Sweet Potato, Pearl Barley and Vegetables

Sweet Potato, Bell Peppers & Pearl Barley

Instructions

 For The Pearl Barley

to cook your pearl barley follow the instructions on the packet of your purchased pearl barley

once cooked set aside and prep the vegetables and sweet potato

  For The  Sweet Potato

wash the skin of the sweet potato properly and cut into circular shapes

place in a pot and boil for 8-10mins, once cooked

remove and place in the oven to bake for 10-15mins

set aside once baked

cut sweet potatoes

For the Bell Peppers

cut the bell peppers into thin strips and grill;

set aside once grilled

Final Prep

wash salad leaves

place baked sweet potato, pearl barley, grilled bell peppers and salad leaves on the plate

Baked Sweet Potatoes, grilled veggies with Pearl Barley & Salad

My Healthy Lunch Prep for the Week - Part II

Happy Sunday Everyone!!

Last week I shared my lunch prep for the week.

If you missed the blogspot, have no fear! Here is the post
http://yems-smoothies.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/my-healthy-lunch-prep-for-week.html

This week I will be sharing my lunch prep again. I would like to encourage to find time and make your packed lunch for a few days and see how you feel and like it?

In my humble opinion home made lunches are@

• Cost effective
• Fresh
• Healthier
• Hygienic
• Quality
• More productive
• And enables better time management

Here is my packed lunch for the week.

Salad Base Prep  - Salad leaves and sweetcorn

Salami Salad, Cod Fillet Salad, Sweet Potato & Vegetables & Frankfurter Salad

Salami Salad, Cod Fillet Salad, Sweet Potato & Vegetables & Frankfurter Salad

Salami Salad, Cod Fillet Salad, Sweet Potato & Vegetables & Frankfurter Salad

Have you decided to make a change and create time to start bringing lunch to work once or twice a week, or make a transition away from the office canteen food options? 

Try it and I can assure you that the results will be worth it.  
Do you bring your lunch to work? If so, what are your favourite things to bring?

Let me know in the comments box.

Have a lovely working week ahead.

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.

Fruit And Vegetable Smoothie

Happy Thankful Tuesday Smoothie Lovers,

I have a lot to be thankful for and I am sure you all do too, so let's give thanks today.

I have two smoothies for you today which is a fruit smoothie and a green creamy smoothie.

Ingredients : Fruit Smoothie

• bananas
• blueberries
• kiwis
• strawberries

Instructions

• Place all the fruits in the blenders, add water or coconut water and blend until smooth

Fruit Smoothie

Fruit & Green Creamy Smoothie

Rich,thick and tasty blend of fruits

Ingredients:Green Creamy Smoothie

• avocado
• celery
• salad leaves
• kiwi

Instructions

• peel the skin off the avocado and kiwi and place in the blender
• chop the celery into small chunks and add the salad leaves
• add water and blend till smooth 

Avocado, Kiwi & Salad Leaves & Celery - Green Smoothie

Fruit & Green creamy Smoothie

Have a lovely day.

My Healthy Lunch Prep for the Week

I remember growing up my mum always made the kids packed lunch which consisted of an egg sandwich or a jam sandwich and some other bits, I loved jam sandwiches and hated the egg sandwiches but had no other choice than to eat it. Then we graduated to the school lunches which I can hardly recall what we were fed but I know we enjoyed it. ha-ha!!

It is very rare to come by a healthy lunch option of meals in the office canteen these days as they are more concerned about feeding the masses than the healthy options. From time to time you'll find the odd looking salad which quite frankly isn't up to par.

Nowadays the concept of lunch does not exist in our offices as we are likely to spend lunch at our desks stuffing down a dry cheese & pickle sandwich from the office canteen , topped up with some cheese & onion crisps washed down with a "so called diet coke or Dr Pepper", then a Mars bar for afters.

Many of us rarely have a break as we are in the middle of deadlines. Given all the above circumstances, how can you feel healthy and do your best at work when most of your lunch is enjoyed at your desk or not taken at all?

I have been a victim of my above narration and in the last two years I made a conscious decision and habit not to eat at my desk and also to bring in my own lunch. I have had the best meals which makes me feel healthy and ready to combat the pile of work plunked on my desk or the emails awaiting my attention. 

In my humble opinion home made lunches are :

• Cost effective 
• Fresh
• Healthier
• Hygienic
• Quality
• More productive
• And enables  better time management 

Lunch Prep for the week

My Lunch for this week consists of :

Monday:       Egg Salad

Tuesday:      Tuna Salad

Wednesday:  Salami & Sweet corn salad

Thursday:     Salmon & Corn on the corn Salad

Friday:         Noodle Salad

Spare:          Olive & pepper Salad

I get a lot of my ideas from the salad counter in the supermarkets and sometimes make them up with the contents of my fridge. The other day I went into Sainsburys and looked at their lunch menus and spotted the noodle salad for £3.40 and my home made noodle salad cost me less than that.

