Since the 1st of this year I have been on a health kick – yes I have had to have a few meals off in that time, but choose to keep coming back to nourishing foods with lots of veggies. Healthy is different to everyone and I love to indulge with delicious food all the time but healthy food is also delicious. So I will share with you some of my favourite healthy creations along the way. It’s all about the green smoothies, salads, stir frys, fruits that are not too high in sugar and herbal teas. Already I have been feeling much better for it and my hubby has even been having green smoothies too!!
Spicy Beef Soup with Cauliflower “Rice”Fiona Hoskin’s Green Smoothie RecipeI made this for my hubby – Healthy Banana Bread – recipe from cookidooStrawberries from Hillwood Berry farm served with dark chocolate ganache (might not be too healthy but I only ate the strawberries I promise)Tandoori Chicken SaladG&T Drunken Chicken Salad with Baby Carrots and Dukkah Recipe by Matt WilkinsonHemp Seed Porridge – recipe by Luke HinesCauliflower and Seed Loaf recipe by Luke HinesHealthy Mint Slice Recipe by Luke HinesSteamed Crab & Prawn Omelettehomemade coconut yoghurtShredded Chicken Salad with Toum dressingLuke’s Block of Choc (Luke Hines)
It’s January 2020!! So I’m having a healthy start to the year with green smoothies, soups, salads and stir frys. This is how I created this delicious recipe – it not traditional but it is tasty, quick and easy.
Ingredients
1 Bunch Fresh Coriander
1 Clove Garlic
1 Chilli
10g Fresh Ginger
10g Fresh Turmeric
400g Chicken Breast and or Thighs cut into cubes
1tbs Fish Sauce – optional
Salt and Pepper to taste
20g Coconut Oil
Juice of 1 Lime
Baby Cos Lettuce Leaves
1 Cucumber, thinly sliced
Few Sprigs of Fresh Mint and/or Thai Basil
Method
Place coriander roots, garlic, chilli, ginger and turmeric into the TM bowl and chop for 3 secs speed 7.
Scrape down the sides of the bowl and add the chicken, fish sauce, salt and pepper. Use the turbo button 1 sec intervals (up to 3 times) until the chicken is minced.
Heat a frypan to medium heat and add the coconut oil. Once it is melted, add the chicken mince mixture and stir fry until the chicken is cooked and slightly caramelised. Squeeze the lime juice over the top and stir.
Serve the chicken on baby cos leaves with cucumber slices and fresh coriander and mint/thai basil leaves. Enjoy!
Each year our family chooses a different cuisine to make for our Christmas and this year I chose Japanese. We also had our Christmas early before my sister goes away with my nephews because let’s face it Christmas is all about the kids having fun right? And the big kids too LOL!!
This was a very special class I was able to attend with only 10 places available. We were invited into the Maha kitchen to watch Shane make his signature dish – Chicken Kibbeh Tagine with White Fig, Eggplant and Almonds. Which was so delicious I just had to make it myself when I returned home.
I never need an excuse to eat or cook but I have noticed that I have been eating less chocolate than in previous years of my life. What is going on???? A few years ago when someone would ask me my favourite food I would say Cheese & Chocolate because everything is better with both of these ingredients right? Don’t worry I still love chocolate but I love dark chocolate & I am also having a love affair with Ruby Chocolate too!! My palate always leans to savoury food. YUM!! Last Easter I tried a recipe from Dani Valent’s In the Mix Cookbook a duck liver parfait with a chocolate foam & gingerbread crumbs!! Wowsers!! It was soooooo good!!
So I am officially starting a new Easter tradition (in my belly at least ) and this year I made Tazziberry Hot Cross Buns to go with the same Dark Chocolate Foam (it’s kind of like a mousse) and I made chicken liver parfait which I added tazziberries, truffle & black garlic to the recipe!! I am going to confess to have eaten almost the whole thing by myself over the course of a few days!! And I am not sorry at all!!
Speaking about homemade Easter buns, I can not be bothered putting the crosses on top unless it’s made out of something delicious like chocolate or cream cheese YUM!! Don’t be scared to choose your own Easter Bun Adventure when it comes to flavours your imagination is your only limit just use the recipe from the Basic Cookbook & add whatever combination of fruits berries, nuts or chocolates you like. You can see some of my crazy creations here
Tazziberry buns
The next thing I am going to include in my new Easter Tradition is Ellie’s Taramasalata recipe which I hope she will be releasing very soon because it’s absolutely delicious!! I don’t personally see the need to only eat seafood at Easter, I love seafood all the time so I’m happy to oblige.
Chilli Mussels from the basic cookbook are still my favourite served with crusty sourdough bread & homemade saffron butter!! YUM!!
Eloise Emmett recipe for TaramasalataChilli Mussels with homemade saffron butter on crusty sourdough breadPretty in Pink – Ruby Chocolate Dessert (made by my BEST friend Christine)Ruby Chocolate Hot Cross BunsHomemade Chocolates from the In the Mix Cookbook – Chocolate and Honey Truffles, Earl Grey Truffles & Ganache (I used Black Raspberry liqueur instead of the Kirsh)Chocolate and Honey Truffles and Earl Grey Truffles Ganache – I used Black Raspberry liqueur instead of the Kirsh
We were very lucky to earn a trip to Vietnam & the Thermomix part lasted for me for 5 days – 3 nights in Hoi Chi Minh City (Saigon) and 2 Nights in Hoi An – I extended with my Thermo friends another 4 days in Hoi An & 4 days in Hanoi & Cat Ba Island (south of Halong Bay). The food was amazing!! I need to get some more of it into my life because 2 weeks was just not enough time to devour it all.
I can’t put my favourite foods in any sort of order, they were all so tasty. Most mornings I loved having Beef Pho (google the pronunciation please, it’s not said how you think it would be) I became addicted to the Vietnamese Iced Coffee served with condensed milk & there was also an egg coffee & a coconut coffee too!! I ate many Banh Mi’s as well, including my favourite Crab one in Hanoi YUM!! Drank heaps of young coconuts & cocktails too!! I just loved the fresh Passionfruit Mojito. And I had a gorgeous chicken & rice with green mango salad twice in the same day!!
Anyway I will attempt to bring to you my favourite recipes from my recent travels & recreate them using the Thermomix of course. I will do as many live video recipes as I can too on my Facebook page. YUM!! I can’t wait!!
Chicken & Rice with Nuoc Cham (Vietnamese dipping sauce)Thinly sliced partially frozen beef gets cooked when the hot broth is poured overBeef PhoPork Banh Mi ( I didn’t make the baguettes myself this time)Chicken Rice and Green Papaya SaladMy version of a Vietnamese Passion Fruit MojitoGreen Papaya SaladBlack Sticky Rice with taro & blue matcha ice cream – recipe by Luke Nguyen (We watched him make this recipe at Thermofest)
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