LID: Vegetable Manchurian

Ingredients:

carrots
cabbage
zucchini
potato
sprouts
green chili
capsicum

2 tbsp cornflour
1 tbsp pepper powder or chili powder
coconut oil for frying
non iodized salt if desired
1 tbsp sesame oil

Procedure:

1.  Chop all vegetables.
2.  In one bowl mix all vegetables, cornflour, sesame oil, pepper powder and salt.  mix very well.
3.  Form into balls.  do not add water as the vegetables have enough water to stick it together into balls.
4.  Deep fry in coconut oil.
5.  Make dip using white vinegar or balsalmic.

LID: Squashkra (squash okra) mash

Ingredients

any herb powder (provence, thyme, parsely etc)
mustard seed powder
ginger powder
garlic powder
a little bit of chili powder
pepper
okra
squash

egg white (if desired for keeping the squash together)

Procedure:

1.  Steam the okra/
2.  Boil the squash.
3.  Mash the okra and squash together.
4.  Add all herbs and powder etc.
5.  Add egg white to keep them together
6. Mix
5.  Heat olive oil in pan.
6. Scoop a spoon of the mixture and fry.

LID: Pasta asparagus in balsalmic sauce

Ingredients:

one pack Pasta cooked aldente
asparagus
baby corn
carrots
tomatoes
chicken cut into cubes
dash of salt not iodized
garlic
onion
olive oil

For the sauce:
honey
balsalmic vinegar
olive  oil
chilli powder
garlic powder
pepper
provence herbs
parsely
fresh tomatoes

Procedure

1.  Mix all the sauce ingredients and stir very well.  The amount of each ingredient is as desired.
2.  Boil chicken with a dash of salt (not iodized) and some herbs.  Cut into cubes.
3.  Saute garlic and onion in olive oil.
4.  Put in the cubed chicken.   Stir fry with the sauce.
5..Add the rest of the vegetables one by one, add the asparagus last.
6.  Simmer for two minutes.

LID veggie fritters

Low Iodine Diet Veggie fritters

Ingredients

1 medium zucchini
1 medium sweet potato
1 medium carrot
1 medium potato
2 egg whites
1/2 tsp ginger powder
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp onion powder
canola oil for deep frying

balsalmic vinegar + any herbs and pepper for dipping

Procedure

1.  Peel all the vegetables especially potato as potato skin is high in iodine.

2. Using the peeler, scrape all the vegetables and put them in one bowl.

3. Chop the parts that cannot be scraped with the peeler into small cubes.

4.  Mix together with egg, a little pepper, onion powder, ginger powder and garlic powder.  Alternatively, use onion, garlic and ginger.

5.  Heat canola oil and deep fry the fritters to your desired size or shape.

Enjoy with balsalmic dip.

Beans and basil (LID)

Ingredients:

2 cups Bean sprouts
1/2 cup green beans
chili powder
ginger powder
rock salt (not iodized)
onion
garlic
olive or canola oil for sauteing
1/2 cup water
basil leaves fresh

Procedure
1.  Wash bean sprout and beans.  Cut beans into three parts.
2.  Heat olive or canola oil.
3.  Saute onion then garlic.
4.  Add chili powder, ginger powder and rock salt.
5.  Add green beans.
6.  Simmer.
7.  Add bean sprouts.
8  Simmer.
9.  Remove from heat.
10.  Add basil leave on top.