Welcome to Friday and to this week’s Fiesta Friday – please read this week’s post, join the party and put your name down to co host, just like Margy and Su are this week 😉
For me, I am bringing along one of my lovely lunches from this week, a dish that also provided two more meals on the following days – and only got better each day. I do love leftovers, I love how the flavours develop as time goes on and I love throwing a selection of things together.
This is based on Whitney’s saag recipe, an Indian dish packed with spinach, kale, garlic, ginger and spices, and I added yoghurt instead of cream. Once all made, I added some cooked quinoa and additional water to create a this protein packed dish, full of goodness..
I also added a coriander chutney to eat with it, I always like an added dip/sauce of some kind..
Fresh coriander, stalks and leaves
Garlic
Fresh ginger
Green chillies
Ground cumin
Salt
Plain Greek yoghurt
This also lasted well and went with lots of other things I ate this week.
How good does that look?? Who says eating healthy, tasty, vegetarian food has to be boring? Not in this house 😉
Can I say it….I love my own food!!! 🙂
I must tell you about the quinoa that I have been using recently, its from a company called Hodmedods who farm British grown quinoa. It’s a lovely product, it’s has a great flavour and cooks well with my method. And all of the spices and the ‘dubba’ spice tin is from the lovely Spice Kitchen UK. (I am not being paid to tell you about these products, I just like sharing.)
Have a great weekend x
Elaine, your meal looks so delicious! I love the color of your chutney. Love your stuffs, too. The spice containers are so pretty. 🙂 Happy FF and enjoy your weekend. x
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Thank you so much, and to you xx
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I love saag and often add whatever greens are available. The addition of quinoa to the saag is really interesting. The way you whip Indian dishes, it seems hard to believe that you have never lived there 🙂
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I take that a massive compliment!!!! 😀😀😀 thank you xx
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This dish sounds delicious. I love leftovers to and many of them just get better.
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I completely agree! Thank you 🙂
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What a brilliant way of making saag and accompaniments, which I love! 🙂
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Thank you 😘😘
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This is beautiful looking and sounds so good. I have never made chutney and would like to try!
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Thank you 🙂
There’s so many different kinds of chutney, I like Indian chutneys as they tend to be savoury as opposed to the sweet ones x
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I have seen so many on blogs and have not tried one yet so I need to!
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Go for it!
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I need to!!! what is your favorite?
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Ooh…that’s too difficult!!
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hahaha I really want to try one. What do you do you like to eat it with most?
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I just like to have things like this alongside my meals, I think it comes from living in the Middle East and always being served homous/tahini sauce/some such dip with meals. I always have something like that as an addition at every meal
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yes so true! It is so funny my kids have to have yogurt with their rice and of course arabic bread with eggs and most anything else!
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Sounds good to me!
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Hope you have a wonderful weekend. Xx
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Thank you sweetie, I hope yours is going well xxx
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It looks so delicious! Saag is one of my favourite dishes. I have fond memories of my dad teaching me how to eat with my hands as a very young child with saag and rice. I haven’t made it with kale and quinoa yet but what a great idea! xo
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What a great memory! Thank you xx
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Saag with Quinoa makes it a one-pot meal. Sorta like Khichdi, eh?
I always need some chutney with my meal so I am right with you on the coriander chutney. 🙂
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Kichdi? Is that what I should call it?
Thank you, my chutney friend 🙂
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Simple, delicious and healthy!
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Yes! Thank you 🙂
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Yum, Elaine! I adore saag and your rendition is wonderful! Thanks! 😀
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Thank you xx
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Wow Elaine! Love your “interpretation” of saag! And what a bout the coriander chutney?!?! I ADORE IT!
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Thank you so much 🙂 and thank you for co hosting, I hope you’re enjoy FF xx
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It looks very flavorsome. I like the addition of yogurt instead of cream and the chutney looks very tempting. Enjoy your weekend! 🙂 xx
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Thank you 🙂 I just never buy cream, I can’t get my head round using it, but I’ve always got yoghurt!
I hope you’re well and having a good day xx
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I love spinach. I love quinoa. I like how you’ve put them together!!!
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Thank you 🙂 it sounds like we like the same things!
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How come nobody has mentioned your gorgeous bowls & grinder today! 😛 You have such a wonderful collection of crockery… to go with your mouthwatering recipes 🙂 This saag sounds delicious – I’ll be making it soon 🙂 x
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Thank you so much xxx
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I’ve never seen saag with any kind of grain, but why not?!! It sounds very hearty and delicious. Pretty props as well!
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Thank you so much, it worked well 🙂 x
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i make some sort of indian greens every week and serve with quinoa…never thought of mixing them. this sounds like a delicious complete meal!
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Thank you so much, it worked really well 🙂
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Wow addition of quinoa sounds interesting…and what a flavorsome dip… very innovative Elaine. .. 🙂 🙂
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Thank you 🙂
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As always it looks delicious even though I am not a big fan of quinoa. I don’t find it very interesting but it sounds like you have found a good source.
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Really? I love the flavour of quinoa! But it’s also a great carrier for other flavours and great to play with 🙂
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There sure is a lot of “healthy” ingredients which sound delicious 🙂
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There is. And it was 🙂
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I never would have thought to put anything like quinoa in saag, but you’re a genius, as always.
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Really??
Thank you 🙂
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Wow! is all I have to say. You are a very talented woman. Emma xx
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Thank you again xxx
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My mouth literally waters when I look at this!
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You’d like it….;)
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Elaine, you can put an Indian to shame!! And yes, you can definitely say that you love your own food! Yes, vegetarian food can be better than non-vegetarian! Majority of the Indians are vegetarians and are perfectly fine functioning human beings without any deficits. Like I always say, you don’t have to eat non-vegetarian for functioning. It is a “want” thing rather than a ” need” thing!
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Thank you so much, that’s such a compliment 🙂
I completely agree with you about vegetarian food, but everyone has to make their own choices 😉
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