Lunch, lately.

Hello :) I thought I'd share with you some quick lunches, I've been making lately. I'm trying to eat more  vegetables you see, it can be quite difficult, though my job has been made easier by all the colourful and new season vegetables I get to see at the 3 markets where I work now. Crazy market lady, I am indeed.

Parsnips, purple carrots & white baby carrots. They're so cute. I've been roasting all these vegetables a lot recently. The purple carrots are intense! 

Red quinoa salad with mint, basil, pine nuts, pepitas and dried cranberries with kale chips and roast vegetables. I roasted sweet potato, parsnips and baby white carrots. The carrots are my favourite and roasted whole they're super sweet, soft and wholesome. 

Slight variation from the above salad. I added hazelnuts this time too. 

Wholemeal wrap with chickpeas, mashed sweet potato with spices, sauteed spinach and haloumi. It was wrapped, toasted, cut in half and enjoyed. It was inspired by a toasted sandwich I had at a Sonoma Bakery cafe recently, which included a delicious spiced pumpkin mash. 

Raw cauliflower salad. The recipe is from the cooking class I did at Alfalfa House (& I attended another recently, more to come!), and I've been making this salad non stop. All you need:

1/2 or 1 cauliflower, shredded finely

drizzle or three of olive oil

pinch of sea salt

cayenne pepper

lemon/lime juice

lots of fresh herbs

pepitas 

I chopped the cauliflower very finely. I made this last night and took leftovers to uni today with millet, red quinoa and corn. I suggest making the salad with a whole cauliflower, and storing it in your fridge for quick salad fun times!

What have you been making for lunch, lately? Are you a roasted or raw vegetable lady (or gent) ?

Hannah x

p.s. I wrote this post about ways to boost your vegetable intake over a year ago now! You may like to read it :) Or alternatively, not.

p.p.s I just pre-ordered Sarah Wilsons I Quit Sugar Cookbook! Although, I've realised, I will never quit sugar (sometimes there is nothing nicer than a pastry or slice of cake), I'm happy to be inspired to cook more sugar free recipes.