Grilled peach crumble
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Hello everyone and welcome to my May blog. We can see some hope with the lockdown relaxing a little going into June. It is good to see lots of people out and about in this glorious weather and using their common sense to social distance.
There does appear to be more people out and about as the weather is glorious , but I think as long as we are all sensible and social distance, we can enjoy some outdoor space for exercise and meeting up with friends and family within the Government guidelines.
I cycled to Borough Market last weekend which was a great bike ride across Westminster Bridge and then along the river by Southbank. Hot food takeaways are not permitted as yet, but I could buy some lovely produce such as aged emmental cheese, gorgeous Italian olive oils and the famous Breadahead bakery for sourdough loaf and their salted caramel dougnuts! https://www.breadahead.com/
I also needed a particular spice chaat masala which I tried at various local asian stores to no avail, but there is a fabulous spice stall at Borough market called Spice Mountain which had an extraordinary variety of world spices. https://www.spicemountain.co.uk/
We can see a few more restaurants opening their doors for takeaways. In Chiswick, a new texmex restaurant has opened selling the most delicious s taco’s and takeaway frozen margaritas! What’s not to like ! https://dgrandetexmex.com/
I also participated in a zoom virtual diner party which was great fun. This involved each household making a dish, and the theme was Indian. I opted for gunpowder potatoes and raita from my lovely Dishoom cookery book. And then we ate the 3 course dinner via zoom with friends, this is what socialising has come to!
I hope everyone has been able to do those tedious jobs at home by decluttering and reorganising our lives with extra time on our hands. I did clean out the shed and lots of gardening which included replanting summer annuals in the window boxes at the expense of a 2.5 hour wait at the local tip, but we are all in the same boat! But the nicest job is replenishing my live herb wall. With garden centres now open, I bought some pineapple mint, a chilli plant and chamomile to add to my already vibrant wild wall!
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I think the baking has increased, which I am sure is the same for many households. Starting with some healthy oat blueberry muffins which were very light and ideal for breakfast, snacking or you can freeze them.
With this lovely weather, it was ideal to make a seafood paella to enjoy in the garden with a fresh green salad and a glass of rose dreaming of being in the Med.
Have signed up for Oddbox fruit and veg box which arrives every week. I feel this makes you use and be creative on the seasonal produce they send you. With the peaches, I made a healthy grilled peach crumble as per the recipe below. And Japanese roasted glazed aubergines for dinner, along with asparagus they supplied with roasted cod on another evening.
I shall be posting some scrumptious ideas for everyone, with nutritional dishes to keep our bodies balanced and healthy. Follow me on Instagram and Facebook for more ideas!
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I am now offering online cookery classes, which have gone very well to date. It is easy for my clients, as they sign up via zoom and I forward the ingredient list of the dishes we are going to make together before hand. The clients then just mirror me as I prep the dishes and so do you in your own kitchen! I will be talking through all the key nutritional ingredients of the dishes as I would do normally on a face to face KitchenJoy class. and step by step instructions on the cooking method. The advantage of these virtual classes, is we can have unlimited people online and can be very flexible on what we prepare in our own fully equipped kitchens and you can make a family meal or whatever quantity you like. Brain health seems a popular theme so far and the last class was a “brain fog smoothie” with coconut milk, walnuts, avocado, berries, maca powder, flax seeds and grated ginger. This was followed by an Asian mixed grain bowl of red quinoa & red rice, with chicken and a tahini dressing and pak choi. And finally my signature dish of chocolate beetroot brownies.
Please contact me for more details if you are interested. I am still offering different medicinal themes, from immune boosting meals to brain power.
GRILLED PEACH CRUMBLE
3 ripe fresh peaches
60g coconut sugar
25g coarse jumbo oats
30g almond flour
30g buckwheat flour
60g butter (or coconut oil)
1 tbsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp sea salt
Combine the butter, flours, coconut sugar, oats, cinnamon, and salt in a small bowl. Blend the ingredients with a fork to create small crumbles.
Cut the peaches in half vertically. Twist the halves and remove the pits. Cut approximately 1/8-inch off of the rounded side of each peach half so that the peaches can sit flat, pit side up, on the grill.
Place the halved peaches, pit side down, on the hot side of the grill. Grill the peaches until lightly charred, approximately 3 to 4 minutes. Remove the peaches from the grill. Spread on the crumble. Top the pit side of the peaches generously with the crumble mixture, spreading the crumble all the way to the edges. Set the peaches, topping side up, on the cooler side of the grill as far from the heat source as possible. Cover the grill and allow the peaches to cook until the crumble mixture is golden brown, approximately 15 minutes. Plate the peaches and top with greek yoghurt.
Ideal for dessert or breakfast!
