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I know the original Scotch egg is made with sausage meat but to make it healthier I've made it with lean minced beef. I hope you really enjoy this recipe. Is a simple recipe but it is quite impressive. I think it would look awesome on a table if you have friends over. My hubby was really impressed by it when he came home to this meal, so it was a great success. Ingredients: 300 grams of lean minced beef 4 small eggs Flour ( I used sesame flour but you can use oat flour or any flour you have at home) 1 egg whisked in a bowl Onion 2 teaspoons of dijon mustard Homemade bread crumbs (just blend 1 slice of wholemeal bread in the blender) Step 1: Boil some water in a sauce pan. Once the water is bubbling put in the eggs. Time them to boil for exactly 6 minutes. Once this goes off throw the water out and cover them with cold freezing water. (This step is to cool them down so the egg doesn't overcook.) Step 2: Prepare the meat. In a bowl add the meat, onion, herbs, garlic, dijon mustar

I know the original Scotch egg is made with sausage meat but to make it healthier I've made it with lean minced beef. I hope you really enjoy this recipe. Is a simple recipe but it is quite impressive. I think it would look awesome on a table if you have friends over. My hubby was really impressed by it when he came home to this meal, so it was a great success. Ingredients: 300 grams of lean minced beef 4 small eggs Flour ( I used sesame flour but you can use oat flour or any flour you have at home) 1 egg whisked in a bowl Onion 2 teaspoons of dijon mustard Homemade bread crumbs (just blend 1 slice of wholemeal bread in the blender) Step 1: Boil some water in a sauce pan. Once the water is bubbling put in the eggs. Time them to boil for exactly 6 minutes. Once this goes off throw the water out and cover them with cold freezing water. (This step is to cool them down so the egg doesn't overcook.) Step 2: Prepare the meat. In a bowl add the meat, onion, herbs, garlic, dijon mustar

Avoid foods you see advertised on TV! Eat food that are cooked by humans not machines! It is not food if it arrived through the window of your car It's not good food if it's called the same in every language (ie. cheetos, pringles, big mac etc) The whiter the bread the more fat you will store If you are going to eat junk cook it yourself! (ie. homemade burger, chips with real potato, etc) Unless of course is you weekly cheat meal Stop eating before you feel full, our body takes times to actually know when you are full so don't eat until you can't move. Eat when you are hungry, not when you are bored! If you are not hungry enough to eat an apple or veggies then you are not hungry, you are just anxious. Eat slowly Serve a proper portion and don't go back for seconds Take in mind the old saying: "Breakfast like a king, lunch as a prince, dinner like a pauper" unless of course you train at night and you know whats best to intake around your workouts. Homemade

Avoid foods you see advertised on TV! Eat food that are cooked by humans not machines! It is not food if it arrived through the window of your car It's not good food if it's called the same in every language (ie. cheetos, pringles, big mac etc) The whiter the bread the more fat you will store If you are going to eat junk cook it yourself! (ie. homemade burger, chips with real potato, etc) Unless of course is you weekly cheat meal Stop eating before you feel full, our body takes times to actually know when you are full so don't eat until you can't move. Eat when you are hungry, not when you are bored! If you are not hungry enough to eat an apple or veggies then you are not hungry, you are just anxious. Eat slowly Serve a proper portion and don't go back for seconds Take in mind the old saying: "Breakfast like a king, lunch as a prince, dinner like a pauper" unless of course you train at night and you know whats best to intake around your workouts. Homemade

Guys, since the kids are now back in school and my little man has just started his play group,  I jotted down a few ideas for healthy lunch snacks which I've now turned into a blog post to share a few ideas to help keep our kids heathy! No.1 Banana pancakes & Fruit This is my usual recipe of banana pancakes: 1/2 cup of raw oats, 1 banana, 1 egg, 1/2 teaspoon baking powder, cinnamon, 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract. Blend all the ingredients and cook as regular pancakes. Send a piece of fruit with them.  You can cook them a night before or for the entire week. Once prepared you can then freeze them in individually wrapped portions, and then take out the night before you need them.  No. 2 Chesse Ham Rolls, Carrot & Cucumber sticks and Oat Biscuits You can make cheese rolls with cheddar, or with cream cheese and ham. I part boiled the carrots and cut a few cucumber sticks before serving with some oat biscuits. No.3 Shaped Sandwiches, Nuts & a piece of fruit Sandwich filing i

