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This has to be the ultimate picnic quiche – a light, millet and sunflower seed crust packed full of nutrient dense greens (and wild edible weeds from the garden if you’re so inclined!), finished with crunchy seeds and soft juicy tomatoes. Naturally gluten, egg and dairy free. I served this with a mess of fresh sunflower seed sprouts and a generous few tablespoons of gut-friendly raw sauerkraut.<\/em><\/p>\n

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We are mere days away from finishing our Naturopathy and Herbal Medicine degree – my fellow practitioners and I – of which there are just 21 – a small and intimate group, have all helped each other cross the finish line together.<\/p>\n

It’s been such a beautiful experience feeling nurtured and supported and so much part of a team, we're all leaving as good friends.<\/p>\n

I know that initial deep-seated fatigue that sets in as soon as you stop, is waiting for me just around the corner – but I’m actually very much welcoming it this time. I need to let my body relax and sigh – and surrender to the doing of nothing, letting all the unravelled bits come back together again. <\/p>\n

And so, I hope to enjoy a sleepy, sweet and slow summer, filled with everything I’ve ached to do but just didn’t have time for.<\/p>\n

I want to give my garden some love, take my Nana out, make some herbal skincare from scratch, get a massage, get messy with some creative recipes, clean the house (specifically: the pantry. How good does a clean pantry make you feel?!), and, get married (I haven’t planned anything yet: but I know this much: it will be in March because the weather is beautiful, and it will be low-key and relaxed because that’s how I’m rolling from this point forward!).<\/p>\n

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One of the things I’m most looking forward to are Summer picnics. My partner has generously bought me a beautiful woollen Peruvian picnic blanket I spied on Etsy (graduation present!) which I am eagerly awaiting the arrival of – so now all I need is a few nourishing recipes up my sleeve to keep on summer-picnic-rotation.<\/p>\n

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Gluten Free Sun-Dried Tomato Spinach Quiche<\/h2>\n

This is a recipe I have been playing with over again a few times now. I was a bit fussy with how I wanted the gluten free crust to turn out – I wanted it thin, light and crisp, not thick, doughy and stodgy.<\/p>\n

The hero should really be the soft and vegetable-packed filling.<\/p>\n

I settled on a blend of millet flour and ground sunflower seeds in the end.<\/p>\n

Both of which you can make yourself by grinding whole dried millet in the blender to become a fine flour, and likewise, blending whole sunflower seeds down to a meal. It will save you a little money this way too.<\/p>\n

The addition of psyllium husks, a fibre commonly sold at health stores or natural food stores (as a laxative), acted as an egg replacer, and with the addition of water and a little olive oil – swelled to give a lovely classic dough texture.<\/p>\n

I'm a huge fan of millet as it is so nutrient dense. It is known as 'Queen of the Grains', and contains high amounts of the minerals copper, phosphorus, manganese and magnesium<\/a>.<\/p>\n

One particular variety (Finger millet) has the highest calcium<\/a> content of all the cereal grains - 344mg per 100g is indeed fairly impressive. I have written more about millet here.<\/a><\/p>\n

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For the filling, I blended organic tofu with fresh oat milk (I make my own), turmeric<\/a> (for colour), nutritional yeast (to mimic cheese), and black salt (lending an eggy-like taste - more on that here<\/a>).<\/p>\n

I had ample bunches of organic greens from the markets – and sautéed them lightly before folding them through the above mixture.<\/p>\n

Although my garden is fairly bare at the moment – I did gather a handful of puha to add to the mix. Puha is a common weed native to New Zealand - it grows everywhere.<\/em> <\/p>\n

Weeds are actually highly nutritious, so if you do have a slightly more ‘wild’ garden, I encourage you experiment and incorporate a few new greens into some of your meals (for example – dandelion leaves, chickweed, self heal, plantain).<\/p>\n

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Nutrition highlights<\/h2>\n

Nutritionally, this quiche makes for a balanced meal, with a good amount of protein<\/a> coming from the tofu, nutritional yeast, millet and sunflower seeds. A very quick calculation showed each serving contains approximately 23g of protein<\/a>, 10g of fibre, 250mg of calcium<\/a>, 5mg of iron<\/a> and 2mg of zinc<\/a> – excellent! Note – my partner and I are rather piggy, so in our household, this quiche only serves 4.<\/p>\n

I was very happy with the end result – and will make this again over summer for sure. We all need a good quiche! Here’s to long and lazy picnics in the peaceful shade of trees…<\/p>\n

If you make and enjoy this recipe, please leave a rating below. And better yet – leave me a comment to tell me how you got on, or just say hi – I LOVE hearing from you. Follow me on Instagram,<\/a> Facebook<\/a><\/span> or Pinterest<\/span> <\/a>to see more of my everyday recipes and wellness tips.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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Gluten Free Sun-Dried Tomato Spinach Quiche<\/h2>\n
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The Ultimate Gluten Free Vegan Quiche! With sun-dried tomato, spinach and kale and a light millet and sunflower seed crust. Perfect picnic fare.<\/div>\n
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