28th November 2014
You are what you eat – so don’t be fast, cheap, easy or
fake!
Well the Weight Watcher challenge for this week was to
cook with a seasonal vegetable you’ve not tried before, I’ve been having enough
trouble eating my five a day let alone try something new! I managed it yesterday though, mushrooms and
tomatoes at breakfast, broccoli and salad at lunch and beansprouts for tea –
only just got there though! I’m going to
make a conscious effort to eat healthy this weekend, I’ve got a little lazy in
the kitchen, and it’s become a place I visit for convenience and bread! That needs to stop, I want energy back in my
meals, less carbs more fruit and vegetables and good lean protein. Yep this weekend is all about the clean…
There was a thread started in my group yesterday about
time, not having enough of it to cook up all these lovely meals that people
seem to be concocting, and that’s a really good point. Let’s be honest when you’ve left the house at
8am and get back at 6pm, cooking isn’t the first thing you want to be doing, that’s
where planning has to come into play and quick ideas, slow cookers, fast
recipes and convenient healthy food. One
of my favourite quick foods is microwave brown rice, I stir fry some diced
vegetables (if I’m in a super rush, I have frozen veg including, peas, diced
peppers, mushrooms, Mediterranean veg) and throw that in, I have fried rice in
less than five minutes.
For quickness you can buy veggies chopped up already, if
it’s the difference between cooking and not, then buy them! I find cook in the bags great too, ooo and my
George Foreman is awesome, with those maggi paper flavouring things you can
have salmon or chicken cooked to perfection really quickly, with some microwave
rice, tinned veg – sorted in ten minutes.
Wholemeal Spaghetti takes 11 minutes, whilst that’s
cooking I usually have some vegetables stir frying, ooo wraps too, I like them
put on the George too with a veggie filling, then they go crisp. See I can eat healthy; I just needed to
remind myself that I can! If you’ve got
any quick, easy meal ideas or recipes, inbox me so I can share. Here’s a good one;
Speedy Spaghetti Carbonara
Serves
4, 15pp per serving (3pp on F&H day for parmesan cheese – oil from
allowance) takes 15 minutes
400
g Wholewheat Spaghetti (35pp)
Cooking oil spray (1pp)
100
g Bacon Medallions, Raw (3pp) chopped into 2cm pieces
4
cloves garlic, finely chopped
3
large eggs, lightly beaten (8pp)
120
g Parmesan Cheese, (13pp)
Salt & pepper to taste
Cook
spaghetti according to instructions on packet.
Meanwhile, spray frying pan with oil and add bacon, fry for 2-3mins
until lightly browned. Add garlic and
fry for another 30 seconds. Set aside.
Drain
spaghetti and add to bacon mixture in the pan, add eggs and half parmesan
cheese, season and toss together. The
heat from the spaghetti will partly cook the egg, but leave it moist.
Serve
and sprinkle with remaining parmesan.
Right I’m off, it’s Friday – YAY, chilling later as I’m
at a conference all day Sunday and I need to recharge and spend time with mom.
Have a healthy and happy day folks and watch this video,
it’s so true!
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