TATJANA SMOLIC

 If you love falafels, you will love this faster alternative. While the salad keeps the same yum flavor as falafel, it saves you time of having to process and cook it. Finally once you make it, you can serve it in at least three different ways. Serve it as it is, use it to fill the pita pocket add  humus or yoghurt dressing for additional flavour or fold it in a wrap with omelette. However you decide to have it you can be assured that you had filling and tasty meal.

Ingredients

1x 400g chickpea canned rinsed and drained (used Delish)

3 Cup mesculine salad mix (used Pams)

¼ Cup Carrot, thinly sliced lengthwise

¼ Cup Capsicum red, thinly sliced lengthwise

¼ Cup Cucumber, thinly sliced lengthwise

1 Orange

1 Avocado, medium

For chickpeas marinade

1 tb virgin olive oil

1tsp cumin powder

Salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

Coat chickpeas in marinade and leave aside for ½ hour.

Meanwhile chop up carrot, cucumber, capsicum, avocado and peeled orange.

In salad bowl toss mesculine salad mix with chopped veget...

 This super fast and tasty lunch can be done in a  flash. No excuses, just do it and taste it you won't be disappointed. All you need is a little bit of planing in advance, like grocery shopping for example.

Ingredients

1x 86g Chicken in light mayo can (used Pams) or use leftover shredded chicken

1 whole meal wrap (used Nature’s Fresh)

1hand full mesculine salad mix (used Pams)

Carrot sticks, thinly sliced

Capsicum red, thinly sliced

Cucumber slices, thinly sliced       

For curried yoghurt (serves 4)

¼ C plain yoghurt

1tsp Curry powder

2tb Coriander, fresh chopped

Instructions

Heat up the wrap in the sandwich press and place flat on the plate. Toss mesculine lettuce mix onto the wrap, place carrot, capsicum and cucumber onto the lettuce and finally spread chicken on top. Lastly dress the chicken/ salad mix with Curried yoghurt dip and fold into the wrap.

Ingredients

1 Packet of Filo pastry (TIMOS,375g)

1x 500g fat reduced cottage cheese

1x250g fat reduced sour cream

4x Eggs free range

4 Cup Silverbeet without stems chopped and blanched, drained

Feta Cheese  50g

2tb oil (canola or any preferred)

Procedure:

In a bowl whisk eggs and mix in cottage cheese and sour cream.  Into the egg and cheese mixture add blanched silverbeet and roughly chopped feta cheese  and mix well.

Start layering two sheets of filo, brush with oil and add the filling. Alternate the layering of filo and silverbeet mixture until all filling is used up. Finish off  with three sheets of filo pastry. For stunning finish brush the top with oil or glaze it with whisked egg .

Bake in the preheated oven  at 180⁰C for  30 to 40minutes.

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This meatloaf is about to satisfy taste of every meat lover and yet it provides complete and balanced meal to family and their little fussy eaters.

Ingredients

1x 500g Premium mince, beef

1 Onion, medium brown, chopped

4 Garlic cloves minced

1Cup of oats wholegrain

2 Carrots

½  Capsicum red

2 Eggs

1tsp red paprika powder

2 tb oil

Black pepper

2tsp vegeta

2 tbs fresh coriander, chopped

For tomato sauce

1x400g Tomato can

1 garlic clove

1 tsp oregano, dry

1 tsp oil

Instructions

Coat a large heat proof dish with cooking oil.

Process vegetables spices and meat in food processor, add eggs and form loaf shape in the oven dish.

Bake loaf at 180⁰C for 15 minutes take out of the oven and pour tomato sauce over it. Return the dish back to the oven and cook for another 15 minutes or until meat is done and sauce heated through.

Serve with soup, salad, on open sandwich or in pita bead