A Green Dragon for Breakfast?

Now this one, may sound strange, but its one that i have when i need a quick healthy breakfast.  You will need a powerful blender to make this.  I use a Vita Mix.

In a blender, place 5 balls/lumps of frozen spinach, add a tablespoon of mixed seeds and a tablespoon of porridge oats.  Cover with vanilla soy milk.  You can add cold water if you need to let it down or some ice if you want it colder.

Blend until the spinach is completely broken down and your shake is bright green and smooth - it can take a while, you don't want to be picking bits of spinach from between your teeth.

You can also use unsweetened soy but i prefer the sweetened vanilla flavoured one.  You can also add a couple of stoned dates if you want it sweet and do not want to add sugar.

It tastes remarkably good and really fills you up and provides a breakfast that keeps me going until about 2pm before i need lunch.

It might be a way to get kids to have veggies - who wouldn't drink a "green dragon", although i am no expert not having any children, but it may work as long as you do not show them the ingredients.

Let me know if you get kids to drink it, it tastes great in my humble opinion.  

Childhood memories of Angel Delight - a chem free and healthy version?

My parents were of the generation where convenience foods were an innovation and no one cared about chemicals being added to food.  We would routinely have Angel Delight for dessert. 

A powerful blender is really needed for this - i use my Vita Mix. 

Throw in 2 peeled bananas, 1/3rd of a large pot of vanilla soy yogurt, a pack (circa 120g) of frozen fruits (I use Squeeze Me Blendies, Twinkle or Sparkle Fruits.  You could use fruit in tins (in juice, but drain) and add a few ice cubes.  Blend until creamy and smooth and serve. 

You may want to sprinkle with a few seeds to give a crunch and some agave syrup if you want it sweeter. 

If you want this as an iced dessert, then add more ice cubes and more frozen fruit.  

Serve immediately and enjoy.  Chemical and guilt free. 

Veggie Stroganoff

Had some nice mushrooms and i got a pack of veggie Chorizo (from a health food shop), could not decide what to do with them, so decided to make a healthy Stroganoff.

So here is my version:

Chop 2-3 large onions (red or white) to a medium dice.  Pop in a pan with some veggie stock and healthy saute (instead of oil use the stock to soften then).  Add the pack of veggie Chorizo and 2 packs of mushrooms wiped and stalks chopped off and quartered.  Pop lid on and allow to soften.

In a blender pop in a jar of roasted red peppers with the juice too, as well as a slug of white wine and two-three heaped teaspoons of rice flour, 2-3 heaped teaspoons of smoked or ordinary paprika, some garlic and a few drops of hot sauce, salt (or alternative) and black pepper.  Blend up. 

In the pan add a tin of drained and rinsed flageolet beans and a drained and rinsed tin of cannellini beans to the onions and mushrooms.  

Pour the blended sauce base into the pan and bring to a simmer.  Add some fresh or dried tarragon.  Add a pack of either soy cream or oat cream. 

Pop into the oven at 160c for about 90 mins.

You can serve with rice, brown or white, although i cooked some quinoa (rinse, add 2 x volume of quinoa in stock), bring to boil, simmer for 10 mins.  Put lid on, turn off and it will finish off by steaming itself.