This recipe was created due to my soon-to-be husband (eeek) loving curry and adopting a plant based way of eating. He made changes to his nutrition after seeing the positive benefits I am achieving eating this way, along with other factors that affected his decision to make a rather big shift in his way of eating.

(These pictures have nothing to do with the recipe but I had such an amazing time at my step-sisters wedding at the weekend I had to share. From top to bottom: with my man, me extremely happy and with the beautiful bride)

This is a guy who has been told that you need all the protein in the world to build muscle and lose fat. He adopted that way after years of being in gyms, lifting weights and following the “building muscle losing fat principles”. Erm yeah total BS so it seems. This is a guy who over the years believed that chicken, bacon and basically all the protein and fat is essential for a man to be a man. This whole idea that men aren’t “men” if they don’t eat meat is absolutely absurd, and let me tell you now guys, you are still hot, sexy and attractive if you eat bananas and broccoli. Yes really.

So, my lovely man has taken a huge leap of faith into the world of plant based nutrition. He always ate vegetables and fruit before so that hasn’t been an issue at all, and in fact I have been incredibly surprised at how easy the switch has been for him. After a long time of eating high fat, high protein and low carb I thought there would be problems, but he has been eating high carb, low fat and low protein like a pro. I shall keep you updated on his changes over time, but so far he is feeling great and enjoying all of the food.

Due to some intolerances I have to certain plant foods it limits me to foods to eat regularly, so the mister is the man I go to when I want to create a certain meal I can’t eat for the blog, SlendHer.com or Paleohacks.com. Plus, I love cooking and I love making meals for him so I enjoy making new dishes even if I am not eating them. I am not able to eat spices very often but I don’t want him to miss out on any delicious plant based dishes he can still enjoy so I asked him what he would like for some dinners and a Saag Aloo was one of those requests. Well I met his request and I now have the recipe to share with you too.

This dish may seem lengthy in the ingredient list but it really isn’t complicated to make. It takes a bit of time to cook so make sure you set aside more than 30 minutes to make this meal. It will be perfect with rice and green vegetables, such as broccoli (remember broccoli is sexy). This recipe is high carb, low fat and dairy free making it a deliciously healthy dinner to enjoy.

Here is the recipe for the Saag Aloo.

DAIRY FREE | GLUTEN FREE | REFINED SUGAR FREE | EGG FREE | NUT FREE | LOW FAT

Saag Aloo

Ingredients

Serves 2 to 4

• 300 g fresh spinach
• 3 to 4 medium to large white potatoes, chopped
• 1 onion, finely chopped
• 1 clove garlic, finely chopped
• 2 fresh green or red chillies, finely chopped
• 2 tsp ground coriander
• 1 tsp cumin seeds
• 2 tsp garam masala
• ½ tsp turmeric
• 1 tsp ground cumin
• 1 tsp coconut sugar or unrefined brown sugar
• Juice from 1 lemon
• 1 teaspoon brown mustard seeds
• 1 medium tomato or handful of cherry tomatoes, chopped
• 1 tsp coconut or olive oil
• 200ml water, plus more if required

Method

1. Heat the oil in a pan. Add the cumin and mustard seeds and toast for a couple of minutes.
2. Add the chopped onion, garlic and chilies, and fry while stirring for 5 minutes.
3. Add the chopped potatoes and fry for a couple more minutes more, stirring to avoid sticking
4. Add all of the spices and about 100ml of water. Stir everything together and cook for approximately 10 minutes on a medium heat. If the water has reduced significantly, add more water.
5. Add the lemon juice, tomatoes, spinach and a little more water if required. Stir everything together and cook until the potatoes are cooked. (This dish doesn’t want too much liquid but it needs enough to avoid sticking to the pan and allow the potatoes to cook).
6. Once ready serve with rice and green vegetables.

FEEL GOOD WITH FOOD…AND CARBS.