Mummy’s Fast & Easy

Happy Friday folks!
Everywhere I go now I hear Christmas songs and see wonderful Christmas decoration.
It might be a bit to early for some of you but I’m sooo happy that this is happening because this is actually my favourite time of the year – it feels like a beautiful fairytale.
In that sense, I’ll be posting easy and tasty recipe ideas for Thanksgiving/Christmas so stay tuned!

Today’s recipe is this amazing braided bread which I think looks quite impressive so it’ll look really good on your Christmas/Thanksgiving table.
I actually saw the recipe on a TV show and absolutely loved it. Of course, I didn’t really follow the recipe, as I never do, but I got the whole idea. 
The bread tastes so good you can actually have it on itself with maybe a bit of butter.
There’s spinach, peppers and carrots in it which makes it a great veggie bread!

Here’s what you need.
Mummy’s Fast & Easy

Ingredients:
  • sunflower oil for greasing
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 1tbsp caraway seeds

For the green part:
  • 300g/10z wholewheat flour
  • 100g/3.5oz spinach, steamed
  • 1tsp yeast
  • 1tbsp sunflower oil
  • 1tsp salt

For the red/orange part:

  • 300g/10z wholewheat flour
  • 2 roast red peppers
  • 1tsp yeast
  • 1tbsp sunflower oil
  • 1tsp salt

For the yellow part:

  • 300g/10z wholewheat flour
  • 2 carrots, steamed
  • 1tsp yeast
  • 1tbsp sunflower oil
  • 1tsp salt
Mummy’s Fast & Easy

Preparation:
  1. Preheat the oven to 180°C/356F°.
  2. In three separate bowls, combine the ingredients for the three parts. Work the veggies with a hand blender to a smooth consistency. Make three separate balls.
  3. Gently roll them out and make three equal in length and width pieces.
  4. Make a braid and leave on a side for 30 minutes to rest.
  5. Brush with the egg yolk, season with the caraway seeds and bake in the oven for 30 minutes or until ready.
Enjoy!
Mummy’s Fast & Easy

Tip: Why not use mashed beetroot next time!