Guys, since the kids are now back in school and my little man has just started his play group,  I jotted down a few ideas for healthy lunch snacks which I've now turned into a blog post to share a few ideas to help keep our kids heathy! No.1 Banana pancakes & Fruit This is my usual recipe of banana pancakes: 1/2 cup of raw oats, 1 banana, 1 egg, 1/2 teaspoon baking powder, cinnamon, 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract. Blend all the ingredients and cook as regular pancakes. Send a piece of fruit with them.  You can cook them a night before or for the entire week. Once prepared you can then freeze them in individually wrapped portions, and then take out the night before you need them.  No. 2 Chesse Ham Rolls, Carrot & Cucumber sticks and Oat Biscuits You can make cheese rolls with cheddar, or with cream cheese and ham. I part boiled the carrots and cut a few cucumber sticks before serving with some oat biscuits. No.3 Shaped Sandwiches, Nuts & a piece of fruit Sandwich filing i

Oh this salad is delicious is one of those dishes when you prepare them you can't stop picking on them! This salad is full of goodness and nutrition! Quinoa, beans and sweet corn are an excellent source of carbohydrates so if you are trying to lose fat you have to measure it. So Measure 1/2 to 1 cup of the above mixture if you are a woman and 1-2 cups if you are man. Quinoa: With twice the protein content of rice or barley, quinoa is also a very good source of calcium, magnesium and manganese. It also possesses good levels of several B vitamins, vitamin E and dietary fibre. Cooked quinoa seeds become fluffy and creamy, yet maintains a slight crunch. It has a delicate and subtly nutty flavor, versatile for breakfast (as a cereal), lunch (as a salad) or dinner (as a side). Quinoa is among the least allergenic of all the grains, making it a fantastic wheat-free choice. Like buckwheat, quinoa has an excellent amino acid profile, as it contains all nine essential amino acids making it a

Oh this salad is delicious is one of those dishes when you prepare them you can't stop picking on them! This salad is full of goodness and nutrition! Quinoa, beans and sweet corn are an excellent source of carbohydrates so if you are trying to lose fat you have to measure it. So Measure 1/2 to 1 cup of the above mixture if you are a woman and 1-2 cups if you are man. Quinoa: With twice the protein content of rice or barley, quinoa is also a very good source of calcium, magnesium and manganese. It also possesses good levels of several B vitamins, vitamin E and dietary fibre. Cooked quinoa seeds become fluffy and creamy, yet maintains a slight crunch. It has a delicate and subtly nutty flavor, versatile for breakfast (as a cereal), lunch (as a salad) or dinner (as a side). Quinoa is among the least allergenic of all the grains, making it a fantastic wheat-free choice. Like buckwheat, quinoa has an excellent amino acid profile, as it contains all nine essential amino acids making it a

Zucchini Bolognese This meal is the ideal evening meal as it is low carb and it is very feeling. You will not for sure be hungry after eating this dish. If you want to throw in some carbs you can add 1/2 cup of cooked pasta to give even more volume to it. I personally like like that. You can make the meat for a few days and keep in the fridge for max 3 days and freeze the rest. Cook your zucchini fresh and you have a super quick healthy meal! Ingredients: (1 portion) 1 zucchini 100 grams of beef or turkey mince meat 100 grams of passata (passata is a tomato sauce which is a better option than a canned tomato sauce due to its content of 99% tomatoes agains a can which only contains 60-70%) 1/2 onion chopped 1 celery stick chopped 1 carrot peeled and grated fresh parsley sea salt pepper chilli flakes To make the meat start by sautéing  the onion, carrot and celery for a few minutes. Add then the meat until brown cooked. Pour the tomato sauce and season with sea salt, pepper and your fres

