Between moving and university, I have pretty much lived on junk food, caffeine and alcohol for the last month or so. My body finally crashed- 2 days of fever, one minute shivering while wearing my coat next to the heater, the next lying on my bed with a bunch of frozen peas spread on me. I had 2 days eating very little but two slices of bread and butter as it was the only thing that would sit, and the sight of food would nauseate me. Finally felt better yesterday so I got myself out the house, searched Glasgow for a blender (which is a bit like the search for the grail in this city, many shops didn't stock them but had about 10 different types of fat fryer if I decided I wanted death by chip-fat) and hit Holland and Barrett which I've always considered a bit of a toff place- but they have AMAZING veggie stock! I could have had mock duck from a can should I decide to lose trust in all 5 of my senses. Instead, I bought myself a bag of quinoa (I was keen to try), dry-packs of 'make your own' burgers and falafels aaaaaaaaand some vegan chorizo. Last night was fabulous. I did spend quite a bit of time trying to gage when quinoa is cooked and texting all my healthy-living friends to ask them.
But my dinner last night:
Cooked quinoa (boiled with veggie stock for about 10-15mins, it seems a lot like risotto- just keep adding as it absorbs)
Half an onion
One clove of garlic
2-3 handfuls of kale
Vegan chorizo (as much as you want)
all fried together for a bit- fanbloodytasty. I definitely want it again.
This morning I decided to try out my blender and this recipe:
http://www.picklesnhoney.com/2013/10/17/anti-inflammatory-blueberry-smoothie/
substituting honey with molasses.
It was rather tasty thought the blueberries seem to get a bit lost when you add kale to it. If I'm spending £2 on blueberries, I damned well want to taste them! So there's a future note, maybe need to find a milder green to chuck in there? Also, never in a million year was my smoothies gunna be that dark. AND I would definitely strain the walnuts.
