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BROWN RICE WITH BELL PEPPERS AND SWEET CORN

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You guuuys, this is so fast to make and sooo good 🙆. Serve warm or chill for 1 hour to get flavors blended. If green or yellow bell peppers are not available, you can use only red bell peppers and it’s still gonna be 👌. Per dish, you’ll get 11599 IU of Vitamin A, 461 mg of Vitamin C, 84 mg of Calcium, 245 µg of Folate, 10.2 mg of Niacin and 243 mg of Magnesium🌱🎉.

Full recipe and nutritional info below ⤵️

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BROWN RICE WITH BELL PEPPERS AND SWEET CORN
 
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Recipe type: Side-dish
Serves: 4
Ingredients
  • 200 gr/1 cup uncooked brown rice
  • 300 gr/2 cups mixed red, yellow and green bell peppers, or three small-medium, diced
  • 170 gr/ 1 cup sweet corn
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 3 tbsp red onion, diced
  • 2 tbsp fresh parsley, chopped
  • Salt
  • Pepper
  • Spring onion, optional
Instructions
  1. Cook brown rice following directions on package.
  2. Drop 2 tbsp of olive oil into skillet and add diced peppers and sweet corn. Cook for 3 minutes on medium heat and season with salt and pepper.
  3. In a bowl, mix brown rice with bell peppers, sweet corn, diced red onion, chopped parsley and season again with salt and pepper.
  4. Serve warm or chilled for at least one hour.
Nutrition Information
Calories: 203 Fat: 5.1 g Saturated fat: 0.75 g Unsaturated fat: 3.95 g Carbohydrates: 35 g Sugar: 4 g Fiber: 3.77 g Protein: 4.3 g Cholesterol: 0

 

PEANUT BUTTER CARROT COOKIES WITH WHITE CHOCOLATE CHIPS

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PEANUT BUTTER CARROT COOKIES WITH WHITE CHOCOLATE CHIPS
 
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Recipe type: Dessert, Snack
Serves: 35
Ingredients
  • 110 g/½ cup butter, at room temperature
  • 110 g/½ cup brown sugar, packed
  • 135 g/ ½ cup peanut butter, smooth or crunchy
  • 120 g/1 ½ cup rolled oats
  • 1 egg
  • 60 g/ ¼ cup milk
  • 50 g/1 cup grated carrots
  • 130 g/1 cup AP flour
  • ½ tsp baking powder
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • 120 g/1 cup good quality white chocolate, roughly chopped or white chocolate chips
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven at 180 degrees C/ 375 degrees F.
  2. Cream together butter, peanut butter and sugar.
  3. Add egg and milk, and stir.
  4. Sift flour, salt and baking soda and stir.
  5. Stir in carrots, rolled oats, and chopped chocolate or chocolate chips.
  6. Drop 1 teaspoon of cookie dough onto baking paper for 35 normal size cookies large cookies or 1 ½ tablespoons of cookie dough for 9 large cookies.
  7. Bake for 15 minutes for normal size cookies or 25-30 minutes for large size cookies.
  8. Cool down cookies before serving.
Nutrition Information
Calories: 74 Fat: 3.9 g Saturated fat: 1.7 g Carbohydrates: 8.3 g Sugar: 3.8 g Sodium: 0.71 g Fiber: 0.60 g Protein: 1.8 g Cholesterol: 6.8 g

 

ROASTED SPICY CAULIFLOWER

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I’m spicing things up 🌶🙆🏼 starting this sexy-looking cauliflower over here. It’s so easy to make, and done in no time! So get your oven heated up and spices ready cuz it’s roasted spicy cauliflower time 🎉.

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Spicy Roasted Cauliflower
 
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Serves: 3
Ingredients
  • • 400 g cauliflower florets, fresh or frozen and thawed
  • • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • • 1 garlic clove, minced
  • • 1 tsp garlic powder
  • • 1 tsp red spicy curry powder for medium spiciness or 2 tsp for increased spiciness
  • • 1 tsp cajun
  • • Salt to taste
Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven at 200 degrees C/392 degrees F.
  2. Cut the cauliflower florets in bite size pieces.
  3. In a large bowl add olive oil, minced garlic, garlic powder, curry powder, cajun and salt. Mix olive oil and spices.
  4. Add cauliflower florets into the bowl and toss with two spoons until well coated with spices.
  5. Spread florets on baking sheet and bake at 25-30 minutes or until golden.
  6. Serve as warm side dish or cold snack.
Nutrition Information
Calories: 112 Fat: 9.7 g Saturated fat: 1.3 g Unsaturated fat: 7.9 g Carbohydrates: 5.8 g Fiber: 3.5 g Protein: 2.5 g Cholesterol: 0 g

 

VEGAN VANILLA RICE PUDDING WITH CARAMELIZED MANGO

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Vegan Vanilla Rice Pudding with Caramelized Mango Recipe DIYBITES

You probably noticed I’m into caramelizing stuff these days. Caramelized food it’s just so darn good 🙆.

This is some really freaking divine dessert, you guys! So you like your desserts cold? This is the one for you. You like your desserts sizzling hot? What do you know?! Just as delightful. There’s caramelized mango involved, vanilla flavored rice pudding, and some citruses joined the party as well.

