vegan recipe

Raw Spicy Thai Green Papaya Salad

This incredible salad is the last of the amazing dishes that I discovered during my stay at the Amatara Wellness Resort in Thailand! It takes just a few moments to throw together and is an iconic dish from this beautiful country.

The salad itself contains an abundance of ingredients that pack a healthy punch, and the pumpkin seed garnish gives it an extra nutritious boost! Also, if spicy isn’t really your thing then you can always make this salad without the addition of the chilli!

Pumpkin seeds are rich in healthy fats, as well as being an excellent source of magnesium and zinc. Studies have suggested that regularly consuming pumpkin seeds could help to keep your blood pressure down and to promote an optimum sleep cycle.

Papaya is another exciting ingredient from this exotic dish, and may not be one that you consume often! Papaya is a rich and colourful source of nutrients, in fact – it has one of the highest vitamin C counts of all of the fruits! It is also an excellent source of potassium, beta-carotene, and lycopene! As well as being a delicious addition to salads, you can also simply enjoy this fruit on its own, or as a juice!

Ready to make this salad for two people?

Ingredients:

Salad

50g long beans, sliced diagonally in 1-2cm pieces
100g green papaya, fine julienne
50g carrot, fine julienne
10g chilli, fine julienne
10g coriander leaves

Dressing

½ tsp sea salt
½ Tbsp lime juice
½ tsp coconut nectar
2 tsp tamari soy sauce
5g garlic, minced

Garnish

10g pumpkin seeds

Method:

Place all of the salad ingredients in a large bowl and lightly mix with a wooden spoon. Next, to make the dressing, mix lime juice, coconut nectar, sea salt, garlic and tamari soy sauce together. You can then pour the dressing over the salad and mix lightly.

Serve your salad onto plates and garnish with a few pumpkin seeds. So simple!

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Raw Carrot and Ginger Soup

I discovered this recipe on my recent trip to Thailand, where I stayed at the beautiful Amatara Resort in Phuket! When it comes to finding delicious food around the world, Thailand is surely one of the first places that comes to mind.

Although Thailand is widely considered to be the home of many tasty dishes, you might not be aware of just how much of this food is vegetarian or vegan!

This Raw Carrot and Ginger Soup involves absolutely no animal products, making it totally vegan!

The combination of carrots, celery, and ginger in this recipe make it an all-round winner for both taste and nutrition. The inclusion of the macadamia nuts not only helps to give this soup a creamy consistency, but also helps to further enhance the health-boosting properties of this dish.

Macadamia nuts are among the fattiest of all of the nuts, but the majority of this fat is made up of monounsaturated fatty acids. Fats of this variety are known to be beneficial to the cardiovascular system. Macadamia nuts are also a good source of fibre, with one ounce of these nuts containing over 2g of the good stuff!

Ready to make this dish for yourself? Let’s get started!

Ingredients:

Soup

400g carrots
40g celery
50g fresh ginger
100g macadamia nuts, soaked for 4 hours
50g avocado
¾ cup coconut water
3 Tbsp lime juice
1 tsp sea salt
1 tsp white pepper

Garnish

50g green mango, finely shredded
1 tsp shallot
½ tsp parsley
½ tsp salt
½ tsp black pepper

Method:

First you must blitz the carrot, celery, ginger and avocado in the food processor and then set aside. Next, blitz the soaked macadamia nuts and coconut water (with some coconut meat too if you have it to hand) until smooth. You can then mix the two bowls of ingredients together – stirring for a few moments.

You then just need a few minutes to whip up the garnish by mixing all of the garnish ingredients in a bowl.

Pour your soup into bowls and mix in the lime juice, salt and white pepper to taste. Garnish with green mango relish and you’re ready to serve!

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Julie’s Vegan Pizza

If your kids are anything like mine, then there’s a good chance that pizza is one of their favourite dishes. The problem with a lot of store bought pizzas is that they can be high in fat, high in calories, and also contain additional additives and preservatives that aren’t going to do your health any favours!

My recipe for vegan pizza is a simple way to create a fresh, healthy pizza that the kids will still love – all four of mine certainly do!

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The bases that I recommend are the stone-baked variety from BFree Foods. In case you didn’t catch my last blog post, I’m now a Brand Ambassador for this incredible company,! BFree Foods provide allergen-free foods so that more people can enjoy amazing tasting dishes!

To make two pizzas, you will need the following ingredients:

- 2 BFree pizza bases
- 1 red pepper, de-seeded and thinly sliced long-ways
- 1 yellow pepper, de-seeded and thinly sliced long-ways
- 10 stalks of tender-stem broccoli
- 2 handfuls of rocket
- 1 tin of chopped tomatoes
- 2 heaped Tbsp of tomato paste
- 2 white onions, thinly sliced into 1/2 moons
- 2 tsp of paprika
- 2 Tbsp of pine nuts
- Olive oil
- Agave syrup

Begin by pre-heating your oven to 200C and preparing all of your ingredients.

Take the sliced onions and fry at a medium to high heat with a splash of olive oil. Once the onions have begun to soften, which should take around five minutes, you can then add one tablespoon of agave syrup. This will allow the onions to caramelise, so leave them to do their thing for a further few minutes. After this time, you can remove them from the heat and set aside.

Next, in a food processor, whizz the tinned tomatoes with the tomato paste and one tablespoon of the agave syrup until smooth. Set this aside as you’ll be using it as your red sauce.

Place the red and yellow peppers on a baking sheet and drizzle olive oil over them. Roast in the oven for ten minutes, as they just start to get soft.

Place the broccoli in a shallow pan and cover with 2cm of water. Heat at a medium heat for just five minutes. You can then drain and remove from the heat.

Now it’s time to create your pizza!

Slather the BFree pizza base with your red sauce, top with the caramelised onions, red and yellow peppers, and the broccoli. Each pizza should then get a tablespoon of pine nuts and a sprinkle of paprika!

Cook for 10 minutes (pine nuts will be perfectly toasted) and once out of the oven, top each pizza with a handful of rocket. Enjoy!

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