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Family Food Club Online 6th November 2020

Family Food Club Online 6th November 2020

Posted by Layla Meerloo

This week Deshni showed us how to make her veg packed super stew and garlic bread, delicious and nourishing for the whole family on a winter’s day. Also Yovana shared a super simple recipe video kids will love!

Little Ziana definitely enjoyed it!

Deshni's Super Stew and Garlic Bread Recipe

Deshni

Deshni wanted to share this recipe because it is really simple and works well with any vegetables you have in your fridge or cupboard. So, if you have a spare piece of pepper or half a carrot lying around you can just add it into the mix!

It is also a great recipe to use with seasonal vegetables, which are a great option because they’re fresh, packed with nutrients and cheap! Good options for stews right now are:

Leeks
Celery
Butternut squash
Parsnips
The key thing with stews is making sure that vegetables that take a long time to cook (like potatoes, parsnips and carrots) go in first, then you can add quicker cooking vegetables at the end (broccoli, courgette, spinach).

Ingredients:

1 Large onion

2 Garlic cloves

½ Teaspoon turmeric

2 Bay leaves

1 Teaspoon thyme

600ml Stock

Oil

Great with lots of vegetables, choose:

Seasonal (delicious, healthy and cheap!): leeks, parsnips, celery, sweetcorn

AND/OR carrots, potatoes mushrooms, peppers, cabbage, spinach

Add: chickpeas or tinned beans

Method:

1- Roughly chop the garlic, onion, leeks and celery

2- Heat some oil in a pot and add the garlic and onion to soften, if you’re using leeks and celery add them too

3- Add ½ teaspoon turmeric, thyme and bay leaves or any other herbs that you like (paprika is good!)

4- Chop into large pieces the carrots, parsnips, potatoes and add to the pan

5- Stir and cover the vegetables with water and stock

6- Bring to the boil. Turn the heat down and simmer for about 15 minutes with the lid on until the potatoes are just softening, then you can add any other quick to cook vegetables like broccoli, spinach, courgettes etc. You can also add chickpeas or another type of tinned bean.

Add chopped parsley if you have some and serve!

Garlic Bread

Stews are great accompanied by crusty bread. Deshni showed us how to make a very tasty garlic bread.

Ingredients:

1 Clove garlic

Butter

Fresh parsley/dried herbs

Bread

Method:

  1. Finely chop or crush the garlic and parsley
  2. Mix with room temperature butter
  3. Spread onto bread or toast and eat it with your stew!

Yovana’s Egg and Spinach Recipe

Yovana made this great video to share with all the PACT families with a super simple, quick scrambled egg recipe. She says her children love it and it’s a good way to get them eating more vegetables. If you don’t have spinach you can always try with any vegetables you have to hand.

Ingredients:

Spinach

Gouda Cheese (cheddar is also good!)

Eggs

Oil

Posted by Ana Ramirez Mourraille on 6 Nov, 2020