Food
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A Couple of Savoury Breakfasts
I’ve mentioned several times that, in response to Dr. Stacy Sims’s book Next Level, I’ve been trying to increase my protein intake. My dinners are usually fine, so I’ve been concentrating on getting between 25 and 30 grams of protein for breakfast and lunch. It’s been a bit of trial and error—this whole process would be a lot easier if I could eat lots of dairy. So far, I’ve worked out a number of breakfasts. Here are two of my favourite savoury options. Do you prefer savoury or sweet breakfasts? I enjoy both, but probably default to sweet porridge more often. Next time, I’ll share my high-protein porridge recipe, but…
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Tenderheart Cook #20, #21 and #22
Roasted Carrots with black-eyed peas and basil green goddess The Quick Lowdown: Tumeric Roasted Broccoli The Quick Lowdown: Eggplant, “char siu” style The Quick Lowdown:
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Tenderheart Cook #18 and #19
Cooking my way through the Tenderheart Cookbook. Soy-butter Bok Choy Pasta The Quick Lowdown: Longtime Broccoli Ignore the look of this—it tastes good. It’s a little like a confit, with the broccoli cooked slowly in an oil bath. The Quick Lowdown: How to: In a large saucepan over medium heat, put 1 head of broccoli cut into florets with the stalk trimmed and cut into slices, 250 ml extra-virgin olive oil, 1 tbs capers, 1/2 tsp chilli flakes, 1/2 tsp salt and black pepper and heat for 5-7 minutes Once the oil is bubbling slightly, cover and cook at the lowest heat for 1/1/2 hours. Serve smeared on bread or stirred…
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Tenderheart Cook #16 and #17
Cooking my way through the Tenderheart Cookbook. Creamy Whole roasted Eggplant with Tomato and Lentil Sauce The Quick Lowdown: Butternut Pumpkin Lasagne The Quick Lowdown:
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List #3: Foods I ate Christmas Day
Getting together with family and the food are my favourite parts of Christmas Day celebrations. The presents … I could take or leave them. This year we had lunch with my family and dinner with my husbands. My family usually eats the same food every time we have Christmas lunch, with the occasional addition. One year we had salmon as well as our traditional turkey and ham, this year we had a second dessert of bread and butter pudding. Here’s everything I ate on Christmas Day. We ate lunch at my brother’s place at Point Lonsdale which is next door to my parent’s house so we divvied up the cooking…
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Tenderheart Cook #14 and #15
Cooking my way through the Tenderheart Cookbook. Both these cooks happened before we went overseas. Celery Leaf Soup We got a half piece of celery in our veggie box and it had a heap of leaves attached so Celery Leaf soup seemed like a good way to make use of something that could have easily gone in the bin. The Quick Lowdown: Wombok and (Pomelo) Mandarin Salad with Coconut-peanut Crunch The recipe calls for pomelo but I made it with mandarins so it was probably sweeter and less bitter than it would have been The Quick Lowdown:
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List #1: My favourite ways to eat leftovers
If you read my 101 list carefully (don’t worry if you didn’t) you may have noticed #5—50 lists blog project. This is the first entry. So leftovers, some people love them, some people loathe them. I’m a lover of leftovers. Maybe because I’m the main (only?) cook around here. Here are some of my favourite ways to finish off the leftovers. Do you like leftovers? What are your favourite ways to finish off the leftovers? Do you make extra food so you can have leftovers?
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Tenderheart Cook #11, #12 and #13
Cooking my way through the Tenderheart Cookbook. Charred Zucchini and Sweetcorn with Basil Caesar-ish Sauce The Quick Lowdown: Carrot Peanut Satay Ramen The Quick Lowdown: Brussels-sprouts-instead-of-egg Salad I often get a box of veggies delivered and a few weeks ago we got brussels sprouts in the box. Hubby is not a fan but I saw this salad and thought it would make a good lunch for me. I included the optional eggs for some protein. The Quick Lowdown:
