Hi again!
Lindsey - yes hasn't the week flown by! No need to apologise; I'm so grateful to you for keeping this thread going
I'll certainly aim to share any interesting McD resources and chip in as and when I can.
This is the courgette/zucchini recipe I've been making as it's my husband's fav (of the many courgette recipes I've tried!) and certainly uses up a lot of courgettes
Courgette & Basil Soup.1.173kg (approx. 7) courgettes,
19g (approx 4-5 cloves) garlic,
"handful" basil (c. 15g),
1 cube vegetable stock,
60g dried chickpeas - cooked (I use about half a tin of cooked chickpeas c. 120 g)
1 tbsp lemon juice
Cook courgettes, basil, garlic & lemon juice until soft and reduced. Add stock, add chickpeas, blend and season with salt and pepper.
Recipe is from kaitsfarm on Instagram
I leave out the salt and use very low salt veggie stock.
I also like this one which I make in a normal saucepan instead of a pressure cooker:
Creamy Dreamy Zucchini ChowderMakes 4 servings
2 cups finely chopped onion
3 cloves garlic, minced
4 cups zucchini or summer squash, cut into 2-inch chunks
1/4 cup ground red lentils
1/4 cup almond flour or meal (I used ground almonds)
2 cups vegetable stock
1/4 cup nutritional yeast
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
1/4 cup minced fresh basil, for garnish
Heat a stovetop pressure cooker over medium heat or set an electric pressure cooker to sauté. Add the onion and dry sauté for 1 minute.
Add the garlic and sauté another minute. Add the squash, lentils, almond flour and stock.
Lock on the lid. Bring the cooker to high pressure. Cook for 4 minutes. Let the pressure come down naturally. Remove the lid, carefully tilting it away from you.
Stir in the nutritional yeast. Using an immersion blender, a blender or food processor, blend soup until creamy.
Add salt and pepper to taste. Pour into bowls and serve, garnished with basil.
*Don't think it would be suitable as-is for people on MWL due to ground almonds. I use very low salt stock and leave out the salt.*
Recipe was recommended by squealcat / Marilyn on August 2018 MWL weigh in thread. Taken from Vegan Under Pressure by Jill Nussinow – based on using pressure cooker
My Mum still lives in the house where I grew up in North East London which is about 50 minutes by car from my home in Hertfordshire. (By train it's about 30 minutes to central London.) Although I haven't lived there since I was 18, London still feels like home and I love to visit
I feel lucky to have two very close friends from that time who each have one parent still living in the houses where they grew up. Do let me know if you're ever visiting London again!
Oh, I nearly forgot, my weight this week is up by 0.2 so still just under my goal weight. The weather has turned cooler and we've had a couple of days of very heavy rain. I've been indoors more and sat at the computer doing some work for a local not-for-profit. Looking at my Fibit, I've done a lot fewer steps than usual. However, we were lucky to have a beautiful evening on Tuesday for the last of our Summer evening health walks
How's everyone else's week been?
Best wishes, Sue x