Super Salad.

This is tonights dinner.  

I don't really know where to begin when explaining all the good stuff thats crammed in there. 

Firstly it tastes good. 

 Secondly, Sprouts.

These tiny nutritional powerhouses are full of vitamins, minerals, enzymes, proteins, good fats, easily digestible carbohydrates and omegas. There is never a more nutritious time in the stages of a plants life then right after germination there, so get em while the goings good. 

Thirdly, Everything else.  

Its all wonderful for you,

 gentle on your inside and easy to digest.

Recipe.  

1 tbsp of coconut oil

 1 cup of Ceres organics Super Grain Mix 

1 Butternut Squash 

2 pears

3 sprigs of thyme  

1 clove of garlic 

1/4 cup of sesame seeds 

zest of an orange 

2 tbsp of pure maple syrup 

2 tbsp of hemp seeds

4 leaves of chopped Curley Kale 

6 leaves of chopped Cavolo Nero

1 cup of mixed bean sprouts 

1 cup of broccoli and alfalfa sprouts 

1/2 cup lightly toasted almonds pieces 

handful of snow pea and chickpea shoots

s&p

Dressing. 

1/8 cup cold pressed sesame oil 

1/4 cup olive oil 

1 tbsp of  Mitoku Macrobiotic Barley Miso 

Soak the super grain mix in cold water for half an hour. 

 Toss chopped squash, pears, thyme and coconut oil into a preheated oven at 170 degrees. Cook until crispy on the outside and soft all the way through  brown (about 15 minutes) turn the oven off. Mix in garlic, sesame seeds, orange zest and maple syrup and throw back into the oven while the grains cook. 

Cook the the super grain mix according to the instructions.

Whisk the dressing ingredients together.

Toss everything with everything.

Yeah! 

Ps. All organic everything.

Please. 

x 

Abbey   

Macadamia Dukkah

Argh.. its been such a long time again. 

Life as usual, has a way of getting in the way of aspirations. 

I have been living between my home and my dads who has recently been diagnosed with cancer in the form of a little nugget in his brain. That and a handful of other family crisis has kept me busy often on the road most weeks and devoting my time and my cooking to those who need it most. Needless to say carting around my camera and recipe books has been pushed to the back of the priorities list. 

On the plus size this has reaffirmed for me the importance of diet. The necessity of providing your body with the tools it needs to keep itself healthy. A result my diet and the food I am preparing has changed a bit, nothing dramatic, just increasing the nutritionally dense good stuff and less of everything else. This is an attempt to encourage (force) those less then willing loved ones who are in the process of recovering from huge operations and loss. 

ANY-HO. 

 Dukkah is always handy to have kicking around the cupboard, there is nothing complicated here although it doesn't taste that way at all.  

Recipe. 

1/2 cup of almonds 

1/2  raw macadamia nuts

2 tbsp of fennel seeds 

2 tbsp of coriander seeds 

1/3 cup of sesame seeds 

Over a medium heat in a heavy based fry pan toast the spices until fragrant. Removed from the heat and lightly crush in a mortar and pestle. Chop the nuts and toast the almonds and sesame seeds until golden. Cool everything and combine in a jar.

Will keep for ever.  

Eat with a fresh loaf of sourdough dipped in olive oil, use it as a  crumb for fish and chicken, stir through salads or what ever. 

x

Abbey