Homework this week was to come up with a recipe for a portable snack or lunch and to try to encourage more vegetable eating throughout the day. The recipes and ideas have to be simple enough for someone with a busy life (aren't we all busy?) to be able to manage, as well as someone who wouldn't describe themselves as a cook.
My mind started to go wild with the endless possibilities. It really isn't that hard to spice up lunch from a sarnie to something a little bit more exciting, not to mention nutritionally superior... Veggie soup (mmm, I made a delish spicy parsnip and carrot one over the weekend, but it could be too difficult to transport), bean salad (variations are endless), humous with crudite (not very original - but what about roasted red pepper humous, or aduki bean or broad bean humous?!).
Then it struck me! Fritata! Easy peasy lemon squeezy, and you can use whatever veggies you like or have left over. Or even turn it Spanish by using potatoes!
Mmmm!
Mine was a courgette and onion fritata. I like the onions caramelised, and the courgettes thinly sliced and gently cooked until they get golden speckles on them. Whisk up an egg with some freshly ground black pepper and sea salt, and Bob really will be your proverbial mother's brother!
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