I'm so excited! I made crispbreads!

I loves me some crispbreads for lunch. With cheese. Some fresh fresh tomato ... lettuce... pretty much anything.

They sit better in my stomach than bread. And taste so much better.

But the ones you buy ... OUCH - have you checked out the salt?? And white flour. MORE white flour. The world is full of the stuff.

So I tried to make my own.

With spelt flour. And anything "nutty" or "seedy" in my cupboard.

And they are GREAT! Tomorrow I am going to try to make them gluten free

But in the meantime ...

175g spelt flour (I used unbleached of course)

150g oats

75g oat bran or wheat bran

a good dose of sesame seeds, sunflower seeds, linseeds (I think mine had pinenuts in it too)

1 tsp salt (I used no salt)

1 tsp baking powder

350ml water

It makes a batter - like pancakes

Line some flat trays with baking paper. Press mix in thinly.

Bake at 190C (fan forced) for 10min.

Cut with pizza cutter into size you want.

Bake for 30min.

Break up crispbreads and EAT!

How easy is that???!!!

Oh - and if you want to keep them in an airtight container for a bit put them back in the oven. 75C for a couple of hours to dry out. YUMM!

Lunch... and lamb...

This was my lunch.

Jealous?

I think lamb is my favourite meat ever. Lamb cutlets specifically.

They are expensive - but if I hunt I can get them on clearance. Then I freeze them and cook them when I am home alone. My own special decadent treat!

The salad was lovely! Coleslaw veges (shredding carrot, cabbage and purple cabbage) with capsicum, cherry tomatoes, a GOOD dollop of natural yogurt and really generously sprinkled with pine nuts, and sunflower seeds.

So good for you ... so decadent. Who says lunches are boring???

Things I LOVE! Nude food movers!

I hate buying food when I am out. Which means packing snacks.

But I hate waste. Which means no cling wrap, ziplock baggies etc.

What I NORMALLY do is take a whole heaps of different containers. They are all mixed and matched and they bump around in my bag. And the lids come off. And they leak.

But today I discovered THESE!

These are the Nude Food Movers Snack tubes. Especially designed so you can pack your food with no packaging.

They are air tight. They are leak proof. (I tried!) and they screw together so you only have one thing to carry around when you are taking snacks for different people with you.

They are the perfect size for fruit salad, nuts, cereal, yogurt ... (and did I tell you they don't leak??)

When screwed together they are the same size as a water bottle, so they even fit in the water bottle compartment of a lunch cooler bag.

I LOVE THEM!

There is a whole new range of products! I can't wait to try more!

But I wanted to show you these - cause I think they are a really practical solution for us!

The website isn't online fully yet - but it is www.nudefoodmovers.com.au

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Lunch. Lentil patties. Homemade bread. Salad. YUM

Lunch was good! I loved it. And there was far too much so I left some. Miss E loved it. (the mark of approval from the 4 year old is the one that truly counts!)

It was quick and easy to make. Tasted good. And good for us!

On a winner here.

The bread was the one I posted about earlier. I didn't have time for all the rising times so when I tried to make buns it flattened - but worked out well - kinda like a healthy wholemeal foccacia. I sprinkled linseeds and pepitas in the top before baking, just to increase our number of plant foods - and they were great! The honey in this bread gave it a delicious flavour and I prefer to use honey than the sugar that is in most breads.

The lentil patties were a form of bucket cookery. No recipe. Just throw it in and see what works.

As best I can recall we had

• a tin of brown lentils (I normally use dried but this was leftover from a camping trip)
• an egg to bind
• celery and onion finely diced
• cauliflower very finely diced
• turmeric
• garlic
• cumin
• my mix was too moist so I did use some rolled oats to help bind it. If you are looking for gluten free I tend to make "crumbs" out of rice cakes and this works really well

I just shallow fried these in a pan with some extra virgin olive oil.

They worked out really well and were tasty! I need to make some yoghurt so we could serve them with a drizzle of natural yoghurt - that would be NICE

Served with salad (my girl is obsessed with capsicum) and overall deliceious!