Olive Beet & Nut Tapenade

I'm in love with Olive Tapenade, so decided to make my own. Once again no recipe because anything goes!!

Olives, Almonds, Walnuts, Beets are the ingredients.

Rough Olive Beet & Nut Tapenade Recipe:


2 or 3 Tbsp Olives (Black & Green) pitted
1 Tbsp Raw Almonds
1 Tbsp Raw Walnuts
1 Tbsp Cooked Beet
2 small cloves Garlic
1 fresh Tabasco pepper
1 tsp soaked Fava Beans
1 tsp soaked Chickpeas
2 Tbsp Turmeric Infused Olive Oil & Kalunji Oil
1 tsp Apple Cider Vinegar

Thanks to The Bullet, I blended them all to make a paste consistency.

Please note:  Avoid adding - the deadly white - Salt.  The olives are usually soaked or preserved in salt water, so they provide the dish with enough salt.

Nutting is better than Nuts

Nut Crust  3 Tbsp Raw Almonds 3 Tbsp Raw Walnuts 2 Tbsp Raw Pistachio 2 Tbsp Shredded Coconut   1 Tbsp Flax Seed 1 tsp Kalunji (Nigella Black Seed) 3 tsp Pinenuts 2 Tbsp Raw Sesame Seeds 2 Tbsp Zaatar Mix 2 tsp Turmeric 2 tsp Sultana Raisins 2 Tbsp Dried Figs 2 Cloves Garlic 1 Egg (extra ground nuts or flour to fix dough consistency)
	Grind & Mix together all Nuts, Fruit & Spicing Ingredients  Add Egg & knead dough until you get a play-dough consistency More ground nuts or flour can be added to reach desired consistency Pre-heat Oven at 350° Oil your tray or baking dish Press dough to form ½ cm pizza crust Bake for 15 min or until slightly golden

Check out other Nut crust Recipes:

Raisin and Nut Crumble with Coconut Curried Chicken, Radicchio & Red Peppers

Nuts, Raisin & Fig Crust Chicken Pizza

Mini Nut Crackers with Spicy Chicken & Tomato Topping  

     

Leafy Greens & Chicken Crêpe with Beet Béchamel Sauce

So I decided to attempt the crepe. And I flipped it too!

I had some defrosted chicken and a bunch of random greens in the fridge. Beets were simmering in pot on the stove & almonds were soaking in water overnight.

Chopped the chicken into pieces and marinated them with mashed garlic, half a lemon and beet juice. Pinch of salt, pinch of  pepper and a squeeze of mustard.

As for the leafy's, I had Dandelion greens, Brussels sprouts, and Radicchio (red in colour), which i roughly chopped. As I also did with the soaked almonds.






On the side, I had the batter for the Crêpes prepared
½ cup water 
½ cup milk
1 cup flour
2 eggs
2 tbsp butter
¼ tsp salt


Beet Béchamel Sauce
1 tbsp oil
1 tbsp flour
Stir flour into hot oil , slowly add
1 cup milk
Avoiding adding it quickly, so sauce may clump
Add a pinch of salt and white pepper to taste (White pepper gets disguised, whereas black pepper can be seen) as well as mashed garlic.

For added flavor, you can add herbs or cheese or even spices.

Here, I added beet juice to the sauce to give it a pinkish colour,
 
Then got a little excited and added my turmeric infused Olive-Kalunji Oil for a health kick, the colour went from pinch to peach, but still tasted good.


- I sauteed the chicken, then added the greens and the nuts and slightly sauteed. 
- Crêpes batter, was poured in pan & swirled around.

Plating time:
Placed sauteed chicken & green mix into crêpe, folded it & poured beet béchamel sauce over it.

Base-ically Nuts!

Mini Nut Crackers with Spicy Chicken & Tomato Topping

Nuts are a wonderful addition to foods, when in search of a healthy diet. Fiber full - nuts can clean your digestive system, help in losing weight & add plenty of nutrients to the body

To prepare this recipe, you'll need a Handful each of walnuts, almonds, pinenuts, coconut powder, and dried figs. A tablespoon of Kalonji and 2 tablespoons of Flax seed all mixed together and ground into a powder.


I added some turmeric to the mix and a drop or 2 of water. Now u have a dough like paste.

Flatten in to crackers and bake until golden.




The crackers taste wonderful as is! Very similar to a nut filled granola bar. You can add a little bit of natural sweetener and you've got yourself a nut filled cookie. I didn't find the need for sugar (maybe because I added dried figs to the mix, which probably gave it it sweetness.)  You can change the recipe to your liking, add more of what you like, or eliminate what you don't like. Plus there are plenty of other nuts that weren't included here, that you can include if you like.




Or you can add any toppings you'd like.

Here I have stir fried chicken, with fresh tomatoes, fresh purple cabbage and fresh hot peppers. My spices for the chicken consisted of cayenne of course, and Cajun spices.