Caribbean Flavoured Shrimp!! (LB)

On today's menu is curried shrimp and creamy mashed potatoes!

Ingredients:

• Pack of de-shelled shrimp
• Pack of instant creamy mashed potatoes
• Packet of culantro
• Onions
• Salt
• Black pepper
• West Indian Curry Powder

Preparation:

• Open shrimp and wash with warm water
• Rough cut culantro in small pieces, sprinkle over shrimp and let marinate for about 10 minutes
• Open pack of mashed potatoes and place into bowl

Cooking process:

Shrimp:

• Heat small pot and place 1 teaspoon of olive oil into it
• When oil is hot throw in diced onions and fry until lightly browned
• Place a few pieces of culantro in with the onions
• Put 1 tablespoon of curry powder and let fry in the oil
• Slowly pour 1/4 of water into the curry, onion and culantro mix and let simmer for 1 minute
• Place shrimp in and stir
• Add salt and black pepper to taste
• Add 1/2 cup of water and cover
• Let it simmer until shrimp is cooked

Mashed potatoes:

• Follow the directions on the pack of mashed potatoes
• Usually it’s just adding 1/2 cup of water to the pack of mashed potatoes and its ready
• When done place mashed potatoes on a plate and place the shrimp on it
• You can sprinkle some diced culantro on it as well

West Indian twist to your shrimp and mashed potatoes!! 

Sweet Potato Chips with garlic salt and toss with rosemary

Hi all.....

This time I decided to make sweet potato chips with garlic salt and toss of rosemary. This  dark color root vegetable is packed with minerals such as manganese, folate, copper, iron and is a great source of fiber.

You will need the following:

2 large sweet potoes
Olive oil
Garlic salt
Had full of dried rosemary

Peel the potato (or leave the skin)

cut into thin slices

Put the sliced potatoes into a bowl drizzle oil, salt, rosemary and toss.....preheat the oven to 375 degrees

Put the potatoes into a pan (make sure you don't overlap the slices or else some will not come out crispy....as you can see, that's what I did!!!! )

Bake for about 45min or until they are crispy ( lightly brown)

These turned out great.....perfect for a side dish with dinner or a mid afternoon snack....Enjoy.....





 

Healthy Mexican Tacos!! (LB)

Ingredients:

• Mixed Vegetable Pack 
• Prepackaged Tacos 

Taco Shells

Mixed Vegetables

Preparation:

• Open vegetable pack and wash them 
• Open taco package and have a microwavable-safe plate handy 

Cooking process:

• Fill a skillet pot with ¼ of water and heat it up 
• Place vegetables into the pot and cover
•  Leave to steam for about 10 minutes
• Once vegetables are fully steamed, you can strain it and place into a plate (add salt to taste) 
• Place a taco shell onto the microwaveable safe plate (In this recipe I used the soft shells you can use hard or soft, whatever you prefer)
• Put into the microwave and heat it up for about 20-30 seconds on high 
• Now that your taco and vegetables are ready 
• Scoop up some vegetables and place it into the taco shell 
• You can add some hot sauce if you like a little spiciness to your food 

Finished Tacos

Quick, easy, cheap and about 150 calories!!! 

Very Berry Smoothie

 (LD) 
Hey everyone, this week the smoothie we are making is a very berry smoothie. Berry smoothies are very popular you can buy a variation of a berry smoothie at most places that sell smoothies. Berries include many antioxidants as well as many vitamins and minerals. Depending on the fruit you use to make your smoothies with you they may also contain active enzymes. Here is how I made my smoothie.

I Used:
1 Cup Blueberries
1 Cup Raspberries (Excellent source of fibre, Vitamin B2 and also contain
anti-cancer phytochemicals)
1 cup Strawberries (Half your daily intake of Vitamin C, and contains antioxidents that promote eye health)
1 small greek yogurt (any flavor, your preference) (Protein!)
1 tsp flaxseed (Contains Fiber)
a little bit of water

Ingredients: Blueberries, Strawberries and Raspberries

Tip: To make it easier, I like to measure out my ingredients in a measuring cup before pouring it into the blender. This makes less mess, and if you pour to much by accident its easier to clean up!

Organic Flaxseed

 Next add, 1 teaspoon (1 tsp.) of flaxseed directly into the blender.

Add caption

Now, Add your yogurt. 1 small yogurt will make it pretty thick so if you require it more watery than add more yogurt or water.

And Voila....

Your own very berry antioxident deliciousness! If you have more aquired taste you could include a mixture of any other berries. Such as blackberries, blueberries, cherries or even pomegranate. You can also substitute the greek yogurt, with regular yogurt or protein powder mix. It will still allow you to get your protein but also your desired consistancy, some people think that the greek yogurt is to thick for them. This all depends on personal preference. 

If you have any comments or suggestions, don't be shy and share them below!

Yogurt Parfait

Hi all, today I have decided to do a very quick and simply dish that can be eaten as snack or even breakfast!! =)

You will need the following:

Greek yogurt ( or what ever yogurt you choose)
Fruit ( I like blackberries and blueberries)
Granola boost

Wash fruit

Get a nice glass so you can see what you are doing and you will have a nice presentation when done!

