Collard Wraps

Colorful vegan collard wraps loaded with vitamin-rich veggies, protein-packed chickpeas, and flavorful seasonings - these fresh wraps are the perfect plant-based packages!

Ingredients

Filling:

• 1 can chickpeas/garbanzo beans, rinsed and drained

• 2 celery stalks, diced

• 2 carrots, diced

• 1 tsp garlic powder

• 1 tsp ground ginger

• Juice of 1 Kalamansi lime

• 1 tsp pure maple syrup

• 1 tsp ground coriander

• 1 tsp ground turmeric

• 1 tsp Celtic sea salt

Wraps:

• 6 large collard greens (washed)

Instructions

1. Add chickpeas to a bowl and mash. Add remaining filling ingredients and toss until combined and mixture clumps together.

2. Take a collard leaf and use a paring knife or vegetable peeler to shave down the thicker part of the stem near the base of the leaf. This will make the collard wraps much easier to roll up. Trim the thickest part of the stem too.

3. Divide filling into six portions and add a portion to the middle of the collard leaf.

4. Fold over the left and right sides and roll up like a burrito. Slice in half.

5. Repeat steps 2-4 for remaining collard leaves. Enjoy!

Baked Falafel Stuffed Capsicums

The only time I will ever use the term "get stuffed" is when I'm talking to one of my favourite vegetables, the  commendable capsicum.

These stuffed capsicums are gluten-free and 100% plant-based.

This is literally one of my tastiest, yummiest, most mouth-watering and flavoursome recipes to date.

I've been wanting to write a blog post on these since I first made them on the weekend and seeing as my blog is now officially live (yay!) I decided I'd make them again this morning (double yay!) to remind myself of the ingredients and steps I used. 

I'm a big fan of Middle Eastern cuisine because of its freshness and flavour and also a big Mexican food lover (there's never a bad time for guac!) so stuffing capsicums with falafel just seemed to make sense in my mind, and then serving them with avocado sauce seemed like an even better idea!

I only had one capsicum and heaps of stuffing so I ended up making several small falafel patties too - these are perfect to fill a lunch box for school or work!

Makes 2 stuffed capsicums and 7 falafel patties
Prep time: half an hour
Cooking time: half an hour 

Falafel Stuffing

2 cups cooked chickpea splits (I actually cooked these on the weekend in a huge batch and froze them)
1 brown onion
small bunch of coriander, chopped
4 garlic cloves, crushed (for ease of peeling and also because garlic must be crushed or cut to release the anti-bacterial, anti-fungal and anti-viral activity of allicin)
2 tsp turmeric
1 tsp ground coriander
1/2 tsp ground ginger
Celtic sea salt to taste
3 tbsp coconut oil

Avocado Sauce

1/2 an avocado
juice of 1/2 a lemon, few tbsp of olive oil
2 spring onion shoots

1. Slice the capsicums in half and de-seed.

2. Pre-heat the oven to 190 C.
3. Toss all falafel ingredients into a food processor and pulse away until everything is holding together but a bit soggy.
4. Scoop mixture into capsicum halves and form remaining stuffing into slightly soggy falafel patties.

5. Place patties onto a baking-paper-lined tray for 25 minutes, until browned on the outside. 
6. Blend sauce ingredients and serve stuffed capsicums and falafels with avocado and Hawaiian red alaea salt, avocado sauce, lime wedges, and a smattering of hemp seeds and activated raw pumpkin kernels.

There you go! A Sisi-friendly, slightly Mexican spin on traditional falafel that's packed with nutrients and flavour! 

Banana Berry Bread and Berry Coconut Sorbet

These were recovery gifts for an injured friend and her fam! 

Bread:

💟 5 ripe bananas, mashed
💟 1/3 cup mixed berries
💟 1/4 cup goji berries
💟 handful of dried pear pieces, chopped
💟 1/2-3/4 cup Loving Earth coconut nectar (depending on desired sweetness)
💟 1/4 cup coconut oil, melted
💟 1 vanilla bean, ground
💟 fresh juice of half a lemon
💟 1/2 tsp ground ginger
💟 1/2 tsp Celtic sea salt
💟 1 and a 1/2 cups quinoa flakes (more for topping)
💟 1/3 cup almond meal
💟 1/3 cup amaranth flour
💟 1/3 cup sorghum flour
💟 handful of walnuts, chopped (more for topping)

1⃣ Mix bananas, coconut oil, coconut nectar, vanilla, lemon, ginger, salt, berries, and pear.
2⃣ Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients.
3⃣ Pour batter into a loaf pan and smooth out the top.
4⃣ Sprinkle with walnuts and quinoa flakes and bake at 175C (fan-forced) for 40 minutes.

Sorbet:

💟 2 cups of frozen mixed berries
💟 1/3 cup coconut cream
💟 1/3 cup Loving Earth coconut nectar

1⃣ Blend until well combined and serve with bread. 

✴️ You can leave out the goji berries and pear pieces if you'd prefer.

✅ Quinoa flakes are much more nutritious than oats and lighter on digestion!

Veggie Salad Rice Paper Rolls

This is one of my favourite packed lunch ideas! Fresh-made in the morning and full of baby spinach, celery, red onion, Syndian Natural Foods Veg Boost patty (vegan, soy-free, yeast-free, gluten-free, preservative-free and corn-free), Ozganics mild salsa (no added sugar), mung bean sprouts, and avocado! Delish! 😍