Chicken Curry

Wow.

It’s Friday and I have posted for 5 whole days!!  I guess it’s good to get organized on Sunday!!  I hope you guys have been enjoying these meal ideas?  Let me know what you think?

My next one is a curry.  I don’t have many good pictures, because I was too hungry to wait for the steam to disappear hehe

This one was super easy.

Pour this

with some water over chicken. 

Let it cook until the chicken is almost cooked then add some veggies (mine was cauliflower, broccoli, peas and zucchini).

Serve over basmati rice!

Told ya it was easy!!

Again great for lunches!!

This curry has a really strong spice flavour, so I wouldn’t recommend it unless you enjoy spicy (not hot spicy, spice spicy! haha).  We weren’t sure we were fans of this particular sauce.

Also, if you like your curry creamy, add some coconut milk to this – we wished we would have, it would have made it better!!

 

Do you have a favourite curry sauce?

I chose this one because the ingredients are simple (and I like simple)– Onion, sunflower oil, spices, garlic, tomatoes paste, fresh ginger,salt, water and lime juice!

Super Easy Dinner!

Well hello again!!

I am trying hard to write posts for every day of the week, so I am sitting here on Sunday writing away, all the tasty things that I can think of!!    I don’t want to leave you guys hanging!!!

Ok, as you have probably seen lately, I haven’t been eating much meat.   Due to all my wacky stomach problems, meat hasn’t been my friend lately.  I still have chicken, fish and shellfish, but as for the rest, no thank you!

Prawns have always been one of my favourite things. This is the easiest prawn recipe out there and it’s so tasty!

I sautéed prawns with some Thai chilli sauce and a tiny bit of coconut cream concentrate (which I LOVE), and then sprinkled it with coconut after it was finished.  So easy and so “finger licking” good!

For the sweet potatoes I used the same method as the potatoes from yesterday.  Sliced them up, tossed them in cold water, dried, and tossed with coconut oil, curry powder and brown sugar.

As for the broccoli, I did it my favourite way!!  Roasting it!!  Tossed it onto the oven, drizzled with a wee bit of oil and salt/pepper.  Cooked until it turns slightly brown.  So good!

This whole meal took about 30 mins – if that.   And it was fantastic, easy and it was perfect for lunch the next day too! (with a little chilli sauce on the side)

What is your favourite quick/easy dinner?

Do you like seafood?

I’m a West Coast girl, through and through – I love it!

Stir-fry with Veggie Noodles

So life is whizzing past at the speed of lightening!

I am LOVING my practicum, but I’ll be honest, all I’m doing is working, cooking and sleeping!!  But the Eats have been tasty!! (and great for lunch the next day!)

Here is an awesome dish that I had last week!!

Delish stir-fry with spiralized daikon radish and zucchini, stir fry noodles, veggies, tofu and cilantro.

It was so great and I LOVED the veggie noodles in it, it lightening up the dish, and filled me full of veggies!

and it was quite pretty too!!

I cooked the veggie noodles a tiny bit, at the end of cooking the rest of the stir fry, so they were still crispy!

As for sauce – I used some sesame oil, soy sauce, Chinese 5 spice, garlic, dried ginger and a bit of stir-fry sauce.

Awesome for lunches too!   I got lots of drools in the lunch room!! hehe

Do you have a spiralizer?

I promise they are worth the $, I love mine!!

Mama Pea Mmm Sauce!

So if you have yet to try Mama Pea’s Mmm Sauce, you are missing out!

I’m not going to lie, it wasn’t love at first bite, but after a few bites, I was addicted!

I used it as a dip for salad rolls! So awesome!

And I used it in a Buddha Bowl of sorts – Sprouts, Tofu, Sautéed Kale

And as a salad dressing!

and then as a dip for my French fries!!

PS. I FINALLY figured out the secret to really awesome French Fries.

Slice up potatoes and put them in COLD water.   Dry thoroughly!!   Coat with coconut oil and spices.  Cook on 375 until crispy!  They were SO good!!

ps.  The rest of that plate includes kale sautéed in sesame oil with salt and sesame seeds and BBQed trout!

Anywhoo. I highly recommend making Mama Pea’s Sauce – you won’t regret it!! 

Do you have a favourite sauce/dip??

How was your weekend?  Did you do anything fun??

We went out for drinks with friends on Friday and for coffee with friends and their sweet new baby girl on Saturday and Sunday was full with Zumba, baking something for my mom, visiting and getting ready for another busy week!

Have a fabulous Monday!!!   Do you do the “meatless Monday” thang?

Healthy Rhubarb, Apple, Strawberry Crisp!

So my good friend and I went to the market over the weekend ( I LOVE the market!) and I picked up a bunch of rhubarb!  I put a shot out on my facebook page for rhubarb ideas as well as scoured the internet for ideas!

I settled on 2 different things Rhubarb, Apple and Strawberry Crip and a Rhubarb, Apple and Strawberry chutney!

