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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
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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

Method
 

  1. Preheat oven to 215 degrees C/ 420 degrees F.
  2. 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.
  3. In a small container, sink goji berries into water for 7-10 minutes, until they look plump. Set aside.
  4. Prepare couscous according to packaging.
  5. 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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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.

 

VITAMIN C: SOURCES, FUNCTIONS AND INTAKES

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VITAMIN C IN FOODS

Most animals are able to synthesize vitamin C and so, do not require a dietary source. However, humans, other primates, guinea pigs, fruit bats, and a few birds and fish are unable to synthesize this water-soluble vitamin. They rely on their diets for a vitamin C source.
Vitamin C, also known as ascorbic acid, is involved in many processes in the human body, primarily as an electron donor. The term vitamin C actually refers not only to ascorbic acid but also to its oxidized form, dehydroascorbic acid. By adding or losing 2 hydrogens vitamin C undergoes reversible reduction and oxidetion. Both forms of vitamin C are found in the foods we eat.
Most fruits and vegetables contain some vitamin C, but the richtest sources are citrus fruits, peppers, and green vegetables. Animal products and grains are generally not good sources. An intake of 5 serving per day of fruits and vegetables can provide ample vitamin C, depending on the foods chosen….

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