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 delectable 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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Jane Barrett
Fantastic way to have green juice without having to buy a juicer.
Jaime Hyland
Kale!
Lyndsey Beckford
Broccoli is my favourite green
Kiran Parry
Peas for me
Natalie Crossan
Spinach or brocolli xx
Andy T
Spin Spin Spinage!
I loves it more than Popeye!
kimberley grant
My favourite green is brussel sprouts 🙂
EJ Dunn
Brussel sprouts! BEST THINGS EVER!!!!!!!!!
Lisa Wilkinson
Sprouts 🙂
karen Howden
spinach
Janice Mackin
Spinach is my favourite.
Rachel Head
Spinach – yum
Elisa Cartwright
Broccoli
Jenifer
I love spring greens, especially baked as an alternative to crisps – they’re yummy! 🙂
Kay panayi
Broccoli
lynn neal
young spinach
Dawn Totton
My favourite has to be spinach.
Patricia Avery
Sprouts, raw or cooked I love them 🙂
Maria Jane Knight
Asparagus
Sheri Darby
Broccoli
Tracy Ashwin
Kale – it’s so versatile and I love it in my smoothies.
Jill fairbank
Broccoli
Stacy Fenemore
broccoli
Lynda Shrubb
Rocket closely followed by watercress
Steve Weaver
Fresh spring greens, definitely. Lightly steamed and seasoned with pepper and served with a little butter. Delicious.
Becky John
Sprouts
Joanna Sawka
spinach
Jules
Raw cabbage. Yum yum 🙂
Daniel Stacey
Cabbage
Barbara Handley
Cabbage
Averil Lea
Broccoli
Emily Knight
I really love spinach 🙂
lorraine stone
Peas for me ~
Ian Yates
Asparagus
sarah
Broccoli
Helen Allan
Curly kale.
roxanne rayne
Spinach
Karen Dixon
Asparagas
Spencer Wright
Spinach. Love it in Macaroni Cheese! 🙂
Julie Brightman
I love fresh baby spinach
Leesa Dunn
I love rocket!
Jasmine Ferrari
I luuuurve spinach 🙂
cathyj
spinach for me
LEE HARDY
Brussell sprouts
Louise Lumsden
curly kale as we grow it ourselves & we love to eat it
Sarah P
Love all greens but savoy cabbage a favourite!
Leslie Rattue
Kale all the way! ❤️
Deborah Bird
Spinach!
Mark Palmer
Peas
Helen
peas
Claire D
Garden peas
Susan B
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.
Lesley Bradley
I like raw spinach
Robin
Sprouts – don’t judge me!
jo liddement
I love spinach both raw and cooked
Donna Caldwell
Peas
Georgina Jacobs
Leeks / Leeks and peas together make a lovely combination. thanks
ros bonner
Love curly kale. So versatile
Helen Ellis
Sweetheart cabbage.
Nancy
Oooh tough. I love all my greens! Asparagus is probably a tad above the rest
Megan Davies
spinach
Rebecca Hodson
spinach
Kim Styles
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.
claire haskins
broccoli
Wendy Smith
I love broccoli
zjkellett
I love Peas
Joanna Butler-Savage
spinach like popeye
Victoria B
My favourite green is kale
Eleanor Powell
cabbage
Loredana Spano
Asparagus!
louise ryves (rogers)
Spinach
Fran H
Its either curly kale or savoy cabbage 🙂
michelle pierce
courgettes
Sarah Archibald
Spinach is really growing on me. I seem to be adding it to everything.
Charlotte Hood
Broccoli!
Solange
Spinach
Katherine Coldicott
Broccoli
Helen Metcalfe
Peas! But I love them all really
EMMA WALTERS
rocket 🙂
Karen T.
Kale is my favourite 🙂
lisa chappell
asparagus
Kathleen Bywaters
Kale!
Julie Savage
My fav at the moment is spinach
Janet T
Spinach it is so versatile.
@jamesmum15
I love green beans. x
Paul Walsh
Peas are my fave
claire woods
runner beans
Emma Ellams
Plain old peas – I love them!
Lydia Frew
Asparagus
gemma nisbet
I am a big spinach fan. I use it in a lot of meals.
Gillian Holmes
Spinach
Ellie Spider
Spinach – like popeye toot toot
Carla H
Spinach!
Michelle Banks
Cabbage
Simon Harrington
Spinach
Paul Witney
Cabbage
Charlie Hughes
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
Colette B
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
Ella L
Spinach either raw or steamed
Gavin Cowell
Love Rocket.
Kelly Wiffin
Spinach!
