Sunday 27 April 2014

Creamy Zoodles

Ingredients:
(Serves 1-2)
1 courgettes/zucchinis
2 carrots
2 tomatoes 

Dressing:
1 courgettes/zucchinis
1 celery stalk
1/2 ripe avocado
1/2 lemon juice
handfulls spinach 

Using a spiralizer spiralize the zucchini and carrot into a bowl, dice the left overs and the tomatoes. In a blender add all the dressing ingredients along with a cup of water if needed. Blend until very smooth and mix into the zoodles! Epic! 



Monday 21 April 2014

Chunky Raw Butternut Squash Soup

Ingredients:
(Serves 2)
1/2 large Butternut squash
3 Sweet red peppers
1 Yellow bell pepper
4 Tomatoes
2 large Cooked beetroot (boil for 1-4 hrs, peel, chop)
1 tbsp fresh Chives
1/2 tsp Chilli flakes
1/2 tsp Black pepper
1/3 tsp Mixed herbs
1 Lemon juice 
Side of spinach (optional) 

Blend the butternut squash peeled and finely diced with some water until a thick smooth soup forms. Add some of the red peppers, chilli flakes, mixed herbs and lemon juice, blend until smooth. Pour into serving bowls. Dice into chunks the rest of the pepper, tomatoes and beetroot, add to the bowls. Garnish with chives, chilli flakes, and black pepper. Serve with fresh spinach :) Spicy! 


Friday 18 April 2014

Grape Citrus Sorbet

Ingredients:
(Serves 1)

500g red grapes
1 lemon juice 

Remove the stalks from the grapes and freeze. Once frozen place in a blender with 2-3 cups of water and the lemon juice. Blits together, pour into a cute bowl and enjoy! Perfect summer breakfast :) 

Wednesday 9 April 2014

Sweet Spicy Salad

Ingredients:

(Serves 1)


1 medium head lettuce

1 spiralized zucchini/courgette

250g red grapes

3 diced tomatoes

1 diced sweet pepper

1 chopped celery stick

1/4 tsp chilli flakes

1/4 tsp mixed herbs

1/4 cracked black pepper 


Dice the lettuce, wash and dry in a salad spinner, place in a large bowl. Spiralize the zucchini on top, add the grapes, tomatoes, sweet pepper, celery and top with the herbs and spices :) so refreshing! 



Tuesday 8 April 2014

Green Leek Salad

Ingredients:

(Serves 2)


1 head iceberg lettuce 

1/2 medium head cauliflower

2 medium courgette/zucchini 

1 leek

2 cups peas

6 diced small sweet peppers 


Dice the leek and sautee slightly in water until soft, add the peas and cook until bright green. Rinse and chop the lettuce, salad spin and add to your bowls. Finely chop the cauliflower, spiralize the courgette and add. Top with the steamed veggies and sweet peppers. Done! Super yummy :) 


Sunday 6 April 2014

Raspberry Nice Kreme Sunday

Ingredients:
(Serves 1)

400g frozen spotty bananas*
1 cup frozen raspberries
3 cups water
1 fresh spotty banana

In a blender add the frozen bananas, raspberries and water. Pulse blend until creamy and fluffy, give it a stir half way if needed. Scoop into a large glass or bowl and top with chopped banana! Absolutely out of this world :D 

*TopTip: to freeze the bananas - peel and freeze on a flat surface in your freezer overnight. Make sure your bananas are soft, spotty and very ripe for the sweetest  nice kreme. 


Thursday 3 April 2014

Creamy Strawberry Smoothie

Ingredients:
(Serves 1)

6 ripe spotty bananas
1 cup fresh or frozen strawberries

In a blender place the ingredients add about 3 cups of water and pulse blend, making sure a vortex doesn't form (this would oxidise the bananas making them taste funny). Once smooth pour into a cute jar and enjoy! Perfect for on the go :) 


Wednesday 2 April 2014

Grape and Carrot Bites

Ingredients:
(serves 1-4)
2 carrots
1 punnet grapes
Cocktail sticks

Using a peeler create long thin strips of carrot, wrap each grape in a strip and slide onto a cocktail stick. Simples :) the perfect snack! 

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