Lunch today is some cold potatoes, baby avocados and salsa. Super simple but so delicious! Did you know that cold potatoes are an awesome prebiotic?
I was so pleased that this batch of baby avo’s have turned out to be perfect (which any one in the uk can attest to is a rarity. Most avocados you buy either stay hard or go brown and gross before you can eat them)
I had two as they are so small (about the size of a plum) and who ever begrudged a girl some healthy fats!?

I love cooking big batches of potatoes and sweet potatoes for days when I’m not in the mood to cook but still want a healthy carby hit

Healthy af spaghetti bolognese for 2.

Sauce
1 medium carrot
1 stork of celery
1 small onion
1 tbs garlic (or more if you are a garlic lover like me)
1 can lentils or about 1 ½ cups soy mince
1 tbs dried Italian herbs
1 tbs tomato purè
1 can tinned tomatoes
2 tsps miso

(Optional)
1 tbs liquid amino (I use maggi liquid seasoning)
½ tbs chilli ( I used West Indian chilli sauce)
¼ cup red wine

Method

Dice onion, celery and carrot + mince garlic

Put onion + garlic in a nonstick saucepan with aprox 2 tbs of water

Sweat of onion and garlic until soft (if things start to stick just add a little more water)

Add in the carrot and celery and cook down until tender (again if things stick just add a little water)

Stick in your mince/ drained lentils and give a mix around

Put in all the other ingredients apart from the tinned tomatoes and mix

Add tinned tomatoes and mix thoroughly then turn heat down and simmer for 30mins-1hr stirring occasionally

I served it with buckwheat penne, steamed kale, ½ an avocado and some nutritional yeast

So I have made a giant vat of porridge to have this week. This is my favourite flavour which is oatmeal raisin cookie. I did enough for about 7 days or for a family of 4 for 3 days

Ingredients
6 cups plant milk ( it doesn’t really matter but I used almond milk
2 cups oats
1- 1 ½ raisins
3 tea spoons cinnamon
¼ ground ginger
1/8 tea spoon all slice
2-4 tea spoons vanilla extract
2-4 tablespoons stevia
1-4 tablespoons maple syrup

Method
Stick it all the ingredients apart from the stevia and syrup pot at the same time and bring to the boil the simmer on low until it’s your preferred consistency ( I like it slightly looser but I think that’s more a uk thing. If you rather a thicker consistency just reduce the liquid slightly and cook a little longer.

Stir it every so often and tip into a container
cool.

Ps. I have just finished watching land of hope and glory on YouTube and it was so informative and heart wrenching ✌

So there I was faffing about with my apple (as you do) and thought “hey this would be a good thing to do for people looking after bored kiddies this summer”
Apple “doughnuts” aren’t a new thing but never the less they would be such an easy way to pass time and encourage food interaction with the youngins’
Just core and slice a few apples and stick what ever decorations you want them to use and boom a fun interactive (sort of healthy) dessert

Sunday cake. I tried yet another chocolate covered Katie recipe but not gonna lie, this turned out a little disappointing. It may have a small amount to do with the fact I ( being ever observant) used buckwheat flour instead of spelt . I will now have to keep making carrot cakes until I am satisfied with the results haha. Bright side is its gluten free I guess!
Will keep you posted.

Made these vegan fajita bites as we had company over. I also made vegan sliders and apple pie samosas but didn’t get the chance to snap a picture (I will be sure to next time so I can jot down the recipe as it was all very improvised )
It was al last minute so I had to rustle up canapés from what we had around to house

Ingredients
1 old el'paso fajita kit (or equivalent)
2 bell peppers (I used a red and a yellow)
1 onion
Minced garlic ( I used 2 of the frozen blocks)
Vegan ‘chicken’ ( 300g. Vegan quorn fillets work well)
Vegan cheese
Spring roll wrappers ( wonton, dumpling cases would work fine too. They are in the frozen section. I got mine in Asda. If you get the large spring roll cases just cut into 4)

Method.
If using frozen quorn fillets microwave as instructed on the packet for 2 minutes cut into strips about the size of your pinky finger and set a side.

Dice onion and add to a lightly greased pan along with the garlic and sweat down until translucent.

While the onions cook down chop the peppers about the same size as the 'chicken’

Add the chicken and peppers into the pan and give a gentle mix careful not to break the pieces. Add the seasoning from the kit and cook while gently mixing ( I found a spatula the best for this)

Just before it is completely cooked add ½ -¾ of the salsa and again mix then turn of the heat and leave to cool.

