My Favourite Summer Recipes

I enjoy cooking but I am not the best cook. I enjoy recipes with stuff you already have in your fridge that are easy to put together and don't take much prep time. This is some of my favourite recipes that meet that requirement.

1. Banana Icecream with home made Ice Magic

This recipe is perfect for when you're craving something sweet but want to be healthy. Take two bananas out of there peels, chop them into small pieces and freeze them overnight. When you feel like icecream chuck them in the food processor with a bit of vanilla essence. You can also add raspberries, peanut butter or dark chocolate. Turn your food processor on and mix until it becomes a smooth soft-serve texture. 

to make the icing get 1 teaspoon of cacao or cocoa powder, a sachet of stevia or some maple syrup (or both, I prefer more maple to stevia as I prefer the flavour) and a one and a half tablespoon of cocoanut oil. Microwave for 30-45 seconds (or until coconut oil has melted). When you take it out of the microwave mix it and taste to see if its sweet enough for your liking. if it's too sweet and more cacao/cocoa power and if its not sweet enough add more maple syrup or stevia.  I find a little bit of stevia goes along way!

Put your banana icecream in a bowl and pour ice magic mixture on top. Add chopped/diced almonds on top for extra crunch/flavour.

The homemade ice-magic mixture also tastes really nice over fruit, I personally love it with strawberries and pineapple.

2. Summer Salad

You can use whatever leafy-green you like as a base. Personally I use spinach or a mix of spinach and rocket (arugula).  Slice half a punnet of strawberries and place over your base, add some crumbled fetta, chopped walnuts and chopped avocado. If you are eating this as a meal add some roasted chicken for protein. Add lemon juice or a vinaigrette as a dressing.

3.  Guacamole

Guac tastes good with everything. 

4. Mexican Breakfast Bowl

Spray a Corn on the cob with oil and grill on high for approximately two minutes each side. In the mean time chop up some red capsicum and bacon. when your corn is cooked fry in a pan with your bacon and capsicum with some chilli and paprika. place in a bowl with with coriander (cilantro) and grated cheese. Served with one or two poached eggs and some avocado on the side.

4. Fennel and Pomegranate Salad

finely slice half of a fennel bulb and de-seed half a pomegranate. Serve over a bed of spinach and add fetta and sliced almonds.