Bored with salad? Spice up your diet with these green recipes!
Greens. We all know we should eat more of them, but sometimes it’s really difficult to come up with new and interesting ways to include them in our diet which isn’t a plain boring old side salad.
Canadian food blogger Jessica Nadel from Cupcakes and Kale comes to the rescue with her first cookery book published this month, Greens 24/7.
In this cookery book, vegan writer Jessica shares over 100 of her quick and easy recipes incorporating over 40 different types of green. How about some Cinnamon Courgette Waffles for breakfast, Mango, Avocado and Cucumber Summer Rolls for lunch, Stuffed Baked Sweet Potatoes with Broccoli, Swiss Chard and Hummus for dinner and some delectableĀ Courgette Chocolate Cake for afters?
The book is broken down into five comprehensive sections:
- Smoothies and Breakfasts
- Green Sides & Small Bites
- Green Soups & Salads
- Green Main Meals
- Green Cakes and Desserts.
There are also smaller but very well written introductory sections introducing the green ingredients used in the recipes, green fact files and information on some of the other ingredients used throughout the book. Green meal menu plans are also included.
Each recipe is accompanied by a beautiful, mouth-watering photograph by Jackie Sobon.
Designed by the incredibly talented Lucy over at Supergolden Bakes and published in the UK by Apple Press on the 8th of January 2014, this 176 page paperback cookbook retails for £14.99 and can be found on Amazon.
The book is packed full of inspiring vegan recipes – I am looking forward to the arrival of the spring greens in my weekly organic vegetable box to start getting creative with them again! This book is sure to be referred to time and time again in my kitchen.
One of the recipes which immediately struck me when I first opened the cook book was that for a green juice without the use of a juicer – simply blend the ingredients together and strain through a nut bag! Apple Press have kindly given me permission to reproduce the recipe below.
Green Juice Without a Juicer
Ingredients
- 60 grams spinach
- 2 apples
- 1 cucumber
- 2.5 cm fresh ginger root
- 250 ml water
- a few drops of liquid stevia (optional)
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Instructions
- Place all the ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth.
- Strain through the nut milk bag or cheesecloth and serve.
- If desired, garnish with a cucumber slice.
Notes
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Fantastic way to have green juice without having to buy a juicer.
Kale!
Broccoli is my favourite green
Peas for me
Spinach or brocolli xx
Spin Spin Spinage!
I loves it more than Popeye!
My favourite green is brussel sprouts š
Brussel sprouts! BEST THINGS EVER!!!!!!!!!
Sprouts š
spinach
Spinach is my favourite.
Spinach – yum
Broccoli
I love spring greens, especially baked as an alternative to crisps – they’re yummy! š
Broccoli
young spinach
My favourite has to be spinach.
Sprouts, raw or cooked I love them š
Asparagus
Broccoli
Kale – it’s so versatile and I love it in my smoothies.
Broccoli
broccoli
Rocket closely followed by watercress
Fresh spring greens, definitely. Lightly steamed and seasoned with pepper and served with a little butter. Delicious.
Sprouts
spinach
Raw cabbage. Yum yum š
Cabbage
Cabbage
Broccoli
I really love spinach š
Peas for me ~
Asparagus
Broccoli
Curly kale.
Spinach
Asparagas
Spinach. Love it in Macaroni Cheese! š
I love fresh baby spinach
I love rocket!
I luuuurve spinach š
spinach for me
Brussell sprouts
curly kale as we grow it ourselves & we love to eat it
Love all greens but savoy cabbage a favourite!
Kale all the way! ā¤ļø
Spinach!
Peas
peas
Garden peas
My favourite green when I was a child was brussels sprouts picked fresh from the garden. I haven’t got space for a garden now so my new favourite is rocket – with just about everything.
I like raw spinach
Sprouts – don’t judge me!
I love spinach both raw and cooked
Peas
Leeks / Leeks and peas together make a lovely combination. thanks
Love curly kale. So versatile
Sweetheart cabbage.
Oooh tough. I love all my greens! Asparagus is probably a tad above the rest
spinach
spinach
Spinach- I adore it raw or cooked and use it as the basis of many of my dishes- My favourite base dish is is Sag aloo which I also add roasted root vegetables and gnocchi to.
broccoli
I love broccoli
I love Peas
spinach like popeye
My favourite green is kale
cabbage
Asparagus!
Spinach
Its either curly kale or savoy cabbage š
courgettes
Spinach is really growing on me. I seem to be adding it to everything.
Broccoli!
Spinach
Broccoli
Peas! But I love them all really
rocket š
Kale is my favourite š
asparagus
Kale!
