#اخترت_صحتي: Mouthwatering Yet Healthy Recipes From Egypt’s Top Foodies

We’ve been taking part in Nestle‘s challenge ‫#‏اخترت_صحتى‬, which is all about making small daily changes toward a healthier, more active and nutritious lifestyle.

Recently, we challenged four of our favorite magicians in the kitchen — @chefandrewmitchell, @luluaskal, @midoeats and @mattersofthebelly — to share with us healthier versions of one of their recipes. Here are the delectable, drool-worthy creations they came up with:

For this challenge I put together a wonderful salad. I started with fresh field greens, cherry tomatoes, button mushrooms, crispy lean veal bacon, Parmesan cheese, crushed pecans, soft boiled egg, red onions and light mustard vinaigrette with virgin olive oil. It’s a healthier version of a traditional Swiss salad with my twist! #eathealthy #cairo #egypt #chefandrewmitchell @scoopempire with @repostapp. ・・・ Join us on our journey to be more conscious about #nutrition. We challenge some of our favorite magicians in the kitchen – @chefandrewfatafeat @mattersofthebelly @midoeats @luluaskal – to share with us a healthier version of one of your #recipes! Can’t wait to see what you come up with 🙂 #اخترت_صحتي #standoutscoop

A photo posted by Chef Andrew (@chefandrewmitchell) on Dec 8, 2015 at 6:08am PST

Brown Fettucine in Curry Yogurt Sauce – my contribution for the mini chef challenge @mattersofthebelly @chefandrewfatafeat @midoeats, by @scoopempire It's really easy, takes minutes and is super light! #اخترت صحتى Recipe here below : – Handful of Fettucine – 1 cup of yogurt – 1 tsp curry powder, 1 clove garlic minced – 1/2 tsp chili powder – 4 tablespoons olive oil – 1 tsp brown sugar. – pinch of salt & pepper – Boil pasta for 5 minutes and drain, whisk all ingredients in a bowl and add to pasta in a pot. – Over medium heat, pour sauce over pasta and 4 tablespoons olive oil and stir. – Remove off heat after 5 minutes and serve with a bay leaf or a spoon of yogurt as garnish (optional).

A photo posted by Alia El Askalany (@luluaskal) on Nov 25, 2015 at 1:16am PST

*Recipe post* @nestleegypt Banana Pancakes with Cinnamon Ice-cream A healthy Friday breakfast, using just 3 ingredients! #اخترت_صحتي 1 banana ? 1 egg ? 1 scoop of Kaju Cinnamon vegan Ice-cream ? (from @earthly.delights.eg) 1- Mash up the banana in a bowl. 2- Add the egg and mix well 3- Heat a flat non-stick pan on medium-low 4- Pour about a third of the batter in the center of the pan. Adjust the heat if the pan is too hot. 5- Wait for 4-5 minutes before trying to flip the pancake over. You will know it's ready to flip, when you start seeing bubbles form on the top side. 6- Flip over carefully with a spatula and cook the other side for about 3 minutes. *(make sure the batter is cooked through!) 7- Serve with a big scoop of ice-cream. 8- Enjoy! Can't wait to see yours! @chefandrewfatafeat @luluaskal @mattersofthebelly ? #StandOutScoop #recipes #Chef #healthy #fit #Paleo #diet #food #cook #breakfast #nutrition #GoodMorning #MidoEats

A photo posted by Mido Eats (@midoeats) on Nov 20, 2015 at 5:22am PST

After plenty more sidetracking, I finally got that recipe for my Wholewheat Purple Carrot Cake with honey-cream cheese drizzle up on the blog! This cake is so easy to make, made with 100% wholewheat flour, beautiful light olive oil & sweetened entirely with honey, making it an ideal breakfast cake can i get a woohooo??! The gorgeous purple carrots i used were generously gifted from @foragersandco ? link to mattersofthebelly.com in bio

A photo posted by Noha Serageldin (@mattersofthebelly) on Nov 24, 2015 at 9:13pm PST

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