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Green Harissa Grilled Cheese
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Do you ever have days when you just need a grilled cheese sandwich? This green harissa grilled cheese recipe is what I make when nothing but a grilled cheese will do. It has all the essentials of a good grilled cheese sandwich – crunchy, toasty bread and gooey cheese – but a handful of spinach and a slather of green harissa add an extra dimension of freshness and flavor. It’s lightly spicy and totally delicious – hands down the best grilled cheese I’ve had! The green harissa is really the star of the show here. Made with charred peppers, garlic, lemon, spices, cilantro, pepitas, and olive oil, it has a similar texture to pesto and a delicious spiced flavor. It’s easy to make in the food processor, and it really jazzes up this classic comfort food. I hope you love it as much as I do!
How to Make Grilled CheeseA basic grilled cheese requires just 3 ingredients:
I love to dress up this classic combo with green harissa and spinach, but really, when it comes to grilled cheese, your filling options are endless. Swap in your favorite cheese, and skip the harissa if you like. A slather of chipotle sauce or pesto would be great in its place. If you’re not in the mood for spinach, leave it out, or add some thin tomato or pepper slices, roasted red peppers, or arugula instead. Once you’ve assembled your ingredients, it’s time to cook! If you’re using it, slather the harissa onto a slice of bread and add some spinach and a thick layer of grated cheese. Top with the remaining slice of bread, drizzle with olive oil (or spread with butter), and grill your sandwich on both sides until the bread becomes golden brown and the cheese melts. Serve with tomato soup or gazpacho, and enjoy!
My Best Grilled Cheese Sandwich TipsWant to make the best grilled cheese sandwich you’ve ever had? Just follow these easy tips!
For a more traditional (red) harissa recipe, check out page 281 in my new cookbook, Love & Lemons Every Day. This zippy green version is very different, but just as delicious! If you have extra harissa after making this recipe, it’s yummy scooped onto tacos, avocado toast, grilled veggies, pizza slices, falafel flatbread, and especially these shawarma wraps. If you love this grilled cheese recipe…Try my egg salad sandwich, vegan club sandwich, or meatball sandwich next! Other posts you may enjoy...
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Instant Pot Barley Lunch Jars
https://ift.tt/2YBhnxs These Instant Pot Barley Lunch Jars are a must-try for a quick and easy weekday lunch! Make a few on Sunday and you're set for the week. Photography Credit: Nick Evans It can be a struggle to pack a healthy and filling lunch for the work week, especially in the summer, so it’s nice to have light and healthy lunches at the ready. That’s why these Barley Lunch Jars are the best thing to have in your fridge this summer! Make them in advance on a lazy Sunday so they’re ready to grab for your work lunch, or pack a few in a bag for an easy picnic meal. 
WHAT IS BARLEY, AND CAN I SUBSTITUTE IT WITH ANYTHING?Barley is a whole grain with a very high fiber and protein content, so it’ll keep you full even if you don’t add any other protein to the jar. It’s chewy, stores well, and complements most add-ins, which makes it a great salad base. I love barley for these jars, but if you don’t have barley, farro is a great substitute. Also, note that barley is not gluten-free, so if you are looking for a gluten-free option you could use quinoa, sorghum, millet, or even brown rice in place of the barley. (Pressure cooking times will vary for other grains.) WHY YOU SHOULD COOK BARLEY IN AN INSTANT POTIf you don’t have a pressure cooker, cooking barley takes a while. It needs to be gently simmered for 50-60 minutes to get it to cook all the way through. With an Instant Pot or a pressure cooker, though, barley can be ready to go in about 20 minutes! 
WHAT CAN YOU ADD TO THESE LUNCH JARS?I like to add a mix of crunchy vegetables and salad greens to my jars, but there are very few things that wouldn’t go well in these jars. Here are a few of my favorite add-ins:
HOW TO STORE THE LUNCH JARSThe jars will keep in the fridge for 4-5 days if stored in an airtight container. The most important thing to know about storing these jars is to make sure all the ingredients are at room temperature or colder before you add them to the jar. If you add hot barley to a jar and top it with vegetables, it will wilt the vegetables. Not good! You cannot freeze these jars. There is too much air in them to freeze correctly. 
