Sweet Potato Spinach and Cranberry Quinoa Salad

Happy Monday Folks!!

How was your weekend?
After rummaging through my cupboard on Saturday to find my packet of quinoa sitting there all alone feeling dejected I decided to cook it. I actually cooked the whole packet and kept the rest in the fridge after preparing my delicious Saturday meal which was quinoa with prawns and vegetables.

http://yems-smoothies.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/healthy-choice-meal-quinoa-with.html

Ingredients

1 packet of quinoa

1 packet of spinach
2 sweet potatoes

packet of cranberry sprinkle

salt & seasoning

Instructions

 For The Quinoa 

to cook your quinoa follow the instruction on the packet of your purchased quinoa

once cooked set aside and prep your the spinach and sweet potato

 For the Sweet Potato

peel the sweet potato and cut into square shapes

place in a pot and boil for 8-10mins 

peeled sweet potato

cut into shapes

ready to be boiled

 For the Spinach

remove from packaging and wash

place spinach in a wok with a drop of oil and allow spinach to simmer for about 3mins till it turns green and changes colour slightly

remove and place in a bowl and set aside

Final Prep

place cooked sweet potato in a large bowl, add the cooked quinoa,cranberry seeds and the spinach and mix together gently

season with black pepper and little bit of salt

this delicious meal can be served hot or cold

Voila !!!

Sweet Potato Spinach and Cranberry Quinoa Salad

Don't be deceived by the small and tiny grains, quinoa is very filling and delicious!!

Have you ever had Quinoa?

How did you make yours?  Let me know in the comments box.

Enjoy the rest of your evening.

Link Credit: 12 things you should know about Quinoa 

http://thestonesoup.com/blog/2010/06/12-things-you-should-know-about-quinoa/

Spaghetti With Minced Beef Sauce

Spaghetti, Bell Peppers, Chopped tomatoes,Onions, Seasoning and Minced Beef

Vegetable Prep

Minced Beef Sauce

Dinner is served

Quinoa With Prawns/Shrimps & Vegetables

 Hope everyone is having a good weekend?

This weekend has been a relaxing one for me. 
What have you all been up to ?

I fancied a light but very delicious meal today and rummaged through my cupboard for ingredients. I have had this pack of quinoa for a little while and decided to cook it today.

Before you go ahead and read my recipe here are 12 things you should know about Quinoa. http://thestonesoup.com/blog/2010/06/12-things-you-should-know-about-quinoa/

Ingredients

1 packet of Quinoa

2 bell peppers diced
I packet of prawns/shrimps

cooked corn on the cob( I did not have tinned ones at home)

1/2 ginger finely chopped

1/2 garlic finely chopped 

3 carrots finely chopped

1 lime

salt & seasoning

Bell Peppers, Carrots, Sweetcorn, Quinoa, Seasoning, Prawns, Lime, Garlic & Ginger

  Instructions

 For The Quinoa 

to cook your quinoa follow the instruction on the packet of your purchased quinoa

once cooked set aside and prep your vegetables and prawns

Cooked Quinoa

 For The Bell peppers, Carrots, Garlic & Ginger

once your quinoa is cooked

chop bell peppers, garlic, carrots and ginger finely

heat 1 tablespoon of olive oil in a large wok

              add chopped garlic & ginger and fry for 2mins add clean prawns/shrimps cook                                                  until it's brown on  both sides

once browned add bell peppers and carrots

Stir until brown and soft

Chopped Carrots, Bell Peppers, Garlic & Ginger

Garlic, Ginger & Prawns

                                   

Veggie Mix with Garlic & Prawns



Once your veggie mix is cooked, add the quinoa into the mix and stir nicely

Quinoa mixed with carrots, garlic, ginger & prawns

                         

                                                           

                                                  Plate up and garnish with  lime

Prawn Quinoa With Bell Peppers

Don't be deceived by the small and tiny grains, quinoa is very filling and delicious!!

Have you ever had Quinoa?

How did you make yours?  Let me know in the comments box.

Enjoy the rest of your evening.

Link Credit: 12 things you should know about Quinoa 

http://thestonesoup.com/blog/2010/06/12-things-you-should-know-about-quinoa/

Lamb Kebab Salad

Hello,

I hope everyone had a lovely Tuesday.

So today I am adding a small portion of meat to my meal in the form of minted lamb kebabs with a nice rich salad.


Ingredients

• bell peppers
• cucumber
• cherry tomatoes
• mushrooms
• salad leaves
• red onions

Salad leaves, Lamb, Mushrooms

Lamb, Mushrooms,Tomatoes, Olives, Salad Leaves,Bell Peppers

Have a lovely evening.

Grilled Corn On The Cob On A Bed of Mushrooms With Veggies & Salmon

Good Evening,

How was your monday?

Lot of meetings to attend and emails to reply to .. ? I know the feeling ....

You do not need too many ingredients to make a healthy supper or meal as a little goes a long way.Once you have your basics you can whip up a delicious healthy meal for you and the family.

Meals for the week

Salmon, Broccoli, Lemon, Sweetcorn & Mushrooms

Hearty Vegetable Prep

Dinner is served

Have a lovely evening.

Blood Red Orange Smoothie

The blood orange is a variety of (Citrus & Sinensis) with crimson, almost blood red coloured flesh. The fruit is roughly the same size as an average orange.

I bought these at the fruit market and hadn't realised they were blood red oranges till I cut them open haha!!

Oh well waste not, want not!!

Ingredients

• Blood Red Oranges

Blood Red Oranges

Cut open

Blood Red Orange Smoothie

Blood Red Orange Smoothie

Enjoy.