Kate @ Family Fever
I love the idea that you can create juices without an expensive juicer. Thanks for linking up with #TriedTested
MichelleD
Green beans
emma franklin
Spinach, I add it to my morning smoothie
Kelly L
Spinach!
charlotte clavier
Lambs lettuce or watercress. I love both in Salads & sandwiches
Rosalind Blight
I love spinach, it’s such a versatile green
Holly Hollyson
Another recipe for my juice diet 🙂
Louise Fairweather
I like spinach. Looks like a good book for new years resolutions
Louise @ Birds and Lilies
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
Sara Jane G
Kale
Harriet
Edamame beans
D Nelson
Mummy bean loves spinach. She says this looks like a great book for tired mummies that need and energy boost!
Kim Carberry
Peas 🙂 x
Milly Sell
Since my little one has started on solids, I’m 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. I’m a big broccoli fan myself. Particularly with salmon. Simplest. easiest meal ever. #TriedTested
Louise
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 🙂
Jenna
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
Benjamin Knibbs
Ramsons-wild garlic
Rebecca Beesley
spinach
Kirstin Lydon
My favourite green is peas, especially mushy peas.
Carolyn smith
Courgette!
Sandra Lane
I love green beans
sarah rees
broccolli
Sarah Spencer
Kale
Sarah Heath
I love brussel sprouts
Reg Vandra
Peas
Eva Appleby
My Favorite is Marrow ..
Lyla
Brussel Sprouts!
joanne darnell
green beans
Mark Richmond
Broccoli
Laura Pritchard
Sugar snap peas
Tracey Parker
Broccoli
Kylie Gibbard
Spinach. I add it to everything!
Annette
My favorite green is spinach.
Andy Kadir-Buxton
It has to be peas.
Sheila Reeves
Broccoli, although haven’t tried it juiced
scott webster
Broccoli every time
Jackie ONeill
Sprout Tops
Neil Graham
Spinach is great in a curry
maxine m partridge
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
Marie B
I love spinach. It is so versatile, tasty and good for you.
Cat Rice
Love all greens but if have to choose brocolli
lauren tourle
i love broccoli 🙂
Karen R
I love kale 🙂
Lucy @SupergoldenBakes
I love this book (but I am rather biased!) and have been exploring more vegetarian/vegan recipes thanks to Jessica.
gemma brown
spinach
alex fowler
My fav is Spinach
elaine dale
love broccoli
Stuart
French Beans for me!
Tim Woolfenden
The humble pea!!
Claire Nutman
Spinach x
Liam Bishop
Cabbage! Love it.
Steve Weaver
British gracing green! To see it on the old style racing cars, so evocative!
Kristy Brown
Cabbage!! Any kind
kellyjo walters
everything really .. avocado yum
Susan Laing
Has to be broccoli however I am starting to get into Kale, now there’s a statement I never thought I’d make!!!!
gillian burden
cabbage
Suzanne
Spinach.
Laura Costello
I love greens! My fave is broccoli xx
Spencer Broadley
Broccoli and cauliflower for me
melanie allen
spinich
Caroline H
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.
Katherine L
I love broccoli!
Isabelle Smith
spinach 🙂 xx
Angela Fitzjohn
Cabbage, I love it.
Rebecca Phillips
broccoli
Kylie Goldsmith
i like most but especially brocolli
Angie Hoggett
spinach
Heather Simpson
brussell sprouts
Victoria R Morrison
Edamame beans
Deborah Heritage
Broccoli
Paul Wilson
Chard.
Karen Barrett
Spinach
Egle
Pea shoots and anything sprouted 🙂
Barry Page
Peas!
Sarah Pybus
Kale 🙂
winnie
i love peas
iain maciver
love sprouts
Lance Bellers
Kale for me
Laura Pearson-Smith
I’ve got really into green smoothies recently; but I use my Breville Blend Active x
Laura | A Life With Frills
Suzanne Drummond
cabbage
emma falvi
cabbage
Tracey Peach
Runner Beans, I love them!
Rachel
Spinach for me as a green definitely and I have a book similar to this, it is so informative x
Monica Gilbert
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.
Nick @ Bakingbeardy
I love peas!
Hannah
Looks like some interesting recipes there
Hannah
themakeupjunkiesdiary.blogspot.co.uk
Helen Battle
Brussel sprouts :’0
kim neville
My favourite is spinach
Chris Andrews
What is your favourite green?
So many – l love my greens, especially curly Kale
Keith Hunt
I like sprouts
Samantha Lancaster
Spinach great for lots of dishes and the kids love it x
pete c
my favourite is spinach
Morag P
spinach is my favourite because it’s equally good raw or cooked
Sarah Maclean
Kale – as it’s so versatile in recipes and so easy to grow
janine atkin
broccoli is my fav
Jessica Powell
My fave greens are runner beans 🙂