3 Love Recipes for Valentine's Day with Spirulina
Valentine's Day is just around the corner! These 3 spirulina recipes for Valentine's Day will strengthen your faith in each other, for an unprecedented token of love for your soulmate. Put on your sunglasses, because you're going to be dazzled!
The preparation of the Valentine's Day should be the same source of joy as the culmination of this famous day. After all, your sweetheart loves you for who you are, so stay calm! It will be a beautiful day since you will be Ensemble, and that's what really matters.
I propose a deal: you look after the activities for two, and I'll sort out the meal! What do you mean “cooking is the easy part”? All right, it's true, especially with what I've planned: 3 recipes full of love and spirulina with an input of Carrot velouté, then a Sweet potato savoury crumble and a final of Coconut spirulina chocolate hearts with raspberry coulis.
You're going to love it!
A velouté to bring hearts into alignment
A gentle start to this wonderful meal for two, I suggest a Carrot special velouté. They had convincing arguments to deserve being in the spotlight. Valentine's Day starter. The carrot is packed with beta-carotene, gives you a healthy glow, and puts you in a good mood. As you can see, I'm doing everything I can to ensure you have a pleasant evening!
For a touch of the exotic, a Coconut cream scented with ginger and lemon will make your velouté breathtaking. And I'll add a little Spirulina a topping to reach perfection.
Carrot velouté with lemon, ginger and spirulina cream
Ingredients
The velouté
- 450 g organic carrots
- 400 ml of water
- 1 vegetable stock cube
- 2 tablespoon olive oil
- 100 ml of plant-based milk
The cream
- 150 ml Coconut cream
- 2 centimetres of fresh ginger ½ tsp ground ginger
- 3 pinches coconut sugar
- 1/2 zest of lemon and a splash of lemon juice
- Sell
Topping
- Spirulina sticks Frenchie or Spirumix
Instructions
- Wash and slice your organic carrots into rounds.
- Place them in a saucepan with a base of olive oil and sauté for 10 minutes over a medium heat.
- Add the water and vegetable stock. Leave to cook for 20 minutes.
- Meanwhile, simmer the coconut cream with the grated ginger, salt and sugar.
- Remove the carrots from the heat after 20 minutes. Add the milk, and blend with an immersion blender or in a blender until smooth.
- Add the lemon juice and zest to the coconut ginger cream, whisking well with a whisk or fork.
- Pour the carrot soup into beautiful deep plates. Pour the cream into a pouring jug and drizzle it over the carrot soup, drawing hearts or whatever inspires you.
- Add spirulina as a topping to your designs to make them stand out more.
I can already picture you with your eyes lovingly lost in your partner's, right in the middle of your velvety soup. That's lovely, carry on while I prepare the next course!
An original dish with spirulina, mirroring your relationship
Every couple is unique, with their own history, habits, and personalities… I have no doubt that today, each one has made an effort to surprise the other, with a small thoughtful gesture, a declaration of love, or even a small gift. I offer you a Original dish which is sure to light up the eyes of your beloved. You had already made a Sweet potato and spirulina savoury crumble Well, there you go, something new that works. You have to step outside your comfort zone to please your partner!
the sweet potato is accompanied by Broccoli for vitamin C (ideal for setting the iron in spirulina) and of a Lawyer. And yes, the avocado of your love is on your plate! Did you know that this fruit grows in pairs? That's why it's associated with love and fertility. That's also why it's at the heart of this meal.
Sweet potato, avocado, broccoli and spirulina savoury crumble
Ingredients
Crumble topping
- 80 g of spelt flour or chestnut
- 3 pinches of salt
- 100 g of whole hazelnuts or almonds
- Grated nutmeg
- 4 tablespoon coconut oil
- 50 g of oatmeal
Sweet potato and avocado layer
- 1 large sweet potato
- 2 tablespoon olive or sesame oil
- 2 tablespoon soy sauce
- a few sesame seeds
- 1 Lawyer
- Spirulina florets
Broccoli spirulina layer
- 120 ml almond, oat or soy cream
- 1 tablespoon mild curry
- 1 Small broccoli
- 1 Lemon fillet
- 1 teaspoon Spirulina powder
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1 peeled garlic clove
- 50 g dehydrated malted yeast flakes
Topping
- Spirals and dried flowers
Instructions
- Peel the sweet potato and boil it for 15 to 20 minutes.
- Also, steam your broccoli if possible, or cook it in another pan.
- Knead the oil into the flour, oats and salt in a bowl.
