Christmas is Green this year by Natural Nailah

For those of you who are or working towards eating healthier, Xmas can be a challenging time, what with oily roast potatoes, a myriad of meats on display,
deep fried food and not to mention all the booze!!
As someone who does not eat meat, I’ve always found Xmas dinner around a family of meat eaters rather harrowing, I was the butt of many a joke inferring that somehow I was ‘missing out’ As not to cause a fuss, my plate usually consisted of rice and peas, a myriad of overcooked vegetable and a blob of coleslaw.
This year I’m shaking things up a little, Xmas is going Green!! Christmas is Green this year by Natural Nailah Coconut Quinoa & Green Beans A spin on rice and peas except using the healthy and nutritious grain Quinoa and good green beans.

Coconut Quinoa & Green Beans

Ingredients

• 1 cup of Quinoa
• 1 bunch of green beans
• Coconut cream
• Seasoning
  Preparation
• Empty the pack of Quinoa into a
  medium size pot
• Wash the Quinoa thoroughly and drain
• Add boiling water just over the Quinoa
• Add to the stove (medium heat)
• Quinoa steams and should be cooked in
  1O minutes
• After 5 minutes melt the coconut cream
  and add it to the pot of Quinoa
• You can season to taste with onions,
  bayleaf or Paprika or seasoning of your
  choice
• Steam the green beans ensuring you
  cut off the stems
• Once steamed for 5 minutes, cut the
  beans very finely.
• Add the beans to the Quinoa – mix in

Tabulah
Ingredients

• Parsley
• Negro Kale
• Cauliflower
• Fresh Cherry tomato
• Lemon, cut fine lemon juice
• 1 x spring onion
• Dill
  Preparation
• Wash and cut the Parsley, Negro Kale
  finely
• Wash and grater quarter of a Cauliflower
• Dice the onions and tomato
• Mix the ingredients together
• Add Lemon juice and seasoning to your
  taste
• Garnesh with chopped green and yellow
  peppers and a hint finely chopped mint