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RED PEPPER AND CREMINI PENNE

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Hope everyone’s doin’ great! Made this fast veggie pasta recipe, and it’s de-light-ful. It really works with any veggies you got laying around in the fridge. Took a break from the #everythingpumpkin season, which really got to me this year 😅…

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BROWN SUGAR APPLE TARTS

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Autumn deliciousness incoming! 🙂

 

BROWN SUGAR APPLE TARTS
 
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Recipe type: Dessert
Serves: 8
Ingredients
  • Crust
  • 300 gr flour, 2-3 tbsp more for rolling dough
  • 150 gr chilled butter, small cubes
  • pinch of salt
  • 2 small eggs
  • 2-3 tbsp ice water
  • Filling
  • 5-6 apples, peeled or unpeeled, thinly sliced
  • 5 tbsp dark brown soft sugar
  • 2 tsp cinnamon
  • 5 tbsp toasted walnuts, chopped
  • 3 tbsp pumpkin seeds
  • 3 tbsp candied orange peel
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven at 190 degrees C/ 375 degrees F.
  2. Combine flour, salt and butter until the mix resembles small crumbs.
  3. Add egg and ice water and form dough.
  4. If the dough is too wet, add more flour gradually, until the dough doesn't stick.
  5. Chill dough in the fridge for 30 mins
  6. Roll dough and place in small tart pans.
  7. Mix brown sugar with cinnamon.
  8. Sprinkle a layer of brown sugar with cinnamon over each tart crust, add a few walnuts and pumpkin seeds.
  9. Layer apple slices (7-10 slices) on top of the walnuts and pumpkin seeds.
  10. On top of the layered apple slices, add the rest of the walnuts, pumpkin seeds, and the candied orange peel.
  11. Sprinkle heavy with remaining brown sugar and cinnamon mix.
  12. Give each tart a real quick oil spray.
  13. Bake at 190 degrees C/ 375 degrees F for 15-18 minutes.

 

AUBERGINE AND SULTANAS PASTA SALAD

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Meet this flavorful, healthy, delicious recipe, ready in 20 minutes! Come on guys, can it get any better?

Makes a perfect main, but works great a side too. Not only you get a satisfying and packed with flavor dish, but you also get 11 grams of fiber, 10.5 grams of protein, 1758 IU of vitamin A, 67 mg of vitamin C, 60 mg of Calcium, and 216 mg of magnesium, per portion. Not bad at all for a 20 minute meal. You’ll be dealing with some whole wheat pasta, preferably small sized, some tasty, slightly cooked veggies, and a few condiments. One pan and no fuss at all. ✅

It’s a perfect recipe if you want something substantial, yet easy and fast to prepare. 💯 Full recipe and  nutritional info ⤵️

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Aubergine and Sultanas Pasta Salad
 
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Meet this flavorful, healthy, delicious recipe, ready in 20 minutes!
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Recipe type: Salad, Main
Serves: 3
Ingredients
  • 1 small aubergine, diced
  • 150 gr/ 1 ½ cups whole wheat small shaped pasta, such as pipe rigate, elbow or rotelle
  • 1 medium red onion, sliced
  • 70 g/ ½ cup sultanas
  • 3 sweet kapia peppers, or other similar such as bell pepper or piquillo, aprox 200 g/ 1 ¼ cups, sliced
  • ½ handful fresh parsley, or more if preferred
  • ½ tsp dried chili flakes
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • Salt
  • Pepper
Instructions
  1. Cook pasta following directions on package.
  2. Slice red onion and peppers. Dice aubergine.
  3. Place pan on medium heat fire, add 1 tbsp of olive oil and wait a few seconds before adding the red onion and the peppers. Cook for 3 minutes, stirring occasionally. Season with salt and pepper and move to bowl.
  4. In the same pan, add 1 tbsp olive oil and aubergine. Cook for 2 minutes and add garlic and sultanas. Cook for another 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, and season with dried chili flakes, salt and pepper.
  5. In a bowl, mix pasta, red onion, peppers, aubergine, sultanas, and add fresh parsley to taste.
  6. Serve or refrigerate.
  7. Optionally, serve with fresh red or spring onion, finely chopped and sprinkled.
Nutrition Information
Calories: 393 Fat: 10 g Saturated fat: 1.5 g Unsaturated fat: 8.3 g Carbohydrates: 72 g Sodium: 12.8 g Fiber: 11 g Protein: 10.5 g Cholesterol: 0 mg

 

 

VEGGIE RICE SALAD

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Veggie Rice Salad with Beans, Corn, and Cherry Tomatoes

Look at all these pretty colooorsss. I mean, cooome ooon.

