Its all about food

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Cous Cous Bowl

So i’ve been inspired by healthy eating lately but keeping it tasteful. Which means more raw foods and vegetables ( cooking destroys the vital and essential nutrients that we need to stay healthy, eating our food raw does the opposite.). All in the name of changing my lifestyle. This cous cous bowl, much like a rice bowl has lots of great benefits for you. High in vitamins and protein.

 I’m also considering becoming a vegetarian. Yes, a veggie eating person *cringe*. lol i’ll pause as you laugh, actually its for me too laugh really. 

Anyway enjoy, it was interesting. 

ingredients: 

1 cup of cous cous

1/2 onion

1 tbsp of butter

salt and pepper to taste

1 cup of spinach 

1 tbsp of balsamic vinegar 

1/2 cup chickpeas

1 tbsp curry powder 

1 tsp chopped garlic

1/4 cup of cherry tomatoes

1/2 cup of spinach 

2 tbsp of feta

Method for cous cous: In a bowl place the cous cous, butter, salt, pepper and 1 cup of boiling water. Cover with foil and leave to the side. Chop half an onion into fine pieces and fry over low heat in little oil until it caramelizes. After 15 mins the cous cous should be done, use a fork to make the cous cous fluffly and add the caramelized onion.

Method for Chickpeas: In a pan, fry the garlic on high heat until fragrant, add curry powder and stir. Then add the chickpeas. Add about 1/4 cup of water, turn of the heat (so you don’t over cook the chickpeas) and mix everything together well.

Method for spinach: Simply toss the spinach in the balsamic vinegar. 

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Mozzarella Stuffed Meatballs 

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Stuffed meat balls (makes 12)

Ingredients:

·         500g mince meat

·         12 1x1cm cubes of mozzarella

·         1 bunch of basil (chopped)

·         1 egg

·         1 garlic clove (chopped)

·         ¼ cup of breadcrumbs

·         1 tsp of chili garlic powder

·         1 pinch salt

Method:

1.       Mix all ingredients together except mozzarella.

2.       Divide in 12 parts and form balls.

3.       Make a hole and place mozzarella then cover and roll.

4.       Fry on medium heat for 3 mins on each side.

5.       Add pasta sauce of your choice, leave to simmer for 10 minutes.

6.       Garnish with basil leaves and mozzarella.  

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Veggie Pasta 

Ingredients:

1 cup of cooked pasta

1 tsp olive oil

1 handful of baby spinach

1/2 cup of cherry tomatoes 

1/2 cup of mushrooms

1/4 cup mozzarella

1/2 tsp mustard powder

1/2 tsp black pepper

2 cloves garlic

250 ml cream

Method: 

1. Fry mushrooms and garlic together in olive oil on medium heat.

2. Add cream and mustard powder, then bring to boil and leave to thicken.

3. Once thickened, turn off heat and add cherry tomatoes and baby spinach mix together

4. Add cooked pasta, top with mozzarella cheese. 

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Breakfast Skillet 

Ingredients:

2 potatoes 

1 tsp potato seasoning 

1 egg 

1 pinch salt 

1 tsp parsley 

Method: 

1. Wash potato but do not peel.

2.  Cut the potatoes in half horizontally twice, the cut across that into thin wedges.

3. Deep fry the wedges in hot oil until golden brown and the skin is crispy.

4. When potatoes and ready, put in a skillet, season with potato seasoning. 

5. Spread potatoes to the side of pan and crack egg in the middle of skillet, season with salt. 

6. Cook for 2 minutes until white is cooked but yolk is still runny. 

7, Sprinkle parsley over.

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Simple Honey Mustard Pork chops

Ingredients

·         2 pork chops

·         2 tbsp of honey

·         1 tsp mustard powder (but you can use normal mustard, just increase quantity to 1tbsp)

·         ½ tsp of salt

·         ½ tsp pepper

 Method

1.       Season the meat with salt and pepper, then fry on medium heat for 10mins on each side

2.       In a bowl, mix together the honey and mustard, should form a sticky sauce – add 2tbsp of water to loosen it up.

3.       Pour have the mixture into the pan, begin to baste the meat and turn up heat. – You will notice the mixture will start to thicken up again.

4.       Add the rest of the mixture and baste until meat is ready. – Depending on the thickness of your pork chops, this could take 10 – 20mins from step 3.

5.       Allow meat to rest for 5 mins before serving.

NB - Basting is a cooking technique that involves cooking meat with either its own juices or some type of preparation such as a sauce or marinade. The meat is left to cook, then periodically coated with the juice.