- Blend your hazelnuts for a few seconds in a blender to obtain small sandy and grainy pieces and add them to the mixture.
- Knead this crumble mixture again and pan-fry it for a few minutes, stirring regularly. (It should remain soft enough to be shaped by hand afterwards).
- Divide this dough equally among the plates. Flatten and shape it into a pretty heart or a crescent moon if you're ready to reach for the moon for your Valentine.
- In a bowl, mash the sweet potato and mix with the rest of the ingredients using a fork, except for the avocado.
- Add this layer of sweet potato on top of the crumble mixture, forming the same shape.
- Dice the avocado and add it to the sweet potato with the spirulina flower.
- Place the broccoli in the blender, grate the garlic over it, add the remaining ingredients to a blender and blend for a few seconds.
- Add this spirulina broccoli cream over the sweet potato-avocado layer. To finish, sprinkle with Spirumix or Spirulina Flower.
A dessert of choice for Valentine's Day, symbolising your relationship.
A little dessert to punctuate this day beautifully? My taste buds have a soft spot for romantic classics, and I don't think they're alone...
- Chocolate for happiness!
Of course, chocolate is the star of the show, it's a must-have for Valentine's Day! Do you know why? Because it symbolises sharing and pleasure: the very foundations of a couple!
- Joy and loooove with the Joy Potion
Some even call it the Love Potion. It's a Raw cacao powder with ginger and spirulina amongst other natural ingredients to ignite you!
- Hearts to burn with pleasure
You're definitely planning to offer your heart to your beloved that day, aren't you? We thought of symbolising it and filling it with Coconut. Firstly, because the coconut is soft and refined. Next, because its white colour illustrates your pure intentions towards your soulmate.
Notes: If you don't have heart-shaped silicone moulds for the recipe, you can make it using other mould shapes (flowers, circles, etc.).
- Of the Flower Spirulina powder to add some sparkle to your couple's tasting
Its deep green strands are perfectly suited for Valentine's Day. Each one contains a relic of the original spirulina, present for over 3 billion years. In other words: the origin of life on Earth! Spirulina is a symbol of infinity.
- The delicacy and tenderness of a raspberry coulis
In addition to its sweet and tart flavour, the Raspberry will illuminate your dish with its vibrant colour.
Spiced Chocolate Heart filled with coconut, spirulina and raspberry coulis
Equipment
- 6 heart-shaped mouldsor other form
Ingredients
Coconut semi-soft semi-crunchy fodder Spirulina
- 150 g Desiccated coconut
- 3 tablespoon of maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon Spirulina powder
- 1 tablespoon coconut oil
- 3 tablespoon of coconut milk
- 1 tablespoon liquid vanilla extract 4 pinches of vanilla powder
Joy Potion chocolate coating
- 100 g 70% dark chocolate
- 1 c. tablespoon Joy Potion Powder
- 1 teaspoon coconut oil
- 1 pinch Himalayan fleur de sel
Raspberry coulis
- 1 Handle of frozen raspberries
- 1 tablespoon chia seeds
- 2 teaspoon of maple syrup, rice, coconut or agave
Instructions
- Mash your raspberries using a fork in a bowl, add the syrup and chia seeds, mix and leave to stand at room temperature.
- Place the grated coconut, coconut milk, maple syrup, coconut oil, and spirulina powder in a bowl. Mix by hand or with a spoon. Add the spirulina blossoms for crunch and form a paste.
- Place your coconut and spirulina mixture into your moulds (heart-shaped) and use your index finger or a chopstick to create a well in the middle.
- Add a little raspberry coulis into each well.
- Cover with a little coconut paste and flatten slightly at the edge of the mould.
- Leave your hearts to rest in the refrigerator for 45 minutes to 1 hour.
- Melt the chocolate in a bain-marie, add the oil, remove from the heat when everything is melted. Then add the love potion, mix again.
- Take a baking sheet or plate lined with parchment paper. Use tongs to dip the hearts in the melted chocolate, or pour it directly over them onto the plate, covering both sides of the heart.
- Place them on the rack, add a few rose petals and Spirulina Flower, and leave to dry and harden in the fridge for 20 minutes.
To be enjoyed with passion!
These hearts keep very well in the cold; you can extend the enjoyment by storing these delights in the refrigerator for 7 days.
Oh! You almost forgot a little gift to mark this romantic day! I've got a little something that will be perfect!
I hope these 3 love recipes will brighten up your Valentine's Day! Is everything ready? All that's left for me to do is wish you a fantastically loved-up day then!
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(Recipes by Atma Adi)