If almond milk is not available, soy milk and rice milk are good vegan substitutes. Cow milk is also a good substitute as a non-vegan alternative. Peaches, apples, and forest fruits make good substitutes for mangoes. I advise on using a quality non-stick saucepan for the rice pudding to avoid burning the rice and avoid having an anxiety attack from walking away from the saucepan for more than 5 seconds. Rice pudding does that to you sometimes 😯 🏃 .

Full recipe and nutritional info below ⤵️

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VEGAN VANILLA RICE PUDDING WITH CARAMELIZED MANGO
 
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Recipe type: Dessert
Serves: 3
Ingredients
  • For the rice pudding
  • • 400 ml almond milk
  • • 150 ml water
  • • 120 g white round rice, rinsed
  • • 1 vanilla stick
  • • 2 tbsp sugar
  • • 1 tsp lemon zest
  • For the caramelized mango
  • • 1 large semi-ripe mango, cubed
  • • 3 tbsp Muscovado sugar, or other brown sugar
  • • 1 tbsp water
  • • 1 tbsp lemon juice
  • • ½ tsp orange zest
  • • ½ tsp vanilla extract
  • • ¼ tsp fine grain sea salt
  • • 1 tsp lime zest, optional
Instructions
  1. In a medium non-stick saucepan pour the milk, the water, then add vanilla seeds, sugar and lemon zest. Leave on small heat until bubbly, for 3-4 minutes.
  2. Add rice and stir. Leave on small-medium heat stirring occasionally. Cook for 20-25 minutes or until rice had fully softened and absorbed liquid. If necessary, add more milk or water.
  3. Chop mangoes in 2cm/0.8in squares.
  4. In a medium pan or skillet, add 3 tablespoons of muscovado sugar, 1 tablespoons water, 1 tablespoon lemon juice, orange zest, vanilla extract and salt. Place on small heat and stir until bubbly, for 1-2 minutes and add chopped mangoes. Toss mangoes and cook until liquid evaporated, for 2-3 minutes.
  5. Serve rice pudding and caramelized chilled for 1 hour or immediately.
Nutrition Information
Calories: 194 Fat: 1.3 g Saturated fat: 0.1 g Unsaturated fat: 0.93 g Carbohydrates: 45 g Sugar: 1.3 g Sodium: 58 mg Fiber: 1.6 g Protein: 1.93 g Cholesterol: 0.0 g

 

CARAMELIZED RED ONION AND CREMINI PUFF PASTRY TART

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Savory puff pastry at its finest!

Savory puff pastry at its finest!

I love coming up with recipes that involve caramelized onions and since puff pastry makes a good combo with basically anything (doesn’t it? it does, right?), I was pretty sure these two would make a good match. The brown Creminis add a depth of flavor to the recipe and also add 72 mg of calcium, 100 mcg of folate, and 4.4 mg of zinc to the dish. Yes, yes, there is a lot of butter involved in this recipe, however, keep in mind this is an appetizer and it should serve 8-10 persons. The red onion offers the dish 55 mg of Vitamin C, 172,5 mg of Calcium, 142.5 mcg of folate. So overall, it’s a pretty nutritious appetizer, just stick to the serving size. Or don’t 🗽🎉.

You can make your own puff pastry from scratch using my puff pastry recipe or buy it frozen if you don’t have the time to prepare it at home. Works perfect both ways. You can try out this recipe with different types of mushrooms, such as Portobello, Shiitake, or Oyster mushrooms.

You can make one big puff as I did, or cut the puff pastry dough before adding cremini mixture in 8-10-12 cute individual ones. Totes up to you! 🎈

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CARAMELIZED RED ONION AND CREMINI PUFF PASTRY TART
 
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Recipe type: Appetizer
Serves: 8-10
Ingredients
  • 5 medium-large red onions cut in circles horizontally
  • 2 ½ tsp butter
  • 2 tbsp balsamic vinegar or red/white wine
  • 1 tbsp sugar
  • 400 gr Cremini mushrooms or other, cut lengthwise
  • 2 tsp fresh dill, frozen or dry work also
  • 2 tsp dark soy sauce
  • 400 grams puff pastry, chilled
  • Salt
  • Pepper
Instructions
  1. Cut the onions horizontally, in circles. The size of the circles should be roughly 0.5 cm/0.2 in.
  2. Melt 2 tbsp butter in skillet and add onions.
  3. Cook for 25-30 minutes on medium heat, checking and stirring every 3-4 minutes to avoid onions sticking to skillet.
  4. Add 2 tbsp vinegar and 1 tbsp sugar and cook for 5 more minutes.
  5. Season with salt to taste and set aside to cool.
  6. Cut the mushrooms vertically, 1 cm/0.4 in each slice.
  7. In another pan, melt ½ tbsp of butter and add mushrooms.
  8. Cook on medium heat for 3 minutes.
  9. Add soy sauce, cook for another 2 minutes.
  10. Season with salt, pepper and fresh dill.
  11. Spread puff pastry dough and roll it for a 30cm/12in length and 20cm/8in wide sheet.
  12. Spread caramelized onions from center of puff pastry dough to the edges.
  13. Remove excess liquid from cooking mushrooms and add them on top of onion.
  14. Brush puff pastry dough with 1 tsp of melted buttes.
  15. Bake at 190 degrees C/375 degrees F for 20-25 minutes or until puff pastry has risen and became golden.
Nutrition Information
Calories: 273 Saturated fat: 3.6 g Carbohydrates: 28 g Sugar: 6.7 g Fiber: 1.6 g Protein: 4.8 g