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MONDAY MIX

AUTUMN HUMMUS

Hummus - Middle Eastern Cookery. A paste or dip made of chickpeas mashed with oil, garlic, lemon juice, and Tahiti and usually eaten with pita – that is what you find browsing at Google. But do you know that this delicious dish can be also served as main course? It’s very healthy, refreshing, tasty and nutritious. Let’s see what happens when you mix it with autumn season vegetable – pumpkin. Z iVery simple but interesting recipe:

AUTUMN HUMMUS

1,5 kg of fresh pumpkin, you may use Hokkaido – nice sweet taste

1 can of pre cooked chickpeas (or 1 large cup of dry chickpeas - cooked)

½ cup of fresh yogurt

olive oil

garlic clove

bunch of cherry tomatoes per one person

small spoon of fennel seeds

small spoon of cumin

black pepper

salt (I have used Flore de salt  - lemon taste)

bread – brown, pita, tortilla – depending on you - bio if possible

1 large cup of vegetable stock

½ of lemon

4 large portions

 

 

Step by step:

Clean the pumpkin and cut in two similar halves. Cut the first half in small pieces, add butter, pepper, salt, vegetable stock – and then cook in a pot for max 10 minutes, till it gets soft, but still compact in texture.

Pre heat the oven to 185 degree Celsius, cut the second half of pumpkin in to suitable pieces (depending if you wish to serve one big piece or several small pieces on one plate), use baking paper as a base in the pot, then place the pumpkin, cherry tomatoes. Use salt (Flore de salt), pepper, olive oil, and fresh herbs (what you have by hand – basil, rosemary, thymine – they all fit great with this dish). Cover nicely all the vegetable with oil and then bake for aprox 25 – 30 minutes, till they get nice & crispy.

While baking concentrate on the first part of pumpkin – cooked! Drain the cooked water, pour the pumpkin in to a higher bowl (or mixer – Vitamix) and add cooked chickpeas, yogurt, 4-5 spoons of olive oil, grain one garlic clove. Mine while take the fennel seeds, cumin, salt and pinch of brown sugar. Bake them on a pan, till you smell the flavors – 3-4 minutes. Then use a mortar to crush the hot mixture. This is a traditional way, how rise the flavors and taste of the herbs and spices. You will fall in love with this procedure. I always feel like a old witch – hahahahaaaa! Add the spices and lemon juice to the pumpkin / chickpea bowl – and mix till you get nice smooth compact texture. And yes – our pumpkin hummus is ready. Always taste your result. It may happen, that you’ll have to balance the flavors little bit.

The rest is very easy. Just place the hummus on a plate. Add crispy baked pumpkin & tomatoes, sliced bread. Give it the last touch of olive oil, Flore de salt and pepper…..and enjoy!

 

SATURDAY KICK OFF SMOOTHIE

Smoothie definition

Green smoothies are a type of health shake or smoothie, made by blending green raw leafy vegetables, such as spinach, kale, swiss chard, collard greens, celery, parsley or broccoli with fruit such as oranges, kiwis, apples, mangoes, pears, and bananas, some of which may be frozen, and water or ice.To balance flavor and nutrition the typical ratio in a green smoothie is about 60% fruit to 40% leafy greens. (Wikipedia)

SATURDAY KICK OFF SMOOTHIE

½ red grapefruit

½ lemon

½ banana

1 green apple

fresh ginger root (depending how spicy you like your smoothie)

mint

2 cups fresh coconut water

1 tea spoon of honey

ice

Preparation 5 minutes, 2-3 portions

Place it all in to a blender. Mix it well. I do personally use Vitamix blender.

Store the smoothie in glass cups or bottles.

Serve cold & enjoy!

LEFTOVERS

MORNING SMOOTHIE

1x pink grapefruit

1x green apple

½ lime

1 banana

1x pear

1 cup of almond milk

Agave syrup (not necessary)

And this is what I left from it….

THE GREEN WONDER

Well HI all of you out there. What have you had for breakfast this morning? 

I can’t imagine my life without a green smoothie in the morning. It all has started two months ago, on my birthday. I got the question from my mum “Darling, what would make you really happy? What kind of gift?” I knew the answer right away…..Vitamix blender! I have done a small research on this multifunctional tool before deciding to get it. Just to be sure to make the right decision. And well yes!

Since than I cant imagine my day without a smoothie. This jar full of vitamins, nutrition a fibers, which do so well to my body! I love to enjoy my food and stay healthy in the same time. This blender will help me a lot to stay focused on what I like – good yummy and healthy food

……So let’s keep in touch friends, this is just the start!