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Dips, Healthy Snacks, Side Dishes

Red Pepper Hummus – Sesame Seed Free

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Here’s a delicious red pepper hummus recipe, unique indeed because it’s sesame seed free!

 We like our hummus with a texture quite thick, which is why homemade we always pick!

Ingredients

  • 3 cans or cartons of pre-cooked chick peas
  • 1/2 a red pepper
  • 25ml of fresh lemon juice
  • 1/2 teaspoon cumin
  • 3 garlic cloves. 
  • 1 teaspoon black pepper
  • 1/2 teaspoon of salt
  • 1 tablespoons olive oil
  • 120 ml water 
  • 1 teaspoon salt  

Have your chick peas ready to go…  

And measure out your lemon juice ready to flow…

  

…into the jug with your cumin too…

  

And half of a red pepper washed right through.

  

You’ll need to peel and give your garlic cloves a chop…

  

…and into the jug with the oil you pop….

  

All of the ingredients into your blend ready to whir! 

    

And in 30 seconds your hummus is ready to stir! 

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Dinners, Pizza

Thin Crust Coconut Flour Pizza Base 

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We adore experimenting with new plant based pizza bases! No two pizza bases are ever the same. We can decide upon different thicknesses, different oils, different flours, different seasonings, between crust or no crust  – oh the decisions and choices are splendid! Any excuse to use our imagination!

This evening (mid-week) we were looking for a quite light and a not very crunchy base (since we are planning crunchy toppings!) 

Ingredients:
  • 1 1/2 cups of coconut flour
  • 1/2 cup of tapioca flour 
  • 1/2 cup of ground flax or linseed 
  • 3 tablespoons olive oil 
  • Pinch of salt
  • 2 tablespoons basil 
  • 1 cup of warm water

Add the coconut flour and tapioca flour first and sift through together, we find this really helps to ensure the flours are mixed thoroughly when kneading. Tapioca flour acts rather like a glue that holds everything together – the coconut flour is extremely powdery and not a replacement for ordinary flour. If you don’t have tapioca flour we sometimes use buckwheat instead.

Add the rest of the ingredients to a mixing bowl and knead well until it forms a dough. 

  

Then dust your pizza pan with a sprinkle of coconut flour to make sure the bottom doesn’t stick. 

 

 Now don’t worry if the dough is crumbly it won’t be when it bakes! However we find rather than rolling out into a flat dough we can just pour the mixture on top of our pizza pan and mould to the shape of the pan 

Press down the mixture by pressing lightly with your fingers on the mixture or small rolling pin. 
Then cook until base is solid and the base begins to crisp at edges – estimately 15-20 minutes.

Then spread your Perfect Pizza Sauce and simply add your toppings – as you can see below, we chose potato slices, Kale broccoli and onion for tonight’s pizza!  

D.E.Licious 👌😋 

  

Dinners, Lunch, Pizza

St George’s Day England Pizza

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Happy St George’s Day! We love themed days! Themed days in our kitchen means our minds zoom into sixth gear into creative overdrive to try and find food to theme to the theme! 

Usually our first stop is the cookie cutter drawer where we are usually bound to have something, though to my dismay this morning we couldn’t find any dragons or roses – (now noted on the ever-growing, never-ending ‘to buy’ list. Hands up who has one of those? 😆) 

Second stop, Google. Our when-in-despair-Google-is-there motto resulted in many England flag cupcakes however an alarming shortage in our household of all ingredients sweet and sticky wouldn’t make for an appetising recipe. 

And… So on to stop three: The Fridge. 

 

Perfect. Third time lucky – 30 second eye scan and we knew just what to do! a St George’s Day Pizza coming to you! 

First the base made with coconut flour, tapioca flour,  ground linseed/flaxseed, a drizzle of olive oil, warm water and a pinch of salt. Mixed into a fluffy dough, kneaded and rolled into the pan and baked for 18-20 minutes.

 

And then we stirred together some of our Perfect Pizza Sauce 🍎👌 whilst we were waiting for the base to crisp at the edges. 

For the toppings We sliced some courgette with our Oxo Good Grips Mandoline and sliced some red pepper strips and created: drum roll please…..  

 

Little red England inspired flags! These were placed on top of some chopped curly kale for our base topping to represent the scenic English meadows and Summer country picnics on the grass. 

Now we are sure from our history  learning we rememembed a Prince Orange, and sure enough we confirmed after a short research that William III, King of England was also sovereign Prince of Orange – a loose connection, we know! However enough to excuse some slices of orange on our pizza!  

 

A sprinkle of salt and pepper and into the oven it went until crispy!! 

Et Voila! 20 minutes later – A delicious healthy and plantbased gluten free and organic pizza themed for St George’s Day lunch!   

  

For more of our pizza creations… Take a visit to our Just Ate Pizza Page for lots more plantbased pizza ideas! 

  

Did you theme your dinner for St George’s day? Get in touch or leave a comment below! We’d love ton hear from you… 

The JA Ladies x

 

Bread, Side Dishes

Chia Seed Dough Balls

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This starter side dish is so delicious to eat! It’s a warm and crispy nutritious treat.

