Fresh couscous salad with mint leaves

Healthy option with not meat J

2,5 dl couscous

2,5 dl vegetable bouillon

1 large shallot

Pearl tomatoes

1 cucumber

200 g feta cheese

2 dl fresh mint leaves

1 dl fresh basil

1 dl fresh coriander

1 lime

Olive oil

Salt

Pepper

Prepare the vegetable bouillon and place couscous in it. Do not let the couscous to boil but just let it be in the hot water for about 10 minutes under a lid.

Cut the vegetables and the herbs and add them with feta cheese in to bowl. Mix it with cooled couscous. Taste the salad with lime juice, olive oil, salt and pepper.

Lingon pie

Happy New Year 2014! Every year you promise to yourself that now, now I start eating healthy food. But now and then you can indulge yourself with sweet desserts during the weekends. Just remember to see how much you eat and do you do sports as well. When you do not overeat and exercise at the same time you can eat almost whatever you want without gaining weight.

For this sweet and sour dessert you will need

Dough

150 g margarine

1 ¼ dl white sugar

1 egg

1,5 dl flour

1,5 dl whole-wheat flour (rye flour also is a perfect match with lingon berries)

0,5 tsp baking powder

0,5 dl milk

Filling

Lingon berries (cowberries)

3 dl sour cream

1 egg

0,5 dl white sugar

2 tsp vanilla sugar

Mix the sugar and margarine until it’s white. Mix the egg in it. Mix the flour and baking powder together and add the half of it to the dough. Mix it well and add the rest of the flour with milk. Spread the dough in to pie form that you have oiled well.

Prepare the filling by mixing the sour cream, egg, sugar and vanilla sugar together. Pour it on the pie dough. Add as much lingon berries you wish according to your taste.

Let the pie be in the oven for about 30 minutes in 200˚C.