Sunday 16 September 2012

Food planning

Second day and it is clear that all food needs more planning than usual, not meaning it is more complex to prepare but to ensure fridge is fitted with food for each meal. We are actually getting excited about this and already researching recipes and what food ingredients are on the 'Allowed' list that we have never in our life tried before (like Chia seeds)
The food processor is really needed, and as part of breakfast ever breakfast from now on will include one small glass of some sort of smoothie.
So far we have tested the basic flavours Strawberry and Banana and also Strawberry/Banana with fresh coconut!
My hubby spend quite some time opening it, we still have 2 to open, lol!

But it is definitely worth it, and you will not use the whole coconut in one go, we packed it to the fridge and will add few bits to smoothies over the next two/three days. It brings a nice flavor and little crunch to it.

The salmon we had in the fridge (as we only used other half yesterday), was fried on a pan and served with roasted veggies (courgette, onion sprinkle with some mixed dry herb- place on a tray, sprinkle with oil and to the oven it goes, easy and yummy)

For breakfast we fried one piece of bacon, a glass of smoothie and a new invention - Re-using the leftovers from Sweet potato/Carrot/Parsnip Mash!

Veggie Mash Breakfast 'Pancakes'
  • Add two eggs to the remaining mash (more eggs if you larger amount of leftover mash)
  • Mix it and shape into a burger shape and fry
This is really tasty! Looks bit like a pancake :)

We even made Almond Milk (to replace coffee milk), but unfortunately I forgot to take the pictures.
But is it really easy to make

Almond Milk
  •     1 cup raw almonds - soak overnight or for at least 6 hours, ensure you have enough water in, so   that the water is 5cm more than the almonds
  •     Rinse under water and discard the water where almonds were soaked
  •     Mix the almonds in food processor/mixer till you have solid 'paste' sort of mixture
  •     Strain the blended almond mixture using a strainer, we did that approx 4 times
Will keep well in the refrigerator for up to four days
  

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