Thai Chickpea Soup

When someone asks me for a quick, cheap and healthy recipe, this one is on the top of my mind. It is amazingly easy to make and adaptable to your own taste. Simply throw in any of your favorite veggies and see if it works. Since the consistency is quite thick you could eat it as a soup as well as a sauce, like my colleague likes to do.

Serves: 4

Time: 20 min

You need:

1 leek, in rings

1 red pepper, chopped

1 courgette (zucchini), chopped 

2 cans of chickpeas, drained 

1 can of coconut milk 

2/3 tsp green thai curry paste (check for sugar!)

300 ml vegetable broth, from cube (check for gluten!)

2 fresh limes, 1 for soup, 1 to garnish in thick slices
fresh coriander

1. Heat up some olive/coconut oil in a large soup pan. 
2. Sauté the leek until semi- transparent
3. Add the pepper, courgette and the thai curry paste and fry for apr. 3 min.
4. Slowly pour in the coconut milk, vegetable broth and the chickpeas
5. Stir until boiling point and let it slowly cook for 5/10 min, add the juice of 1 lemon, just squeeze it
6. garnish with the other lemon and fresh coriander 

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Leon Shredded Kale and Peanut Salad

One of my favorite spots in London is Leon, hands down. Gorgeous food! I fell in love with the place and with their shredded kale and peanut salad in particular. Since I will be moving away in less then a month I need to make sure that I still can get my fix once in a while. Hence the attempt to recreate this amazing recipe. It works both as a side dish or as a complete lunch.

Serves: 2

Time: 15 min

You need:

For the salad:

400g curly kale, roughly chopped

100g white cabbage, finely sliced

2 tablespoons of roasted peanuts, in chunks

For the dressing:

1 tsp olive oil

1 tsp sesame oil

1/2 tsp vinegar

1 tsp lemon juice

1/2 tsp honey

1/4 tsp peanut butter

1 glove of garlic, pressed

Freshly chopped coriander

1. Mix the shredded kale and cabbage, sprinkle with crushed peanuts. 
2. Whisk all the ingredients for the dressing in a small bowl. 

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New London Breakfast Favourite: Spinach and Spring Onion Omelette

I've been having a busy schedule since I am living in London and found out that fruit for breakfast doesn't really cut it anymore. This savory breakfast really keeps me going!

Serves: 2

Time: 15 min

You need:
5 eggs
2 spring onions
chili powder (optional)
2 handfuls of fresh spinach
1 avocado

1. whisk the eggs until yolks and egg white are fully mixed, then add in the chili (if you eat salt and pepper with your eggs, best save it for when the egg is halfway cooked, salt breaks up the consistency of the egg and makes it watery).
2. Chop the spring onion, whisk it through the egg.
3. Heat up some olive oil in a frying pan.
4. Pour the mixture in the pan, add the spinach on top and reduce the heat to half.
5. When the bottom of the omellette is solid, fold in half and reduce the heat to low, let it sit for a few more minutes.
6. Cut the omelette in half and serve with half an avocado.

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