And Another Way With Iskender

The Iskender revisited.  We now all know I LOVE LEFTOVERS and this is why.... Yummo.  The dark section is beetroot, yogurt and hummus in the other side, lettuce, carrot and cucumber with felafel patties and rice things... done in one of those rice shapers.... a heart and a star.  Too cute to eat really.  But I ate it all..... for morning tea!

Muffin-tin Iskender

After a lot of talking about Art today and how it really is breaking down things into smaller parts, this happened for dinner.... a deconstructed Iskender.  Which is nice.... as the foods don't touch!  Lol.

Here we have:
- Felafel patties
- Cucumber cubes
- Grated Carrot
- Cubed beetroot
- Lettuce slices
- Hummus
- Yogurt dressing

And it was all served with a side of rice. 

For Iskender lovers, tomorrow's lunch will involve this in some way.  I LOVE LEFTOVERS!

And a popular but simple lunch

Okay, this lunch had the kids totally in awe, and I wasn't really that impressed with how it turned out...

We have an easy lunchbox, with:
- Boiled egg (in cutesy eggshell holder)
- Homemade hummus in the penguin holder to dip the vege sticks in
- Carrot and Cucumber sticks with an elephant pick
- Peanut Butter on Wholegrain bread, jigsaw puzzle lunch-punched.
- Cheese wedge
- Strawberry
- Tomatoberry

But people wanting to see my lunch totally makes it worthwhile..... I am such a nerd.

Iskender

 

If I have said it once... I have said it a thousand times... I LOVE Turkish food!  Yum.

So here is my regular Iskender meal... with felafel and rice.  You may notice the hummus taking center stage, and the nom-worthy felafels.  Nothing overly interesting, but YUMMO!

Otherwise it's just:

- Beetroot

- Tomatoberries

- Cucumber

- Carrot

- Lettuce

- Basmati Rice

- Yogurt and garlic dressing

Making some Hummus

I LOVE hummus, oh, if I could go to Turkey, I would come back so filled with hummus, tabbouleh and felafel.  Yum!  But, I was so keen to eat Turkish, but so lacking in hummus..... I sorta had eaten it all!

Shocking....

So I made my own, and was really impressed with the result.  I also got to use more of my Fernridge Olive Oil, infused with Garlic.  (It is spectacular, and made by an ex-teacher of mine)

This is the recipe.  Oh, it would pay to REALLY like Garlic to try this.  Or just omit the garlic and use regular olive oil!


Ingredients

1 cup chick peas.  You could use a can, but rinse the peas first. 
1/4 small onion
2 cloves garlic
2 teaspoons lemon juice
1 teaspoon (or a little more, I lost track) olive oil

Soak the chickpeas overnight.  Rinse the water off and drain well. 
Cut up the onion and chop the garlic.  Throw this either into the food processor, or a container.  I used a stick blender because the clean-up is WAY easier, and nothing additional has to smell of garlic.
Add chick peas, and sprinkle with olive oil and lemon juice.  Add salt and pepper to taste.
Blitz that stuff.  Go slow to start because it takes time for the oil and liquids to mix with the dry ingredients.  Pulse til smooth.

Transfer to an airtight container and store.

Look out for how I used the hummus....

One of my students tried to steal some today because it smelt so good.  I know, awesome... Always good to find another garlic lover.