On a veggie boosted food regime and making a conscious effort to eat healthier and include more greens into meals.

I love salads, and ate only ital food for 5 years before, so it’s not a foreign feeling, but am not so familiar with different ways of preparing green meals. Over the weekend, I had a craving for a salad and tried making one a new way – using 50% steamed and 50% raw veg.

Y’all, it was delicious! The natural flavours of the vegetables fuse together nicely, and the soft and medium-done texture combo makes it somewhat more filling that an all-raw salad. So I thought to share the prep-steps with you here:

Ingredients:

1 hand of kale

2 stalks of broccoli

1/5 sweet pepper

1 small carrot

5 small okras

1 think stalk of thyme

1 tbsp sesame seed oil

2 parsley leaves

1 blade of chive

tiny bit of finely-diced red pepper

sprinkle of salt and black pepper 

sprinkle of spices

Instructions:

1. Grater carrot, cheese, and garlic. Dice sweet peppers and chives. Shred thyme stalk. Set aside.
2. Slice the broccoli into small bouquets and kale (keep okra whole) and steam in a saucepan (cover on) for 3-5 minutes (so they still have a crunch.)
3. Add salt and black pepper to saucepan. Remove from heat when ready.
4. In a clean salad bowl, combine everything together – sprinkle cheese, splash sesame seed oil and stir together.
5. Get a plate and enjoy.