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Breakfast in an autumn forest.
I got obsessed with forests. Not for mushroom picking, as this one usually ends up for me with an empty basket (usually, because once I found a half of a mushroom). I like to eat there. I also like to take my friends and family to the forest. Two weeks ago I took Mia. She loved it. For 15 minutes she runs like crazy and then she walked me straight back to a car. 23 months old girl has its rights.
You won’t believe, but I also have adult friends, who want to hang out with me in a forest. One of them is Emo, who didn’t only eat the food, but also made a handsome model. The only problem was, he wanted to eat it straight away. Sounds like a regular process, but when you want to make food pretty and end up short on products, it changes your plans. I managed to keep it safe for about 5 minutes, before Emo made his bite out of it.
This whole trip was about finding a wooden deck, where we can sit, eat, talk and have a perfect view over a lake. I made a research on a google map and found a few places in my favourite area. It turned out that each one of them was a private possession. We’ve decided on taking our chances and walking around a big lake, through a forest, in hope of finding a perfect place. It has not happen for some time, so we set up a base in a beautiful spot with kind of a table in a lake. It worked. We ate, or rather Emo ate and I took pictures, meantime, we saw two women swimming in the lake. It was about 9*C, but they seemed to have heaps of fun. This is when we discovered, that there’s a wooden deck about 10 meters from us. Life can be tricky sometimes.
This beautiful recipe comes from a beautiful blog that I’ve discovered way too late – Will frolic for food. Definitely check it out!
The Recipe
YOU WILL NEED FOR BALLS:
- 4 & ½ cups corn tortilla chips
- 1 & ½ cups cooked pumpkin
- 1 chickpea can, soaked
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1 & ½ tsp sea salt
- 1 tsp black pepper
- big pinch of cayenne pepper
- 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 3 dried dates
- 1 tablespoon mayonnaise
- 2 handfuls kale, stems removed
YOU WILL NEED FOR SAUCE:
- 2 tbsp mayonnaise
- 1 tsp tomato paste
- pepper and salt
Start with baking a pumpkin. Take approximately half of a pumpkin (without seeds), sprinkle it with an olive oil, salt, pepper and bake in 200*C for about 20 minutes.
Now let’s make this delicious balls. Place tortilla chips in a blender (or a food processor, but I don’t own any) and make a flour out of it. Add pumpkin, chickpea, garlic, salt, peppers, vinegar, oil dates and mayo. Blend until it’s smooth. If your blender won’t feel like doing it, use a hand blender like I did. Add kale and blend some more.
Form little balls in your hands, place it on a baking tray covered with a paper and bake in 175*C for about 25 minutes. after half of time roll them a bit, so it’s nicely golden all around.
I served mine with some spinach, more baked pumpkin and a sauce.
Enjoy, Marta
Now let’s make this delicious balls. Place tortilla chips in a blender (or a food processor, but I don’t own any) and make a flour out of it. Add pumpkin, chickpea, garlic, salt, peppers, vinegar, oil dates and mayo. Blend until it’s smooth. If your blender won’t feel like doing it, use a hand blender like I did. Add kale and blend some more.
Form little balls in your hands, place it on a baking tray covered with a paper and bake in 175*C for about 25 minutes. after half of time roll them a bit, so it’s nicely golden all around.
I served mine with some spinach, more baked pumpkin and a sauce.
Enjoy, Marta
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Thank you so much Sarah, it’s so amazing to read a comment from you <3
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What a lovely spot for a fall picnic!
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Thank you so much!
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These photos are absolutely stunning, it felt like taking a small magical trip to a pretty place when I was reading this. xo!
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Thank you <3 It is a magical spot indeed 🙂
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THis place looks so beautiful, so restive, so peaceful!! I hardly looked at the food, honestly, my eyes were so focused on the sights and colours of nature there, this is a dream place for sure!!
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thank you so much! This place is magical. The forests has so many colours and it’s so quiet and peaceful over there.
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eating meals in the forest sounds so therapeutic….i dont blame mia for running around, i’d totally frolic everywhere 🙂
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It is! It’s so quiet, especially in the morning and phone reception is bad, so no disruptions 🙂
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Yum! Perfect wintery flavours. And I’m not surprised you’re obsessed with the forest, it looks so gorgeous in your photos.
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I am, actually I am still going there, but Mia is interested only for 15 minutes hahaha
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Can’t begin to tell you how much I love these shots. thanks so much for sharing.
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Thank you Kimberly, I am so glad you like it. It’s so nice to read that someone likes my work <3
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Gorgeous shots! I really like the theme and colours. My favorite so far. ;-)Delicious looking dish too.Cheers,Rosa
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Thank you so much Rosa! <3
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This is just stunning Marta! Goodness, your forests + lakes are so beautiful where you live. I love this kale and pumpkin combo too, need to put this on my list to try this fall. Hope you are having a gorgeous week lady! xx
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It is a lovely combo. I’ll really miss pumpkin. It’s so yummy.
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These pictures are lovely and your friend deserves to be photographed with clothes like that – he looks great.My boyfriend always moans when I want to photograph the food before I let him eat it! I let him have the less ‘photogenic’ ones first, but he’s normally drawn to the more attractive ones!
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hahahaha, I do exactly the same thing. But with Emo wasn’t easy at all
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These balls sound so tasty!! Love the mix of pumpkin and kale!
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it is a nice idea, isn’t it. It also tastes really good 😀
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Gosh, these are GORGEOUS photos, Marta! You are such an inspiration <3
Can’t wait to try this recipe – it’s all of my favourite things together!Much love,
Sarah B