HOW TO SERVE THE LUNCH JARSFor serving, if you’re on the go, just eat the salad right out of the jar! (That’s part of what makes this so great.) Or if you have a plate or bowl available, pour the jar out. Either way, I recommend drizzling the jar with a little vinaigrette before serving. MORE GRAB-AND-GO BREAKFAST AND LUNCH IDEAS:Instant Pot Barley Lunch Jars RecipeThe ingredients listed are suggestions for where to start, but this is meant to be a flexible recipe. See above for other add-in suggestions, and modify where you like. This makes a light lunch. If you want something more filling, serve with a half sandwich or some grilled chicken for a complete meal. Ingredients
Special equipment:Method1 Cook the barley: Add dried barley to your Instant Pot or other multi cooker/pressure cooker. Stir in salt and water. Replace lid and cook on high pressure for 15 minutes. Once finished, let pressure naturally release for five minutes. Vent steam, remove lid, drain off any extra water, and let barley cool to room temperature.
2 Assemble the jars: There’s no single way to assemble these lunch jars. I like to add 1/2 cup of cooked barley to the bottom (make sure it is room temperature). Top that with a mix of salad greens and lots of sliced vegetables.
3 Store the jars: The jars will keep in the fridge for 4-5 days. After that the greens start to wilt. You cannot freeze these jars. They are intended to be made and eaten within the week. 4 Enjoy! When it’s time for lunch, drizzle vinaigrette into the jar, season with a pinch of salt and pepper, then eat the barley salad right out of the jar. Alternatively, pour onto a plate. (Don’t add the vinaigrette to the salad until right before serving, as it will make the vegetables soggy.) Hello! All photos and content are copyright protected. Please do not use our photos without prior written permission. Thank you! Products We LoveThis post may contain links to Amazon or other partners; your purchases via these links can benefit Simply Recipes. Read more about our affiliate linking policy. Recipes via Simply Recipes https://ift.tt/2F9fkDA July 31, 2019 at 09:00AM
Health Nut Smoothie (Tropical Smoothie Copycat)
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Right after college I was determined to stay consistent with my healthy eating and I thought that drinking a smoothie for lunch was the healthiest option. Because of this, I used to go to Tropical Smoothie Cafe all the time and my go-to order was the Health Nut Smoothie. It has blueberries, mango, banana, almond and a choice of protein. Want to know what else it has? Added sugar… yup, despite the fruit in the smoothie, Tropical Smoothie adds sugar to this smoothie.
This was early on in my health journey, but I knew adding white sugar to smoothies wasn’t necessary so I’d ask for it without the sugar. It was still plenty sweet! If you order it regularly the smoothie has 80 grams of sugar. Of course now you can get it made with Splenda, but I don’t recommend consuming Splenda (aka sucralose) so I’d steer clear of this option! This remake of the Health Nut smoothie is plenty sweet (and flavorful overall!) without any added sugar. I honestly prefer my version to the “real deal” and feel good knowing exactly what’s going in the smoothie too.
Ingredients in the Health Nut Smoothie
How to Make a Health Nut SmoothieIt’s super simple! Put all of the ingredients into a high powered blender and blend until smooth. Pour into a glass and enjoy! Pro tip: if you can’t get the consistency of your smoothie similar to what you would find at a smoothie shop like Tropical Smoothie Cafe, use frozen fruit! Frozen fruit and veggies make the texture of smoothies thick and creamy. If you use frozen fruit and find that your smoothie is too thick, add a little more liquid (like almond milk) to get to the consistency you like.
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Our Guide to Barcelona
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We love Barcelona and if you are following us on social media you might have noticed that we return there in the summers. Our family has an apartment in the Raval area and Barcelona has therefore become almost like a second home to us. It has that rare combination of big city vibe, great weather and long beaches. We have shared a few recommendations on instagram but we wanted to put together a more proper guide of the places we like to visit for good food and family friendly places. We are leaving out the Gaudí attractions, the Picasso museum and all other regular tourist attractions and focus on good vegetable centered places to eat, great coffee and delicious ice cream. There are thousands of restaurants and places in Barcelona and this is by no means a complete guide. But it’s the places that we often return to or have been recommended by people that know our preferences. If you think we have missed something good, please leave a comment and we might include it when we update the guide. We have also marked all these places in a Green Kitchen Barcelona on Google Maps so you can easily find them. And to make things even better, we also marked all our favorite playgrounds because they can be pretty tricky to find. (If you don’t have kids you can just close that layer.) Thanks for following along and enjoy Barcelona!
