Christmas and other festive times of the year ends up indulgent, with heavy rich food and coloured & flavoured strong drinks and spirits... and while it’s important to let loose and enjoy times like this, a well rounded approach to well- being is to always keep some balance. For instance, you could do this by mixing it up with what you choose to serve or eat.
Meat or poultry is usually big focus on many tables and overdoing it leads to it being hard to digest, blocked up (you know the rest!)… a good way to switch things up would be to add in some flavourful meat free options as a main instead of ‘just a side’.
Here, I made some Lebanese fatteh, with chickpeas, Smokey paprika (not as hot as chilli but still a good kick!), fresh parsley, crispy pitta, garlic tahini yoghurt and almonds toasted in butter going all the way through the dish. The yoghurt brings some sourness for digestion, the butter is sweet and oleating yet balanced by the chickpeas. Recipe is below.
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