Zucchini Bolognese This meal is the ideal evening meal as it is low carb and it is very feeling. You will not for sure be hungry after eating this dish. If you want to throw in some carbs you can add 1/2 cup of cooked pasta to give even more volume to it. I personally like like that. You can make the meat for a few days and keep in the fridge for max 3 days and freeze the rest. Cook your zucchini fresh and you have a super quick healthy meal! Ingredients: (1 portion) 1 zucchini 100 grams of beef or turkey mince meat 100 grams of passata (passata is a tomato sauce which is a better option than a canned tomato sauce due to its content of 99% tomatoes agains a can which only contains 60-70%) 1/2 onion chopped 1 celery stick chopped 1 carrot peeled and grated fresh parsley sea salt pepper chilli flakes To make the meat start by sautéing  the onion, carrot and celery for a few minutes. Add then the meat until brown cooked. Pour the tomato sauce and season with sea salt, pepper and your fres

This rolls might not be as fit as my other recipes but they are a great idea if you are having friends over or just for kids meals. They are for sure healthier than the ones you buy in the supermarket. Is a nice comforting treat for every now and again specially around christmas. The best thing about them is that you can make them and freeze them and cook them from frozen any time you need them. Ingredients: 400 grams of puff pastry 350 grams of meat sausage (you can buy sausage meat in any butchers or alternatively you can buy sausages and take the meat out of the little plastic they put around them) 1 tablespoon of honey 2 teaspoons of dijon mustard 1 garlic glove chopped nutmeg handful of fresh parsley 1 egg 1 egg for brushing pastry sesame seeds pre-heat oven at 150 degrees Celcius Prepare your meat in a bowl with the honey, mustard, nutmeg, garlic and fresh parsley. cut your already rolled pastry in stripes of 10 centimetres long Place the meat in the middle brush pastry around th

This rolls might not be as fit as my other recipes but they are a great idea if you are having friends over or just for kids meals. They are for sure healthier than the ones you buy in the supermarket. Is a nice comforting treat for every now and again specially around christmas. The best thing about them is that you can make them and freeze them and cook them from frozen any time you need them. Ingredients: 400 grams of puff pastry 350 grams of meat sausage (you can buy sausage meat in any butchers or alternatively you can buy sausages and take the meat out of the little plastic they put around them) 1 tablespoon of honey 2 teaspoons of dijon mustard 1 garlic glove chopped nutmeg handful of fresh parsley 1 egg 1 egg for brushing pastry sesame seeds pre-heat oven at 150 degrees Celcius Prepare your meat in a bowl with the honey, mustard, nutmeg, garlic and fresh parsley. cut your already rolled pastry in stripes of 10 centimetres long Place the meat in the middle brush pastry around th

As many of you know I love to have something cooked for the weekends as I don't like to be in the kitchen that much when hubby is around just so I can spend more time with him. So this dish is very handy to do on a Friday to have ready for the whole weekend to serve with a bit of chicken, fish or a nice steak as it has a lot of vegetables in it you wouldn't need many side veggies apart from a nice leafy salad. I made this in snapchat like 2 weeks ago and a lot of you guys did it and got great reviews about how amazing this dish was so I am pretty sure you won't retreat trying this recipe! Ingredients: 1 courgette 1 onion 1/2 red pepper 1/2 yellow pepper 1 leek 2 carrots 2 garlic cloves peeled and chopped 2 cups of uncooked brown rice 500 ml passata 500 ml chicken or vegetable stock cube 1 teaspoon of cumin 1 teaspoon curry 1 teaspoon paprika 1/2 teaspoon of cayenne pepper Method: Chop up all the vegetable ingredients Sauté them in a saucepan with a dash of olive oil in a lo

As many of you know I love to have something cooked for the weekends as I don't like to be in the kitchen that much when hubby is around just so I can spend more time with him. So this dish is very handy to do on a Friday to have ready for the whole weekend to serve with a bit of chicken, fish or a nice steak as it has a lot of vegetables in it you wouldn't need many side veggies apart from a nice leafy salad. I made this in snapchat like 2 weeks ago and a lot of you guys did it and got great reviews about how amazing this dish was so I am pretty sure you won't retreat trying this recipe! Ingredients: 1 courgette 1 onion 1/2 red pepper 1/2 yellow pepper 1 leek 2 carrots 2 garlic cloves peeled and chopped 2 cups of uncooked brown rice 500 ml passata 500 ml chicken or vegetable stock cube 1 teaspoon of cumin 1 teaspoon curry 1 teaspoon paprika 1/2 teaspoon of cayenne pepper Method: Chop up all the vegetable ingredients Sauté them in a saucepan with a dash of olive oil in a lo