Monday, November 16, 2009

31. Cook healthy dinners everyday

My first week of healthy dinners have been really tasty! No kitchen disasters, just lovely, healthy, homecooked-with-love dinners. Because I'm worth it! Just because I'm cooking for one through the week, doesn't mean I shouldn't look after myself! I know the veg is a little repetitive, but I really needed to go grocery shopping, and had to make do with what I had on hand!!
This week's highlights have included:
1. East Asian Pork Strips, noodles and veg (Red pepper, sweetcorn and edememe.)

This was totally yummy, 7.2 grams of fat per serving, (but I had more than one serving!!) Chopped onion, rye whiskey, pepper, pork loin, vinegar, soy, sugar, lots of fresh grated ginger, cornstarch, honey. Mmmmm!
Next time I'd change the cellophane noodles for more substantial noodles. (These noodles should stick to being in soup or spring rolls!!)

2. Favourite Omlette


2/3 cup frozen hash browns, 1 egg, 2 egg whites, GENEROUS handful of sweetcorn, GENEROUS handful of edememe, finished off under the grill with a sprinkling of grated cheese.
What can I say, my new fave veg combination is sweetcorn and edememe!

3. Quinoa scramble

Thanks for the recipe, NotExactlyBento.com! Made with the ingredients I had on hand:
1 cup mini-chopped Trinity Veg (onion, carrots, celery,), generous handful sweetcorn, generous handful edememe, chopped garlic, 1 egg, 2 egg whites, 1 cup quinoa. (Because I didn't have any stock on hand, I gave the quinoa flavour with a sauce made from sake, soy, ginger, brown sugar.)
So, very, good!

4. Roast Pork with Curried Mango Sauce and Potato and Carrot Mash

This was a big cheat of a meal - I used a bottled sauce!
Roasted a centre cut pork loin roast in the oven with salt, pepper and a spritz of Light Olive Oil.
Meanwhile, boiled equal parts potatoes and carrots. Mashed them together with a little skim milk and a Laughing Cow Light cheese triangle.
Meanwhile, warm up Memories of Bengal Curried Mango Sauce, spoon over slices of pork.
Drool, drool!

Also eaten this week:
Mother In Law's Turkey Noodle Soup
Coconut chicken curry with rice made from Spicy Sweet Potato Soup / Curry Sauce
Steak-for-the-first-time-in-months and green beans

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