I like breakfast, in fact it is my favorite. Sometimes I can spend 20 minutes preparing a beautiful colourful bowl of goodness. Other times, I go for speed, but which ever way I do it. It needs to be full of goodness, and a good hit of protein. This morning was 30 g of porridge… Continue reading Protein Hit for breakfast
Author: vegetarian and vegan nutrition
Friday night, no cooking
As its Mothers Day on Sunday I will be visiting my 93 year old mum. So, Meal prep will be happening Saturday this weekend, I think I may also make a few cupcakes to take to mum. As I have nothing left of my ready made meals this week. It was time to find a… Continue reading Friday night, no cooking
Making it up as you go….
We had a lovely house guest this week, my sister. So of course I shared my prepped meals with her. Soup one night and chilli another. This resulted in me being short of meals. I opened the fridge to find a courgette, a small portion of cauliflower and broccoli, asparagus and a tin of cannelloni… Continue reading Making it up as you go….
Easy Healthy Cookies
To avoid highly processed biscuits, I now make my own. Every weekend when I am meal prepping, I make sure a batch of cookies go in. Same recipe two versions this week. 1/2 cup of Crunchy Peanut Butter 2 tablespoons of maple syrup 1 teaspoon vanilla essence 1 cup of Almond Flour Mix Peanut butter,… Continue reading Easy Healthy Cookies
Very Quick & Easy Cauliflower & Broccoli Soup.
1/2 a cauliflower 1/2 a broccoli 200 mls Almond Milk Garlic/Italian garlic sprinkle 30 grams Salted Cashew nuts and Peanuts Steam the cauliflower and broccoli. Once cooked transfer to your blender- I use my Vita-mix for this because I prefer really smooth soup, and this gadget does just that. Add the almond milk, garlic and… Continue reading Very Quick & Easy Cauliflower & Broccoli Soup.
Chilli
Sunday meal prep. Ingredients makes enough for 4 meals Onion Garlic Garden Peas Courgette Carrots Mushrooms Black Beans Mixed Beans Chopped Tomatoes Smoked Paprika Chilli Powder Salt I always like to make cooking as simple as possible. So take a nice big pan and put everything in there together. Leave it to cook for about… Continue reading Chilli
Cutting out the highly processed foods
As a plant based eater for many years, I have ups and downs with my diet, even though I do know better I still get it wrong sometimes. I still work full time, and on many occasions I get home desperate for something to eat, but too tired to cook from scratch. So my freezer… Continue reading Cutting out the highly processed foods
Pecan Cake with butterscotch sauce…
Having to use up some of my store cupboard supplies, I decided to make a cake, but using Ground Almonds and Coconut Flour. Coconut Flour- 1.5 cups, Ground almonds 1.5 cups, 1 cup of melted coconut oil or Soya Pure or mix the 2. 3 tablespoons of flaxseed soaked in 6 tablespoons of water (egg… Continue reading Pecan Cake with butterscotch sauce…
Tofu Tonight…
After a day of shopping, I was in need of something to recharge and reboot me. I had the following in the fridge. With the addition of garlic, herbs, black salt, avocado oil, Stubbs Liquid smoke and chopped onion. Start by placing the chopped onion in a flat pan with the avocado oil and garlic.… Continue reading Tofu Tonight…
Apple Crumble Cake???
As I had a Bramley Apple still left, I needed to think of something to do with it. So here is what I came up with. Never wanting recipes to be too fussy, I am sticking to my guns with this one. Melt 75gms of vitalite or similar in a pan. Then pour this into… Continue reading Apple Crumble Cake???
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