Without a doubt, take away is an easy solution to get fed-fast, however it often means you're taking away valuable nutrients and good quality ingredients from your diet! To help save your pennies and your health, Remedy nutritionist Jacqueline Alwill has created some delicious healthy FAKEAWAY meals just for you! Here's the first recipe from this series and we think you're going to love it!

VEGETARIAN TURKISH INSPIRED KEBAB WITH HOME MADE YOGURT FLATBREAD

Serves 4
Dairy free (opt) : Vegetarian

Yoghurt flatbread:

• 250g spelt or wholemeal self-raising flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 cup greek or coconut yoghurt
• pinch sea salt
  
  

Filling:

• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• 4 cloves garlic, peeled and diced
• good pinch chilli flakes
• 1 1/2 teaspoons sweet paprika
• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 500g firm tofu, cut into 1cm dice
• 1 Lebanese cucumber, finely sliced
• 2 vine-ripened tomatoes, roughly diced
• 3-4 tablespoons tahini, or to taste
• finely sliced red onion or sumac pickled red onion*
• Fresh mint leaves, lemon and a bit of extra olive oil if desired to serve

To make the yoghurt flatbread:

Make the flatbreads by mixing flour and baking powder together in a bowl then add yoghurt and mix until it is just coming together. Dust a clean kitchen bench with extra flour, pour dough onto the bench then knead for about 5 minutes. Over this time the ingredients should come together beautifully to form a smooth dough. Roll the dough into a log, cut into 8 even pieces and roll out until approximately 3-4mm thick. Heat a flat plate or frypan on medium-high heat, shake off any excess flour from dough then cook individually 60-90 seconds each side, or until golden brown on each side. Set aside and cook remaining flatbread. Cover until the rest of your meal is ready.

To make the filling:

Combine lemon juice, oregano, garlic, chilli, paprika, cinnamon and extra virgin olive oil in a bowl, add tofu and toss well to coat, then set aside for 20 minutes to marinate or longer if you can. Once ready, heat a frying pan on medium heat add a splash of extra virgin olive oil and the tofu and cook for about 8-10 minutes, tossing to coat and cook each side evenly.

To serve:

Get all your ingredients ready on a big serving platter to share. Spread tahini over the base of your flatbread, top with tofu, tomato, cucumber, sumac pickled/red onion and mint leaves. Drizzle with some extra virgin olive oil, season with sea salt and black pepper and enjoy!

*There are plenty of recipes online for Sumac Red Onion and it’s 100% worth making and keeping in the fridge to add to your meals.

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Kimchi is like the heart and soul of Korean cooking. This traditional Korean side dish is made from TASTY salted and fermented vegetables and Korean flavours. Just like Remedy Kombucha, kimchi is alive and kickin’ with the goodness of organic acids! Try this delish I Quit Sugar-approved ferment today.

KOM-CHI Kombucha meets kimchi

Makes: 2 x 1 litre jars
Prep time: 2 hours 30 minutes
Cooking time: NA

INGREDIENTS

• ½ head Napa or savoy cabbage,
• chopped into quarters
• 5 cloves Garlic
• 3cm ginger, fresh
• 6 spring onions
• 1 small brown onion
• 1 tbsp Tamari
• 1 tbsp fish sauce
• 1 tbsp sea salt
• 1/2 cup Remedy Kombucha
• Ginger Lemon
• 1 apple, sliced into matchsticks
• 1 carrots finely sliced into matchsticks
• (or just grated)
• ¼ to ½ cup Korean red chili flake*
• (or regular chilli flakes)
• 2 x 1 litre jars, or a few smaller 500ml jars.

METHOD

Remove the bottom core from the cabbage, and slice into quarters.

Add cabbage to a large bowl and sprinkle over sea salt, start lifting up the leaves, and sprinkling the sea salt between the leaves, to ensure the salt is covering everything!

Place a plate over the cabbage and weigh down, with a book or any heavy object! This will help draw the water out of the cabbage.

Every 30 minutes, toss the cabbage, and place the plate and weight back on top to continue to draw moisture out. Continue to do this for 2 hours. Meanwhile, to prepare the chilli sauce, add the garlic, ginger, chilli flakes*, onion, tamari, fish sauce and kombucha to a food processor and blitz to combine.

Add the kimchi chilli paste into a large bowl and add in the carrot, spring onions and apple and toss to combine.

Rinse the cabbage leaves under a running tap to remove excess salt and shake dry. Roughly tear cabbage apart, add it to the bowl with the chilli paste. Use your hands to mix everything together and coat evenly in the chilli paste.

Shove the kimchi into clean jars and pack the mixture down as you go with your fingers or a spoon.

Place the jar/s into a cool spot away from direct sunlight, like the pantry. Allow kimchi to ferment for 7 days. A sign that your kimchi is fermenting is tiny bubbles on the surface.

Each day, you’ll need to ‘burp” the kimchi to remove excess pressure by opening up the lid, and then also push down the contents to ensure the kimchi is kept below the liquid. 

After 7 days, move your kimchi to the fridge to store. It will last for 12 months.

NOTE: Add LESS chilli flakes if you don’t like much heat.

Recipe made in collaboration between Remedy Drinks and   I Quit Sugar. Photography by   Bec Dickinson.