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SWEET POTATO AND BLACK OLIVE SALAD

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Sweet potato and olive salad

Olives are awesome! They add flavor to our dishes, but they also have amazing health benefits such as: supporting eye health, reducing seasonal allergies, decreasing the rick of developing diabetes, promoting blood vessels function and gut health, and preventing infections.

Olives are a good source of fiber, calcium, vitamin C, vitamin A, vitamin E and vitamin K. They also provide some magnesium, phosphorous and potassium, as well as B vitamins. While olives are high in fat considering their serving size, the majority of their fat is monounsaturated, also known as a “healthy” fat. On average, a 4-tablespoon serving of olives has 2.7 grams of monounsaturated fats, and 0.3 grams of polyunsaturated fats.

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RICE SALAD WITH SWEET POTATOES

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Rice salad with sweet potatoes

I love adding rice or pasta to salads. Always did, always will 💛. Adding 100 grams/ 1/2 cup of brown rice (cooked) to your salad will make the meal more satisfying and will keep you full longer. #winwin

Quinoa, barley, or sometimes even pasta salads can be easily changed by turning them into rice salads instead. You know, in case you’re all out of quinoa, barley, or pasta, dunno 😅.

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SPINACH WITH BUTTER BEANS

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Spinach with butter beans

This recipe for spinach and butter beans is seriously good, you guys. Butter beans, lima beans, sieva beans, however you choose to call them, they’re delicious and healthy.

Broadly, the term “butter bean” is used for a large, flat, and white or yellow variation of lima bean.

Along with being a healthy carbohydrate and an excellent source for fiber and protein intake, butter beans are a great source of magnesium, iron and zinc. If you follow a meat-free diet, this makes them excellent alternative to meat. Butter beans are a great source of B vitamins, such as folate, thiamin and riboflavin. B vitamins are required when carbohydrates turn into energy.

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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 Method

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

Method
 

  1. In a medium saucepan, heat up olive oil on medium temperature  and add onion. Sautee onion for 2-3 minutes, or until translucent.
  2. Add green peas, potatoes, crushed garlic cloves, tomato puree and water. Optionally, thyme. Cover with tempered lid and leave to cook on medium temperature.
  3. 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.