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Want something  quick, healthy and delicious  ?

Quick Hummus Recipe for 1 1/2 cups of Dip

• 1 can chick peas
• 1 Tablespoon Olive oil
• 1/4 cup water
• Juice of one lemon
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon paprika – optional
• 1 clove garlic  minced or chopped finely if not using a processor

Combine all ingredients and blitz in a blender or food process until smooth or the consistency you desire.  Serve with Pita Bread, crackers, on pizza as a base, corn chips

Chilli Sauce is a great addition

Consider the Lilies ...

Beautiful, symbolic, photogenic but could they be food ?

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Consider the Lilies ...

The beautiful Lotus is a multi purpose and sustainable  food source that is very versatile, from lily seeds to Lotus root there are more ways to serve it up than you can poke a Lily stem at.

Monk Style Mixed Veggies – Vegan

This recipe is a wee bit longer than usual but well worth it so give it a go

• 50gr/2 0z dried tofu sticks
• 115gr/4 oz fresh lotus root – or 50 gr/2 oz   dried lotus root
• 10gr/1/4 oz  dried wood ears
• 8 Dried Chinese mushrooms
• 15 ml or 1Tablespoon veg oil
• 75 gr/ 3 oz  canned straw mushrooms ( just use what mushrooms you can find-  button mushrooms  are OK – don’t stress which ones )
• 115 gr/ 3 oz  baby corm
• 30 mls 2 TBS light soy sauce  ( I use Tamari)
• 15 ml/1 TBS dry sherry
• 10 ml/2 tsp  caster sugar
• 150 ml   or 2/3 cup vegetable stock
• 75 gr snow peas (mangetouts, trimmed and halved)
• 5 ml/ 1 tsp cornflour
• 15 ml/1 TBS water

To Prepare and Make

• Soak Tofu sticks, dried lotus root, for one hour ( no need if fresh)
• Soak Wood ears & other dried mushroom in separate bowl as they only take 15 mins
• Drain both well
• Heat oil, stir fry wood ears, chines mushrooms and Lotus for about 30 seconds – don’t overcook
• Add tofu, straw mushrooms ( or button mushrooms) baby corn, soy sauce, sherry, castor sugar and stock
• Bring to the boil, cover, lower heat and simmer about 20 mins
• Stir through the snow peas, cook uncovered 2 mins
• Mix cornflour to a paste with water and add
• Cook until thickens and serve

I quite like to mix and change this around to suit what is available as we prefer what is in season and what is on hand and you can experiment with other ingredients.  This is also great with lily buds either instead of Lotus root in as well.

Love Good Food  ?  More Vegan Recipes

If you have never tried Lotus root I invite you to give it a try. Go on, extend your taste buds, but I am assuming you haven’t already tried it aren’t I  ?

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Link to More Lotus Seed Ideas here

Today has been roasting hot again and we have come up with a fast and easy frozen treat that tastes divine and is healthy. Kids love this frozen popsicle even more when if comes in a rocket mold or in the long popsicle shape just like the bought ones but you know what is in your own home made frozen treats.

Plum Ambrosia Popsicles – ambrosia as it tastes so scrummy and delicious !

We were given some plums that looked mouthwatering but tasted “mouthwateringly” sour and made our eyes water. We left them on the bench in disgust until we hit on the brainwave of iced plums , then even better, iced Popsicles and the tartness just adds to the flavor. How can something so good for you taste so good ?

How to:

• Stew your plums
• Add either sugar – honey for a healthier version
• Take out the stones ( this is the most time consuming but stick with it as its so worth it when you taste it – besides they play havoc with your blender !
• Blend the plum puree ( blend for a long time if you want smoother or we like it more chunky to give it more body. Pour into your chosen molds and leave to set. These have gone down a treat today and we spent part of the afternoon reclining in the shade slurping and drooling.

We were so taken with the idea that we have expanded it to tart, stewed cooking apples but any fruit and apricot or berry fruit would be sublime and is only limited by your imagination. What about adding Lemon Grass or Ginger to the mix ?

Adult version of Plum Ambrosia

Serve plum puree over crushed ice in a tall glass with a long spoon, add a sprig of mint and a dash of Cointreau or your preferred liqueur.   Serve with pistachio nuts and if feeling decadent shaved dark chocolate.

Try Peach Schnapps with peach puree and crushed ice.

Enjoy.

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100 Healthy Raw Snacks and Treats

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Iced lollies or healthy frozen snacks

You will need some ice block molds – the plastic kind with sticks attached that fit into the holder. I wish now I had bought two more so they can be setting while we munch……

Fill ice block holders with lemonade (wait until is stops fizzing before you insert the sticks or you will have very aerated ice blocks like we did the first time – really we like home made or ginger beer is good.

100 Easy and Healthy Snacks and Treats

Any type of fruit juice will be tasty – apple, peach, pear, but pineapple is very refreshing and passionfruit is scrummy added to almost any juice – or juice your own fruit and pour into the moulds to set. If you are in a huge rush to cool down use fruit juice from the supermarket but fresh always tastes best. We have found a delicious and natural juice that is thick and packed with real fruit in a Tropical Nectar that is almost as good as fresh squeezed.

Ice blocks for healthy easy snacks

Very weak jelly can make an interesting iced lolly

Lime juice and home made lemonade

Yoghurt smoothies make great frozen iced lollies

Iced coffee and iced drinking chocolate (added bonus = you know what is in them)

Freeze grapes and taste like mini Sherberts

Skin bananas and mash slightly and place on greaseproof paper or plastic wrap and freeze. These are a quick and delicious snack that is good for you and cooling too.

Super yummy is nice and tart rhubarb juice if you can strike the right balance and it is not too sweet.

Curried eggs are a moist and delicious spread for sandwiches:

4 hardboiled eggs (shelled and mashed)

1 & 1/2 Teaspoonsful of curry powder ( 2 if you prefer it hotter)

Salt and pepper to taste

Add mayonnaise or butter until smooth and chopped parsley is an optional extra.

Gluten Free Recipes

This same recipe can be used for a shared lunch.

Hard boil 4 – 6 eggs , cool in cold water ( makes them easier to shell) until cool. Shell and cut in half lengthwise.

Take out the yolks and mash with the above ingredients and place the yolks back in the whites.

Serve on lettuce leaves

Link for Devilled Eggs Recipe

Ria Patels Simple Egg Curry Recipe

Gluten Free Recipes

Apricot Bites

Make these yummy apricot snacks when you need something fast to take for a shared meal or nibbles.

Healthy and fast to put together they look colorful when arranged in rows on a flat platter and you will find they go down a treat – you may not want to share any !

These also look good as part of a platter with cheese bites, cheese straws or whatever is in the pantry.

Simple and easy to make Anzac Biscuits

Worried about additives and extras in store bought biscuits ?

Careful diet and watching your health doesn’t mean you have to forgo any treats and today I had the urge to make something to nibble with our cuppa and for afters and discovered this really, really easy Biscuit recipe on the back of our Rolled Oats packet and thought it was too good to keep to myself. Read more and get the free recipe Read the rest of this entry »