In an effort to cut down on wastage, a lot of our meals are served ‘family style’. This means that items are placed in the middle of the table and family members can take what they would like to eat. You can take a little and see how you go. It means that food hasn’t been placed on plates {and played with} and become unable to be saved for later. It means that little people {and fussy Daddys} get exactly what they want to eat. And in our household, it normally leads to more food actually being eaten.

One of our go to meals during this hot weather is a middle eastern share plate. The majority of the meal can be prepped ahead of time. And really, the only cooking is the meat – which can be BBQ’ed outside.

We jazz up our homemade hommus with baby beetroots. Love Beets® offers a range of freshly cooked and ready to eat beetroot. All the hard work is done, no cooking or peeling required! I pick up mine either at Coles or the fruit and veggie shop {not sponsored, I’m just a BIG fan}.

Our middle eastern plate contains; lightly spiced BBQ lamb, freekah, beetroot hommus, greek yoghurt, flat breads, tomato, red onion, mixed leaves, pomegranate jewels and parsley. But really, the best thing about these plates is that you can add whatever your family enjoys at that time.

You’re gluten free – why not replace those flat breads with crunchy carrot and cucumber sticks for dipping into the beetroot hommus and greek yoghurt?

You’re a vegetarian – why not add your middle eastern spices to cauliflower, mushrooms or tofu instead of the lamb?

These plates are pretty easy to change up to what your family will eat.

BEETROOT HOMMUS

1 can of chick peas
1 clove of garlic
1 tbsp of tahini
1 lemon {the juice of 1 lemon}
1 tbsp of olive oil
3-4 baby beetroots
sea salt

Place all your ingredients into a food processor and blitz until smooth – how simple is that! Season with a little sea salt and you’re done.

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