Recipe: Baked carrot with avocado sauce

Yes, another recipe and I believe you don't mind ;)
I was watching Jaime Oliver yesterday and he was making baked vegetables, using olive oil, salt, pepper and different kind of herbs for each kind of vegetable. I don't remember what he used for carrot (maybe rosemary), so I used oregano instead. As you can see on picture, I baked eggplant and mushrooms, too, because I had little piece of eggplant and 2 mushrooms left in a fridge and they needed to be used :). And I combined baked vegetables with avocado "sauce", which is a great mayo substitute.

Ingredients:
- 4 medium sized carrots, halved
- eggplant & mushrooms (optional), chopped into smaller pieces
- salt, pepper
- oregano
- olive oil
- avocado, halved, deseeded
- apple cider vinegar
- powdered garlic

 
1. Put carrots into a baking sheet, add 1 table spoon of olive oil, salt, pepper and oregano. Toss them, so they are covered with oil and spices. Do the same with eggplant and mushrooms.
2. Put the baking sheet in a pre-heated oven on 180˙C for 30-40 minutes (it depends on how baked you want them to be. Bare in mind that smaller pieces (eggplant and mushrooms) will be baked sooner. Make sure you don't burn them).
3. Meanwhile prepare an avocado sauce. Scoop out the avocado into a food processor, add 2 tea spoons of apple cider vinegar, salt and garlic to taste. Process until avocado becomes creamy and all ingredients are well combined.
4. Serve. ;)

If you're using bigger carrots, quarter them. You can also use any kind of other vegetable you prefer.

Tell me how you like this recipe if you try it out! Maybe even for Christmas dinner or lunch? ;)

Merry almost Christmas!

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Recipe: Oatmeal pancakes with chocolate cream

Sometimes the easiest recipes are the best. Sometimes you just need to combine two recipes into one and they make a perfect couple. Sometimes you need to experiment in kitchen - I rephrase that - you need to experiment in kitchen always. I showed you recipes for both dishes, but let's combine them today :) ...

Recipe for oatmeal cookies HERE.
Recipe for avocado mousse/pudding: HERE.
Ingredients:
50 g oatmeal
1 banana
1 tea spoon of coconut oil/butter
1/2 avocado, deseeded, scooped out
1 table spoon of cocoa powder (unsweetened)
2 table spoon of maple syrup
dash of cinnamon
raspberries

Preparation:
1. Mash a banana, add oatmeal. Mash both ingredients together until well combined.
2. Put a tea spoon of coconut oil/butter in a hot pan. Form little pancakes/cookies with a dough you just created and fry them on both sides until slightly golden. Transfer on to the plate and set aside.
3. Put avocado in a food processor and process. Add maple syrup, cocoa and cinnamon. Process again until well combined.
4. Spread chocolate cream over the pancakes and garnish with raspberries on top. Serve. :)

See. Super easy and delicious.

Let me know what you think, if you tried it. Have a lovely day.

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AVOCADO + ways of using it

If you've never tried avocados, you don't know what you are missing! I think I actually tried them this year for the first time, and it was love at first bite. The only bad thing is that they are quite expensive in my country (yesterday I bought 3 avocados for 5,50 €!).

Avocados are super foods, full of vitamins, potassium, magnesium, monounsaturated fats, are sodium and cholesterol-free ... They help you lower blood cholesterol, are good for your heart, skin, hair, teeth, nails, help your eyes to stay healthy, they give you energy, boost your metabolism ...
You can read more amazing avocado benefits here: www.avocado.org. I'm so happy I found this site, it has amazing recipes, nutritional facts etc. Go and check it out!

My favourite ways of using it:

1. In SALADS.
This is actually my favourite way to use avocados. I just put all ingredients in a bowl and add half of avocado (if avocado is teeny tiny, I use one whole). I make my salad with whatever I have in fridge. Two examples:

Rucola, tomato, beans, mozzarella cheese, half avocado with little bit of olive oil, salt and apple cider vinegar.

Tomatoes, beans, half avocado with olive oil, salt, garlic, apple cider vinegar.

2. In SANDWICHES.
I'm not a big bread eater, because I think they are so many other delicious foods out there. I just want to make more space in my tummy for other yummy foods :) But when I eat it, I usually always put avocado in it, to make it richer.
Avocados have a creamy texture, they are really fattening, so they are a good substitute for mayonnaise.

 Rye bread with half avocado, rucola, tomato, cucumber (I would add mozzarella or goat cheese to add protein).

3. As a SIDE DISH.
The third way is to just put it as a side dish.

 I cooked some quinoa with veggies and added half of avocado. So simple!

4. DESSERT.
 My favourite dessert is vegan chocolate mousse. I posted a recipe not so long ago: click here.

Hope I gave you some ideas how to use avocados. Otherwise, you can still click HERE and see the amazing recipes! Good I bought 3 avocados yesterday!
You can even make face and hair masks, but about that some other time. :)

How do you prepare your avocado dishes?