Thai Quinoa balls & Spicy Thai Cashew dipsauce
(ca 40 stk)
Ingredients:
2 dl quinoa + 4 dl water + 1/2 teaspoon salt
1 small yellow onion, chopped nicely
2 celeriac, nicely chopped
a wee bit salt
1 large tablespoon red thai currypaste
1 large handfull of coriander / cilantro nicely chopped
3 tablespoons chickpeaflour (Grams)
- Boil the quinoa in water with salt for 20 minuts. Low heat with lid on. The quinoa should become completely soft and all water to be cooked in.
- While the quinoa is cooking, warm some oil in a frying pan. Fry the onion and celeriac until golden / brown. salt.
- Add the pre-cooked Quinoa in a baking bowl. Add the onionmix, currypaste and parsley. Mix until a dough.
- Add chickpeaflour and work it into the dough. Let rest for 15 minutes
- Shape small, round, balls- Oil the frying pan so that it covers the bottom and warm. Fry the quinoaballs until golden and crusty all over. let the extra oil soak into a papercloth before serving.
- Test first with one, if it doesnt stick together, add more flour and try again.
server with
Noodles, Asparges, Sunflower sprouts or other beansprouts. Sesameoil
Spicy Thai Cashew dipsauce
Ingredients:
2 dl unsalted cashewnuts, finely grounded
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 small finely chopped yellow onion
3 garlic cloves, chopped
1 tablespoon sugar
1 tablespoon soysauce
2 dl water
2 tablespoons red thai curry paste
1 squeese lime juice of taste
1. Start with grounding the cashews in a food processor. They should be like flour.
2. Warm the oil in a cooking pan. Add onion and garlic and fry until golden brown.
3. Turn down to middle heat and remove pan from the warm plate. Add the grounded nuts, sugar and soy sauce. Blend well and cook for a minute constantly stirring. Careful with the heat. It should not burn.
4. Add water, currypaste and a squeese ime juice. Blend well and let boild on low heat for 20 minuts until sauce has thickened. Stirr every now and then.
5. To assure a smooth sauce, blend with a stave mixer until smooth.
* Sauce will stay fresh for as many as 5 days in the fridge.
Crispy Quinoa Sliders
Yield: makes 12 sliders (but also depends on the size of your buns)
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 45 minutes
Ingredients:
1 cup uncooked quinoa, rinsed
2 cups vegetable or chicken stock
1 cup cooked chickpeas
1/2 cup freshly grated provolone cheese
1/4 cup panko bread crumbs
1/2 cup chopped carrots
2 green onions, thinly sliced
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 large egg + 1 egg white, lightly beaten
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
3 tablespoons olive oil
12 multigrain slider buns or dinner rolls
2 avocados, sliced for topping
1/2 cup chipotle mayo, for topping
Directions:
Add quinoa and stock to a medium sauce pan and bring to a boil. Reduce to a simmer and cover, cooking for 15 minutes or until can be fluffed with a fork. You can do this ahead of time or even the night before (and store quinoa in the fridge) so the quinoa can cool.
While quinoa is cooking, slice the green onions, chop the carrots, mince the garlic and grate the cheese. Place it all in a bowl, then add panko and mix. Coarsely chop the chickpeas and add to the bowl. One quinoa is finished cooking, add it to the bowl and mix well until incorporated. If needed, let cool or place in the fridge for a few minutes to cool. Add in beaten egg + egg white, salt, pepper and mix well. Form into patties (I really squeezed a handful of quinoa together and smoothed it into a round, it may take some squeezing and form to get the patties to stick) that fit the size of the buns you have. <- this will differ!
Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat and add 1 1/2 tablespoons olive oil. Once hot, add 5-6 quinoa patties and cook until deeply golden brown and crispy, about 5 minutes. Gently flip and cook 5 minutes more. Remove and continue with remaining olive oil and patties. Serve with sliced avocado chipotle mayo!
