Vegetables | Anna Collins Nutrition

Spinach, orange & pomegranate salad

January 5, 2017Anna's Best Recipes Sides, starters, soups & snacks

I stole this salad from a newspaper and adapted it to include some protein (flaked almonds) so you’re not just getting a huge blood sugar spike from all the fruit. This makes a lovely starter before a winter stew of some sort. Or else make a big platter of it for a buffet meal. The […]

Ikarian butter bean and tomato bake

August 31, 2016Anna's Best Recipes Main courses Sides, starters, soups & snacks

This is delicious hot, lukewarm or cold. I also like to mix leftovers with cooked quinoa to take to work. People living on the Greek island of Ikaria have the secret of healthy longevity. This is one of their recipes, which I found in the Irish Times recently. We can’t get giant white beans here […]

Anna’s aubergine, sundried tomato & mint bites

May 11, 2016Anna's Best Recipes Sides, starters, soups & snacks

I concocted these delicious salty, minty, meaty bites recently. Great for providing some soakage with a glass of wine before a nice dinner (helps you avoid the sugar rush from the wine). The combination of mint and grilled aubergine gives a Middle Eastern feel, I think. do try to get true feta (made from […]

Indian spinach curry

March 8, 2016Anna's Best Recipes Sides, starters, soups & snacks

I like to cook this to go with a fish, meat or vegetarian curry. This is great with the butterbean curry I posted recently, or any Indian fish, meat or lentil curry. I adapted this recipe from “The classic 1000 Indian recipes” switching to coconut oil instead of polyunsaturated vegetable oil. I love to have […]

Cauliflower mash

February 17, 2016Anna's Best Recipes Sides, starters, soups & snacks

This mash is a fantastic substitute for mashed potato. I love it because contains more nutrients and much less (natural) sugar and is still delicious. All the comfort of regular mash, none of the downside. 1 small head cauliflower, separated into florets 1 leek, white (and 6cm of green if you like), well washed, cut […]

SCD Squash and celeriac home fries

October 30, 2015Anna's Best Recipes Sides, starters, soups & snacks

These aren’t fried at all but taste just as delicious. This simple side is good with green veg and some grilled/roasted fish, or roasted meats but it would also be nice with a vegetarian bean stew. You can use pumpkin instead of the squash if you like. I like to add leftovers of this […]

Another tabbouleth

June 12, 2015Anna's Best Recipes Sides, starters, soups & snacks

This fresh, zingy (and gluten-free) salad is good with almost anything off the grill or barbecue. It’s an adaptation of a classic Middle Eastern Salad you will find from Israel to Lebanon and it’s slightly different from the other tabbouleth recipe on this blog. So you can mix and match ingredients. I love to eat […]