Happy Halloween! Carrot /Beetroot balls

Carrot/Beetroot balls and asparagus

• 4 Carrots
• 1 Turnip
• 1 beetroot
• 4 cloves of garlic
•  Onion
• Olive Oil
• 2 Eggs

Grate all the veggies (Food processor comes handy if you have one)
Add in chopped garlic and onion and mix together
Add egg and 2tbs of Olive Oil and season with salt, black pepper, chilli powder and basil (dry or fresh)
Stir well.
Wet your hands and from the mix shape small balls and place onto a baking tray
Cook in the oven for approx 30-40minutes in 180C

Ready to go to the oven!

Served with boiled asparagus and tomato/rocket salad

And a little bit of Halloween!

Kingprawn stirfy

Kingprawn stirfy
Sautee garlic x 4, onion and ginger (3cm) currypaste in olive oil. Ensure curry paste is WLC allowed, We got ours from Waitrose
Add stirfry veggie mix and kingprawns. Season with salt, blackpepper.
Cook until prawns are cooked

Served with boiled cauliflower and veggie mash.

Veggies mash

• Boil peeled sweetpotatoes and carrots
• Once boiled pour the water away, add a knob of butter and mash

Breakfast Whole Life Challenge Style

Smoked Salmon-Avocado Rolls

Smoked salmon (Check no added sugar! Tesco Organic Smoked Salmon is a good choice)
Avocado
Fresh Dill

Slice the salmon (approx 2cm x 6cm) and avocado (as fine slices as possible) and chop some dill (Use the dill on the next day for a fish dish or freeze it chopped in a freezer bag)

Sprinkle some dill onto the salmon slices and roll avocado slices into the salmon rolls
Easy!
 

Breakkie smoothie with Raisins and Chia seeds
Pineapple
Pear
Banana

We could not survive without our food processor, we use it every single morning to prep a fresh fruit smoothie.
This time made a bigger portion as we had ran out of meat/eggs so served a larger portion of smoothie with the salmon slides.


Did you know chia seeds are super food?
'Chia absorbs up to 12 times its own weight and expands to curb your appetite, so adding just an ounce or so of chia seeds to your diet can reduce caloric intake and help lower the energy density (or calories) of foods, plus double the amount of fiber you receive.'

'Chia seeds have more omega-3 fatty acids than salmon! Chia is one of the most concentrated sources of omega-3 in any food. It also contains high amounts of omega-6. Everyone needs to consume high amounts of these essential fatty acids in their diet'

'Chia also contains calcium; in fact, it delivers 18% of your daily value per ounce, which is three times more than skim milk.'

Mackerel with Veggie Mash

Mackerel with veggies mash 

• 2 small whole mackerels
• I suggest you ask the mackerel to be gutted and head removed, but if you forgot (like we did), it is not difficult to gut  a mackerel. Check instruction videos from Internet
• Once gutted and head removed, season with salt and black pepper and place few lemon slices inside the fish. We had some extra basil leafs so put few in too.
• Rub a little olive oil onto the skin and cook in the oven for approx 30minues

Served with boiled asparagus, veggie mash (sweet potato and carrots) and tomato/rocket salad

Veggies mash

• Boil peeled chopped carrots, sweetpotatoes and (turnips)
• Once boiled pour the water away, add a knob of butter and mash

Easy dinner - Turkey breast fillets

Healthy, quick and easy weekday meal!

Turkey breast fillets (got from Tesco, two packs)
Season with salt, pepper, paprika powder and cajun seasoning mix
Pan grill few minutes from both sides

Served with boiled broccoli, tomato/rocket salad and avocado

Smoked haddock, Hummus and Veggies

Super easy week day dinner!

Fillets of smoked haddock (got from tesco)

• Place on a oven try and cook for 30mins

Served with hummus, boiled broccoli and tomato/basil/rocket salad

   Hummus

•  2 cloves garlic
•  2 cans of organic chickpeas
•  1/4 liquid from one can of chickpeas
•  3-5 tablespoons lemon juice (taste before adding full 5 spoonfuls!)
•  2-3 tablespoons tahini (Needs to be organic to be WLC compliant! 
•  Tahini*You can get it from Waitrose. You can store in in fridge and it will stay good for several weeks. Alternatively you can make a larger portion of hummus and freeze it in small portions using freezer bags)
•  1 teaspoon salt
•  black pepper to taste
•  2 tablespoons olive oil

Place everything into a bowl (garlic chopped) and with a hand blender mix till smooth paste. That's it! Who said hummus is difficult to make!?

Tomato Soup - dairy/wheat free

This soup turned out really nicely! I'd recommend to double the ingredients to make bigger soup

1 onion, peeled and finely chopped
2-3 cloves of garlic, peeled and finely chopped
a handful of fresh basil leaves picked
olive oil
1kg of tomatoes (as ripe as possible)

• Put your onion, garlic and basil into a large pot with a couple of lugs of olive oil
• Cover the pan, and simmer gently without colouring for 20 minutes, stirring every now and then. 
• While the veg are simmering, drop the tomatoes into boiling water for 30 seconds, then remove the skin. 

Add these to the veg and let simmer for a further 20 minutes with the lid on, press the tomatoes gently so they break. 

Purée the soup using a food processor, but be careful as it is very hot

 Once you've puréed the soup, put it back into the pan, bring it back to a simmer, and season very carefully with chopped basil leave, salt and black pepper.