Quick Summer Lunch Recipes to Make with Quarantine-friendly Pantry Essentials


As the season transitions to summer months, we want to eat light and refreshing meals. Summer meals don’t mean that you eat only salads. Make delicious recipes with wholesome grains like quinoa, brown rice, oatmeal, etc. If you like delicious and fresh food, check out these recipes that you can prepare under 30 minutes:

Lemon Rice: This tangy, sweet and sour rice recipe tastes delicious accompanied by coconut chutney. Steam brown rice in water until cooked and set aside. Sauté some peanuts in sesame oil until golden and crunchy. Add a handful of grated ginger, cashew nuts, mustard seeds, chana dal, mustard seeds, asafoetida, curry powder, and turmeric powder. When the spices turn aromatic, add cooked rice. Add freshly squeezed juice of 2 lemons and some zest.
Daawat offers the best quick cooking brown basmati rice. Check out their website to browse vegetarian and non-vegetarian healthy brown rice recipes.

Veggie Skewers: Put a cherry tomato followed by zucchini, bell peppers, mushroom, onions, and pineapple in the skewers. Barbeque the skewers in a hot grill pan. Brush marinade on all sides made with olive oil, salt, pepper, chili flakes, oregano, and lime juice. Serve warm with a side of coriander chutney.

 
Zesty Cottage Cheese Steak: In a hot grill pan, put fresh Cottage cheese slices. Brush a light marinade made with olive oil, lemon, salt, and pepper. Grill until the cheese gets char marks. Garnish with pomegranate seeds and drizzle over some lime juice. Serve warm with the side of coriander chutney. 

Lemon Hummus: In a food processor, add cooked chickpeas, tahini, salt, pepper, roasted garlic, olive oil, and lime juice. Blitz well until smooth and creamy. Garnish with roasted cumin seeds and sumac. Serve with toasted pita, olives and cucumber sticks.

Ciabatta Bread with Hummus & Tomatoes: Slice some Ciabatta bread and layer with some hummus. For the first variety, add diced green olives and sundried tomatoes. To make another variety, layer with some cream cheese. Add pomegranate seeds and chopped mint leaves. Finish with a grating of lemon zest. 

Greek Pasta Salad: Cook the elbow pasta and let it chill for 2-3 hours. In a large mixing bowl, add olives, rocket leaves, sundried tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, capers, roasted garlic, thyme, fresh basil, crumbled feta, cucumber, olive oil, salt, pepper, and oregano. Add the cooked pasta and coat well with the ingredients. Serve cold with a slice sourdough bread. 

Spinach & Corn Mini Quiche: Place pastry shells in a muffin tray and cut off the edges. In a pan, sauté some spinach, corn, and garlic in olive oil for 2 minutes. Add the mix in the muffin tray along with crumbled feta cheese. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes until golden.
Prepare these light lunch recipes with wholesome ingredients. Serve it with some refreshing beverages like virgin mojito and watermelon coolers.

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