Family Mess Hall - whole food meals dinners recipes

Superfood blueberry and zucchini bread Ingredients: 2/3 cup light olive oil 4 eggs 2 cups grated zucchini ((approx one large)) 1 cup brown sugar 1 tsp salt 1 tsp ground cinnamon 1 cup wholewheat flour 2 cups self raising flour 3 tsp baking powder 1 cup dried or frozen blueberries ((frozen will result in a more moist loaf)) 1/2 cup almonds ((slivered)) 3 tbsp oat ((optional topping)) Method: Preheat oven to 180 degrees C / 350 degrees F. Mix together wet ingredients in a bowl until well combined. Fold through dry ingredients. Transfer batter to large lined loaf tin. Sprinkle with oats (optional). Bake for 45 - 50 minutes or until an inserted skewer comes out clean.

Ingredients: 2 eggplants 2 zucchinis 1 cup long grain rice 1 tin crushed tomatoes 0.5 tsp allspice 0.5 tsp cumin 0.5 tsp dried oregano 2 tblsp chopped parsley 1 small onion (finely diced) 1 tsp crushed garlic 2 tblsp olive oil 250g ground beef (or other ground meat) salt and pepper to taste 0.5 cup vegetable stock Method: 1. Preheat oven to 180C.  Slice vegetables in half, lengthways.   2. Scoop out the centres of the vegetable to create a shallow well and place in baking dish.  Chop the excess vegetable and place in bowl. 3. Add onions, garlic, spices, herbs, ground meat, rice, salt and pepper to chopped eggplant and zucchini.  Mix until ingredients are evenly distributed throughout. 4. Drizzle olive oil over vegetables. 5. Loosly stuff vegetables with filling. 6. Pour over combined crushed tomatoes and stock. 7. Drizzle with a little extra olive oil and cover dish with foil. 8. Bake for 45 minutes or until vegetables and filling are cooked through.