Ginger curry

For two persons.

25 g fresh ginger root, peeled
2 big cloves of garlic
1 onion
2 or 3 winter carrots (about 300 g)
1 red ball pepper
1 can of tomato pieces
1/2 tsp curry powder
1/2 tsp curcuma
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp cumin
1 tsp salt
1/3 cup coconut milk
optional: 1 tbl sucanat

Make a paste with the ginger, garlic and onion. I use my food processor. Place the ginger and garlic in the food processor. Turn the machine on shortly. Add the onion and turn the machine on a second time.

Cut the carrots in thin slices. Cut the red ball pepper in pieces (not too small).

Heat coconut oil in a heavy pan and fry the paste on high heat. Add the red ball pepper, the carrots and mix all the ingredients together.

Pour 1 cup of water in the pan and let the vegetables cook in the water, placing a lid on the pan the first 5 minutes and removing the lid the next 5 minutes. The water should almost be evaporated by now.

Now add the canned tomatoes, coconut milk, spices, salt and sucanat. Mix together and leave to cook for a while on low heat.

Cook quinoa with some curcuma to get nice yellow quinoa. Also steamed cabbage, cooked pears and cooked dried plums can be added.

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Sweet potato soup

For two people

1 onion
1 clove garlic
1 can chickpeas
2 bay leaves
3 tsp cumin powder
3 tsp fish spices without salt
1/2 tsp cinnamon
2 tablespoons broth powder
260 g sweet potato
100 g zucchini
1 liter of water

Cut the onion into thin slices, chop the garlic, slice the sweet potato and zucchini into cubes. Saute the onion, sweet potato and garlic in (coconut) oil. Add the zucchini and chickpeas to the pan and add the cumin, fish spices and cinnamon. Pour the water into the pan. Add the bay leaves and broth powder. Mix everything together and close the pan with a lid. Bring water to a boil and turn down the heat. Let the soup about 1/2 hour simmer over low heat. Remove the bay leaves from the soup before serving.


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Stuffed eggplant

For two people

1 large eggplant
1 small can tomato paste
120 grams of soya mince
1 onion chopped
1 tomato sliced
gomasio *
2 cloves garlic, thinly sliced
1 dash of white wine
2 bay leaves
1 stock cube
salt, pepper, paprika powder

Wash the eggplants and cut the peel to the inch as a zebra. So peel an inch wide and let then sit an inch shell, etc.. We do this because the skin is quite tough, but we can not complete the eggplant shells because they then lose its firmness. Cut the eggplants lengthwise through the middle. Bake the eggplants on all sides with sunflower oil. Put the pieces of fried eggplant in a baking dish. Cut the inner side of the eggplants and make a space for the sauce.

Cut the flesh of the eggplant small. The onion in the skillet gently fry. Add chopped soya mince and loose boxes. Add the chopped flesh of the eggplant to it. The wine, bay leaves, pepper, salt, paprika powder and stock cube to it and stir well. Then tomato paste with the sliced ​​garlic. Reduce heat to low and put lid on the pan half an hour to draw. Fill the hollowed-out eggplant in a baking dish side by side with the mince mixture. Tomato slices over it and distribute the gomasio, cover with aluminum foil for 20 minutes in a preheated oven at 180 ° C set. Remove foil and put for 10 more minutes in the oven.

* Condiment of toasted sesame seeds and sea salt, available in health food store.
~ Serve with boiled rice and a salad of lettuce, tomato, cucumber, spring onion, feta cheese and vinegar dressing.

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Noodles with leek

For two servings

1 package of konnyaku noodles
1 leek, thinly sliced
1/2 cucumber in half slices
1 ts ginger paste
coconut cooking cream with garlic*
2 sp soy sauce*
1 sp passion fruit vinegar
chili pepper and Gomasio* to taste

Let the noodles in a colander and rinse to 3 times with cold water.
Mix the soy sauce, vinegar and chili flakes in a bowl into a dressing. Add to the noodles, toss and set aside.
Heat oil in a wok. Carefully add the ginger paste. Add the leek slices after 30 seconds and cook for 2 minutes.
Add the marinated noodles and stir it through the whole 3-4 minutes. Add the cucumber and cook the whole. If it become too dry, add 50 ml of water. Season with ground pepper and gomasio.

* You can also use fresh garlic in combination with another oil, such as sesame oil
* Substitute for a sweeter accent soy sauce with soy sauce
* Gomasio is a condiment of roasted sesame seeds and salt and can be found in a health food store