Excellent Cooked Salad

Turn the simple cabbage and carrot into a very flavorful dish that all will enjoy

Carrot & Cabbage (Serves 4)

 1 cup grated carrot

1 cup shredded cabbage

10ml sunflower cooking oil

2-3 curry leaves

1 green chili

½ teaspoon mustard seeds

1 teaspoon toasted sesame seeds

½ teaspoon salt

Juice of ½ medium size lemon

Method

1. Heat oil in a wok, and add the mustard seeds, curry leaves, chili and sesame seeds and stir
2. Now add the carrots and cabbage, stir and lower heat and allow the cabbage to cook for about 5minutes before turning the heat of
3. Add the salt and lemon juice and garnish with some chopped coriander and serve as an accompaniment with a lentil curry dish
4. Serve with mini pitas or any bread of your choice.

Mid Week Indulgence

I understand this is suppose to be "healthy foods" but I am sure you all have been good over the past couple weeks, and you deserve a "treat". While following a healthy eating pattern is necessary, we should also not deprive our selves. Now go ahead and try these amazing chili bites!

Chilli Bites (Bhajia)

250ml gram flour

50ml cake flour

5ml coriander

5ml cumin powder

8ml salt

2ml crushed fennel seeds

4ml ginger paste

3ml crushed chillies

7ml baking powder

750ml oil for deep frying

Method

1. Mix all the ingredients and add enough water to form a stiff batter
2. To the batter you can add some chopped onions, cabbage, spring onions, grated potato or chopped up spinach
3. Allow batter to rest for about 20minutesr
4. Just before frying, take about 25ml of the hot oil and add to the batter and mix thoroughly
5. Deep fry spoon-full and serve as a starter

Healthy Lunch Box Fillers

Bran Muffins

100ml oil

500ml cake flour

2ml salt

500 ml fat-free yoghurt

500ml bran

12ml bicarb

125ml mix dried fruit, chopped dates, cranberries

150ml sugar

5ml cinnamon

Method

1. Sift flour, salt & bicarb-add bran, sugar, cinnamon, fruit/nuts
2. Mix oil & yoghurt & add to the above mixture & mix
3. Grease pans well & pour mixture – bake at 180 for about 15min