Turkey Muffins

Turkey Muffins

I bought turkey mince yesterday, I would usually make meatballs or pasta sauce with it, but i was thinking about going for something different, while scrolling through some of my fav recipie blogs i came acress turkey muffins and thought it would be simple enough.
I pretty much made up my own recipe as i went and they tasted delish!

What you'll need:
500gms turkey mince
1 onion
2 cloves of crushed garlic
2 large red chili (i like it spicy, but u can use 1 or none)
1 egg
2 tablespoons of almond meal
bunch of basil and chives chopped (stole from my parents veggie garden!) but u can u pretty much whatever herbs u want, parsely, mint, coriander, etc...
pepper
Spices: coriander powder, paprika, tough or chili powder, cummin

What to do:
Pre-heat the oven to 180 Degrees Celsius, place the onion, garlic and chili in a food processor and blend to make a wet paste, then into a large bowl add the mince and the onion, chili, garlic paste, add the herbs, egg, almond meal, spices, pepper and mix with a spoon until its all combined.

Grease some muffin pans with a little olive oil on some paper towel (this mix makaes 9-10 muffins depending on how big or small you want them) then spoon the mixture onto the pans. They shrink a bit when cooking. Then place in the oven for 30 mins until they are golden brown on the top.

Once they look cooked, take them out and let them cool for a couple of minutes before cutting around the edges with a knife and popping them out.

 

I served mine with steamed broccoli and snow peas and a spoon of cottage cheese.

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Home made pesto crust chicken

Home made pesto crust chicken

I looove pesto, especially when its homemade, my dad makes the best, especially when its mixed through pasta with chicken (yumm!!) but since moving out of home Ive had to create my own recipe. Instead of using just basil as most pesto's are made with, i have used chili and mint, and i have to say that its comes pretty close to being as good as my dad's recipe! :)

What you'll need:
2 cups of basil leaves
1 bunch of mint
1 red chili finely chopped (depending whether u like a bit of a kick)
1/2 lemon juice
lemon zest
2 cloves of garlic crushed
2-3 tablespoons olive oil
salt and pepper to taste
3 tablespoons of almond meal

2-3 chicken breast fillets (you could use salmon fillets or any fish, lamb, pork fillets)

What to do: 
In a food processor or blender, add the basil and mint leaves and pulse until a green paste, then add the garlic, lemon juice, lemon zest, olive oil, salt and pepper, chilli, and almond meal and blend until all combined. (You might need to add a little more oil or lemon juice if the mixture is really thick.

Prepare you chicken (or other protein) on a lined baking tray and put the pesto paste over the meat, covering all the top surface. Cover with aluminum foil and place in over on 180 degrees c, and cook covered for 25mins, then take the foil off and cook for another 10mins or until the meat is cooked.

When its cooked the pesto goes golden brown and crispy, serve with a wedge of lemon, fresh garden salad or steamed broccoli. You really have to try it!!

(*note: if you wanted to use this recipe as a pasta sauce or dip, just take out the almond meal)


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Eggy breakfast ideas

Eggy breakfast ideas.... 

Mini egg fritata (1x egg, 3x egg whites, a bunch of left over veggies -broccoli, mushrooms, cauliflower, onion)

Egg whites on rye toast (1x slice of rye toast, 4xegg whites cooked in a pan, handful of spinach and rocket mix, tsp of pumpkin seeds and sunflower seeds) and of course my hot cup of green tea! :)

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Banana pancakes

 Banana pancakes

Easiest pancakes ever! (and my new favorite breakfast!)

What you'll need:
1 x banana
1x egg
1tsp coconut oil

What to do:


Place the egg into a blender and whip it until its all combined, then add the banana and mix for 60sec. (i find whipping the egg first before adding the banana stops the pancake from going rubbery) Once the mixture is all combined pour into a non-sick pan with a little coconut oil. Once the bubbles start to from on the top and the sides are starting to go hard, then flip for a minute or so then turn onto a place and cover with your favorite toppings! sooo easy and really yummy!

Some topping suggestions:
- Greek yogurt, blueberries, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds and some slivered almonds.
   (what i used in the picture)
- Greek yogurt, honey, slivered almonds
- grated apple, greek yogurt and honey
 You can add whatever you like!  :)
 

You're amazing

Sometimes we need to remind ourselves....
 

Chia, banana and blueberry breakfast porridge

Chia, banana and blueberry breakfast porridge

I saw a recipe in a blog the other day, thought it sounded interesting so i thought i would give it a go... turns out its actually quite yummy! and because u make it the night before, its quick and easy if you don't have alot of time in the mornings :)

What you'll need:

1/4 cup of black or white chia seeds
2/3 cup of almond milk
1/3 cup water
1 scoop of vanilla protein powder ( i used Isolyze vanilla peanut butter protein powder by Species, but you could use chocolate too!)
1 small banana or half a big banana
handful of blueberries (i used frozen berries)
Mixed seeds, i used a tsp of pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds and slivered almonds

What to do:

In a shaker bottle, mix the water, almond milk and protein powder until its all combined. Pour into a bowl with the chia seeds. Cover with cling wrap and place in the fridge overnight.

When your about to serve, stir up the mixture (the chia seeds will be like a gel, and may be in clumps,just stir it around and it will separate, the mixture will also be a bit runny, like a breakfast soup!) chop up banana, add the blueberries and seeds and serve! :)

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Chocolate peanut butter balls

Chocolate peanut butter balls

I would have to say that these are my weakness!! they taste delicious and super easy to make. They're excellent for that in between meals snack of after dinner treat :p

What you'll need:

1 cup of rolled oats

1/4 cup almond meal

3 heaped tablespoons of Greek yogurt (may need to add more later)

1 1/2 scoops of chocolate protein powder (I'm using Myofusion by Gaspari at the moment, its really yummy!)