Cafés – Satans Coffee – This has been one of our favorite coffee bars for years. It’s hidden away in an alley in Gotica. Apart from awesome coffee they serve a couple of cool food options and served quinoa bircher before we did :) – Caravelle – This place quickly became one of our favorites. The ambience and service is great and the coffee is on spot. The food are inventive and taste amazing. You can easily ask for your flat white with oat milk and their cow’s milk comes from small farm just outside Barcelona. – Little Fern Cafe – A New Zealand / Aussie style cafe in Pobleneu with lots of modern veggie options and great coffee. We loved the corn fritters and avocado and smashed pea sandwich. – Federal Cafe – A typical hipster place with cool interior and good coffee. They allow laptops so we go here when we need to work and enjoy a tomato and melted cheese croissant sandwich. – Bohl – If you are looking for smoothie bowls and porridge bowls in Barcelona, this is the place to go. A beautiful location located in the Eixample neighborhood. – Nømad Coffee Lab & Shop – Specialty coffee roasters with 3 locations serving hot coffee and signature cold brew. – Onna Coffee – Serious coffee café, making their coffee with small batch hand-roasted coffee beans. You can find sweet breakfast and match lattes too. Located in the nice neighbourhood Grácia.
Restaurants – Bormuth – A classic catalan tapas restaurant in Born that we always return to. It’s decently priced and has many good vegetarian tapas options. Try the red pepper and goat’s cheese, the aubergine with honey and the wilted spinach with pine nuts and raisins. – Teresa Carles / Flax & Kale – This is a vegetarian institution in Barcelona. Famous for their creative vegetarian food, colorful smoothies and beautiful locations. Teresa Carles was the first restaurant but now they have a few more have two sister restaurants and also Teresas Stairway as their third location focused on smoothies and smaller bites. A little pricey but shouldn’t be missed if you are a vegetarian visiting Barcelona. – El Jardi – A little tapas and drink bar hiding inside a garden in the middle of busy Raval. They often have live music in the afternoons and then it’s well worth stopping by for a drink and a snack. – Bar Lobo -A fancier tapas bar on a quieter street just behind La Rambla. The food is good and the location is pretty although a little expensive. It’s a good place to bring friends to as they have a big outdoor seating area in the sun, but you might want to reserve a table first. – Tantarantana – An old favorite tapas restaurant in Born that we have visited for years. Food and service are great and they make the best fried aubergine. – Honest Greens – New cool and huge restaurant and café with breakfast, lunch and dinner and a separate coffee bar with healthy-ish treats and snacks. Perfect if you are around Plaça de Catalunya and are looking for something green. Extra points for their kombucha on tap. – The Green Spot – A fancier vegetarian restaurant right in the beginning of Barceloneta. We have tried their charcoal pizza with zucchini and smoked burrata, root carpaccio with spirulina and iced turmeric latte with espresso. – Parking Pita / Parking Pizza – These two neighbor places were recommended to us by a bunch of people but we went there without checking their opening hours and came before they were open for dinner (kids life!). We didn’t have time to go back but will def try it next time we are in town. The photos on their instagram look great. – Sopa Barcelona – We haven’t made it here yet but heard that we should go for good vegetarian food and soups. Might be worth a visit if you are in the Poblenou neighborhood. – Baldomero – We haven’t made it here yet, but it has been recommended to us by many. And the photos on their instagram looks aesthetically pleasing with shades of pink and a communal style kitchen. – Väcka – A small vegan place with lots of fun and creative vegan burgers, waffles, vegan cheeses and cakes.
Ice Cream Bars – Gocce Di Latte – A great ice cream bar between Born and Barceloneta. We often stop by here own the way back from the beach. They have an all vegan location around the corner. – Amorino gelato – Super touristy but our kids love that they shape their ice cream into roses. They have serval locations in the city, we usually go to the Portaferrissa street. – Dela Crem – Several people tipped us about this ice cream place which is located on a cosy walking street with several nice cafes and restaurants a little north of Plaça Catalunya. The salted pistachio ice cream was insanely good and their coffee and mascarpone too. – Bar Campana – Located next to a cute courtyard in Born. Worth a stop for their coffee ice cream and good nougat flavors too. – Paralello Gelato – Artisinal ice cream shop. We actually never made it here but it’s on our list for next time.
STORES – Veritas – This is an organic supermarket where we go if we want decently priced and clean ingredient products like nut butters, plant milks, quinoa, vegan ice creams, kombucha, veggie sausages, the best tempeh and tofu. We often stop by here during our first days and stock up on things that we enjoy to keep at home. – La Bouqeria – The classic market in Barcelona filled with colorful and creatively displayed fruit and vegetables, (sweetened) fruit juices, nuts, cheeses, restaurants (and meats) – Santa Caterina Market – This is a similar market to La Bouqeria but indoor with a little less tourists. – Ferment 9 – An entire shop and workshop space devoted to ferments like sauerkraut, kimchi, vegetables and kombucha. If you love bubbles and gut friendly bacterias, you must stop by and if you haven’t tried it yet, go and get your ferment addiction started. – Origo – An organic sourdough bakery in Graçia, in case you get tired of the standard Spanish baguette type of bread.