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Bacon and Egg cups 

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Breakfast with a view 

Bacon and Egg cups with Mimosa’s 

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Bacon and Egg cups

Ingredients:

·         4 slices of bread

·         4 rashes of bacon

·         4 eggs

·         1 tbsp of butter

·         4 tbsp of grated chees

·         ½ tsp of salt

·         ½ tsp of pepper

Method:

1.       Fry the bacon in a little oil on medium heat

2.       Roll out the bread with a rolling pin until flat

3.       Use a cutter (or a cup/glass) to cut the bread into a circle then cut the circle in half

4.       Grease the cupcake tray with butter

5.       Place the bread into the tray with the round sides on the inside and the straight sides on the outer part of the cupcake tray.

6.       Place the cooked bacon over the bread

7.       Crack the egg over the bacon and season with salt and pepper

8.       Bake in oven at 180 degrees Celsius for 20 mins

9.       When ready place grated cheese on top

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Croissant French Toast 

Ingredients:

1 egg

2 rashes of bacon - cut into cubes 

1 croissant - cut in half 

1 tbsp of honey 

salt and pepper to taste

Method:

Fry up the bacon in a little oil until crisp.

break the egg in a bowl, add salt and pepper and whisk .

Dip the croissant into the mixture, make sure it’s evenly coated.

Fry the croissant on low heat until golden brown.

Drizzle with honey and garnish with bacon.

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Open Chicken Croissant Sandwich 

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Why I haven’t blogged in over a year.

Yes, yes i know. I haven’t blogged in over a year *cringe* But there’s a few reasons.

1. I started university and that got in the way. I know that sounds unbelievable since i am study culinary arts. So why wouldn’t I blog? lol. It just had to do with settling in, my first couple of months were just a bit of a haze. Between trying to manage ‘adult-ing’, you know - money, laundry, cleaning, just the whole living alone thing. On top of that class was just moving so fast. So i barely had time. Then with the time i did have, i was trying to have a social life. At some point i may have even forgotten that i had a blog. I didn’t really have a plan when I left for University because i literally got my visa and the next day I was on a plane. IT WAS HECTIC. New country, new home, a lot to handle. Anyway i’m trying to do better this year. Organised my time better so that i can blog more :) 

2. Budget. :( So obviously being in university, my parents have me on a student budget. This was problematic for me, because i couldn't afford to cook the same way i did at home. Like i’m hear trying to substitute a lot of stuff and it just wasn’t working. Again i didn’t really have a plan and a lot of time i wouldn’t handle my money properly. This made me lose so much inspiration. But i’m going to try and turn that around and have some student budget friendly meals - which i’m excited about and i can’t wait to share with you guys. 

3. This one is more personal. So i went through a change in my life that was very difficult and it left me feeling rather hopeless. Uhm yeah, like it just made me feel like giving up. I even shut down my blog, like i was done. I wasn’t seeing the point, in anything. Towards the end of the year, i really just pushed to get through my exams and pass them, but i didn’t have a lot of motivation. Inspiration was out the window. Sometimes i’d have good days and i’d cook and stuff, but i was so out of the motivation to blog about food or share recipes. So i didn’t. 

But I’ve been working on changing my attitude towards these things. I guess it took a year. But hey. i did it. And with help from my lecturer and friends, i realized, that in life there will be so many things that demotivate us, but we have to keep pushing and fighting.

Passion and inspiration are like flames and we need to feed the fire to keep it burning. 

Thats what i plan on doing this year :) 

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Healthy breakfast :)

Scrambled Eggs and Mushrooms with Cherry Tomatoes and Avocado

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Ham, Cheese and Tomato Sandwich with a side salad :)

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Pink Cupcakes

Ingredients (for cupcakes):

1 ½ cups flour

½ cup Milk

¼ cup melted butter

¾ cup caster sugar

2 tbsp baking powder

½ tsp salt

1 egg

handful of chocolate chips

1/4 tsp pink food coloring

Method:

Pre heat oven to 200 degrees Celsius

Whisk the sugar and butter together in bowl.

Sieve all the other dry ingredients (except chocolate chips) into the bowl and mix together.

Add wet ingredients, mix together gently.

Add chocolate chips, mix slowly.

Place mixture in cupcake tray with cupcake holders.

Place in oven for 20 mins.

When ready, remove and let them rest for 5 mins.

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Simple Breakfast 

Cheese Toast topped with Bacon and a Fried Egg :)

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Ice Cream Sandwich :) 

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