2-3 tablespoons of crunchy peanut butter

1-2 teaspoons of coconut oil 

shredded coconut (for rolling in after)

What to do: 

First of all you will need to use a food processor or if you have a stick blender, blitz the oats to form more of a powder. Then in a medium sided bowl add all the ingredients and mix until its all well combined. If the mixture is a bit dry, you can add a bit of water or Greek yogurt. You want the mixture to be similar to cookie dough. Then once its all combined, scoop out same sized amounts and roll into balls, then roll in the coconut to coat the outside.

place in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour to allow them to firm up.

Its so hard to stop at one!! :)

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Thai Chicken Rissoles

Thai chicken rissoles

I was intending this to be made with prawn meat, but i couldn't get any so i used chicken mince instead which worked brilliantly!  :)

 What you'll need:

500gms of chicken mince (or 500gms of prawn meat)

1 egg

corriander

handful of baby spinach and rocket mix (you can usually get them in a mixed bag)

1 red chili chopped (small or big depending on how hot u like it)

1/2 juice of a lime

2Tbsp almond meal

2 x sping onions

pepper

ground cumin powder

1 clove of garlic 

What to do:

Pre-heat the oven to 180 degrees C and prepare a baking tray,

in a food processor, add the spring onions, chilli, garlic, spinach and rocket and coriander, blend until a green paste.

in a large mixing bowl, add the chicken (or prawn meat), egg, almond meal, cumin powder, pepper, lime juice and the green paste.

Combine well, if the mixture is looking a bit wet still, just add another spoon of almond meal. 

Spoon out the ixture into your desired quantities and place on the tray. 

Cover with Aluminum foil for 20mins, then remove the foil, turn the risoles over and bake for anputher 5-10 mins to get some colour on them.

i usually just serve them with a big fresh garden salad, squeeze of lime juice and a few spoons of cottage cheese... delish! :)

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My bit of inspiration for a Tuesday morning after finishing a 5:15am pump class and increasing my weights! why not spread the love! Hope you all have a wonderful day!

My Favourites!

As this is my my first recipe post, i thought i would upload 2 of my addictions at the moment!
The first one is my banana souffle' which i have for breakfast pretty much every day and the 2nd one is my tofu stir fry. (i love this one, but not a fav with the bf  :p)



                      Microwave Banana Souffle'

Ingredients:
1 x scoop protein powder of any choice (i use a vanilla peanut butter protein powder... delish!!)
1x whole banana 
2-3 x egg whites (i just use the egg whites in a carton)
2 x Tbsp greek yogurt
1 x tsp sunflower seeds
1x tsp Pepitas (pumpkin seeds)
1x tsp slivered almonds

there are few variations with this recipe. Because Ive made it like a million times, i like to mix it up a little...

Variations: 1/2 cup blueberries, 1tsp chopped walnuts, tsp soaked chia seeds

So what you will need?
blender or stick blender
deep sided bowl (I'll explain later)
microwave

Method: 
to start with, break up the banana into small pieces and place in the blenders conatiner, add the protein powder and egg whites (this is the stage where u can add the chia seeds if you wanted). Blitz it all up together so it makes like a batter mixture. pour into the deep sided bowl and put into the microwave for 1min20sec to start with, then in 20 sec bursts about 3-4 times after. (for a variation u can add the blueberries after the initial 1:20sec)

 This is why it needs to be a deep sided bowl! The egg whites rise and rise and rise, but once the microwave stops it shrinks back down.

Then serve with yogurt, seeds, nuts and enjoy! i like to have mine with a peppermint green tea, best way to start the day! :D 

And now for my second love.... TOFU!! i only tried tofu last week for the first time and it was delicious!! I;ve always heard that it tastes bland and rubbery, but i didn't get that at all! 

Sally's tofu stir-fry

Ingredients:

Marinade:
1/2 packet of firm tofu
2-3 Tbsp tamari (organic salt reduced soy sauce)
crushed garlic ....i love garlic so more the merrier :)
squeeze of lemon and lime juice
1tsp grated fresh ginger...i keep my ginger root in the freezer and grate it or use it whenever, i find it keeps waaaayyy longer that way :) 

I cut the tofu into long strips, about 0.5cm x the length and let it sit in the marinade for as long as possible (minimum 2hrs)

then when im ready to make the stir fry, i use: (but you can use pretty much whatever vegetables you like)
coconut oil
bok choy
broccoli
red onion
green beans
bean sprouts
mushrooms (shitake, swiss brown, button mushrooms, whatever i can get)
fresh red or green chili (depending on how hot u like it)
lemon and lime juice
sesame seeds

cut up the vegetables into smallish pieces

Method: 
Heat up a wok or deep sided frying pan with 1-2 tsp coconut oil, take the tofu out of the marinade and cut into thin tiles, then fry in the oil until golden on both sides (make sure you keep the left over marinade!) then once its golden on both sides, add in all the veggies and the remaining marinade, and coot until just soft. I like my veggies still with a bit of crunch (also means that all the nutrients haven't been cookout of of them) plus they colours are so vibrant! :) once everything is cooked to your liking, add a fresh squeeze of lemon and lime juice, a dash of tamari and serve with a sprinkling of sesame seeds :)

Anything is possible

Think you CAN. – If it doesn’t challenge you, it won’t change you.  And change breeds growth.  So when a goal seems big and a plan looks tough, just start, push through it for awhile, and soon the next thing you need to do will look possible.  Step by step you can get through anything – this is the truth and you have to believe it.  In the end, you’re going to succeed because you’re crazy enough to think you can.  

- www.marcandangel.com/2012/10/29/10-ways-to-live-life-with-no-regrets/