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Free Healthy Recipe - Spicy Pumpkin, Spinach, Bean & Pistachio Salad

Dairy free, Low carbohydrate, Wheat Free

Copyright John Paul Urizar
www.johnpaulurizar.com.au

It feels like a carb and fills you up like a carb yet pumpkin has very little carbohydrate in it. 100g pumpkin comprises of only 2.8g carbohydrate and 89g water yet provides almost the entire recommended daily intake of vitamin A.
Add to the pumpkin some beans and spinach and there's no need to worry about Vitamin A for the remainder of the day.

Ingredients
500 grams pumpkin, peeled
200 grams green beans
½ tsp chilli oil
1 tsp olive oil
¼ cup pistachios, roughly chopped
1 pinch sea salt
2 tbsp olive oil
1 tbsp lime juice
1 clove garlic, smashed
1 tsp rice syrup
3 good handfuls baby spinach
Method

Pre heat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius.

Place the pumpkin in a roasting pan with the oils, pistachios and sea salt. Roast for 20 minutes. While the pumpkin is cooking, steam the green beans for approx 4 minutes. Drain and refresh in cold water.
Combine the oil, lime juice, garlic, rice syrup and chilli flakes in a small jar. Toss over the spinach leaves and green beans. Serve with the roast pumpkin and pistachios on top.

Note: Research has shown that eating foods rich in Vitamin A can help protect heavy smokers and non smokers exposed to cigarette smoke from emphysema. The chemical benzo (a) pyrene in cigarette smoke induces vitamin A deficiency and it's this deficiency that is linked to the disease.

Makes 4 servings

Scale recipe to serves

Prep Time: 10 mins
Cooking Time: 20 mins
Ready in: 30 mins


Suitable for:
Dinner, Entree, Lunch, Salad, Side Dish
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Nutritional Information - Per Serve
Kj 963 kj
Calories 230 kcal
Fat 15.6 g
Saturated Fat 2.4 g
Total Carbohydrate 12.2 g
Total Protein 7.5 g
Fibre 6 g


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