Raw broccoli and salmon salad with Avocado dressing

This recipe was written in the NZ Herald back in April this year. If you are looking for a meal idea that is healthy and tastes great, you've found a winner! This recipe caters for everyone! Gluten free, Dairy free, Sugar free, Clean eaters! If you are vegetarian or vegan you can easily take out the salmon :)

This recipe is so easy and can be achieved in 3 steps!

You will Need:

1 Head of broccoli broken in to florets

1 red capsicum, roughly chopped

Handful fresh herbs of your choice (I used coriander, Italian parsley and Vietnamese mint)

200 g salmon (smoked if you wish, I prefer mine not to be smoked)

1 cup black pitted olives

1/2 cup seeds (toasted if you wish, I use pumpkin seeds and sunflower )

Dressing:

1 avocado

Juice of a lemon

1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil

1/4 cup water

2 cloves garlic*

sea salt

pepper

* Note that the 2 cloves of garlic is quite strong, change this to 1 clove if you don't want it too garlic-y :)

What to do:

Dressing:
1. Blend up all ingredients together until smooth.

Salad:
2. In a food processor, Pulse the broccoli, capsicum and herbs until a rice like consistency.

3. Transfer to a large bowl and toss in dressing, salmon, olives and seeds!

Enjoy!

I hope you like this recipe as much as I do! Let me know what you think!

Brit xx

Fresh Homemade Pasta

Fresh Homemade chicken pasta

Pasta Dough - 2-3 servings

1 egg - whisked
10ml oil
1/4 t salt
100g flour

mix ingredents together in a bowl with your hand.

roll out onto a floured bench and knead.
Note that this mixture may be a little dry, if it is just add a drop of water :)
roll into a ball

Wrap in glad wrap and leave to rest for 30mins

Roll out with a rolling pin on floured bench until about 1/2 cm thick.

pass through pasta machine.
starting at the thickest setting then work your way to the thinnest setting

Cut in half so it is easier to put through the fettuccine machine

Hang up on a long wooden spoon

Cook pasta in a large pot of boiling salted water

The pasta should double in size once cooked

I cooked my pasta with 

garlic

onion

chicken

courgette

cracked pepper

Freshly picked organic cherry tomatos
and freshly picked basil
(these tomatos were picked at my grandparents yesterday :) so delicious and juicy!)

Brit :)

Focaccia Bread! (Italian Flat Bread)

Ingredients:

10g Fresh Yeast
150ml Lukewarm water
225g Strong Flour
5g Salt
15ml Olive oil
+ extra for glazing
Flaky sea salt and crushed garlic for topping.

1. Mix yeast with water, leave for 10minutes

2.  Mix Flour and Salt In large bowl.

3. Add Yeast liquid and oil to flour mixture.

4. Knead for 10minutes until dough is smooth, elastic and very soft.

5. Place the dough in a lightly oiled bowl and cover with plastic wrap.

6. Prove in a warm place until doubled in size (1-1/2 hours).

7. Roll out the dough and shape it to fit into an oiled, round pie dish (25cm).

8. Allow the dough to rest and rise for 30 minutes.

9. Using fingertips, press dimples all over the dough.

10. Cover with a clean tea towl.

11. Allow the dough to double in size in the warm area.

12. Brush the dough with olive oil and sprinkle with sea salt and garlic.

13. Bake at 200 Degees Celcius for 20-25mintues in an oven. Spraying cold water into the oven when baking.

14. Cool on a wire rack so that the base doesn't become soggy.

** I added Olives and Rosemary to my topping before baking.

Farmers Market Haul!

So today I went to my local farmers market,

I love to go there every Sunday
I like to walk there to get some early morning Sunday fitness in :)

I was originally only after some sage for the garden , but I was tempted by some fresh fruit and veges!

I purchased, some fresh plums, cherry tomatos, onions and courgettes.

oh I also got the sage, can't wait to plant it.
The sage was $2
Plums and courgettes $3.90
Onions 1kg - $2
sage plant - $2
(all NZ$)

so pretty cheap shop overall :)