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PEAS AND POTATO STEW

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Peas and potato stew

How’s winter treating you, guys? Is it chilly? Did you make any snow mans yet? Yea? For realz? Well, I haven’t, since there’s not much snow around. 🤷 I did, however, make this amazingly delicious peas and potato stew. I mean, it’s seriously delicious. Easy recipe, not many ingredients needed. Yet, so good 💛.

What you’ll need to this fast stew are about 300 grams of green peas, 3-4 potatoes, a few cherry tomatoes and a few garlic cloves, tomato puree or tomato sauce, and condiments of liking. My choice, dried thyme. Go wild. Full recipe below. 💛

Pea and potato stew

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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings 2 servings

Ingredients
  

  • 300 grams green peas frozen
  • 1 yellow onion chopped
  • 4 potatoes small, cut in medium pieces
  • 3 cloves garlic crushed
  • 10 cherry tomatoes
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 300 ml tomato puree
  • 100 ml water

Instructions
 

  • In a medium saucepan, heat up olive oil on medium temperature  and add onion. Sautee onion for 2-3 minutes, or until translucent.
  • Add green peas, potatoes, crushed garlic cloves, tomato puree and water. Optionally, thyme. Cover with tempered lid and leave to cook on medium temperature.
  • Stir occasionally and check if more liquid is needed. Cook for 25 minutes. The potatoes should easily break apart. Season with salt and pepper and serve.

COUSCOUS WITH ROASTED VEGGIES

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Hey, you guys! Happy 2k19! Hope everyone’s gonna have a kickass year with loads of good food and tons of laughter! 💛 Not that much has changed in the cooking dept so far. Still roasting veggies, still adding them to everything 😀 This time in couscous. I also added rehydrated goji berries instead of my usual sultanas. Worked out just perfect! 💛

To more good food in 2k19! 🥂

Couscous with Roasted Veggies and Goji Berries

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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings 2

Ingredients
  

  • 6 green onions, including green part cut in big pieces
  • 1 zucchini sliced or cubed
  • 8 cherry tomatoes
  • 2 cloves garlic crushed
  • olive oil spray
  • 1/2 tsp dried thyme
  • 1 tbsp dried goji berries
  • 150 grams couscous dried
  • 2 green onions thinly chopped, for serving

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 215 degrees C/ 420 degrees F.
  • In an oven pan, add green onions, zucchini, cherry tomatoes and crushed garlic and season with salt, pepper, and thyme. Spray with olive oil and bake for 18-20 minutes, checking on them occasionally.
  • In a small container, sink goji berries into water for 7-10 minutes, until they look plump. Set aside.
  • Prepare couscous according to packaging.
  • In a different serving dish, mix hydrated couscous with roasted veggies and goji berries. Check for salt and pepper. Add chopped green onions and serve.

PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES WITH HONEY AND COCONUT FLAKES

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Hi frendos! No snowmans around. Not yet. I did, however, manage to make it snow with these ah-mazing peanut butter cookies. They’re so. so. so good.  I mean it. So good. How’s the winter season treating y’all so far? Hope everyone’s doing great 💛

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