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So just like everybody else I am doing a fairly health conscious January. No resolutions for myself \u2013 as I said in my last post I am focusing on my general approach rather than specific goals. That said exercise and good food are at the top of my to do list and have become a general focus for my day. Hence the lack of posts. Really I have just been at the gym. Oh and then my oven broke. I know \u2026 true story. A food blogger with a broken oven. What’s a girl to do hey! Well improvise.<\/span><\/p>\n This is how my Everything Salad came about. I was hungry, very hungry, I couldn’t decide what to eat or think what I could make just using my hob. I knew I had to be healthy \u2013 to me this means Veg and a lot of it. But then I was hungry, which meant some sort of bulk \u2013 enter Quinoa \u2013 the healthy hungry girls best friend. It fills you up as if you were eating rice or cous cous but is gulten free and chocked full with all sorts of goodness. So that was it Veg and Quinoa, decided. But it needed something, and that is where Avocado Pesto came in. The idea being that you remove the hefty slug of olive oil that makes pesto a little bit unhealthy and replace it with the god of all ‘good’ fats, the Avocado. And all you have to do is simply blitz it with Garlic and Basil and you are there.<\/span><\/p>\n Very quick to make, and every filling. I still ate way too much, but at least I am eating too much of the right stuff.<\/span><\/p>\n So here it is my ‘everything salad’ so named because I literally stuck every type of veg I had in this bad boy and it worked.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Ingredients<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n 40g Quinoa<\/span><\/p>\n Broccoli trees and stalks<\/span><\/p>\n Asparagus<\/span><\/p>\n Sugar Snap Peas<\/span><\/p>\n 1 Parsnip – peeled and chopped into chunks<\/span><\/p>\n Baby Sweetcorn<\/span><\/p>\n 1 Red Pepper<\/span><\/p>\n 1 Beetroot<\/span><\/p>\n A large handful of Spinach<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n For Avocado Pesto<\/span><\/p>\n 1 Avocado<\/span><\/p>\n 1 clove of Garlic finely chopped<\/span><\/p>\n a large handful of Basil<\/span><\/p>\n Salt and Pepper to taste<\/span><\/p>\n Method<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n As a side note I saved the rest of my pesto and had it the next day with a vegetable pasta \u2013 yummy!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n And that is it, my quick and healthy dinner that properly filled my stomach! Win, Win, Win.<\/span><\/p>\n More healthy recipes coming soon \u2013 be prepared for vegan chocolate and almond fudge!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" So just like everybody else I am doing a fairly health conscious January. No resolutions for myself \u2013 as I said in my last post I am focusing on my general approach rather than specific goals. That said exercise and … Continue reading \n