Honey Glazed Carrots, Steak with Mustard Sauce and Potato Bake

Happy Sunday!

Hope you have all had a lovely weekend.

A nice bit of Steak for dinner with some honey glazed carrots.

Ingredients

irish steaks

packet of baby corn

packet of carrots

bell peppers

onions

courgettes

salt & seasoning

potato gratin ( store bought)

Baby Corn, Bell Peppers, Courgettes, Carrots, Steak & Onions

Honey, Black Pepper, Salt, Garlic, Lemon Juice, Ground Cumin Djion Mustard & Mango Chilli

 Instructions

 For The Irish Steak

wash the steak with lemon juice and season with black salt, pepper, garlic and ground cumin

season with onions, bell peppers and courgettes

place in fridge for a few hours

heat oven at 300 degrees and spray foil with oil

place the steak on the foil and cook for 45mins turning over until steak is cooked

ensure steak is cooked

Seasoned Irish Steak with Peppers, Onion & Courgettes

 For The Carrots

peel your carrots, and slice  them into your preferred size wash the carrots and place them in a pot and boil them, do not let them be too soft

Boiled carrots


once the carrots are boiled, add a little bit oil to the frying pan and pan fry until it turns brown and soft
add salt and black pepper
turn the carrots around carefully and allow other side to be drown
in a small bowl whisk together butter and honey and pour over the carrots
season with salt and pepper

Pan fried carrots

 For The Potato Gratin

place in the oven for 40mins and allow to  bake

Potato Gratin Bake

For The Mustard Sauce

1tsp of mango chilli

2tsp Dijon mustard

1 tsp ground black pepper

                                              

place the honey glazed carrots,cooked steak with mustard sauce and potato bake on the plate

Dinner is served



Dinner is served

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/

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.