Tuna Salad, Egg Salad, Salami Salad and Noodle Salad

Mixed Salad with pomegranate, Olives, Peppers, Sweetcorn  & Salad Sweet Corn & Salmon

Egg  & Tomato Salad ,Tuna Salad, Noodle Salad  and Salami  Salad

Mixed Salad with pomegranate, Olives, Peppers, Sweetcorn  & Salad Sweet Corn & Salmon

Have you decided to make a change and create time to start bringing lunch to work once or twice a week, or make a transition away from the office canteen food options? 

Try it and I can assure you that the results will be worth it.  

Do you bring your lunch to work? If so, what are your favourite things to bring?

Let me know in the comments box.

Have a lovely day.

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

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

Mix and Match Salad

Ingredients

• avocado
• beetroot
• cucumber
• cherry tomatoes
• pomegranate seeds
• sweetcorn
• onion

Instructions

• Plonk in a bowl and enjoy!

Yum!!

Salmon & Salad

Happy Friday Food and Smoothie Lovers,

Yayy!! It's Friday!!! What lovely plans do you all have for the weekend?

For us it's a long weekend as Monday 26th is our Spring  Bank holiday.

My friends who live in America always say that we Brits have too many holidays in a year Lol!! Jealous much? haha!

Ingredients 

• beetroot
• bag of leaves
• couscous
• cherry tomatoes
• feta cheese
• salmon

Feta Cheese, Beetroot, Salmon, Leaves and Couscous                     

Have a lovely evening and weekend ahead.

Salmon and Steamed Vegetables

My love for salmon started a few years ago.

As a child I despised fish with a passion and still do but secretly I love fried fish especially red snapper or white fish (my sister calls me a fake fish eater) the trick for me is that the fish has to be fried and then really dry otherwise I won't eat it.

My mum always cooked/baked mackerel, the black and blue skin often made me sick. 
On many occasions she would place the baked mackerel, garnished lemon and all that jazz on the table and I would literally feel sick at the sight of the black and blue creature staring at me on the plate.

What you looking at huh??

I hated fish of any kind and refused to eat it. I am still very fussy and won't eat any cooked fish but salmon won over my heart and to be honest when I do bake my salmon I  rip the skin off as I can't bear to taste the skin but I have resorted to buying the skinless salmon fillets from the supermarkets.

The truth is when my mum put the mean looking mackerel on my plate I would it pass it to my sister and if she was unable to pick it from my plate without my parents catching us then the teddy bear would get stuffed with it ..mum will be shocked if she ever found out ha ha ha!!  Sorry teddy :-(

Tonight I fancied my favourite salmon and matched it up with some steamed vegetables and a little sweetcorn, tomato and cucumber salad.

Ingredients

• broccoli
• cucumber
• cauliflower
• carrots
• salmon
• sweet corn
• tomatoes
• lemon sauce

Salmon, Cauliflower,Carrots,Broccoli, Tomatoes, Sweet Corn and Cucumber

Have a lovely evening!

Avocado, Beetroot, Couscous Salad with Carrot & Orange Smoothie

Earlier on I talked about my love for avocado and the various things you could do with avocado. Having avocado with a salad is a common thing to do.

Avocado, Beetroot, Moroccan Couscous and Chicken Fillet Salad

• 2 avocados
• beetroot
• 1 chicken fillet
• Moroccan style couscous
• Sweet sauce

Ingredients for carrot and orange smoothie

• 2 carrots
• 2 oranges
• Ice cubes 
• 2-3 cups of water

Instructions

• Peel carrots and cut into small bits and put into blender, add water and blend until smooth.
• Peel oranges and cut into small pieces add to blender with blended carrots and blend until smooth, add water if required.
• Pour into glass and serve cold.

Enjoy!!

The Four S's - Salad, Salmon, Strawberry & Smoothie

Inspiration is all around us if we open our eyes and clear our mind. I wasn't sure what to call today's blog then I looked at my meal and noticed that they all contained the letter S so I went ahead and titled it " The Four S's- Salad, Salmon,Strawberry and Smoothie. Awesome right? Well I think so ...

In one of my previous posts I talked about including fruits into your meals and this is what I have done today. 

Salmon and Strawberry Salad

Ingredients

• Avocado
• Cherry tomatoes
• Green beans
• Yellow bell peppers
• Salmon
• Strawberries

Salmon, Stawberries,Tomatoes, Avocado, Green Beans,Bell peppers drilled with Olive Oil

Beetroot, Banana and Honey Smoothie Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 beetroot
• 2 frozen bananas
• 1 cup of Alpro Soya Milk
• 2 teaspoons of honey to sweeten
• handful of raspberries  to garnish

Beeetroot,Bananas,Almond Milk & Honey

Rich Pinky- Cream delicious flavour

Cheers

Enjoy!!