The countdown is on, not long to go now until my 30 days are up!
Tonight I making one of my favourite dishes a Mushroom and Lentil Pie. It is very tasty and I think even non-vegans would love it too!!-:) You might like to give it a try - you may be surprised how good it really is.
Here is my recipe...you can make it as little individual pies or one big family pie.
Mushroom & Lentil Pie
Ingredients
2 sheets ready-made frozen puff pastry
1 x 400g can lentils, drained and rinsed
4 tablespoons olive oil
1 medium onion, roughly diced
2 tablespoons finely diced garlic
1 tablespoon roughly chopped fresh sage leaves
1/2 cup red wine
5 cups portabella mushrooms, roughly diced
1 teaspoon fresh thyme or dried thyme, finely chopped
4 baby carrots, roughly diced
2 cups vegetable stock
2 teaspoons cornflour & water
Sesame seeds
Method
Remove puff pastry from freezer to thaw
Preheat fan oven to 200 degrees.
Add 1 tablespoon of olive oil to frying pan, then saute onions, cook for 2 minutes then add garlic and sage leaves cook for a further minute. Increase heat to high then add red wine, allow wine to reduce to almost no liquid.
Add remaining olive oil then add mushrooms, thyme and cook for a further 5-10 minutes. Add carrots and stock, reduce heat to a medium simmer and allow mixture to cook for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Mix the corn flour together with a few tablespoons of water until there are no lumps of flour. Add this to the mixture together with the lentils. Stir well and season with salt and pepper.
Individual pies: Divide mixture between 1-cup capacity ovenproof ramekins. Cut out a circle of pastry for each ramekin ensuring that the circle is slightly larger than the rim of your ramekin. Carefully place the pastry on top of the ramekin to create a lid, pinch the edges with your fingers and sprinkle with sesame seeds.
Family Pie: Place pastry over pie dish, pour in the mixture. then add the other pastry on top and pinch around sides with your fingers and top with sesame seeds
Place ramekins in oven and bake for around 20 – 25 minutes.
Yum! Bon Appitit
So what did I eat yesterday on my Detox Diet...
5am: Chocolate Meal Replacement
7am: Aqua Jogging - 20 laps
8.30am: Ab exercises for 30 minutes
9am: 2 protein balls with cup of herbal tea
10am: FIZZ drink for extra energy
12noon: Vanilla Meal Replacement with a scoop of greens
4pm: 2 protein balls with cup of herbal tea
6pm: Dinner; Broccoli with roast pumpkin and kumara
BE the BEST that YOU can BE!
BE Positively Fabulous!
Love & Light (for me this means God be with you, so that you may live in the Light)
Denyse xoxoxo
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