- 04 Anti-heart Attack Stack
Buckwheat Pancakes With Avocado & Shrooms
INGREDIENTS (MAKES 4) BATTER • ALMOND MILK, 200ML • BLANCHED ALMONDS, 75G • BUCKWHEAT FLOUR, 100G • RICE FLOUR, 100G • BAKING POWDER, 2TSP • SALT, PINCH • AN EGG FILLING • A GARLIC CLOVE, THINLY SLICED • THYME, SPRIG • SMOKED PAPRIKA, 1TSP • OLIVE OIL, 1TBSP • CHESTNUT MUSHROOMS, 200G, QUARTERED • AN AVOCADO • LEMON, ½, JUICED • FLAT LEAF PARSLEY, 1TBSP, CHOPPED
01 Not only a delicious lunch, these slices of fried gold are designed to maximise heart health. You know the drill by now: combine the batter ingredients, slowly adding the milk until smooth. 02 Sweat the garlic, thyme and paprika for two minutes in a hot pan before tossing in the mushrooms. It’s a potent concoction: garlic is nature’s statin due to its antioxidant allicin, which improves circulation, while mushrooms deliver vitamin D and calcium to flatline your risk of cardiovascular disease. Roast them at 200°C for 10 minutes. Meanwhile, crush the avocado and mash it with lemon juice. 03 For the pancakes, heat a non-stick frying pan with a splash of oil, using 3tbsp of batter per cake and waiting for it to bubble before flipping. The buckwheat flour is the star player here, lowering both cholesterol and blood pressure. When golden, remove from the pan and pile on the avo, shrooms and parsley.