So you’ll be getting here:

• An amazingly delicious, fast and easy salad recipe

• Tons of flavors

• Great nutrients

• 19 g Fiber

• 21 g Protein

• 118 mg vitamin C

• 122 mg Calcium

• 4697 IU vitamin A

• 206 mg Magnesium

• 3,4 mg Zinc

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VEGGIE RICE SALAD
 
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Recipe type: Salad, Easy
Cuisine: Light, Vegan, Vegetarian
Ingredients
  • 80 gr cooked brown rice
  • 100 gr red beans or other kinds of beans (kidney beans, roman beans, white beans)
  • 50 gr sweet corn
  • 5 cherry tomatoes, halved (or 1 medium/big tomato)
  • ½ bell pepper
  • 100 gr baby spinach
  • 1 spring onion
  • ½ tsp black cumin seeds
  • 1 tsp pumpkin seeds
  • 2 tbsp radish sprouts
  • 2 tbsp fresh parsley, optionally
  • lemon juice, to taste, optionally
  • salt
  • pepper
Instructions
  1. Cook brown rice following directions on package.
  2. Mix brown rice with radish sprouts, baby spinach, beans, sweet corn, peppers, tomatoes, spring onion, black cumin seeds, pumpkin seeds, and parsley.
  3. Season with salt and pepper.
  4. Optionally, add soy sauce, hoisin sauce, or BBQ sauce to taste.
Nutrition Information
Calories: 415 Fat: 5 g Saturated fat: 0.5 g Unsaturated fat: 4.5 g Carbohydrates: 77 g Sodium: 150 mg Fiber: 19 g Protein: 21 g Cholesterol: 0 g

 

MUSHROOM BRUSCHETTA

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Mushroom Bruschetta

Sooo these bruchettas are totally delicious!

They’re cooked in hoisin sauce and lime juice so the flavors are ah-mazing.🙆

What you’ll be getting here is:

• A fast, fast, fast but satisfying snack, appetizer, breakfast, or whatever you want it to be

• Delicious flavors

• 15 grams of Protein

• 83 mg Calcium

• 8 grams of Fiber

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MUSHROOM BRUSCHETTA
 
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Recipe type: Appetizer, Snack, Breakfast
Cuisine: Vegetarian, Vegan
Serves: 3 slices
Ingredients
  • 150 gr mushrooms (button, oyster), sliced
  • 1 tbsp hoisin sauce
  • 2-3 tbsp lime juice
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • 1 tsp olive oil
  • ⅔ slices of preferred bread, toasted
  • Salt
  • Pepper
  • Optionally, 3-4 cherry tomatoes and fresh parsley, cilantro or spring onion.
Instructions
  1. Heat up a non-stick pan on medium heat.
  2. Slice mushrooms and add them to the pan. Cook for 2 minutes on medium heat and add hoisin sauce and lime juice. Cook for another 2-3 minutes, or until the sauce has reduced.
  3. Season with salt and pepper.
  4. Add olive oil to grill and grill bread slices for 1-2 minutes on each side, or until golden.
  5. Cut the clove of garlic length wise and stick a fork into half of the clove, leaving the cut side open, then rub the garlic on the bread on 1 side.
  6. Add mushrooms on top of each slice and serve.
  7. Optionally, you can add sliced cherry tomatoes on bruschetta, fresh parsley or cilantro.
Nutrition Information
Calories: 243 Fat: 7 g Carbohydrates: 43 g Sodium: 515 mg Fiber: 8 g Protein: 15 g Cholesterol: 0.5 g