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Ingredients
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How to make this Sticky Mince Nourish Bowl
To make this meal, start by heating a pan with olive oil and sautรฉing the beef, garlic and ginger until cooked through. Once the pan is dry, add the tamari and coconut sugar, increasing the heat so the mince caramelises into a sticky, golden mix. Toss through the peas right at the end for a pop of colour and sweetness. While the mince cooks, prep the coriander, capsicum and greens so everything is ready to assemble. Serve in bowls with your chosen fermented topping and a wedge of lemon or lime to squeeze over just before eating.
Serving suggestions and how to store
Serve the sticky mince nourish bowl as is for a light but filling dinner, or make it heartier by pairing it with steamed rice or quinoa. It also works beautifully as a warm salad with wilted greens, or you can pack it into meal-prep containers for quick lunches through the week. The cooked mince can be stored in an airtight container in the fridge for three days or frozen in portions, while the fresh vegetables and herbs are best stored separately and added fresh at serving.
Vary this Sticky Mince Nourish Bowl to suit your dietary needs
If youโd like a soy-free version, simply replace tamari with coconut aminos and adjust the seasoning. For a plant-based take, swap the beef for crumbled tempeh or cooked lentils, which still pair beautifully with the sticky marinade. To make it go further, serve over rice, or bulk up the fibre with extra beans or lentils stirred through.
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Sticky Mince Nourish Bowl
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 500 g beef mince
- 2 clove/s garlic – finely grated or crushed
- 1 tbsp ginger root – finely grated
- 2 tbsp tamari
- 2 tbsp coconut sugar or rapadura
- 1 cup/s peas – fresh or frozen (defrosted)
- 1 red capsicum/s – diced
- 1 bunch/s fresh coriander leaves – leaves picked
- 4 tbsp onion pickle – recipe here, or kimchi, or sauerkraut
- 60 g mixed leaves – or wilted greens
- 1 lemon/s – or lime quartered
Instructions
- Place a pan or wok over a medium high heat.
- Add the olive oil, beef, garlic and ginger. Stir-fry until the beef is cooked and thereโs no liquid in the pan.
- Then turn the heat up high, add the tamari and sugar and stir for 2-3 minutes, until the sugar caramelises.
- For the last minute add the peas. Turn off the heat.
- While the mince is cooking, pick the coriander leaves off the stems and dice the capsicum.
Serve
- In a bowl place the mince, leafy greens, capsicum, coriander, onion pickle or kimchi. Serve with the wedge of lemon or lime. Mix together and enjoy.
Store
- The mince in an airtight container in the fridge or freezer.
- The capsicum in an airtight container in the fridge.
- The herbs and leaves in an airtight container in the fridge.
Warm Bowl
- Heat the mince and wilt the greens to serve.
Notes
Soy-free
Replace the tamari with coconut aminos (plus sea salt, to taste).Bulk it up
Make this meal go even further by adding in cooked rice, quinoa or legumes. The legumes will also really improve the fibre count! ย ย ย ย ย ย ยDid you love this easy as could be Sticky Mince Nourish Bowl?ย Let me know in the comments below…
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Health benefits
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These quick pickled red onions make for a tasty and healthful addition to various dishes, enhancing flavour while offering nutritional benefits.
Ingredients
All you need for these quick pickled onions are a few basic ingredients, including finely sliced red onion, apple cider vinegar, coconut sugar or rapadura, and sea salt.
How to make easy red onion pickle
Warm the vinegar, sugar and salt in a small saucepan until everything dissolves. Pop your sliced onions into a jar or mason jar, then pour the hot pickling liquid over the top and press them down so theyโre mostly submerged. They soften quite quickly, so just give them a stir over the first hour to help them settle under the liquid.
Serving suggestions and how to store
Theyโre ready after about fifteen minutes, but the flavour develops beautifully if you chill them. Keep them in a sealed container or jar in the refrigerator for up to a week. Use them anywhere you want a bright pop of flavour: piled onto salads, with grilled meat or fish, slices added into wraps, stirred through bowls or added to burgers. I love this a lot on Smashed Avocado Toast. My whole family adore the taste of these pickled onions and request them weekly.
Vary this easy red onion pickle to suit your dietary needs
You can use any natural sweetener you like (honey, maple syrup, rice malt syrup). Add chilli flakes for heat, mustard seeds or peppercorns for a more traditional vibe, or swap the vinegar for red wine vinegar or white vinegar or white wine vinegar if thatโs what you have on hand.
Easy Red Onion Pickle
Ingredients
- 1 red onion/s (large) halved and finely sliced
- 120 ml apple cider vinegar (ยฝ cup)
- 2 tbsp coconut sugar or rapadura – or sweetener of your choice
- 1 tsp sea salt
Instructions
- Place the apple cider vinegar, sweetener and salt in a small saucepan and bring to the boil, stirring to dissolve all ingredients.
- Place the onions into a mason jar or airtight jar.
- As the pickling liquid comes to the boil, pour it over the onions, making sure you press the onions down to be mostly covered by the liquid. They do collapse as they pickle so for the first hour or so give them a stir until they are below the vinegar.
- Set the onions aside for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally, then they are ready to used or store in the fridge for up to a week.
Serve
- Delicious alongside grilled or roasted meat, as an addition to wraps or a milder way to enjoy onion in salads.
- Serve with one of our fabulous Dhal recipes or any of the curries.
Store
- In an airtight container for up to a week.
Notes
Add to….
- Eggs cooked anyway
- Salads
- Steak (or any fish or meat)
- In sandwiches (my son loves it with nitrate free ham in his roll at school)
- With a curry or dhal
- On a hamburger
Did you love this easy red onion pickle?ย Let me know how you used them in recipes in the comments below…
Recipe by Kristin Cosgrove
Hi, Iโm Kristin Cosgrove. Iโm a mum, student of psychology and passionate whole foods cook. I love to share my love for simple, seasonal recipes and my modern approach to cooking for my family. I live on the Surf Coast with my husband and three children.
You can find me on Instagram at @kristinjcosgrove
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