 Start to layer the yogurt and the fruit until you get to the top of the glass. Once you get to the top of the glass add the granola on the top and there you go a get fruit yogurt parfait in 10 mins tops!!!!

 

Porky Asparagus

(LB)

Ingredients:

• 1 pack of precooked pulled pork
• 1 bundle of asparagus stalks
• Small bottle of BBQ sauce

Fresh Asparagus

Prepackaged Pulled Pork

Preparation:

• Wash and cut stalks of asparagus into desired lengths
• Open Packaged Pulled Pork

Cooking process:

• Fill a skillet pot with ¼ of water and heat it up
• Place asparagus stalks into the pot and cover

Steamed Asparagus

• Open pack of pulled pork and place it into another skillet pot and allow it to heat up
• Pour about 3 tablespoons of BBQ sauce onto it and stir
• After the pork is fully heated, it’s ready

Cooking Pulled Pork

• Once the asparagus stalks are fully steamed, you can strain it and place into a plate
• Now, place the BBQ pulled pork over the asparagus stalks and your ready

Porky Asparagus...Ready to eat!

This is a BBQ twist to a traditional meal…eat on healthy followers!!

Baked Kale Chips with a Dash of Garlic Salt

Hi everyone, I decided to go ahead and stay on the green trend and make baked kale chips. Kale is a powerful antioxidant that is also high in vitamin K which protects against cancer, it is high in iron and fiber. This is my first time making kale chips as I am trying to find a tasty healthy

 alternative to chips. 

Here goes nothing!!!!

 You will need:

1 bunch of kale

1 Tablespoon of olive oil

Garlic salt to  taste

preheat the oven to 350 degrees F 

Wash the kale under cold water

Place the kale on paper towel and bot to dry. You may also use salad spinner if you have one....I didn't!

Cut the back steam off!! you don't want that in your chip! and chop the kale into small pieces...

Put the chopped kale into a bowl, add garlic salt and drizzle on the olive oil 

line a baking tin with foil or parchment paper

put her in the oven for about 10-15 mins or until the edges are lightly brown

and vola all done!!

These taste amazing, they give you that crisp that you are looking for from chips but way healthier!!!

Green Smoothie Goodness

     
     Everywhere you go now, you hear about "Green Smoothies" What are green smoothies and why are they so good for you? Their are contradictory evidence to support either side of this largely widespread debate. On one hand, some people say that when you puree fruits and vegetables very fine, you get rid of a lot of the nutrients that are realeased when the food is chewed and it also gets rids the fruits and vegetables of their useful fiber. That is east to solve by adding something as simple as flax seed or chia seeds. This will get you your recommended daily dose of fiber, while still enjoying the great taste of green smoothies. So I am actually new to make green smoothies, I don't usually blend vegetables. I have only blended fruits and juiced vegetables. So here it goes...

Fresh Ingredients

 I used:
 1 handful of Spinach (excellent source of vitamin K, helps cancer prevention, bone health and cardiovascular health)
2 Kiwis, cut in half and scooped out (Rich source of Vitamin C)
2 Stalks of celery, washed and cut into small pieces (Is a diuretic, which helps keep of water weight and contains many minerals)
 1 green apple sliced with or without the skin on it (An apple a day, keeps the doctor away)
 1 Handful of Parsley (Inexpensive, fights bad breath, cancer and high source of Vitamin K)
 8 ice cubes a little bit of water(more or less depending on how watery you like it)

Scoop Out Kiwis, add to the apples,celery, spinach and ice

Now you are ready to blend your smoothie! Don't forget to put the lid on.

Here is the finished product, in my blender cup, I like using the blender cup because I can shake it up throughout the drink.

Salmon and Broccoli made easy!

(LB)

Here we go again my health conscious followers…hope you all liked our meals and smoothies thus far….

Salmon and steamed broccoli is on the menu today!!

Ingredients:

•       1 fillet salmon pack
•       2 stalks of broccoli
•       1 teaspoon of black pepper
•       1 cube of all-purpose seasoning
•       1 teaspoon of olive oil

Prepackaged fillet salmon

Fresh broccoli

Preparation:

•          Wash and cut broccoli into bite size pieces
•          Defrost salmon if necessary

Cooking process:

•         Get a skillet pot and heat it up
•          Place one teaspoon of olive oil into the pan and allow it to heat up a bit
•          Open defrosted salmon and place into pan
•         While this is cooking place another skillet pot and fill 1/4 of it with water to be heated up
•          Place washed and cut broccoli into that pot and cover
•          Flip salmon and sprinkle 1/2 teaspoon of black pepper and 1/4 cube of all-purpose seasoning   (crushed)
•          Wait a couple of minutes and again flip the salmon and sprinkle the remaining amount of black pepper and another 1/4 of the crushed cube seasoning
•          When fully cooked remove from pot and place in a plate
•          Then move over to the broccoli, it should be almost finished steaming by this time
•          Sprinkle the remaining 1/2 cube of crushed seasoning over it
•          Allow to finish steaming and place onto plate with the salmon

Finished meal (you can add a slice of lime depending on your taste preference)

It’s ready to eat, quick, easy, healthy and cheap…