Beef, Beetroot & Broccoflower....

The Woolworths I shop at, as Kawana Waters has a great selection of Australian grown fruit and veg. I really like having a good wander and shop with my Huddo and pick out the different fresh produce I'm going to use for the cooking in the week ahead and this week one in particular caught my eye....
Broccoflower. Now I do understand from reading online this is by no means something new but I just found it interesting and thought I'd give it a whirl in some cooking this week. It tastes very similar to cauliflower like cauliflower is a great source of fibre, has decent protein content and with the additional phytonutrients and green appearance it is actually a great source of vitamin C.....sounds good to me.
The next thing I got was 'Dutch carrots' they are similar shape to carrots but are purple in colour. Taste is slightly more bitter than an orange carrot and very tasty. A little carrot fun fact that I was not aware of .....carrots were originally purple for centuries before the Europeans began cultivating them as orange.

So with my new vegies in mind I made Huddo a beef dish....

Beef, Beetroot & Broccoflower

Ingredient:
200g Premium beef mince
1/4 head of broccoflower, broken up into small florets
1 beetroot, peeled and diced
half a sweet potato diced
1 cup of sliced mushrooms.
2 dutch carrots peeled and diced
1 zucchini diced.
half a head of broccoli, broken up into small florets
1 cup beef stock
1 cup of cous cous

Method:
1)Cook beef in a splash of olive oil until brown.
2)Pour in beef stock and all vegies. Simmer on low-med heat until vegies are soft.
3)Add cous cous. This should absorb excess liquid. Cook on low until cous cous is soft
4)Mash until desired consistency...

It's a very bright coloured looking dish while cooking....

And very purply when mashed..... Huddo was quite fascinated with the colour and I wasn't sure if he liked it but he ate it all but just stared at the bowl the entire time. Due to the mince and beef stock it has quite a heavy savoury taste but the sweetness of the beetroot gives it really nice after taste also.

When I studied natural medicine I did a subject on Colour Therapy and how varying the colours of your meals can be energising. Well I don't think Huddo needs any additional energising but it's good to know that he's getting an array of nutrients from all the varied vegies.