Red Lentil Pancakes with vegetables and leeks sauce:)))

Lentils are a rich source of dietary fiber and other very important vitamins and minerals. Cooked lentil provide 18 g of protein per cup with less than 1g of fat and no cholesterol.
Somehow lentil is not so popular, as I would like it to be. Mainly for the health reasons it should be seriously considered by everyone to add this easy to cook bean in our kitchen.
This time I wanted to eat pancakes,not sweet one,but with more oriental taste.

Ingredients:

• 250 g of red lentil(cooking instructions should be at the back of the packaging)
• 1/3 cup of fresh chopped parsley
• just a bit of fresh chopped ginger
• chopped leek
• 3 tbs of potato flour
• 1 egg
• 1 cooked carrot
• a half cup of oats
• 2 tsp of ground cumin
• half a tsp of cayenne pepper
• 2 tsp of sea salt
• a pinch of black pepper

Add all ingredients in to a big bowl,mix them together and fry at the medium heat,each side at least 3 minutes. As for the sauce you just need to chopped 2 leeks, fry  them and add some single soya cream. You can use a bit of salt and pepper to add more flavor.

Enjoy!

Chicken in honey-mustard sauce

I have always like it a honey-mustard sauce, so this time I've used this sauce as a marinate.
It's easy to prepare and taste delicious. First of all You will need a few chicken thighs.

The ingredients for the marinate are:

• 2 tbsp of honey
• 3 tbsp of mustard
• 2 tbsp of olive oil
• 1 tbsp of lemon juice
• 2 garlic cloves, crushed

All the ingredients whisk together, add to the chicken thighs and keep in the fridge for at least an hour.
After that time place the marinate chicken in a roasting dish or casserole dish and put into the preheat oven 180 C for about 1 h.
You can garnish the chicken with any vegetables. I sprinkled the chicken with a bit of sesame seeds.

Enjoy!

Spicy and juicy vegetables with chicken;)

After long brake I finally found some time to add another beautiful meal to my collection.
I have noticed that the simplest dishes are the tastiest.
Very healthy meal, where you will find plenty of vitamins, minerals, protein. You body will thank You for that!

What you need is:

• olive oil
• 2 carrots
• 2 red or white onions
• 2 courgette
• 1 bell pepper
• 4 mushrooms
• 3 potatoes
• cayenne pepper
• oregano
• basil
• ground smoked paprika
• ground garlic
• 2 chicken fillets

You need a big bowl where you going to put all chopped vegetables. Of course you have to wash them first. Then you need to add a table spoon of olive oil and all the spices, as much as you want but you have to be careful with cayenne pepper.
With the chicken fillet I just used a ground paprika, cayenne pepper and basil. Preheat the oven. On the baking tray put a baking paper, place all vegetables and baked for 30-35 minutes on 180C.
The chicken fillets bake for about an hour on 180C.

I love baked vegetables not only because they are easy to make, but they taste great with the spices, they not losing the veggi juices.

Enjoy!

Red Lentil soup with chicken;) Packed with protein and vitamins soup!

This is the first time when I finally made a great meal using a lentil. I was surprise how tasty it is and very easy to prepare. Lentils are the mini version of bean, and they very healthy option which should be add to you daily diet.

Lentils are good source of potassium, calcium, zinc, niacin, vit.K. They are rich in dietary fiber, lean protein, folate and iron.

From now on I'm a big fun of this bean.Its so easy and quick to prepare. My soup can be done with meat version or vegan version.

Ingredients:

• olive oil
• 1 big red onion
• 3-4 carrots
• 3 garlic cloves
• a bit of chopped ginger(optionally)
• 2 tsp ground cumin
• 1 tsp cayenne pepper
• half a cup of kale
• 1 tsp salt
• 3 bay leaves
• 1 cup of red lentil
• 3-4 cups of vegetable broth(cooked with 1 piece of chicken fillet)
• 3 tbs of tomato puree
• fresh coriander(optionally)

In a sauce pan heat the olive oil, add chopped carrots, onion, garlic. kale. Stir to combine and leave for 5-7 min until the onions are soft. Add all the spices.
Then add the lentils, broth and bay leaves. Bring up to the boil, then turn the heat down, covered until the lentils begin to fall apart for about 20 min. In the end add tomato puree and enjoy!
The taste is just great, spicy, oriental, very rich.

Nourishing meal! Chickpeas Burger!

Chickpeas burger are very easy, tasty vegetarian version for meatballs.
Chickpeas are good source of protein, fibre. They are also packed with magnesium, potassium and iron.

You will need ingredients like:

• 2 cans of chickpeas(transfer to food processor, pulse until minced but not pureed)
• 1 red onion(chopped)
• 4 garlic cloves(minced)
• 100 g mushrooms(chopped)
• 3 tsp  ground cumin
• 2 tsp ground paprika
• 2-3 tbs gluten free flour(or plain flour)
• 1 egg
• 1 tsp salt
• pinch of black pepper
• coconut oil

From the food processor Put the beans into a big bowl. Fry chopped onion with chopped mushroom for about 10 min and then add them to the bowl with chickpeas. Add all other ingredients and mix them together by using a spoon.
Start forming the balls and fry each side for about 5 min.
When they ready just enjoy them!

Delicious Coconut Pancakes with strawberries and honey!

This time I wanted to make a pancakes, but a bit different then usually.

I love everything with coconut, so with no hesitate I bought 2 different time of coconut milk and a lot of desiccated coconut.

Coconuts are highly nutritious and rich in fiber, Vit. C, E, B1, B3, B5 and B6. They also contains minerals including iron, selenium, sodium, calcium, magnesium and phosphorous. Coconut milk is lactose free ass well. Coconuts are one of the best sources of lauric acid, which has antibacterial and antiviral activities.

Ingredients:

• cup of gluten free flour (or plain flour) you might need a bit more then a cup,the consistency can't be to thick and to thin
• 100g of desiccated coconut
• 2 eggs
• a pinch of salt
• a half of tsp of baking soda
• 2-3 tbs of brown sugar
• 3 tbs of coconut milk made from pressed, fresh coconut kernel
• half a cup of coconut milk beverage
• coconut oil

You might need to add a bit more of flour, or milk, because the consistency can't be to thick or to watery.

I highly recommend to eat those pancakes with strawberries and honey. That's the winning combination;))) Trust me;))