Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Pumpkin-carrot-potato soup


For to 6 servings you need:

  • Pumpkin meat - 1 kg
  • 3 Carrots
  • 3-4 Potatoes
  • Pepper to taste
  • 1 teaspoon of paprika
  • 1 teaspoon of nutmeg
  • 200 ml of soy cream (can be replaced with a liquid low-fat cream)

How to prepare:
Peel and chop vegetables.
Boil them in water until tender.
Pass through a blender until puree.
Add soy cream, pepper, paprika and nutmeg. Mix well.

Done! Bon Appétit!

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Diet chocolate mousse

Sometimes during your diet you are crazy about some sweets, especially chocolate. In this case, you can manage with one wonderful dessert, healthy and very tasty. Why is it healthy?
To prepare the mousse, we need:

  • 1 ripe of avocado fruit
  • 1 / 4 cup (85 g) of honey (in the original is maple syrup)
  • 1 tbsp of small brown sugar (we do not put)
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract (we had a vanilla sugar)
  • 1 / 2 tsp balsamic vinegar (ideally, if it is sustained)
  • 1 / 4 tsp soy sauce
  • 1 / 2 cup natural cocoa powder


Clean avocado (required ripe), cut and put it in a blender, add some honey, sugar, vanilla extract, balsamic and soy sauce, make a puree. Add cocoa powder and mix all thoroughly with blender once again.
Balsamic vinegar and soy sauce give a faint spicy fragrance to this dish. But be careful not to overdo it with these ingredients. But honey, sugar and cocoa do not regret, so add them as you like.

Serve this dessert with fresh berries and mint.

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Monday, December 20, 2010

Rice with yellow zucchini

This is a very simple recipe from whole-grain rice with zucchini.


For 4-6 servings you need:
  • 2 large zucchini (I used yellow zucchini)
  • lemon juice and zest (one lemon)
  • 3 tsp of olive oil
  • 1 tsp of turmeric
  • 1 L chicken or vegetable broth
  • 100-150 grams of brown rice or replace it with basmati rice

What to do:

Cut the squash into small cubes. Fry in a pan with olive oil.
Add lemon zest to squash. Mix it and cook on medium heat for 5 minutes.

Then add turmeric powder, broth, lemon juice and rice. Cook without closing the lid for 10-20 minutes, checking for the readiness of rice. The dish is ready, after the rice is cooked.
Bon Appétit!

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Sunday, December 19, 2010

Vegetable casserole with pumpkin

Here we can change the ingredients :^)

Ingredients:

  • 4 eggs
  • 2 tablespoons of olive oil
  • 1 cup of flour with baking powder
  • 1 cup of shredded cheese, to your taste
  • 1 small zucchini, grated and squeezed lightly
  • a few feathers of green onions
  • 300 g of pumpkin, cutted into small cubes
  • 100-150 grams of mushrooms (champignons), we had oyster
  • a little chopped salad
  • salt and pepper to taste


Quote cooking method:
Lightly blend eggs with butter. Combine grated and squeezed zucchini, sliced squash, sliced mushrooms, sliced green onions and parsley in a separate bowl. Add the grated cheese, flour and salt and pepper to taste. Mix it. Add the egg mixture, mix it quickly again.
Put it all into a greased baking dish with high bumpers (you can also sprinkle the form with breadcrumbs).
Bake in a preheated 190 ° oven for 40-45 minutes until golden brown.
Allow to cool for 10-15 minutes. Served pudding can be hot or cold.

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Saturday, December 18, 2010

grapefruit salad


Need for 2 servings:
- Grapefruit, 1 piece
- Avocado, 1 piece
- Cucumbers, 2 pcs medium size
- Red onion, 1 clove
- Leaf lettuce, 1 bunch
- Parsley, 1 bunch
- Pine nuts, 2 handfuls



For the filling:
- 1 tablespoon of olive oil,
- 1-2 tsp of lemon juice,
- 1 / 2 tsp of honey,
- Salt and pepper to taste
So:
- Clear the avocado from the skin and the bones; cut it into large wedges
- Cut the cucumber into large slices
- Cut the onion in half rings or quarters
- Clear the grapefruit from the peel, do it with each slice of peel; break into large chunks
- Cut large lettuce leaves and parsley; mix all ingredients including pine nuts

- For filling: Mix a little olive oil, lemon juice, salt, honey and black pepper.
- Fill before serving.

Bon Appétit!

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Friday, December 17, 2010

Potato salad with asparagus


Ingredients for 4 servings:
600 g of potatoes (can take an ordinary potatoes, not just purple)
1 bunch asparagus
100 g sour cream (can replace a sour cream with mayonnaise)
a couple of green onions
1 tbsp lemon juice
1 tsp grated lemon zest
Salt and pepper
1 clove of garlic
1 tsp mild grainy mustard

Vegetarian pizza



Dough:

Basis for pizza (frozen) is sold in supermarkets. Or DIY: link is here.








Filling:
  • Mushrooms 100g
  • 1 large onion
  • Tomatoes 4 pc. medium-sized
  • Sweet pepper 3 pc. medium-sized
  • 2 tablespoons of mayonnaise
  • 50g. of cheese
  • Spices: Turmeric, Curry, hop-suneli, salt, black pepper
  • Parsley
  • Dill


What to do:
A halve of sliced mushroom fry in sunflower oil. Cut onions, tomatoes and peppers into rings. Prepare the ground for a pizza (thaw if necessary). Lubricate well the upper side of the foundation with sunflower oil; put a sliced tomato on top. Put layers of mushrooms, onions and sprinkle with spices partly. Once again pave a layer with pepper and tomato, and then pour mayonnaise, sprinkle with grated cheese. Sprinkle with spices.
Put in preheated oven (temperature of 200-220 C) for 30-40 minutes on low heat.

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