Comfort food

The summer seemed to collapse yesterday so I fancied something hot and a bit stodgy for supper so I went for wholemeal spelt flour spaghetti mixed with a basil based salsa. Served as you can see with my ever faithful avocado, baby corn and some cucumber. I love cucumber but strangely I've been having it in my juice recently and not with my meals. 

Anyway, the salsa; half a fat carrot, hand full of basil, large handful of baby spinach, sprig of oregano, sprinkle of all purpose seasoning and mixed dried herbs. Generous portion of nutritional yeast flakes, a garlic clove and lots of extra virgin olive oil. Blitz in my blitzer* then thrown in with the spelt spaghetti. 

Quick and delish!

*soon I'll do a post showing all my lovely kitchen equipment, stuff that's more important to me and my kitchen than my cooker! For real!!

Fast Food For Lunch

I like fast food, it has to be said! Time is of the essence. This lunch took me about 5 minutes to get to the table.

I sliced some raw plantain & mushrooms. Used the potato peeler on a raw carrot. Sliced an avocado (& sprinkled Himalayan pink sea salt on it), cut some basil and chives. Took baby sweet corn, mange tout and asparagus out of the packaging (washed them of course). I poured extra virgin olive oil, salt, black pepper over everything. 

Don't think this was all I had for lunch - I went back for seconds! Enjoyed it in the garden with a glass of home made fruit juice.

I'm certain this was faster than going to a fast food shop or even some microwave meals, and so healthy. Cheap too. I would estimate that this meal cost about £2.00