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If you're in need of a bit of a nutritional reset, Kelsi Booco*ck's Healthy Kelsi cookbook provides some mighty fine inspiration in the form of "simple vibrant, plant-based food". Here's a taster of some of her wholesome fare.

Ingredients

2 medium-sizedbeetroot, quartered
1 smallonion
2 clovesgarlic
1 large handfulfresh parsley
1 large handfulfresh coriander
1 tspsmoked paprika
1 tspground cumin
1 tspground coriander
¼ cupchickpea flour
1 tspbaking soda

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 180°C and line a baking tray with baking paper. Place beetroot on baking tray and cook for around 20 minutes until soft.
  2. Pulse onion, garlic, parsley and coriander in a food processor until finely chopped but still a bit chunky. Tip mixture into a bowl and rinse out food processor.
  3. Place chickpeas and cooked beetroot in food processor and pulse until a chunky paste is formed. Add beetroot mixture to chopped herbs. Add remaining ingredients and mix until combined.
  4. Use a large tablespoon to shape mixture into balls and place on baking tray. Bake in oven for around 25 minutes.

Edited extract from Healthy Kelsi: Simple, vibrant plant-based food by Kelsi Booco*ck, photography and recipes by Kelsi Booco*ck, published by Bateman Books, RRP$39.99. Check your local bookstore for possible click and collect options (outside of Auckland) and also Fishpond and Mighty Ape for online and contactless delivery.

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