By trying organic ingredients in the delicious recipes below.
Vegetarian Risotto
Ingredients
150ml olive oil
1 large onion diced
3 Russian garlic cloves crushed
400gm Arborio brown or white rice
3 fresh or dried bay leaves
250gm Roma tomatoes
1 red or green capsicum roasted and diced
Black/green olives to taste (pips out)
3 medium Swiss brown mushrooms (sauteed prior)
1 bunch asparagus hard stems removed and cut into pieces
200gm sugar snap peas
50gm flat leaf parsley
20gm rosemary
Salt, black pepper to taste
10 cups of roasted vegetable stock
Preparation
Remove skin and seeds from tomatoes and dice.
Heat pan with olive oil add onion.
Cook until transparent, then add crushed garlic.
Add rice then stir and cook for a couple of minutes.
Start adding boiling stock ladle by ladle until rice is tender or al dente.
Meanwhile add roasted capsicum, diced tomatoes, olives, mushrooms, asparagus stems, and finally asparagus tips and sugar snap peas.
Finish with fine cut herbs, sea salt and ground pepper.
Notes/Tips/References
For fresh certified organic vegetables, visit Wrays Organics: www.wrayorganic.com.au
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Cacao Brownies
Ingredients
1 cup walnuts (unsoaked)
1 – 1.5 cups dates (pitted unsoaked)
1/4 cup raw cacao powder
Preparation
Place in food processor and blend until well blended (about 30 seconds) - should still be dry and chunky. The dates are the binding ingredient, and some are moister than others, so start with 1 cup and if the mixture is still very loose, add extra dates until it begins to bind.
Press into a small spring form pan. Refrigerate until you can insert a knife and it isn't too sticky.
Cut into little pieces, then pop into a zip lock bag and freeze. They can be eaten fresh, from the fridge or from the freezer.
Notes/Tips/References
Use Power Super Foods, Pure Certified Organic Raw Cacao Powder: www.powersuperfoods.com
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