Fermented Supergreens Bowl
- Quinoa
- Chopped cucumber
- Edamame beans
- Crispy baked courgette (recipe below)
- Garlicky greens - green beans, broccoli, garlic, red onion
- Lemon garlic tempeh (recipe below)
- Creamy avocado and walnut pesto (recipe below)
- Supergreens with Spirulina Superkraut
Crispy baked courgette
Ingredients:
- 2 courgettes, sliced into 1/4-inch rounds
- 1 Tbsp olive oil
- 1 cup ground cashews
- 1/4 cup nutritional yeast
- 1/4 tsp mustard powder
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- Olive oil (spray)
Method:
- Preheat oven to 200 C.
- Line baking sheets with foil; lightly spray with cooking spray and set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, add courgette slices, olive oil, salt and pepper. Mix well.
- In a separate bowl, combine ground cashews, nutritional yeast, mustard and garlic powder.
- Dip slices of zucchini in cashew mixture and coat on both sides, pressing on the coating to stick.
- Place the zucchini slices in a single layer on the prepared baking sheets.
- Lightly spray each slice with cooking spray. This will help with achieving a crunchier texture.
- Bake for 10 minutes, turn slices over and continue to bake for 8 to 10 minutes or until chips are golden brown.
Lemon garlic tempeh:
Ingredients:
- 1 teaspoons coconut oil
- 1 (8 oz) pack tempeh, thinly sliced into strips
- 1 lemon, juiced
- 4 cloves of garlic, minced
- 1/4 teaspoon fresh ginger, grated
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1/4 teaspoon dried Italian seasoning
- 1 Tbsp maple syrup
- Salt and pepper to taste
Method:
- Melt coconut oil in a large frying pan over medium heat. Add tempeh strips and cook for 2-3 minutes, flip and cook for another 2 minutes or until both sides are brown.
- While tempeh is browning, whisk together the lemon juice, garlic, ginger, cumin, Italian seasoning and maple syrup in a small bowl.
- Once tempeh has browned add the lemony garlic mixture. Stir to coat. Cook for 2-3 minutes. Remove from heat. Add salt and pepper to taste.
Creamy avocado walnut pesto
Ingredients:
- 1 cup walnuts
- 1 1/2 cups packed greens (spinach, basil, parsley, anything you like)
- 1/2 avocado
- 1/2 cup nutritional yeast
- 2 Tbsp water (or more depending on how you like the consistency)
- 1 clove garlic
- Juice of 1 lemon
- Salt and pepper to taste
Method
- Toast the walnuts in a small dry pan over low heat – stir and shake the pan until the walnuts are fragrant and toasty (about 5 minutes).
- In a food processor, combine all the ingredients for the walnut pesto and pulse until mostly smooth, keeping a little bit of texture.