Nutritious, delicious lunch ideas!

Not only do I believe in a nutritious, delicious, awesome breakfast (see yesterday's post) I also think lunch should be extremely delicious and filled with loads of good stuff too. So I thought I might share with you some of my favorite lunches from the past month...

Starting with yesterdays:

Super simple, super healthy and above all, super delicious!
This was a rye flat bread that I lightly heated, then topped with my guacamole (avocado, corn, capsicum, tomato, lemon juice + food processor), with grated carrot, tomatoes, cucumber and eggs, with some hommus on top and some salsa hidden amongst the veggies.

A couple of weeks ago, I wanted a little bit of everything, so instead of one full meal I made a few smaller ones- still very yummy!

On that plate was two boiled eggs, a chickpea flat bread (chickpea flour+water toasted in pan) some roasted cherry tomatoes and some pumpkin gnocchi (pumpkin mixed with brown rice flour and some oil- placed in boiling water until they rose to the top)

I found some huge silver beet at the grocery store the other day and immediately had an idea!

I decided to make a wrap!  Inside was brown rice, sauteed veggie (mushroom, tomatoes, capsicum) mixed four beans, corn, peas, lentils and probably a bunch of other stuff all mixed together with hommus. ( I made another one which had pesto instead- just as good)

Schools a tricky one to make lunches for, but I had managed. On Friday I made a quesadilla!

 And just wrapped it up in foil. Easy! So I made the filling by putting some mixed beans, corn, mushrooms, lentils, capsicum and tomatoes in a small fry pan, adding some taco seasoning and water, and cooking until it all got nice and thick:

I heated a wholegrain wrap, then place some spinach on half:

And my Mexican filling on top:

Fold it over and place in a sandwich press, or just in a large fry pan and cook for a couple of minutes. (turn if using fry pan) Then cut into triangles... Yum!

If you couldn't tell from these pictures, I also love bright, rainbow meals, they're pretty and you know your getting lots of good nutrients too!

I hope you all have a great lunch today- give yourself a challenge and try and make it as rainbow as possible!
:D

Breakfast, I love you!

I always make it my mission to not only eat breakfast every morning, but to make it spectacularly delicious, filling... and awesome!

Do you remember this guy? Well, as I was eating him (yes I give my foods human qualities) I mentioned he tasted like a giant chewy cookie!

Today for breakfast, I wanted cookies! So I did a variation of this recipe- it may have tasted even better!

Vegan, Sugar Free, soy free, dairy free...
Stuffed Chewy Oaty Cookies!

Ingredients:
65g wholemeal plain flour
10g coconut flour ( I strongly suggest using this, the coconut taste is a-maz-ing!)
25g oatbran
oats (as much as you like, I probably used 2 tablespoons)
1 teaspoon baking powder
Optional- chia seeds
1 tablespoon oil
About 1 tablespoon milk (I used oat milk) Keep adding if dough isn't coming together
Extra milk to glaze
Filling: This is really up to you- go crazy; berries, chocolate, jam- I will still write down what I did though)
1/2 banana, heated in microwave and mashed
Peanut butter (do you really need measurements? :)

Method:
1. Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius. Line a baking tray with baking paper
2. Stir all the dry ingredients together in a bowl with a wooden spoon. Add in the oil and milk, keep stirring until crumbly- then use hands to form into dough (here you would add more milk if you needed to)
Mine looked like this:

3. Split dough into 4 equal portions, place two on the baking tray, flatten, brush on some extra milk and create a crater in the centre:

4.Spread on some peanut butter, then banana, then peanut butter ( or whatever your filling might be)

5. Flatten the remaining bits of dough, glaze all over and kind of stick and mold it into the filled cookies.
6. I then drizzled on some coconut butter to keep the coconut cookie taste roaring!
Precooked:

7. Place in the oven and bake for around 10-12 minutes until slightly golden:

 8. Leave to cool slightly (not too much, nothing beats warm cookies straight from the oven!)
9. ENJOY!

I ate the rest of my banana alongside some grapes, the grapes were great as their freshness cut through the fudginess of the cookies :)

Now, just for your viewing pleasure- an inside view:

I hope everyone has a fabulous weekend!
Remember to keep smiling:)

:D

Lightened up pasta!

So while being back at school, meals have been a lot less technical and time consuming as they were on the holidays. I mean I don't have enough time to whip up this for a school lunch!

