All posts tagged: Lunch

Kale, Avocado and Blueberry Salad

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Surprise…. a pink dressing!! You’d never believe that vegan food is boring, right? I tell you, you could turn any salad hater into a salad scoffer by just adding toasted nuts. It makes it taste less ‘healthy’. Do you know what I mean? More of a toasty, smoked, carbohydrate-y taste. Lovely. If you’re like me and not much of a raw kale fan, I recommend rinsing the kale under the hot tap for 1-2 minutes and then massaging it with lemon juice and tahini and a bit of salt (1 squeeze of lemon, 1 tsp tahini, a sprinkle of salt) and then massage and squeeze the kale in your hands until it wilts). This takes the edge off of it completely, and allows me to enjoy the taste without blanching at the texture. 1 cup of kale equals lots of fibre, 30 something calories and 0g of fat. It’s great for your digestion, helping everything to pass through and improving that horrible bloated feeling. It’s full of vitamins A, C and K – vitamin K thins …

Parsley, Walnut and Garlic Millet Bowl

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This is one of those dishes that can be eaten as a healthy, nourishing, filling lunch, as a side dish, or with added salad as a dinner. I love the kick of garlic and pepper, the nutty crunch of the walnut and the zing of parsley. The fluffy millet is toasted in coconut oil before boiling to give it it’s classic nutty, popcorn-y taste. Arrhgrhgrh – cue Homer Simpson drool. The yoghurt just works. There really is no other way to describe it. Some things are just meant to be. And that is this delicious millet bowl paired with creamy ripe avocado and sweet yoghurt. Depending on how you cook millet, you can make it lovely and fluffy, like white rice, or creamy, like a bowl of porridge. It’s an alkaline food, making it easy to digest. It’s high in fibre and low in simple sugars, which means it will keep you satisfied for longer, and you won’t have that post-meal slump 2-3 hours after eating from a sugar crash. It’s high magnesium content (around 20% …

Inner Sunshine crackers: two ways (vegan, refined sugar free, gluten free)

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I have named these ‘Inner Sunshine crackers’ as not only do they look so utterly bright, summery and beautiful, I feel refreshed, bright and content after eating them, and as if I’m doing myself a favor in doing so. I’ve only recently learnt that the way food looks has an effect on how I feel whilst I’m eating it.  I have always been a bit of a “it doesn’t matter what it looks like, it’s still going to taste good” person. Whilst this is true, I certainly feel a bigger sense of accomplishment when I’m digging into something pretty. I used to scroll through Pinterest and Instagram, blanching at how much effort the pictures of food seemingly required in order to make them all look so badass, yet when I began to try it myself, I found that it was a simple tweak here and there, a few additions of toppings, or simply the way I layer it onto the plate. Take an extra 1-2 minutes a day to make your food look instagram-worthy: I promise that even …