It melts right down and you can’t even tell it’s there! Normally I’d also add mushrooms but I didn’t have any this week. Plus who doesn’t love pasta? I made a delicious dish with grass-fed beef mince, marinara sauce, brown rice pasta and shredded zucchini just to add some extra veg into the sauce. Pasta night is a definite go-to because it’s just so easy. I used coconut yogurt for dipping my potatoes, Zing spicy honey and fresh chives. Here are some of my faves!Īll I want to eat all summer is BBQ’d food, so that’s exactly what we did with these chicken thighs! I cooked them up with some asparagus and fingerling yellow potatoes. Favourites of ours are sushi (this week we got edamame, butter fish and salmon) and Portuguese (this week we got caldo verde and cod fish balls, all freshly cooked and dropped off by my sister!) The important thing for me is to balance treats like takeout with homemade meals. For the salad I used a random selection of leftovers like chicken, sweet potatoes, red pepper, cucumber and chickpeas, croutons and voila! You’ve got a delicious and healthy salad that saves you from throwing away your produce.ĭespite what you might think when you first come to my blog and channel, I do eat takeout sometimes! Especially if it’s been a really long day. Making my own salad dressings is one of my favourite healthy swaps! For the dressing I whizzed up tahini, lime juice, olive oil, avocado, parsley, basil, chives, sea salt, green onion, water and the tiniest bit of maple syrup. I picked a bunch of lettuce and some herbs to make a herby salad dressing. I love doing some foraging from our garden. I also served this up with a super easy serving of chopped up cucumber and dill. I served them up with some sweet potato fries and this ketchup that I’ve been loving! I’ll be honest by saying that it doesn’t taste exactly like traditional ketchup but it’s sweetened with dates which makes it so much better for you. I love these organic chicken breast fingers. I also added some mashed up avocado for those extra healthy fats. In mine I had pulled pork, brown rice, pinto beans, grilled veggies, sauce, cilantro and jalapeno. This week we got takeout burrito bowls, but they’re super easy to make at home. Try cooking up extra of your lunches and dinners so you can have them again tomorrow! One of the easiest ways to have a healthy lunch is to eat leftovers! We had a bunch of grilled veggies and some chicken left from our BBQ, so I turned it into a delicious and nutritious salad. I then drizzled it with olive oil, balsamic vinegar and sea salt. I get my burgers (and most of our organic, grass fed meat) from a local meat delivery service called truLOCAL (use code NIKOLE8341 at checkout!) I served these up with a side salad of greens and parsley from our garden, peppers and onions from the BBQ, tomato and cucumber. You gotta love a good BBQ! We grilled up some chicken burgers and grain-free buns, and I topped my burger with ketchup, mustard, tomatoes, avocado and lettuce. Lunch time can sometimes vary depending on how busy we are with work, but these healthy meals are all pretty quick to cook up! Chicken Burgers I also like drizzling a little olive oil, paprika and salt on top. You can add anything you want to your pancakes, but this week I opted for crunchy peanut butter, sunflower seeds, fresh strawberries and a little pure maple syrup.Īvocado and egg on toast is such a simple, easy breakfast but it’s packed full of goodness! We’ve been on a real boiled egg kick in the HealthNut home recently, but if boiled isn’t your thing take a look at my eggs 10 ways post. I keep them in these super handy silicone storage bags. This is a recipe from my cookbook, and I always make a double batch so I have leftovers in the fridge. Take a look at some of my favourite smoothie recipes here. It wouldn’t be HealthNut if I didn’t mention my green smoothies! The great thing about smoothies (other than the fact they pack a ton of nutrition into an easy-to-consume drink) is you can experiment with how you make it. A lot of the time I’ll have two small breakfasts and space them out since I’m not always super hungry first thing. Having healthy breakfasts ready to go means no matter how sleepy I am, I can still start my day off with something nutritious. The most important meal of the day! I love meal-prepping my breakfasts because, let’s face it, in the mornings I’m just way too tired to be messing around in the kitchen.
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