the water and salt. The rice ratio is 1 cup of rice for 2 of  water. Cook the rice for 15m and let it stand for 5m.

Hope you are having an amazing week. Lots of love xxx

Sweet parsnip and apple bread ( nuts and raisins too!)

I’m off today so I decided to experiment a bit in the kitchen . I had lots of apples and parsnips, no eggs, so I decided to search for a recipe online, wasn’t really in the mood for cake, more like a sweet bread. Found this recipe : http://fightcancerwithfood.wordpress.com/2012/10/02/parsnip-apple-bread/   and modified it to fit my taste 🙂

You will need : ( I don’t write it down but almost all my ingredients are organic )

2 cups of white flour self raising ( better wholemeal but mine finished)

1 cup of brown rice flour ( gives the bread a lighter texture)

1 cup of oats

3 tablespoons of  sugar

2 apples (grated)

1 turnip (grated)

1 teaspoon of baking soda

2 teaspoons of  baking powder

1/2 teaspoon of salt

1 tablespoon of cinnamon

1 teaspoon of  Spekulatius  ( german spice that has cloves, cinnamon, star anis,ginger and others..)

1 cup of milk

1 tablespoon of sweet freedom or agave

1 hand full of nuts

1 tablespoon of Maca powder

3 tablespoons of chickpea flour and mix it with a bit of water and let it sit for 10 minutes

1 cup of raisins

Mix all the ingredients together, put some baking paper in a tray grease it with a bit of olive oil, fill it with the  mixture.

Pre heat the oven at 180 degrees Celsius and bake for around 50 minutes.

Have a good cup of tea with it, and you are in heaven, sweet healthy heaven 😉

What are you Halloween plans?

Pumpkin preserve with nuts, Portuguese delicacy!

It’s fall, so everyone needs some pumpkin in their lives 😀 I love this preserve with some sharp cheese and oatcakes or bread!

This was my 1st attempt so don’t be too harsh… To make this you will need :

1 medium pumpkin around 1kg
100g of organic brown sugar
1/2 a cup of sweet freedom, like agave but better as it is low G.I. & vegan
3 tablespoons of cinnamon, maybe more if you love it, like me!
the juice of 4 oranges
2 big pieces of lemon skin
1 or 2 cups of roughly chopped nuts

Cut, peel and cube the pumpkin. Mix all the ingredients except the nuts. Cook it for 1 hour at least, until very soft. Use a blender until smooth, or you can leave some bigger pieces if you prefer. Put back in the pan and add the nuts, let it cook for 10m , and it’s done. I divided in 3 parts, froze 2 and we are having the 3rd one, with bread for breakfast or just as a snack. Enjoy!

 

Homemade rye bread and beans and kale soup <3

I love soup, all kinds of soup, really, and it tastes even better with some homemade bread 🙂 I have a recipe here :

https://fionabluerecipes.wordpress.com/2013/06/07/adventures/ you can substitute the sunflower seed for rye flower .

To make this soup you will need :

1onion
2 cloves of garlic
1 can of Bertolli beans ( or soaked from dry )
3 big potatoes
2 big carrots
400grams of kale
olive oil/ salt and pepper

cut all the veggies, put everything in a big pan/pot except the kale. Boil water and pour over the veggies. let it cook until soft, around 30m. Blitz everything in a blender, until soft with no lumps. Put it back in the pan add the kale, cook for another 10 to 15m, and it’s done!

Spread some butter or olive oil on the bread and enjoy.

My fitness routine changed a bit, lately I’ve been doing just advanced pilates, want a tone body but really don’t want any more muscle, just slender limbs. How do you do that? How do you keep yourself fit without bulking ?

Enjoy the weekend xx

Raspberry-oats-dates cookies! Sugar and butter free!

This is a really quick and healthy recipe, that you can put together very easily!

You will need :

1. 1/2 cup of olive oil (or mix with sunflower oil )
2. 1 cup of flour I used half white half buckwheat
3. 1/2 cup of dates
4. 1/2 cup of raisins
5. 2 egss
6. 1 tablespoon of honey, if you like very sweet put more
7. 1/2 cup of oats
8. 1 teaspoon of baking soda
9. 1 cup of raspberries, I used frozen

How to :

Beat the eggs first then add all the ingredients together. Once everything is very well mixed spoon it into a tray lined with baking paper.

Put it into a pre heated oven 180 degrees, for 15 to 20 minutes.

 

Any good healthy cookies recipes that you make at home? What are your favorite cookies? Healthy or non healthy 🙂

Have a lovely end of the week 😀 xxx

Sushi night!

We love sushi in the house, so every once in awhile we do it at home…
Just boil the rice, 1 part rice to 2 water, cook for 10m, remove from heat keep the lid on for another 10 minutes.
Spread rice on seaweed and fill with whatever you like, we did smoked salmon and avocado, tuna mayo and salad leaves and omelette and salad leaves.

Have a great week and tell me your tips for the perfect sushi! xx

Blog is now organized :)

Finally I divided my food into proper categories, making it much easier to find what you are looking for! Do have a look, and if you have any feedback please let me know xx

Instant noodles but better!

This is a very quick post,  grab your favourite packet of instant noodles and throw the powders in the bin, instead use miso soup paste. For my noodles I added frozen prawns and peas, that cook as quick as the noodles! And if you have add some seaweed.  Serve and enjoy! Quick tasty and a bit more nutritious 🙂 If you don’t have prawns and have some leftover meat it would work too.

Have a good weekend xx