Egg Mushroom Salad & Salmon

A quick and simple dinner to get your taste buds tingling.

Ingredients

• Cherry tomatoes
• Eggs
• Salmon
• Mushrooms
• Black pepper
• Salad Leaves

Egg Mushroom Salad & Salmon

Egg Mushroom Salad & Salmon

Enjoy x

Fruit Quiz #1

Happy Fabulous Friday!!

Once a week I'll upload a quiz, tips relating to food and fruits, something interactive that will get my readers chatting.

So today I have our first fruit quiz.

I know this isn't the easiest fruit quiz as there are some very interesting fruits on here but hopefully it will inspire you to try out some of the wonderful variety of mother nature's produce.

A few days ago one of my little sisters said  " Yems your blog is not Africa friendly, I can not find the fruits you use". I laughed my head off. The exotic fruits you use are too expensive in Africa she said.

I bet when she sees this fruit quiz she will have something to say. haha!!

I will try and and use very simple fruits in my smoothies for those who can not find my exotic fruits in their countries.

Go ahead take part in the quiz by leaving your answers below in the comments box:

1.
2.
3.
4.

Can you name these fruits?

Have fun and No Cheating!

Healthy Breakfast: Spinach Omelette with Avocado & Blueberries

Good Morning,

Happy Friday!!

Another spinach omelette for you this morning, I much rather prefer a spinach omelette with fruits to a full English breakfast these days.

In the past when I have had a full English breakfast I am stuffed like pigs in a blanket and the next thing for me to do is sleep. With the spinach omelette and fruits I find myself full very lightly and I am ready to get cracking with whatever I have planned for the weekend.

 Ingredients

• 1/2 of an avocado (sliced)
• 1 egg
• blueberries
• 1/4 bell pepper ( red)
• handful of spinach or kale
• handful of mushrooms
• pinch of salt
• olive oil
• onions

Have a lovely day and weekend ahead.

Grilled Stuffed Bell Peppers

Happy Thursday Lovely People,

How's everyone doing?

To all the lovely people reading this,it's been about a month since I posted a recipe.
The good and beautiful life of studies,career and the rest took over a little bit but I am not complaining :-)

Thank you to my readers who sent me messages asking If I was alright..... I'm alive and well ..... and now I'm back!

Just to manage my time and my other activities properly, I'll post recipes 2-3 times a week for now till my schedule is back to normal.

Right ... lets get started.

Ingredients 

aubergines

3 bell large bell peppers

courgettes

garlic

kale

tinned tomatoes

tinned tuna

mushrooms

onions

seasoning

 Bell peppers, Kale, Mushrooms, Tuna & Plum tomatoes

For the Bell Peppers 

preheat the oven

wash the bell peppers,cut the top carefully and remove the seeds carefully

wash the bell peppers again

place on tin foil, wrap and place it in the oven for 10-15mins till it's a little bit soft

Bell peppers with seeds removed and placed on foil

Bell peppers wrapped in foil and placed in the oven

For the Vegetable Sauce Mix

wash all the vegetables and chop them finely
heat a tablespoon of olive and stir fry the vegetables

once nicely browned, add the tinned tomato and kale to make a nice vegetable sauce mix

Tomatoes, Aubergines,bell peppers, courgettes & ginger

Vegetable Stir Fry Mix

Vegetable stir fry mix mixed with kale

                                                           

Fill the Bell Peppers with the vegetable sauce mix

once the bell peppers are slightly grilled and soft, place it in a baking dish and

fill the vegetable sauce mix into the bell peppers and place it in the oven for 20-25mins

Warm and soft bell peppers

Fill the empty bell peppers with the vegetable sauce mix

Ready Grilled Bell Peppers

once the bell peppers are slightly browned and the contents are bubbling then it's ready

you can sprinkle some cheese on it or eat it on it's own

serve it nice and  hot

Grilled filled bell peppers

Dinner is ready

Enjoy and have a nice evening.

Healthy Dinner:Salmon On A Mushroom & Spinach Bed With A Mango Salsa Salad

Happy Thursday All,

Hope everyone had a lovely day today.

I get really excited about dinner just as much as I get excited about my smoothies along  with a whole lot of other things that I won't mention on here ... *chuckles*

I love to browse the web and search for healthy ingredients that consists of the contents of my fridge as I have lot of things in my fridge...fruits, veggies you name it I got it :-)

So I came across this lovely hearty belly filling dinner and thought... YES that's what I am having. 

So let's get started....

Ingredients 

bell peppers ( Red & Yellow)

coriander

cherry tomatoes

red onion

salmon

spinach

lime

mango chunks

mushrooms

olive oil 

seasonings

For the Mango Salsa Side Salad

dice the onions, bell peppers, mango slices and place in a clean bowl
chop some coriander leaves finely, add to the mix with black pepper, a pinch of salt and olive oil

mix well and place in the fridge

For the Salmon

preheat the oven and oil your baking tray or foil

remove from package and clean gently with some white vinegar

season with some salt and black pepper

place in the oven for 25-35mins until it's cooked and nicely done

I like my salmon nice and brown

For the Bed of Spinach

heat a tea spoon of olive oil in a wok

add washed mushrooms,onions and tomatoes and stir fry for 4-5 mins

add salt and black pepper

add washed spinach or kale to the wok and stir

squeeze some lime juice into it and stir

Place the spinach mix on the plate with the juices flowing, add salmon on top and finish it off with your mango salsa side salad

                                    

                                               Enjoy and have a lovely evening.

Credit : Dean Henry https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_PK7c4dtTf4TfFaFIQ2kGw