Watercress and Herbs Salad

I love the watercress. It's slightly bitter sweet taste and its inimitable fragrance lingers on your palate.

This vegetable balances folks with excess fire (pitta) or earth (kapha)  ;-). 

Ingredients

Tender leaves of one bunch watercress

1 cup mint leaves chopped

1 cup basil leaves chopped

1 grapefruit - segments removed from pith

Walnuts

Salad Sauce

Remaining juice squeezed out of grapefruit pith

3 tbs tahini

2 tbs brown rice vinegar

1 tbs honey

1 tsp tumeric/ curry powder

Whisk together. Toss salad. Sprinkle 3 treasures over it. Viola.

Forest Crunch Salad

Portebellos are so easily available nowadays. The best ones are firm, unblemished and have tight gills.  The best ways to have them is to pair their soft sponginess with a refreshing crunch.  This is dressed with a slightly spiced sesame based dressing for that earthy walk-in-the-woods experience.  

Ingredients

400g Portebello mushroom

2 crunchy sweet apples cubed

Half cup cilantro chopped

Half cup chopped mint

Dressing

1 tbs honey

3 tbs brown rice vinegar

5 tbs sesame seeds

1 tbs Arabian spice

1 tsp rock salt

Dash of pepper

Blitz in high speed blender. Toss salad.  Serve with couscous or fluffy sprouted quinoa. Tuck In.  ;)

Cacao Mint Bar

Inspired by the talented cook Averie, I tried making a healthier and more Asian version of her Menthe Bars.







































Ingredients:

Base:
1/2 cup ground flax
1/2 cup soaked dried longan
1/4 cup soaked goji berries
1/2 cup ground almonds
2 tbs spoons raw honey

Minty middle layer:
flesh of 2 young coconuts blended finely
3 tbs raw honey
5 drops of peppermint oil
100g Agar powder/ half pack of agar strips soaked

Chocolate top layer:
1/2 cup of coconut or macadamia nut oil (or cacao butter if preferred)
1/2 cup raw cacao
2 tbs tahini or other nut butter
3 tbs coconut sugar or raw honey


For the base: blitz all ingredients in the food processor and press in flat onto a square tin pan. Place it in the freezer covered in plastic wrap.

For the minty layer: blend all ingredients smoothly in the blender and spread atop the base layer. Place in freezer for 20 min till hardened.

Mix ingredients for top choc layer together and pour over the mint layer.

Chill and viola! Minty delight.

I love my minty smoothie

Mint adds an instant lift to any smoothie that we make. My absolute favourite addition that gives a wonderful fragrance and a tingling freshness! Two glorious recipes:

Dragon Mintalicious
1 big bunch of greens (mustard, sweet potato, lettuce etc....)
1 big bunch of mint
1 lovely red dragon fruit
2 big bananas
Filtered water 2 cups

Avo-Mintalicious!
1 big bunch of greeeeeeeens
1 big bunch of mint
2 avocadoes
2 bananas
Filtered water 2 cups

Blitz in your trusty high powered blenda and viola
add in more sweetfruits and lessen the greens if you want to transit comfortably ;-)