Dinner is a different story, but sometimes I still don't have the energy to think too hard! When I came home yesterday I simply threw some tomatoes and capsicum into the oven to slow roast and I would think of something to do with them later....

Steph's Lightened Up Pasta!

Ingredients:
1 medium tomato
5 cherry tomatoes
4 cm strip capsicum
66g (1 cup) dried pasta of choice
greens (1 cup- asparagus, broccoli, beans, peas, broad beans... cut them up small- you won't even notice them!)
Spinach
garlic+ herbs (to taste. I used basil)
Optional- protein of choice ( I used tofu)

Method:
1. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius, place tomatoes and capsicum on a tray and roast until slightly blackened ( 30 mins)
2. Cool slightly, then process for a few pulses with garlic and herbs, until chunky sauce consistency:

3. Cook pasta as to directions (mine was 8 mins in boiling water) I used this pasta:

4. Blanch greens in boiling water for a couple of minutes (until bright green) drain.
5. Once the pasta is done, drain, then return to pot. Stir in greens, tofu, spinach and pasta sauce and heat slightly on a low heat for a couple of minutes.
6. Enjoy your veggie-filled pasta!

Have a veggielicious day!

Pizza Party

Well, school went back today, so in the rush of things I didn't try anything too amazing in the cooking front, but what I can leave you with is pics from my pizza party!

You already know how much I love pizza so I decided my breakfats lunch should just be a pizza... PARTY!
There were pumpkin bases and beetroot bases, pizza parcels and pizza  twists...

 This was my plate:   :)

I also made some homemade garlic bread on the side.
Yes I know I am probably the only person in the world who wants to cook for everyone their very own birthday lunch, but I loved it!

Have a great day!

I'm back! And Happy Birthday To ME!

Yay! I am back and Yay! Its my birthday! Yay for llamas as well:

I was away down south in a place called Cape Howe (near Albany) and we stayed at this little cottage with Ash (our dog)

I didn't cook too many amazing dishes and when I did I got sidetracked by our amazing view:

I do however want to go and live down there. In Denmark more specifically. The little town we went to had more farmers markets and wholefoods/ organic stores than all of Perth! We also found this little restaurant that had vegetarian/vegan/raw everything! I couldn't decide what to eat - now that is a first! It was called Ravens Coffee.
I decided to get the perfect pasta (raw/vegan) which was zucchini noodles with a tomato sauce and cashew cheese :)

It was a long drive back though ( 5 hours) so I was glad to be home... just in time for my birthday- where I celebrated breakfast with dessert:

It might not look like much, but that was the best bowl of cereal I have ever had! You have to try it. Pour some muesli into a bowl, add a spoonful of coconut butter, a spoonful of nut butter, milk, heat in the microwave for 30 seconds, stir (I massaged the butters in with my hands) and place in the microwave for a further 30 seconds:) It tasted so good, especially with some mango banana ice cream.

I hope everyone has a fabulous day and I will be back with some more recipes soon!
:D

I'm Leaving...

.... For about 5 days. So if you don't hear from me for 5 days, don't panic! :)

Now I leave you with breakfast= deliciousness!

Catch ya later! :D

Inspiration

My creativeness for recipes and combinations doesn't always come straight from the top of my head, sometimes it takes a little help from the blogging community to find awesomeness. So  I thought I'd share you with you some of my favourite pages I have found...

The first page you should look at is this one. If you like oatmeal, then you will love Kath's tribute to oatmeal! There are so many recipes and I want to make them all!


And while your at Kath Eats Real Food, check out this recipe! You will not be disappointed!

If weird combinations are what your looking for, this might be the recipe for you! Peanut Butter Boy is a genius!

In the mood for some french toast ( made awesome!)  click here and here.
Hungry? Make. This. Now!
Want to make an awesome pizza? Click here!

Some links away from food:
I came across this diet on a blog and it just makes so much sense to me!
The Volumetrics Diet:

I found this post to be a real eye opener.
This post is a must read!
And last but not least, this post is one I truly believe in.

So there you have it, a list of stuff I have found interesting recently that I hope you will too!
Now I shall leave you with my very own weird combination, no help needed from other bloggers, it was common sense really!

I really felt like Vegemite on toast, but I also really wanted a smoothie (What?) so I decided to have both :)

Mmm, yummy!
I took a bite:

I had a scoop:

And it suddenly all made sense to me:

DELICIOUS!
:D
I hope everyone has an awesome day- my challenge to you is to try the weirdest flavour combination you can come up with... I mean Vegemite and smoothie- come on!