Thanks for stopping by. This is a blog about a man and his family Living, Eating and Growing in London's East End.
I am using sprouted flours in this recipe as I like using whole grains and have found these flours to be very cooperative when baking. The sprouted flours do not seem to have the 'heaviness' that I have noticed in my endeavours using unsprouted wholegrain flours.
These open sandwiches are fairly straightforward to prepare, quick in the making and delicious. I like the recipe combination so much that I decided to include the artichoke pate and the roasted aubergine recipes in the same post to underline the combination - although of course either is very tasty on its own.
In this section I will cover what I have found to work nutritionally and reflect on training and competing in endurance and high and low intensity sports. I will aim to compile an evolving catalogue of foods for before, during and post training, what I eat prior to training or a competitive event, as well as what I carry/consume during and what I have found works for recovery.
Life, parenthood, work, stress, travel... are all endurance sports, so I do not see why this treat should be limited to just our physical exercise pursuits.
This turned out to be a great weekend lunch that all three of us enjoyed. It was crisp outside so as much we wanted to bask in the sun, we had to dine indoors.
1st breakfast, because we usually have a second shortly afterwards, but also because it was the first breakfast we made for Baby Green at 6 months (quite possibly his first multi-flavoured meal, i.e. not a single ingredient vegetable puree), and he still likes it more than a year later.
This big bowl of yumminess brings together a lot of my favourite ingredients and flavours. It takes me back to childhood years and many ensuing summers spent in Damascus, Syria where it is hot and dry and full of happy times.
Recipes for a green smoothie are probably in the four, five, possibly six digits online by now. They are quick, easy and child friendly. Since the fruits, vegetables and nuts are blended they retain all of their nutrition with is better absorbed because the fiber is included.
