Quinoa Stuffed Peppers

Hello everybody I hope you are having a wonderful week, this week I'm doing overtime at work so I'll upload another recycled video from my other channel (A pinch of star). I always go back to this recipe when I want to have something satisfying, warm and full of flavour. This recipe is delicious but also pretty healthy, it has quinoa which is a grain with a fair amount of protein and almost no fat, veggies (onion and peppers) which have lots of vitamin C and some lean meat for more protein. Anyway I hope you like it.

Ingredients

• 3 Red bell peppers
• 2 Garlic cloves
• 1 Onion
• 1 Carrot
• 2 Tbsp italian seasoning
• 1 chicken stock cube
• Salt and pepper to taste
• 1 Cup of cooked quinoa
• 1 Can of crushed tomatoes
• ½ Kg of lean beef
• 1 Tsp tomato paste (optional)
• Parmesan cheese (optional)

Process

• Clean and cut the peppers in halves, remove the seed and the inner White meat.
• Put the peppers in a pot, with hot water and boil then until soft but firm.
• Peel and cut the onion and the carrot in tiny pieces
• In a saucepan put a Little bit of vegetable oil and sauté the onion until translucent.
• Add the carrots and then the beef and mix.
• Add the chicken bouillon and break it so it can be mixed well.
• Add the minced garlic, the salt and pepper to taste and the Italian seasoning, mix everything together and stir fry until the beef is fully cooked.
• Add the pureed tomato, mix well and stir fry 5 minutes.
• To add a little bit more of taste you can add concentrated tomato
• Finally add the quinoa and mix everything together.
• In an oven plate putt he pepper halves and putt he filling inside. Don’t be shy put as much as you can.
• You can put some parmesan cheese on top before putting the pepper inside the oven.
• Put the peppers in the oven at 190 ºC with both burners on for about 15 minutes until the cheese is melted and golden brown.

Here you have the video

Healthy Pizza

Hello everybody, today is a holiday here in Spain and it's raining so I'm thinking about drinking a cup of tea right now hehehe. Today I ate some lentil stew and for dessert chia pudding, you can see a photo on Instagram if you like: https://www.instagram.com/tinyhealthykitchen/

Anyway today I'll show you how to make a healthy pizza!! Pizza can be healthy if you use a dough made with some whole wheat flour, add veggies, add proteins, don't get crazy with cheese and eat the right portion, everything is about the balance :). Let's go to the recipe!!

Here you have the pdf to download it and print the recipe: Healthy pizza

Ingredients

Pizza dough (for four medium size pizzas)

• 300 gr White flour
• 300 gr whole wheat flour
• 11 gr active dry yeast
• Warm water
• 1 Tsp salt

Basic ingredients for a margarita pizza

• 2 Tbsp. Tomato puree/paste/sauce
• Olive oil
• Parmesan cheese
• 60-70 gr Mozzarella cheese
• Few basil leaves

Other toppings

• Whatever you like

Process

• In a bowl put together the two kind of flours add salt and mix.
• Dissolve the yeast in warm water and mix very well until completely dissolved.
• Pour the yeast mixture on top of the flours, mix everything together with the spoon and then with your hands.
• Knead the dough for at least 10 minutes.
• Let the dough rest for about 3 hours in a warm place to double or triple in size.
• If you want to frost the dough divide it four, wrap each portion with plastic wrap and put it in the freezer. Defrost it 4 hours before eating or overnight in the fridge.
• Use your hands or a rolling pin to stretch the dough.
• Put a layer of tomato puree/paste/sauce on the dough, then a drizzle of olive oil, some parmesan cheese, the mozzarella, the cherry tomatoes and the basil
• You are free to put whatever you like on the pizza.
• Cook the pizza in a preheated oven at 220 ºC for 7 to 10 minutes.

Here you have the video

Shrimp and veggies stir fry

Hi everyone! If you know me you would know that I'm a big fan of Asian food, I love everything about it and I enjoy making Asian recipes by myself, doing so I learn a lot about these so different cultures and the different and "weird" ingredients they have. One of the thing I really like about Asian food is that it is healthier than the food we find in occident, it has a lot of veggies and lots of different and complex flavours. When I first started to dive into the amazing world of Asian food I went to this little Thai restaurant here in Barcelona and I'm gonna be honest maybe it is not the most authentic Thai restaurant but I love their food, specially a shrimp and vegetables stir fry. The original recipe has added sugar, but I don't put any because the pineapple is actually sweet enough to sweeten this delicious recipe. Of course you can skip the shrimps if you are vegetarian or vegan, so this recipe is for everyone out there who loves veggies and flavourful meal. Enjoy!

Here you have the video for this recipe:

Here you have a pdf link to download it and print it: Shrimp and veggies stir fry

Ingredients

• 1 Tbsp minced garlic
• 2 Tbsp oyster sauce
• 1 Tbsp soy sauce
• 3 Tbsp tomato sauce/paste
• White pepper to taste
• 1 Cucumber
• 14 Cherry tomatoes
• 200 gr shrimps
• 150 gr Peppers
• 170 gr Pineapple
• 1 Onion

Procedure

• Cut the pepper and onion in pieces of approximately 2x2 cm.
• Peal the cucumber and cut it in slices of 0,5 cm thickness.
• Cut the cherry tomatoes in half.
• Cut the pineapple in small pieces.
• In a saucepan stir fry the garlic, then add the shrimps and stir fry together with the garlic.
• Add the onion and the peppers and stir fry for one minute.
• Then add the cucumber together with the cherry tomatoes and stir fry for half a minute.
• Finally add the pineapple and mix everything together.
• Add a little water if you see that the saucepan is dry.
• Add the oyster sauce, the soy sauce, the sauce or paste of tomatoes and the white pepper to taste.