Courtesy of How Sweet it is
Hummus (and Tahini)
Hummus:
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 10 minutes
Ingredients:
- 1 16 oz can of chickpeas or garbanzo beans
- 1/4 cup liquid from can of chickpeas
- 3-5 tablespoons lemon juice (depending on taste)
- 1 1/2 tablespoons tahini
- 2 cloves garlic, crushed
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
Preparation:
Drain chickpeas and set aside liquid from can. Combine remaining ingredients in blender or food processor. Add 1/4 cup of liquid from chickpeas. Blend for 3-5 minutes on low until thoroughly mixed and smooth.Place in serving bowl, and create a shallow well in the center of the hummus. Add a small amount (1-2 tablespoons) of olive oil in the well. Garnish with parsley (optional).
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Tahini
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 15 minutes
Ingredients:
- 5 cups sesame seeds
- 1 1/2 cups olive oil or vegetable oil
Preparation:
Healthy Chicken Beet Salad
I have never been a huge fan of neither salads or soups before. When I was a child I disliked them so much that I even bet with my mom that the cauliflower soup tasted so bad that even the cat wouldn’t want it. She was provoked by my behavior certain the cat wouldn’t want the soup so she allowed the cat to drink from the soup, where I triumphantly exclaimed; HA! Now I can’t eat from it, as I can’t eat from the same food that the cat ate from. Needless to say I was sent from the table without more food that night.
Salads were even worse. That was rabbit food. I can still hear my fathers words over the dinner table. No way I’m gonna eat that. That’s food for rabbits! – Poor mom. How was she to convince two kids to learn to like salads when their father was so opposed to it.
However, lately I have started getting a taste for both of them and I have discovered it has ALL to do with the ingredients of the salads. I have certain salads I still don’t fancy at all, but when I make them with the ingredients I do like. They turn out delicious!
My fav. salads are the Feld Salad (french) and the Radicchio Rosso Salad (Italian)
– Use 100 grams of each (or 50 grams of each if you prefer to have less green leaves :D)
Other Ingredients:
1 BIG or several small Red Beets
1 can of Chick Peas
1 Salad Onion or regular Onion cut in small pieces or thin slices to your liking
1 Red Sweet Pepper (Paprika) cut in 2 x1 cm long pieces
1/2 Cucumber cut in cubes
50 grams of Sweat Peas cut in 4 parts each
2 -3 tomatoes cut in cubes
1 can of Corn including the juice from the can
If you are a vegetarian this is it and if you enjoy some good meat you can add
2 – 300 grams of precooked and pre cut chicken .
Blend well and top with
50 grams Nuts / Seeds
Heinz Curry Mango Sauce
Lemon Juice from one lemon
This is a really great salad and feeds 5-6 people if this is your main course and 10-12 if used as an appetizer.
Enjoy!
Turkey Day leftover Soup
After a huge Turkey meal there are always leftovers.
Today I decided to cook these up into a huge soup.
Ingredients:
3 Large Sweet Potatoes
7 Large Root Parsley
7 Normal Sized Carrots
3 Stick Celery
Celeriac (can be dropped if you are allergic)
3 Single Clove Garlic
1 Red Onion
2 Yellow Onions
1 Can of Chickpeas
2 Cans of Chopped Tomatoes
3 Small Cans of Tomato Puree
Chop all the vegetables into 1×3 cm sized chunks (or to your own preference) and add to the casserole.
Leftover Turkey – Minimum 1 kg, but use whatever you have.
Add Spices
Salt, Pepper, Chili, Herbs (I do not specify any in particular here because it depends on what I have in the cabinet, but I always have Oregano and Basil as a minimum). I also chose to add some hot sauces for taste. You don’t have to!
Let the Soup Slow Cook for 2 hours!
Its a real Treat!
This amount of soup should be enough for 10-15 people and whatever is not eaten day 1 or 2 is perfect to freeze in portion sized Tupperware boxes and bring to work or school for lunch!
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