Salmon and Vegetables

A very  quick,simple and yet delicious dinner.

Ingredients 

salmon

sweetcorn
tomatoes

kale

mushrooms

mint leaf

onions

Kale, Sweetcorn, Tomatoes, Salmon and Mint Leaf

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.

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/

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.

Stir Fry Noodles with Runner Beans & Skewered Beef

Skewered Beef

Meat and poultry form a good part of our diet.I  fancied some beef and chicken this weekend so I did a little bit of meat shopping and also bought some mushrooms and vegetables to make a lovely supper.

Noodles, Beef and Vegetables

Dinner is served

Ingredients

All purpose seasoning

Beef

Black pepper

Bell peppers ( Red & Green)

Light Soy Sauce

Mushrooms

Noodles

Onions

Olive oil

Runner Beans

Salt

Sweet Corn

Stir Fry Vegetables

Wooden Skewer

Instructions

For the Beef 

Preheat Oven

Cut beef into square pieces

Wash well with vinegar and let it stand for 10mins

Rinse  and season with beef seasoning, black pepper,salt, onions and place in the fridge for a little while.

Chop bell peppers into squares

Remove wooden skewers from pack

Place beef squared pieces unto the wooden skewer with bell peppers, repeat process till you have no more beef or bell peppers left

Wrap the end of the wooden skewer sticks with some foil so it doesn't burn you when you turn it over

Brush the foil with some olive oil and place skewered beef in the preheated oven.

Turn over 25mins later, ensure the beef is cooked

For the Stir Fry Vegetables

Preheat a little bit of olive oil in the wok and add already washed vegetables to the hot oil and turn until the vegetables are nice, soft and crunchy

Pour in a separate bowl

For the Noodles

Preheat a  teaspoon in the same wok, add noodles and stir till soft, add  some soy sauce

Add the stir fried  vegetable waiting in the bowl to the noodles

Stir until both vegetables and noodles are nicely merged

For the Runner Beans

Add runner beans to already boiling water for 5-8 mins, remove and drain

Serve Stir Fry Noddles with Runner Beans and Skewered Beef.

Enjoy.

Mix and Match Salad

Ingredients

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

Instructions

• Plonk in a bowl and enjoy!

Yum!!