My fav at the moment is spinach
Spinach it is so versatile.
I love green beans. x
Peas are my fave
runner beans
Plain old peas – I love them!
Asparagus
I am a big spinach fan. I use it in a lot of meals.
Spinach
Spinach – like popeye toot toot
Spinach!
Cabbage
Spinach
Cabbage
For me it depends on what it is. I love spinach in juices and smoothies, spinach as a general green veggie and I love rocket in salads. Yum ! This book sounds great x
I always assumed you needed an expensive juicer to be able to “juice” – consider my lesson learned!
Thanks so much for linking up with #TriedTested this week x
Spinach either raw or steamed
Love Rocket.
Spinach!
I love the idea that you can create juices without an expensive juicer. Thanks for linking up with #TriedTested
Green beans
Spinach, I add it to my morning smoothie
Spinach!
Lambs lettuce or watercress. I love both in Salads & sandwiches
I love spinach, it’s such a versatile green
Another recipe for my juice diet š
I like spinach. Looks like a good book for new years resolutions
This looks great and I’ll definitely check it out, thanks for sharing. I love greens; my favourites are probably broccoli, courgettes, kale and spinach, although I think I like just about any of them! x #TriedTested
Kale
Edamame beans
Mummy bean loves spinach. She says this looks like a great book for tired mummies that need and energy boost!
Peas š x
Since my little one has started on solids, Iām starting to re-evaluate my own diet. The biscuit excess might have to make way for more greens (lead by example and all that). Looks like a good book. Iām a big broccoli fan myself. Particularly with salmon. Simplest. easiest meal ever. #TriedTested
Sounds like a great book for helping get more greens into your diet. I love spinach as I find this easy to slip in to a lot of different dishes š
My fave green vegetable is Broccoli.
My partner and I are always saying that the biggest downfall to our (relatively healthy) diet is that we don’t get enough greens. This book would be perfect to helps up our intake.
#TriedTested
Jenna at Tinyfootsteps xx
Ramsons-wild garlic
spinach
My favourite green is peas, especially mushy peas.
Courgette!
I love green beans
broccolli
Kale
I love brussel sprouts
Peas
My Favorite is Marrow ..
Brussel Sprouts!
green beans
Broccoli
Sugar snap peas
Broccoli
Spinach. I add it to everything!
My favorite green is spinach.
It has to be peas.
Broccoli, although haven’t tried it juiced
Broccoli every time
Sprout Tops
Spinach is great in a curry
ah thats so hard!!! i love most greens. id probably have to go with either peas or broccoli, but the rest aren’t far behind
I love spinach. It is so versatile, tasty and good for you.
Love all greens but if have to choose brocolli
i love broccoli š
I love kale š
I love this book (but I am rather biased!) and have been exploring more vegetarian/vegan recipes thanks to Jessica.
spinach
My fav is Spinach
love broccoli
French Beans for me!
The humble pea!!
Spinach x
Cabbage! Love it.
British gracing green! To see it on the old style racing cars, so evocative!
Cabbage!! Any kind
everything really .. avocado yum
Has to be broccoli however I am starting to get into Kale, now there’s a statement I never thought I’d make!!!!
cabbage
Spinach.
I love greens! My fave is broccoli xx
Broccoli and cauliflower for me
spinich
I think Spring greens are my favourite. They are easy to grow, really versatile and I sometimes use them if I don’t have kale or spinach to hand for a recipe.
I love broccoli!
spinach š xx
Cabbage, I love it.
broccoli
i like most but especially brocolli
spinach
brussell sprouts
Edamame beans
Broccoli
Chard.
Spinach
Pea shoots and anything sprouted š
Peas!
Kale š
i love peas
love sprouts
Kale for me
I’ve got really into green smoothies recently; but I use my Breville Blend Active x
Laura | A Life With Frills
cabbage
cabbage
Runner Beans, I love them!
Spinach for me as a green definitely and I have a book similar to this, it is so informative x
I like most greens, but I guess my favorite would have to be spinach. I’d love to find more ways to incorporate healthy ingredients into my daily cooking.
I love peas!
Looks like some interesting recipes there
Hannah
themakeupjunkiesdiary.blogspot.co.uk
Brussel sprouts :’0
My favourite is spinach
What is your favourite green?
So many – l love my greens, especially curly Kale
I like sprouts
Spinach great for lots of dishes and the kids love it x
my favourite is spinach
spinach is my favourite because it’s equally good raw or cooked
Kale – as it’s so versatile in recipes and so easy to grow
broccoli is my fav
My fave greens are runner beans š