Ingredients

1/4 cup of extra virgin olive oil
1/2 cup of warm water
1/3 cup of chia seeds
1/3 cup of coconut flour
1 cup of tapioca flour
1 tablespoon of mixed herbs
1 teaspoon of sea salt

Preparation time 10 minutes
Cooking Time 35 minutes

1. Mix together the flours so their completely sifted through, then add chia seeds, oil, salt herbs and warm water too.
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2. Mix together until it forms a soft sticky dough (add a little more coconut flour if it gets too watery though)
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3. Then roll mixture into balls and place on a non-stick tray…
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4. …And bake for 35 minutes at 200 degrees and voila wayheeeey!
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Breakfast, Dessert

Buckwheat Banana Bread

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Ingredients:
– 3 bananas
– 2 flax eggs (5 tablespoons of ground flax seed and 10 tablespoons of water stirred and left to set for 15 minutes in the fridge)
– 1/4 cup of maple syrup
(Or date syrup)
– 1 teaspoon of baking powder
– 2 teaspoons of cinnamon
– A sprinkle of pumpkin seeds for topping (other seeds/nuts will work too)
– Coconut oil or cake release spray to grease pan.
– Heart shaped cake pan or cupcake cases

Preparation time: 10 minutes

Cooking time: 30 minutes

Here’s a perfect recipe in time for Valentine’s Day…
Buckwheat Banana bread made in a LOVEing way!

Here’s your ingredients ready to make
Your delicious banana bread ready to bake:
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1. Mash the bananas until they are completely crushed, this is not a step that can really be rushed!
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2. Then add the flax eggs, flour, baking powder, syrup and spice and whisk the mixture till it’s all smooth and nice!


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3. Pour mixture evenly into greased loaf tin/ceramic dish or cupcake case
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4. Then top with seeds or nuts for a finish that’s ace!
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And you’ll soon have beautiful warming bread for yourself and Valentine ❤️
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Burgers, Dinners, Lunch, Side Dishes

Vegan Beanato Burgers

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‘Beanato’ – a combination of beans and potato!

Ingredients
– 3-4 steamed potatoes
– Cooked Haricot Beans
– 1 Grated white onion
– Poppy Seeds/Sesame Seeds
– Olive Oil
– Salt/pepper/seasoning of choice

1. Mash potatoes and beans together in a mixing bowl
2. Add grated onion, and seasoning and stir well.
2. Fill burger press and place on a baking sheet.
3. Top with a little olive oil and seeds of choice.
4. Bake in oven until golden crispy on one side, flip burger and repeat number 3.
5. Cook until golden brown and voila!
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Casseroles/Stews, Dinners

Chickpea and Squash Stew

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Preparation Time: 20 minutes
Cooking Time: 2 hours

Ingredients
– 500g of Chickpeas soaked and then cooked.
– 1/2 deseeded butternut squash
– 1 peeled onion
– 1 peeled carrot
– 3 large white peeled potatoes
– 1/2 jar of Tomato Passata
– 2 tbsps Mixed herbs
– 3 cloves of garlic
– Coarse ground sea salt
– Ground pepper
– Fresh Thyme for garnish

Method

1. Dice carrot, potatoes and squash into 1cm chunks.
2. Crush garlic or slice into itsy bitsy pieces.
3. Slice onions
4. Place vegetables, garlic and onion into a Dutch oven and fill water to level.
5. Pour in Passata, herbs, salt and pepper.
6. Cover with lid Allow to slow cook in oven at 180 degrees for two hours
7. Serve and add fresh thyme (or other herb for garnish)

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Lunch, Salads, Side Dishes

Vegan Potato Salad

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Ingredients:
– Potatoes
– Celery
– Cucumber
– Onions
– Mixed Herbs/Salt & Pepper
– Plamil Organic Mayo

Preparation Time: 10 minutes + (Chilling time if you prefer to eat it cold)

Cooking Time: 30 minutes

Here is our recipe for our favourite side potato salad,
And today we’re sharing with you another recipe ballad.
Peel potatoes, cut into chunks and put to the side…

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Cook in your steamer for 30 minutes – take a look inside…

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Whilst your waiting create some onion diced…IMG_9069.JPG

And a couple of celery stalks all washed and sliced…IMG_9071.JPG

Cucumber quartered slices is a lovely addition,
providing an extra source of good green nutrition.IMG_9072.JPGNow to make the delicious mayo dressing…

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With a tablespoon of water, herbs and seasoning there’s no messing… 😉
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Then mix the mixture, give it a whisk and a good shake!
This dressing is really simple and easy to make!
Add a little more water if the consistency is too thick,
You don’t want it lumpy it’ll make you feel sick!
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Then pour over the steamed potatoes, that dressing all creamy…
And mix it all up to make a side salad that tastes dreamy… 👌
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And there we have a delicious potato salad mix,
Perfect for your afternoon lunch salad fix!
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Dessert

Raspberry & Pear ‘nutty’ Crumble

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You know those mornings when it is just too cold for ice?
It’s raining outside and something warm would be nice.
Or when you’re in need of a warm dessert that’s guilt-free,
Well we have for you here the most delicious warm recipe.

Put some chosen frozen or fresh fruit onto an oven plate,
Then top with crushed nuts, Brazils or walnuts are great.
We have used organic raspberries and some pear,
Though of course go with any combination you dare!

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Bake until the fruit is soft for thirty minutes or maybe forty
And Voila! A breakfast or dessert that’s nice and not naughty!

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Salads

Lean Clean Cannellini Bean Salad

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We’re on a roll so here’s blog post number 2
A quick protein-full salad especially for you!
Just half a bell pepper and a small onion red
And a spoonful of dried parsley or other herb instead.
A quarter of cucumber and some surrounding greens
And don’t forget a large bowl of cannellini beans!

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Then chop up the veggies, dice them nice and small
And place all in a bowl and give a good mix to all.
Pour over a little olive oil and the juice of a lime,
And you’ll have the main base in absolutely no time.

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Now take some organic spinach, watercress and rocket,
Place it around the edge of a plate leaving a circular pocket.
And spoon the bean mixture right around in the middle,
And voila! A delicious salad that’ll make you as fit as a fiddle!

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Love, the JA ladies