Feta Avocado Dip

Just a quick post today with a tasty and easy snack before I head out to meet my lovely friend Katie for lunch. This is basically a quasi-guacamole with feta instead of the tomatoes onion that you might usually find. I was mainly trying to find a way to use up the last bit of my feta and this worked really well. I served it with some carrot batons and slices of red pepper. Delicious!

Prep Time: 5 min

Cook Time: N/A

Serves: 1 

Ingredients: 

1/2 an avocado, mashed

1 tbsp Greek or natural yogurt

15g feta, crumbled

1-2 tsp lemon juice 

Salt 

1 carrot, sliced 

1/2 red pepper, sliced

Method: 

Mix the avocado, yogurt, feta and lemon juice and season with salt to your preference. 

Serve with carrot sticks and red pepper slices. Enjoy! 

Beat the Heat Summer Salad

Tasty salad!

Hello! I'm back from lovely Rome to scorching heat here in London. With only my small desk fan for company, it's been absolutely baking all day both inside the flat and out. After running a few errands, I was ready for a tasty treat that wouldn't require too much energy and wouldn't add to the heat! Although this recipe does require the use of an oven, it's only for five minutes. Plus, I recommend doubling the kale and enjoying it as a snack later. I also cooked all six vegetarian sausages so that they'd be ready to go next time so that I wouldn't have to use the stove more this evening.

Prep Time: 5 min

Cook Time: 5-10 min

Serves: 1

Ingredients: 

2 handfuls of chopped Kale
1 tbsp olive oil
Salt
Pepper
1 beetroot, cooked and chopped
1/4 red pepper, chopped
1/2 an avocado, chopped
1 green onion, chopped
1 veggie sausage
2 tbsp hummus
1 tsp apple cider vinegar
2 tsp honey

Method:

Preheat oven to 180C.

Mix the kale, olive oil, salt and pepper in a bowl and tip out onto a baking tray. Pop into the oven for 5-10 minutes, until the kale is crispy. Set aside.

Saute the veggie sausage for 3 minutes in a dash of oil until it is browned on all sides. Slice into disks and set aside.

Whisk the hummus, vinegar and honey into a dressing. Add a splash of water if it seems too thick. Finally, assemble the kale, sausage and remaining ingredients in your salad bowl and drizzle with the dressing. Enjoy!