Whilst the fajita mix cools cut the cheese into sticks about the size of the chicken and about a £1 in thickness.

If required cut the spring roll wrappers into 4

One the mix of cool place 1 pice of chicken, some of the peppers and a piece of cheese on top of one of the squares on the side closest to you. Wrap as you would a spring roll or burrito. Seal with a little water and repeat.
(Optional) spritz with a little spray oil.
Bake at about 190’ for 10-20 minutes or until crispy.
Serve with salsa and guacamole

How I eat mangoes
It is legit the best way ( although after I finished I did look in the mirror only to discover I looks like I had fellated a minion to completion )

I think that nice-cream is one of the best parts about being vegan and for some reason non-vegans just don’t get told about the joy of dessert for breakfast until they join the club

Here is my recipe which does include healthy fats (cue audible gasp from the hclf vegans )

3 overripe frozen bananas
1-2 tsp vanilla extract
2- tbs- ¼ cup plant milk (I used almond) add a little at a time just to loosen the mix in the blender
1-3 tbsp peanut butter ( I think you could use pb2 but I haven’t tried. Remember that some healthy plant fat in your diet is good for you and this boosts the protein for those who worry about that kinda thing.

Stick everything in the blender and whizz until smooth and delicious

I like to top with milled flaxseed to get those good ol’ omega 3s

I have a cup of coffee strictly for the B12 in the almond milk of course

Day 7! I’m so glad I am on the final what I eat in a day ! I could never imagine doing it as a regular thing (such a faff!) but it was interesting to see the amount of bread I eat haha.
Today I had banana+peanut butter nice-cream topped with milled flaxseed ,mixed grains and vegan quorn burgers and finished off with a giant plate of potatoes and sriracha (I think there are about 3-4 big potatoes on that plate )

I will be going into more details on a few foods that I think deserve more info throughout the week so look out for that!

I shall also keep you guys informed on this agonising week of no bread

Day 6. Okay so remember what I said I would post everything (no matter how un aesthetically pleasing) haha well here is the food for day six (I also omitted the water as it felt unnecessary but for those interested there was 4 bottles today)

So while this isn’t the most nutritious day it also involves one of my all time, ride or die favourite foods. To say I’m obsessed with kimchi pancakes (kimchijeon) would be a massive understatement haha.
If you want the recipe let me know! It is so easy and delicious

Day 5. So full disclosure I was so busy doing diy house stuff (not the cute YouTuber kinda DIY but more the drilling into walls and building shelves ) I forgot to take pictures of everything I ate but fortunately I am a creature of habit and already ate the things I didn’t take pictures of earlier in the week haha .
I was perusing the ramen section at the super market and low key lusting after the shin cup noodle but always thought they had anchovies I them. Imagine my surprise when I looked through the ingredients and saw no animal products! This is one of my favourite “junk” foods so I was so so so happy enjoying a Saturday treat

Also for uk peeps veetee are coming out with a new packaging for their rice meaning that the old paging is being sold super cheap at lots of supermarkets (I have seen them at Asda and Lidl for around 78p ua packet) it you’re like me and like to keep microwave rice about for when you CBA I recommend stocking up as (in my opinion) the whole grain and especially the Jasmine rice and delightful

Fun fact: I like to eat bell peppers as though they were apples please tell me I’m not alone

Day 4.
Well this day is really divided into two halves, bb and ab (before biscoff/ after biscoff ) definitely in recovery from all that junk so lots of nice simple stuff to eat today. I even used my precious mangosteen ( £2.50 for only 3). Mangosteen one of my favourite fruit not just because they look like they’re straight out of a video game and the name sounds like they should be a partner in a law firm but also because they are super, super delicious ( think a really flavourful lychee but slightly more tart)
I also forgot to take pictures of most of my water today but figured it wasn’t too big of a deal as you all no what it will look like

I have been thinking of taking a break from bread for a little while as I feel like I often just eat toast and it’s somewhat limiting the variety in my diet (cos I’m super lazy and toast is bomb haha). What do you guys think?

Day 3. Busy ol’ day today and one you wouldn’t ordinarily see a food post from me haha. As you can see it wasn’t the most nutritionally complete day but I tried biscoff spread for the first time today and feel like a fool for not trying it sooner. Is it total junk? Yes but omg it’s soooo dreamy