by Alice on September 2, 2009
Ingredients
250 g brown lentils, soaked for at least six hours then cooked in natural mineral or filtered water with a pinch of whole sea salt (used canned lentils, if you really have to)
water and whole sea salt, to cook the lentils
2 cucumbers, ends cut off, washed, peeled and diced
1 red pepper, core and seeds removed, [...]
Posted in: beans and legumes, cooked, gluten-free, salads, savoury, spring, summer, vegetables
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cucumber,
garlic,
lentils,
onion,
parsley,
pepper
by Alice on August 30, 2009
Ingredients
For the soup
1/2 ripe pineapple, peeled, cored and cut into pieces
2 cucumbers, ends cut off, washed, peeled and cut into pieces
1/2 shallot, peeled and chopped
2 handfuls of almonds, peeled and soaked for 1 hour
juice of 1 lemon
3 teaspoons agave syrup
3 cm fresh ginger root, peeled
3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil (and some more for [...]
Posted in: chilled soups, fruits, raw, savoury, soups, spicy, summer, vegetables
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almonds,
Brazilian nuts,
cucumber,
pesto,
pineapple
by Alice on April 14, 2008
I’ve always loved strawberries and cucumber, but never thought about having them together as main ingredients in a salad. I got the idea from a book on vegetarian Indian cuisine (Yamuna Devi’s The Best of Lord Krishna’s Cuisine), and slightly changed the recipe. This sweet-savoury salad is indeed very light and refreshing, and works perfectly as a salad, [...]
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cucumber,
strawberries