Cauliflower Couscous with Lentils and Spiced Quark

Winter Warmer Series 

Ingredients: Serves two as a main with leftovers!

– 1/2 a head of organic cauliflower

– 1 head of organic broccoli

– 1/2 a cup of organic peas

– Four stems of organic black kale

– 1 cup of organic lentils

– 1 teaspoon of coconut oil

– 1 teaspoon of cumin

– 1 teaspoon of turmeric

– 1 tablespoon of raw buckwheat

– Spiced Quark (refer below for recipe)

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Method:

1) Wash hands and vegetables

2) Place one cup of lentils with three cups of water in a saucepan and bring to boil. Once boiling, turn down heat and allow lentils to simmer with lid on. Keep an eye on the lentils, adding small dashes of water if needed

3) Meanwhile, break apart the cauliflower and place into a food processor. You want the cauliflower to resemble ‘rice’

4) In a large saucepan or wok place the cauliflower with a teaspoon of cumin and a teaspoon of turmeric. Sauté the cauliflower for a few minutes and then turn down the heat and place the lid on

4) Cut up the kale leaves into smaller segments (also cutting and using the stems – no wasting food!) and break apart broccoli head

5) In another large saucepan or wok with one teaspoon of coconut oil, sauté the kale with the broccoli and peas. We like to salute our greens with bone broth that we pre make and leave in the freezer. Adding a dash of water will also work. Sauté for a few minutes then turn down the heat and place the lid on

6) In a small pan, lightly toast the raw buckwheat until golden

7) Grab a large mixing bowl. Combine 1 cup of cauliflower rice, the sautéed greens and around 2/3 cup of lentils. Mix all ingredients well. Feel free to add more cauliflower rice or lentils if you wish, there will be leftovers in the pan!

8) Place onto two plates and top each with one generous tablespoon of spiced quark and one teaspoon of toasted buckwheat!

Enjoy!

M + S

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Spiced Quark 

You can buy Quark at any grocer or healthful store. We use biodynamic/organic Swiss style cottage cheese quark from B.-d.Farm Paris Creek

– 2 heaped tablespoons of cottage cheese quark

– A pinch of pepper and himalayan salt

– 1 teaspoon of ground cumin

– 1 teaspoon of ground turmeric

– 1 teaspoon of organic tahini

– Water (this will depend on the consistency you want – we added around 3 tablespoons)

– In a small mixing bowl, combine spices with quark and mix gently

The twins famous ‘Buddha Bowl’

So we have been meaning to post about one of our obsessions lately, a glorious bowl of scrumptious food that is currently bombarding our instagram account. We like to call these marvellous creations ‘Buddha Bowls’

We suppose this name stems from the fact that these bowls started as ‘post yoga.. I’M SO HUNGRY’ throw together feed.

(Namaste = Yoga = Buddha Bowl) Well, it makes sense to us..

Lets just get straight into why we love these bowls so much…

In one word, they scream N O U R I S H M E N T

You can literally throw anything in this bowl. From raw veggies to steamed or roasted goodies. Protein and carbs are always a must, hence we generally opt for poached chicken, smoked salmon or boiled eggs, with the carb component including either quinoa, buckwheat or brown rice.

This is essentially a multi-vitamin in a bowl.

Oh and we always like to add our version of a sauce. That being either five:am organic Greek yogurt or another exotic organic dip.

Soooo here are a few of our favourite combinations….

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1) ‘Breaky’ inspired buddha bowl (smoked salmon, boiled eggs, greek yogurt or haloumi cheese, all sorts of veg, quinoa)

2) ‘Moroccan’ inspired buddha bowl (cumin spiced lentils, roasted veg, greek yogurt, green olives, brown rice)

3) ‘Rainbow’ inspired buddha bowl (colourful cooked and raw veg, poached chicken, feta, olives, spiced carrot mash, buckwheat)

4) ‘Nicoise’ inspired buddha bowl (tuna, boiled eggs, green olives, haloumi cheese, all sorts of veg, brown rice)

All of these little gems have a general base of grated zucchini, grated carrot, peas and spinach.

So there you have it, a short and sweet description of our ‘go-to’ meal.

NOURISH AND FLOURISH KIDS!

M + S xx