When I googled recipes for Crisps I was shocked at all the butter, sugar and oil etc.… I decided I needed to do a makeover.

To save time I cooked all the rhubarb (8 stalks) and apples (2)together, along with 1/3 cup sugar and a weeeeee bit of cinnamon (1/4 tsp).

I put about 1.5 cup of the apple/rhubarb mixture in a bread pan.  Then I covered it with about 6 fresh strawberries sliced up!!

For the “crumble part” I used 1 cup of oats, 1/3 cup flour and 1/3 cup brown sugar.  1 tsp vanilla, 1 tbsp oil, 1 tbsp chia seed and some of the liquid from the apple rhubarb mixture.

Placed it on top of the fruit  and baked at 350 for about 45 mins!

Mmmmm… it was drool worthy!

Especially with some vanilla soy ice cream

Drool!!

Do you have any good rhubarb recipes?

Linky Love!

Howdy!

I promise I am still alive!!  I am a week into my practicum (as an Education Assistant) and am LOVING it, but it’s crazy busy!  When I get home I’m so tired I’ve been napping, making dinner and then going to bed! ha  I think it comes from 8 months sitting for 6-9 hours per day in class and now 6.5 hours of on my feet running, gym class, swimming, lifting etc.!!  Loving it though!!

I’ve been scouring blog land for awesome recipes and here are some I found that I can’t wait to try!

Cashew Carrot Meatballs with Silky Coconut Curry Sauce
Carrot Pumpkin Bars with Orange Icing
Easy Oven Baked Yam Chips
Sunflower Seed Cheese (which I’ve tried and it’s GOOD!)
Roasted Cauliflower with Lemon Tahini Sauce
Pineapple Cashew Quinoa Stir Fry
Raw (dairy free) Smoked Cheddar

Have you found any interesting recipes lately?   Send me lanky love if you have!!
I will be back this weekend with food posts!!
Happy Friday to you!

Swirly Curly Salad!

Hola Amiga's! (and amigos!)

Hope you are all good and you are getting better weather in your neck of the woods!! We  had a whole weekend of beautiful sunshine and felt SO spoiled!!  I’m so ready for summer!

Speaking of summer – to me summer = a more raw diet!  Winter is cold and I crave chewy carbs (bread, pasta etc) in the summer I crave FRESH crisp veggies and fruit!

This weekend with the weather so nice, we had our first meal out in the back yard and I made a super quick and super easy salad!

I used the bigger blade of my spiralizer and I made up these swirls of zucchini, daikon radish and beets!

For the dressing – I used a TBSP raw apple cider vinegar, about a tsp grape seed oil, salt and pepper and that’s all!!

It turned out so good and fresh!  and I realized I LOVE raw beets!!

With the rest of my meal!

Sautéed Swiss chard with fresh garlic,  BBQed corn and a wee piece of left over trout! (and bbq sauce)

I LOVE outside meals!

What is your favourite thing about nicer weather?

Quick Easy Snack

So I hope you guys enjoyed the cute dog post yesterday!!  How much fun are they!?

I made another Oh She Glows Recipe and it was a tasty treat!

Cheesy Crackers!

I made a few alterations though – using regular flour and I added Italian Spice to them too!

Mine were not nearly as pretty as her’s but I like a little uniqueness in my cooking…   Sure that’s what they’ll tell them.

Guess what these crackers are good with?

My nut cheese recipe!!

PS. I’m testing out a seed cheese, since I can’t take the nut one to school!

I am thinking of making them with garbanzo bean flour and cumin for the spice! (Since I stink at making socca!)

Enjoy your Monday!!  I am off to my first day of practicum at a middle school today!!  6 weeks around kids, I’m so excited!! Then I graduate!! WOOO!!

Surprise Visitor!

This is just too cute not to share!

Saturday morning we heard something going on in the backyard, and when we went out we discovered…

The new pit bull puppy next door and our dog Lance had cooperatively dug a whole to meet.

It was so cute (no puppies were harmed in this, we made sure!!)

 

Next thing you know?

We had a VERY cute visitor in our backyard!

They played and played, and rolled around and played…

and played some more

Chaos quickly demanded dominance over Lance, which is funny because he’s just a puppy.

He even stole Lance’s bone… right out of his mouth!

They even played tug-a-war – with Chaos growling the entire time (SO cute!)

I think Lance got tired out, because after awhile, he would just sit down…

After about 3 hours of playing they got pooped and took a rest.

Which lasted about 2 minutes and they were at it again.

I think they are best buddies now!

And we don’t mind having him over for a playdate because he’s SO CUTE!

Seriously?   He’s one cute puppy!

We’ve chatted with our neighbour and these two rowdy boys can have play dates whenever the rocks are moved from the hole! haha  

As you can tell, I haven’t gotten much done in the last two days, but my abs hurt from laughing so much!!