When l told my family we were having broccoli soup for dinner they did not look happy. There fears melted away when they took their first sip of this lovely filling soup. Healthy vegetables are combined with a nutritious stock to create a comforting and mild flavoured soup.
Ingredients:
The vegetables are washed and chopped and are in the saucepan with macadamia oil, pink rock salt and black pepper.
2 long sticks of celery
1 head of broccoli
1 good sized brown onion
1 medium sized red sweet potato (white flesh)
pink rock salt and black pepper (season to taste)
2 generous cups of home made chicken stock (recipe on website)
Wash and chop all of the vegetables and place in a saucepan. Coat the vegetables with a small amount of your favourite oil (I used macadamia oil), and a small amount of seasoning depending on your tastes. Brown the veggies on low heat until just soft. At this stage add the chicken stock and let simmer for at least an hour.
All the vegetables are breaking down
When the vegetables have softened and are breaking apart, take the pot off the stove and blend the mix with a hand mixer until smooth. Place back on the stove and let cook for another good 30 minutes then serve. If you don’t have a hand mixer you could let it cool and then place in a blender before placing back on the stove.
I roasted a chicken while the soup was cooking and served this with the soup. This added protein to the dish and made it a hearty meal. The addition of the snow pea sprouts was a lovely garnish, both for its refreshing flavour and bright green colour.
A very creamy soup with a subtle flavour combination
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Bake a batch of mini quiche and discover how delicious they are! Fantastic for the whole family.
A small quiche can be part of a meal or a great snack.
The basic ingredient of the mini quiche is eggs (preferably free range or organic). What you add to the mix is entirely up to your preferences. This could include seeds, nuts, vegetables, cheese and seasonings as examples.
Broccoli quiche:
Mix in a bowl eggs, grated carrot, spring onion green tops, parsley, a meat such as tuna (optional), pink rock salt and black pepper. Grease the pan very well or use patty pans. Pour the mixture into each hole in the pan and place a piece of raw broccoli in the centre of each. Cook in a 200 degree celsius oven until firm and golden.
These muffins are poured directly into the pan. Ensure you grease it well.Nice and golden,. Use a knife to cut around the edges and gently pull out.
Egg and bacon quiche are delicious straight out of the oven.
Place a strip of bacon into the greased tray and crack an egg into each hole. Season with pink rock salt and black pepper.
These simple egg and bacon snacks are so easy to make and the bacon makes them easy to lift out of the pan.Cook until the eggs are just cookedFantastic served with vegetables
Mini quiche are also a great snack and lunch box filler. Have the leftovers the next day with a salad for lunch or grab one for morning tea. Alternatively enjoy the quiche the next night by gently reheating in the oven and serving with a delicious salad or roast vegetables.
Small broccoli quiche with a beetroot spiral salad, sweet potato chips and bacon. Quite a combination.
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I feel quite clever making this dish as it is quite fiddly, but well worth the effort. The filling is a selection of lovely flavours and textures but you can easily change the ingredients to suit your own preferences. I used two chicken breasts which meant l had enough for a hot dinner when it is first cooked and then cold with a salad the next night. Each rolled chicken breast serves three people if you have a portion as in the pictures below which highlight how important it is to balance the meal out with healthy vegetables.
Have it cold with a salad!Rolled chicken served with roasted swede chips, steamed brussel sprouts and roasted pumpkin slices topped with raw organic honey and organic sesame seeds.Served with steamed pumpkin, brussel sprouts and cauliflower.
You can use as many chicken breast as you like but l buy the free-range breasts in a pack of two. Give them a good wash with filtered water and pat dry.
Place the chicken breast in between two pieces of cling wrap. Put a tea towel under the chopping board in preparation for the flattening of the chicken as this will make the noise less and stop the board moving on the bench.Flatten the chicken so that it is a nice shape by gently pounding it with a wooden rolling pin.
Make the filling by combining all of the ingredients in a food processor, or alternatively cut and chop them by hand and mix in a bowl. Change any of the ingredients if you don’t like the flavour combination or add in some more spices. The ingredients below don’t have to be exact as long as there are a good mix of flavours.
Ingredients for the filling:
4 brussel sprouts
2 spring onion green tops
1/2 cup raw activated walnuts
1/4 cup raw activated pepitas (pumpkin seeds)
Pink rock salt and ground black pepper
1 tablespoon organic coconut oil
1/2 cup fresh parsley and mint (or any other herbs you have)
A few leaves of silverbeet(use spinach, kale or bok choy as an alternative)
A food processor is convenient here but not essential.
Spread the filling on top of the chicken breasts.
The free range chicken breasts flattened and topped with the filling.Roll the breast around the filling
Use kitchen string to gently hold the breast in place. Tie the string at each end and push in any filling that has come out. Gently lift onto a lined baking tray and drizzle with your favourite oil, pink rock salt and black pepper.
The rolled and tied chicken breast drizzled with extra virgin olive oil, pink rock salt and black pepper.
Cover with foil and place in the oven. Cook until the chicken is golden and then take the foil off and let it brown or place under the grill ensuring it doesn’t dry out.
Another option is to pan fry the rolled chicken which will give a more golden appearance.
Cook on a very low heat with the lid on.Both the oven and fry pan methods work well.
Carefully cut the string along the length of the chicken and remove. Let the chicken rest for a few minutes before serving.
Golden and delicious!
There are so many fillings that would be delicious with this recipe. I am going to try a pumpkin or sweet potato filling next, but the combinations are really endless.
Have one for dinner and the second one cold the next day. A great way to add variety to the same dish and the flavours are quite different between the warm and cold versions.
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Frozen chocolate balls. Almost like chocolate ice-cream!
These little balls are very sweet and delicious. I have a few on the plate here but l would just eat one at a time. You can eat them when they are freshly made, but l like to keep my snacks in the freezer, and these taste quite like chocolate ice-cream (remembering that l actually haven’t eaten any chocolate ice-cream for a few years now).
Ingredients:
1 tablespoon raw organic Cacao (I use the Loving Earth brand)
1 frozen banana
1/2 cups almonds (activated if possible)
1/4 cup organic coconut flakes
4 medjool dates (seeds removed)
Freshly made!
Place all of the ingredients in the food processor and mix well. Roll into small balls and cover in raw organic cacao. I have had these in the freezer in an air tight container for a few months and they are still tasting great. When they are frozen they are still just soft enough to bite into and the flavour is a mix of coconut and chocolate. The dates and banana bind them together and they are jam packed full of nutrients as well as making you feel good because they taste so great!
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