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Recipe: Overnight Oats

Recipe: Overnight Oats

 

Recipe: Overnight Oats

 

Ingredient

  • 1 clean jar with lid
  • ½ cup rolled oats (½ cup = about half the jar)
  • ½ cup milk (eg. soy milk, almond milk)
  • 2 tbsp nuts of choice (and/or seeds)
  • 1 tsp cinnamon, ground (or other spices like cardamom or vanilla extract)
  • 1-2 tsp honey (or your favorite vegan sweetener)

Optional:

  •  tbsp chia seeds
  • some slices of fruit (again, any are possible. Well, maybe not avocado. Or tomato.)
  • any berries (fresh or frozen)

Instructions

1. Throw everything in a jar, screw the lid on top, shake, and off it goes into the fridge.
2. The next morning add a dash of milk, a sweetener (if you want) and enjoy

 

Recipe: Vegetable Wellington

Recipe: Vegetable Wellington

 

Recipe: Vegetable Wellington

Ingredients

  • 1 leek
  • 1 onion
  • 1 sweet potato
  • 1 ½ cups chestnuts (cooked and peeled)
  • 2 cups spinach
  • 2 tbsp butter
  • 2 tbsp thyme, fresh (1 tbsp dried)
  • 2 clove garlic (diced)
  • 150 g salad cheese (a soft cow’s milk cheese, a little like feta. If you can’t find it, use feta instead)
  • 600 g puff pastry (1 large sheet per 3 people)

Instructions

  1. Chop the leek and onion finely and fry softly in butter.
  2. While they’re cooking, dice the sweet potato into small pieces and then add to the pan after five minutes, along with the garlic and thyme. 
  3. Cook gently for another five minutes to ten minutes. Crush the chestnuts with a fork or masher and also add to the pan. Cook for another two minutes. Finally, add the spinach and turn off the heat, stirring often.
  4. After it’s cooled a little, crumble the soft cheese into the mixture.
  5. Pour the cooled mixture into cling-wrap into a ‘log’ shape (one for each sheet of pastry).
  6. Wrap tightly and let cool in the fridge for an hour.
  7. Lay out your puff pastry and roll the filling into the middle.
  8. Use a brush a little water onto the edges of the pasty as you fold it together, then use a fork to squish the edges together.
  9. Cut off any leftover pastry into festive shapes and add to the wellingtons.
  10. Bake for 35 mins on 180°C/360°F 

 

Recipe: No Bake Protein Bars

Recipe: No Bake Protein Bars

 

Recipe: No Bake Protein Bars

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Add the nuts, oats and seeds and toast on a low heat for four or five minutes – until golden brown. Optional: blend the mix roughly with a food processor or blender. It will make the bars better stick together.
  2. Pour in the maple syrup, olive oil and coffee and stir for a couple of minutes.
  3. Finely chop the apricots and dark chocolate. Add both together with the flax seeds (or protein powder). Keep stirring until it’s all mixed evenly.
  4. Line a tray with cling film or foil and pour in the mixture. Press it down firmly with a spoon or spatula – this will ensure the bar stays together properly.
  5. Chill for a minimum of four hours in the fridge, chop into equal sizes and take one whenever you want!

Recipe: Sweet Potato Burritos

Recipe: Sweet Potato Burritos

 

Recipe: Sweet Potato Burritos

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Pre-heat the oven to 200°C/400°F
  • Slice the sweet potatoes in half and roast them in the oven until tender (about 45 mins).
  • Finely slice the onion and chop the garlic.
  • Heat up a pan and add the olive oil and onion.
  • Cook for 3 minutes then add the garlic.
  • Fry for another minute or so then add the tomatoes and leave to simmer on a low-medium heat for 10 minutes. Add the cumin, paprika, salt, pepper and oregano about halfway through.
  • Drain and rinse the black beans and add to pan, simmering for another ten minutes.
  • Peel, de-stone and thinly slice the avocado.
  • The sweet potatoes should be ready now too – it’s time to make our burritos!
  • Scoop out the sweet potato “mash” from their peels, take out a wrap, layer some of the potato and spread with a fork.
  • Add the tomato/bean mix and avocado slices down the middle of the burrito.
  • Now garnish with avocado slices, sour cream, lime juice and cilantro.
  • Roll, and cook in a large pan for a 30 secs – 1 minute on each side. Tip for families: use the oven instead. Place the burrito in the oven for 3-5 minutes on 200°C/400°F.
  • Repeat with each burrito.
  • When they’re done, you’re done!