Avocado, yogurt & honey

The question came to my mind one night, “I wonder what would happen if I mixed avocado with yogurt?” When I woke up in the morning, this happened!

Slice of avocado

Mixed with Greek yogurt

Another view

It tasted quite subdued and needed something to bring out the flavor. That would be, honey.

Drizzled with honey.

Voila!

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Egg, eggplant and salsa

On this particular day I wanted to cook eggplant, eggs, and make some salsa. I also wanted to play with how I could present salsa.. Here goes below..

I salted and cooked the eggplant, fried my eggs, made my salsa and cut slices of avocado, tomatoes and cucumber. I love how the salsa looks in the eggshell..

Eggplant, egg, a slice of avocado and a slice of boiled potato. All on another slice of eggplant

Colors and more colors…

Petit salsa!

Enjoy!

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Poached egg, spinach and mushrooms

So I always wanted to try doing a poached egg. I woke up this morning, bought some vinegar and was excited to try.

Mushrooms and baby spinach

Sauteed baby spinach and garlic

Butter for mushrooms

Mushrooms and fresh green seasonings

Egg cracked into a bowl

After pouring some vinegar into the water I gently dropped the egg in.

There it goes!!! I was really excited!!

WOOHOO!!!!

Spinach, mushrooms, sun-dried tomatoes and an olive. Topped with my poached egg.

Colors!

I would have liked my egg to be a bit more runny, but it seems I left it just a little longer than I should have..

Voila!

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Breakfast – Tunavocado salad, wraps and yogurt

Breakfast today – Almond milk, toasted wraps, tuna and avocado salad (add lemon for taste) in a sweet pepper ring, topped with tomatoes and cucumber salsa. Greek yogurt with honey and cranberries.

Greek yogurt, topped with honey and cranberries

Tuna mixed with avocado (tunavocado) and topped with cherry tomatoes and cucumber

Another close up… I just love how tasty this looks!

Toasted wraps, tunavocado and greek yogurt…

Presentation complete!

Voila!!!

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Homemade protein bars

Today I wanted to make protein bars. I had peanut butter that I did not even open as yet and wanted to make a healthy snack. I found this website (http://neilarey.com/) which had really fantastic workout routines, I loved the drawings, and saw that Neila Ray also had a recipe for a protein bar. I actually did my own take on it and sort of combines her protein bars recipe with her energy ballz recipe.

My ingredients – Whey protein, raisins, dried cranberries, dried apricots, peanut butter, oats, dried ginger

Raisins, dried cranberries and dried apricots

Coconut cream

Whey protein and peanut butter added to coconut cream

I then added the oat mixture I had (rolled oats, raisins, pistachio nuts, almonds, and more)… MIX. I didn’t have a mixer, so I used the natural mixer, my hand.

Looking good…

I then flattened the mixture out on a plate and cut it up into bars

I wrapped them in wax paper and placed them all in the refrigerator. I ended up with a lot of them! I think 35 of them.

If I am unable to have breakfast before leaving home on mornings I take one with me and have it to tide me over until lunch. They taste great! And my favorite part is the little surprise of ginger pieces that I get in mine. Mmmmm!!!

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Fish, spinach & mashed potato

Fish topped w/ sundried tomatoes and olives, baby spinach lightly sauteed w/ garlic, mashed potato. All drizzled w/ a soy, ginger, garlic, cilantro sauce.

Soy, ginger, garlic, cilantro sauce

Wish you could get the aroma…

Butter, green onions, garlic waiting for the fish

Finished meal – Mashed potato, fish and spinach

I placed olives and sundried tomatoes on the fish

Bon Appetit!

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Chicken & Mushrooms and vegetables

This night I had eggplant, chicken and mushrooms that I wanted to bring together. I always have my veggies to be prepared.

Veggies – cauliflower, broccoli, pak choi, apples, christophene, sweet peppers, cherry tomatoes and apples

Colorful…

Colors 😉

Chicken cooking with mushrooms. I threw some apples in too.

Chicken and mushrooms on mashed potatoes on a bed of pan roasted eggplant

Chicken & Mushrooms, mashed potatoes, vegetables and salsa

Voila!

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Pork, apples and pak choi

I was feeling to cook pork, so I bought some and decided to see what would happen when I got home.

I love my food well seasoned, so When I got home I seasoned my pork and left it to rest for a few minutes. I then placed them in the pan and let them cook. I added sweet peppers and apples.

 

Great aroma…

I let my apples caramelize a bit too.

I cooked my pak choi on the side with garlic, I love the combination.

Ready to serve pan cooked pork with apples and vegetables, pak choi and fresh cherry tomatoes at the side.

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A fruity breakfast

When I don’t know what I feel like for breakfast, I go with fruits.

Bananas, guava, orange and honey-jack fruit. Honey jack fruit is one of my favorite fruits. It smells soooo good!

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Chicken, Apples & Vegetables

My chicken and vegetable medley.

I cooked my seasoned chicken first, then threw in my pak choi, garlic, broccoli, sweet peppers, cauliflower, chopped apples and cherry tomatoes. Salt and black pepper too.

I love a colorful meal! 😉

They’ve all been cooked just the way I like it.

Chicken, apples, and vegetables with avocado and cucumbers. I love avocados too. Mmmmm…

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