I picked up a cheap piece of Y Bone today and decided it would be lovely slow cooked. I have cooked in a Dutch Oven on the stove top but you could easily use your slow cooker after browning the meat in a fry pan if you don’t have one. Ingredients: 300g Y Bone Steak 1 Medium Onion Sliced 2 Cloves of Garlic Sliced 6 Button Mushrooms Sliced Punnet size of home grown Cherry Tomatoes Diced 1 Campbells Beef Stock … Read More
Lj’s Ham & Mushroom Scrambled Eggs
Yum! This is going to give me a great start to the day and energy to burn until Lunch time! Quick & Easy… and remember Breakfast is the most important meal of the day! Beat with a fork, 2 Free Range Eggs with 2 Tablespoons of Low fat Cottage Cheese into a mug and Season with Himilayan Rock Salt and Cracked Pepper. Heat a Non Stick Frypan and add 3 sliced Button Mushrooms and 3 Slices of diced Low Fat … Read More
Lj’s Lime & Garlic Yoghurt Marinated Chicken Breast with Roasted Vegetables
Starting off the New Year with a bang and some delicious healthy recipes based on the Dukan Diet. I will be creating recipes from the 100 list of foods that you can apparently each as much as you like of. I’m curious to see if I will have more energy and lose a few kg’s as it states. I started this Plan yesterday along with a Food Journal to record my progress. “Hungry people don’t lose weight” http://www.dukandiet.co.uk/en/780.html This Chicken … Read More
No cook Worcestershire Sauce
After researching what seems like a hundred recipes I found a no cook recipe and modified it to suit what I already had floating around in my pantry. I love the idea of a no cook easy recipe that can be thrown together really quickly! Ingredients: 1/2 Cup of Apple Cider Vinegar 2 tablespoons of Fish Sauce 2 Tablespoons of Honey 1 Tablespoon of Treacle Juice of 1 Lime 1 Teaspoon of Cloves 1/2 Teaspoon of Onion Flakes 1 Clove … Read More
Lj’s Healthy version of Chicken Burrito’s
I am always looking for healthier homemade options, here is a lower fat version of Chicken Burrito’s everyone will love. There are lots of Burrito Seasoning Recipes on the internet. I have tried and tested a few of the powdered versions but prefer to use fresh, chilli/onion and garlic. Ingredients: 500 Grams Chicken breast diced 1 White Onion finely diced 1/2 Small hot Chilli deseeded and finely diced or more if you like it hotter 1 Clove of fresh garlic … Read More
Nam’s Spring Rolls
My Neighbour Nam makes the most awesome spring rolls! I’m pretty sure you would have seen me post pictures of the cooked Spring Rolls on my Facebook Page… today he was kind enough to give me a few lessons and work out the exact measurements they use, as like me sometimes measurements just go out the window. He explained that the amount of sauces added etc was by smell, something his mother taught him. She is an amazing cook if … Read More
Lj’s Herb & Parmesan Hash browns
Had some friends for Breakfast this morning and I just felt like Hash browns and not that crap you get at McDonalds… Here is how I like to make Hash browns.. Ingredients: 4 Medium Potatoes grated 1 Medium White onion finely diced 2 Free Range Eggs Freshly Chopped Parsley and Chives 1/4 Cup SR Flour 1/2 Cup Freshly grated Parmesan Himilayan Salt Cracked Black Pepper What to do: Throw everything into a bowl, mix well to combine and shallow fry … Read More
Lj’s Spin on Curried Egg Salad
Having a break up BBQ at work tomorrow. Decided to make a few different salads, this is one of them. This recipe will serve 8 – 10 Healthy, Fresh & Delicious!! Ingredients: 1 Cup 97% Fat Free Mayo 1 Cup No Fat Jalna Yoghurt 2 Tbs Lime Juice 3 Teas Curry Powder 1/2 Teas Salt 8 Boiled Free Range Eggs diced 1 Granny Smith Apple cored and diced 1/3 Cup finely diced Red Onion 2 Sticks of Celery finely sliced 1/4 … Read More
Creamy Smoked Chicken & Sundried Tomato Rigatoni
I found some lovely Smoked Chicken while shopping yesterday and came up with this delicious lower fat pasta dish. My girlfriend Allison was coming over for dinner and I wanted to impress her of course with a nice pasta dish as she hadn’t had pasta in ages. She loved it, much to my delight but I do have the heads up on her fave foods. I served it with a Garlic Bread made with a Parmesan and Onion Batard that I purchased … Read More
Lj’s Kangaroo Bolognaise.. best in the world I tell you
I was sitting here this afternoon after working thinking I really feel like bolognaise..(even though I took out a T-Bone for dinner and even though slaving over a hot stove in this isn’t that appealing!) This is the leanest bolognaise ever.. rich and delicious. So low in fat it isn’t funny, and for those who “don’t” eat Kangaroo I can guarantee you that you will never make a Beef Bolognaise if you tasted mine.. I’m going to serve it with … Read More
