Suitable for the food days of my cleanse programme.
Suitable for Blood Type: A omit the tomatoes (includes quinoa version)
AB includes quinoa version
O includes quinoa version
B omit the tomatoes (includes quinoa version)
Gluten-free alternative to a classic dish
Whether you are allergic or sensitive to gluten or if you just want to cut down or avoid too much gluten in your diet, this recipe is for you!
This recipe is an easy, quick and super healthy side dish.
For a more substantial dish, add 60g of cooked quinoa (technically a protein containing seed not a grain) instead of or as well as the hulled hemp.
The replacement to the grain in this dish is Hemp (hulled hemp seeds/ hemp hearts).
Hemp is highly nutritious and can be utilised in many ways.
The seeds contain over 30% fat and as we are increasingly hearing, fat is no longer the bad guy (thankfully!). They are exceptionally rich in two essential fatty acids, linoleic acid (omega-6) and alpha-linolenic acid (omega-3).
The traditional 'western' diet is normally very high in omega 6 fats, but this is generally coming from a 'bad' source (think industrial seed oils rapeseed, sunflower etc and trans-fat), however we still need a balance of omega 3 & 6, so it's important to find a great source of omega 6 fats, hemp is one such great source!
Hemp seeds are also a great protein source, as more than 25% of their total calories are from high-quality protein.That is considerably more than similar foods like chia seeds and flaxseeds, whose calories are 16–18% protein, and they are also a great source of vitamin E and minerals, such as phosphorus, potassium, sodium, magnesium, sulfur, calcium, iron and zinc.
Ingredients: ideally as organic as possible:
50g hulled hemp seeds
10cm piece of cucumber, cored and finely diced
4 x cherry tomatoes finely diced (sun-dried tomatoes in oil also work well)
1 small red onion finely diced
1 packet of flat leaf or curly parsley finely chopped
1 clove of garlic crushed/ minced
1/2 lemon juiced
olive oil
salt & pepper
TIP: Crush your garlic at least 10 minutes before using, this increases the amount of allicin (the active ingredient) making it much better for your health!
TIP: Use a quality salt (eg NOT table salt), I like Himalayan pink salt.
TIP: Save your juiced (hopefully, organic) lemon, and put through your juicer in your next juice, there are lovely oils in that skin!
Method: it's pretty easy!
Finely dice all your veg and add to a bowl.
Add in your lemon juice, olive oil and minced garlic.
Add in the hulled hemp.
Enjoy!
You can make this dish in advance, but it is definitely best eaten straight away.
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