Monday, 19 November 2012

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! :)




Saturday, 17 November 2012

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!! :)

Friday, 16 November 2012

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! :)

Monday, 5 November 2012

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!

Sunday, 4 November 2012

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 :)