Buckwheat spirals pesto pasta

I'm a bit tired of the usual breakfasts here,  why not a healthy pesto pasta to start the day??!! Woolworths supermarket now stocks Macro 100% buckwheat pasta... Woo-hoo!!

Ingredients

2 packs buckwheat pasta,  cooked as packet instructions
2 tins organic mixed beans, drained rinsed

Pesto:
1 bunch Basil,  stalks removed
1/2 cup walnuts
1/4 cup pepitas
3/4 cup olive oil
1/4 cup lemon juice
4 -6 large garlic cloves
1 1/2 tsp celtic salt
1 Tbs maple syrup (optional)

Put all pesto ingredients into a blender and blitz!!!! Place the pasta

Green kale with onion, lemon and olive oil

This is my absolutely fave dish at the moment - hands down!!  Zip zap those winter bugs and get some groovin' green in you! !

2 large bunches kale (either variety) , destalked and cut up
2-3 Tbs olive oil
2 large onions diced
Juice of 2 lemons
1-2 tsp Celtic salt

Heat the oil in a fry pan (i use a wok), fry up the onion until lightly browned,  add the kale,  lemon juice and salt and fry up really well until it starts drying up. .  Yum!!! 

Serve with hummus. .. Mmmmm

Blessings,  Melissa x

Soy Cream Cheese... Labni

This is sooooo easy,  i promise,  just give it a try, you will be forever grateful! An Easiyo maker is very useful for this recipe.

Ingredients
1 litre vitasoy milky soymilk (works the best)
2 Tbs of yoghurt (you can start it on full cream dairy yoghurt,  I did,  and then you can use your soy yoghurt for cultures from them on)

Shake together the milk and yoghurt in your easiyo container until well combined, pour boiling water into your easiyo as per instructions and let your yoghurt culture for about 8 hours or overnight.

Once you have set yoghurt you then pour it into a nut milk bag (or muslin cloth). Place it in a colander or hang out from a tap (that won't be turned on! ) and let it drip out all the liquid. This will take a further 6-8 hours. You now have cream cheese! !! Yummo!! You may now say THANKYOU!  YOU ARE WELCOME 😀

Coconut Lemon Red Lentil Dahl

Such a beautiful flavored dish with hints of ginger,  garlic,  chilli and lemon...  Mmmm... And it's tomato free!

Ingredients
4 cm fresh young ginger
3 large garlic cloves
1/2 cup fresh coriander
6 spring onions
1 long red chilli,  deseeded
1 tsp turmeric powder
1 litre of stock
400g canned coconut milk
1/4 cup lemon juice
3 tsp coconut sugar
2 Tbsp tamari
1 1/2 cups split red lentils

Blitz together together the ginger,  garlic,  coriander,  spring onions,  and chilli for about 5 seconds and then put into a sauce pan with the turmeric, stock,  coconut milk,  lemon juice,  coconut sugar,  and tamari. Let the stock simmer for 10 minutes. Add the red lentils and stir occassionally while it summers for a further 15 minutes.  Enjoy over rice or by itself.

Thermomix method : Blitz together together the ginger,  garlic,  coriander,  spring onions,  and chilli for about 5 seconds on speed 7. Scrape down the sides of bowl. Add the turmeric, stock,  coconut milk,  lemon juice,  coconut sugar,  and tamari and let it simmer for 10 minutes at 100°c  on speed 2. Add the red lentils and let it simmer for a  further 15 minutes at 100°c speed 2 reverse.  Enjoy over rice or by itself.

Apple Cinnamon Overnight Oats with goodness!!

Super fast delicious breakfast that is waiting for you when you wake up.  Takes a few minutes to put together before bed...  My fave type of breakfast! Ive made it an easy recipe to remember,  pretty much 2 of everything!

Ingredients

2 cups organic quick oats
2 cups milk of choice (I use Vitasoy)
2 cups fresh apple juice (nudie)
2 TBS chia seeds
2 TBS pepitas
2 TBS goji berries
2 TBS maple syrup
1 tsp cinnamon

Mix altogether in a large bowl and let it set overnight on your kitchen bench.  Super easy and delicious!!

Creamy Brown Rice Cinnamon Pudding

Leftover rice makes fantastic rice pudding for breakfast, dessert,  or any time of the day.  Whipped up this morning in about 10 minutes.  Yum!

Ingredients
500ml milk of choice (I use vitasoy as it's creamy)
1/8 cup +1 loaded tsp cornflour
1/3 cup honey
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
4 cups cooked brown rice

Blend all the ingredients together EXCEPT the rice. Place all ingredients into a saucepan combining well and let it reach a simmer. Keep on mixing while it lightly bubbles. Its fine when it reaches a thick creamy consistency...  5-10 minutes.

Eat it warm or let it set and enjoy cold.

Blessings from our table to your...  Melissa xxx

Lebanese orange milk pudding

This dessert has been on my mind for many years and this morning everything came together and it worked beautifully!  It's a nostalgic dish for hubby Imad as his grandmother use to make it when he was young, brings back happy memories!

Ingredients

ORANGE PUDDING:
1litre of freshly squeezed orange juice
1/2 cup raw sugar
8 Tbs cornflour (dissolved in a little water)
1 tsp orange blossom water

MILK PUDDING:
1 litre creamy soy milk
1/2 cup raw sugar
1/2 cup cornflour (dissolved in a little water)
2 tsp orange blossom water

To make orange pudding mix all ingredients together in a saucepan and gently bring to a simmer, whisking continually until thick pudding consistency...  OR... Use the thermomix custard setting and press start!

Pour the orange pudding into small dishes and proceed to make milk pudding following the same method for the orange pudding.  Pour milk pudding over the orange pudding and let it set on the bench before transferring to the fridge.  Serve with fresh orange and ground up nuts.  Enjoy!!