Things to do with kids There are plenty of small playgrounds spread out in every neighborhood in Barcelona and many of them also have a coffee shop or tapas bar next door which we think is excellent. They aren’t really marked on any official maps, so we have marked a few of our favorite playgrounds on our Google Map so you easily can find them. If you are looking for larger playgrounds, check out the parks Joan Miro, – Labyrinth de Hoerta – Take the metro here and walk up through the peaceful garden, watch the old fountains and then get lost in the large garden labyrinth. We usually bring lunch and have it there as there aren’t any good food options. They have a pretty fun playground as well. – Tibidabo Amusement Park – A little tivoli on top of a mountain with a view over Barcelona. It’s a fun day trip if you have kids but bring food as they don’t have many vegetarian options other than fries and popcorn. – Beach – Barceloneta is a long beach that can be reached within a 15 minute walk from La Rambla. It’s well taken care of and have lots of lifeguards although water can get a little dirty as with most city beaches. If you rent a bike, it’s worth riding a bit further away to Bogatell beach and further on. Water gets cleaner and it gets a little less crowded. If you are in Bogatell, you should also take a walk up the beautiful Rambla del Poblenou after the beach. – Swimming Pools – There aren’t that many great swimming pools for kids (unless you want to invade one of the hotels). However, if your kids can swim you should go up to one of the two swimming pools on Montjuic. Both places only have deep pools but they are reasonably priced and have 50 meters pools. Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc has an amazing panoramic view over the city but apart from that it’s all very basic with no sunbeds or shadow places. Piscines Bernat Picornell don’t have the view but it has both an indoor and an outdoor pool, lifeguards, sunbeds and a little café.
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Lighter Eggplant Parmesan
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Shrimp Cobb Salad with Creamy Basil Dressing
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We all love the traditional Cobb Salad made with lettuce, bacon, avocados, cooked chicken, hard-boiled eggs and blue cheese dressing, but sometimes you just gotta break the rules.
This version of Cobb Salad keeps the spirit of the familiar assembled plate of vegetables and protein, but subs in a variety of new elements. Large cooked shrimp stand in for the chicken; we lose the hard boiled eggs, but we keep the bacon, avocados and tomatoes.
Cucumbers add a refreshing crunch, and the tropical addition of mango adds just a touch of sweetness. I finish the whole thing off a salty, crumbly Mexican cheese called cotija and basil dressing.
Not only does this salad scream summer, but the dressing ties all the flavors together with its herby, creamy essence.
HOW TO BUY SHRIMP
Since ‘fresh’ shrimp is pretty much nonexistent because almost all shrimp are frozen immediately after harvest, I always pick up frozen shrimp.
That shrimp in the seafood case at the supermarket? It is simply frozen shrimp that has been defrosted.
Shrimp is quite perishable, and there’s no way to know how long ago it was thawed. For that reason, I like to buy frozen shrimp and defrost it myself when it’s time to cook (plunk it in a bowl of cold water for 15 minutes).
For this recipe, I prefer large (16-20 per pound) shrimp to small ones because I like the statement they make on the plate (and there are fewer to peel, too!). You can also just purchase cooked and peeled shrimp of any size and skip the cooking and peeling.
HOW TO COOK SHRIMP
To cook shrimp, follow one hard and fast rule: do not boil them! Delicate proteins in shrimp seize, shrink, and become rubbery when subjected to high temperatures.
To poach shrimp, the water temperature should be between 165 and 175 degrees, the temperature obtained after you drop cold shrimp into simmering liquid.
If you want to cook a lot of shrimp, do it in batches of about one pound each to ensure even cooking.
The shells of unpeeled shrimp do the best job of protecting the shrimp from overcooking. If you’re cooking peeled shrimp, subtract a minute from the cooking directions in this recipe.
HOW TO SERVE THE SALAD
An assembled salad has a lot of eye appeal. For a serious wow factor, arrange the ingredients on a platter in the pattern of your choice and serve the dressing on the side. The individual components don’t have to line up like soldiers; so let those creative juices flow.
If you want to make the salad ahead, you can pack each element in containers, refrigerate them and assemble the salad just before serving. They will keep in the fridge for at least a day, though you might want to cut the avocado shortly before serving to keep it from turning brown.
Use the same strategy if you are planning a picnic, and bring along a platter to set up your pretty salad display.
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