Immune Boosting Turmeric Quinoa

This recipe is great as it tastes delicious, is beautiful and yellow in colour and is amazing during winter to boost the immune system. Adding the black pepper and coconut oil will help with the absorption of the turmeric and all its amazing anti-inflammatory properties.

Ingredients: 

1 brown onion

1 clove garlic

2 teaspoons ginger

1 tablespoon turmeric

1 tablespoon coconut oil

2 large carrots

1 cup quinoa

1 ¾ cup vegetable or chicken stock (or water)

Salt and pepper to taste

Turmeric Quinoa

Method:

Finely slice or grate onion, garlic, ginger and carrots. Fry in a saucepan with the coconut oil until soft. Add the quinoa, turmeric and stock/water. Allow liquid to come to boil and then reduce heat to simmer fro about 20 minutes or until all the liquid has been absorbed. Add salt and pepper to taste.

Enjoy as an accompaniment to meat/fish/chicken/tofu and vegetables.

Roast veggie salad

Ingredients:

3 potatoes washed and cut into chunks

½ sweet potato peeled and cut into chunks

¼ pumpkin washed and cut into chunks with seeds removed

4 large mushrooms cut into pieces

¼ onion thinly sliced

2 garlic cloves chopped

Handful of pinenuts

Bunch of baby spinach

Meredith goats fetta

Olive oil

Herbamare salt

Preheat oven to 220 degrees celcius

Place potatoes, onion, garlic and sweet potatoes onto a large baking tray. Drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with salt.

Bake for 25 minutes. Then add pumpkin, drizzle with more oil and salt and mix veggies around.

Bake for another 15 minutes and add mushrooms and pine nuts. Add another sprinkle of oil and salt. Bake for another 15 minutes or until veggies are soft.

Remove from oven and allow to cool.

In a salad bowl spread out spinach. Once veggies have cooled top spinach with beautiful roasted vegetables. Sprinkle goats fetta to your liking over the top. Pour a few table spoons of the garlic infused oil from the fetta over veggies.

Top with tuna for a quick meals or use as a side to meat or fish J

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