A MODERN WAY TO EAT @we_are_food ANNA JONES IS A COOK, FOOD WRITER AND STYLIST. SHE MAKES VEG THE HERO AND SHOWS THAT HEALTHY EATING IS MOST DEFINITELY NOT A CHORE

’ve never been very good at early mornings and breakfast brunch Squeeze in half the lime juice just wasn't part of my routine, but a few years back avocado and whiz until combined. Beat I told myself that I deserved a proper start to each day. cornbread 1 egg, then add to the liquidiser I Whether that’s sitting on my back doorstep, enjoying a cup SERVES 6 and pulse to combine. of coffee and watching the early sun break through the mimosa tree, hurriedly eating a delicious bowl of granola before rushing y olive oil Pour the mixture into the dry out of the door, or spending a bit more time over brunch on the y 150g cornmeal or polenta ingredients and stir. Destone weekend, breakfast for me is about setting out my intention of y ½ teaspoon baking powder and scoop out the flesh from how I want the day ahead to be. y 1 teaspoon runny honey 1 avocado, then chop into small When it comes to brunch, this quick recipe is my new y 1 good pinch of ground cubes. Quarter most of the favourite thing to eat at the weekends. Based on an American cumin tomatoes, reserving a few. Fold Deep South classic, my cornbread uses milk, a little yoghurt y 1 good pinch of hot smoked the chopped tomatoes and and some avocado to add beautiful richness instead of heavy paprika avocado into the cornbread buttermilk and melted butter. It’s topped off with black beans, y 150ml milk of your choice mixture – it will be quite wet, more avocado and a poached egg, and as it’s made of cornmeal (I use almond) but that’s what you want. or polenta, it’s naturally gluten-free, too. y 100g fat-free natural It’s hearty but balanced, and exactly what I need to get yoghurt Remove the hot dish from the my weekend going: protein and iron from the black beans y ½ a bunch of fresh coriander oven and pour the mixture in. (they’re actually higher in protein than any other bean), a little y ½ a bunch of fresh basil Roughly chop the chilli and healthy fat from the avocado and two of your 5-a-day. y zest and juice from scatter most on top along with I’ve spent a lot of time 1 unwaxed lime the rest of the tomatoes. Bake in America on both the east y 7 large free-range or for 25 to 30 minutes, or and west coasts, and I’ve organic eggs until puffed up and golden. been lucky enough to travel "This breakfast is hearty y 3 ripe avocados to the less visited parts of y 1 big handful of ripe cherry Meanwhile, heat a little oil in the middle and south, too. but balanced, and tomatoes a small saucepan. Roughly chop The food varies as you y 1 fresh green chilli, trimmed and add the garlic for a minute, travel, from the exposed exactly what I need to y 2 cloves of garlic, peeled then add the black beans and light bulb and brick-walled y 2 x 400g tins of black beans their liquid, and the cinnamon. bars of Brooklyn, the get my weekend going" y 1 pinch of ground cinnamon Cook for 6 to 8 minutes, or until sun-bathed terraces of thickened and glossy, then keep LA and the Mom & Pop Preheat the oven to 200°C/ warm. Destone, peel and mash

diners that dot roadsides between almost every city. One thing 400ºF/gas 6. Grease a high- the remaining avocados with SPENCE PHILLIPPA is constant though: corn or maize. It’s used very differently sided 20cm ovenproof dish or the rest of the lime juice. to how we use it here in the UK, where we treat it like a frying pan and pop it in the oven STYLING: vegetable – freshly wrapped in the palest green, papery husks until hot – this will give a nice, Once ready, remove the at the end of summer and tinned the rest of the year. In the crisp crust to your cornbread. cornbread from the oven and States, the influence of Mexican and Latin cooking means it’s leave to cool a little while you used much more creatively, most often ground to a flour to Place the cornmeal or polenta, poach 6 eggs. Serve the DAVID LOFTUS DAVID make bread, tortillas, muffins, tamales and cakes. Cornmeal is a good pinch of sea salt, the cornbread in slices, topped with also a good source of vitamins and minerals, such as thiamin – baking powder, honey, cumin an egg, the smashed avocado a B vitamin that our nervous system and heart need to function and paprika in a bowl and mix to and beans on the side. I also like properly – as well as phosphorus that helps keep our bones combine. Put the milk, yoghurt, to scatter over some caoriander and teeth healthy, so it’s a good ingredient to incorporate into most of the coriander and all leaves and sliced fresh chilli. your cooking. of the basil (including the Per serve: 482.6 kcals • 23.5g protein PHOTOGRAPHY: FOOD This crowd-pleasing brunch is super easy to put together, and stalks), 2 tablespoons of oil and • 25.2g fat (5.7g saturated) • 34.3g it's great for a gathering on the weekend or a quick weekday the lime zest into a liquidiser. carbs • 4.3g sugars • breakfast (you can make the bread in advance and it’ll last a few ANNA JONES ANNA days). It’s nourishing, vibrant and satisfying – everything I like FOR MORE DELICIOUS WAYS WITH VEG, LOOK OUT FOR ANNA’S NEW BOOK, A MODERN WAY TO COOK, OUT NOW.

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