I decided to quickly whip up some tofu Japanese style. I was already deep frying wontons for a dinner event tomorrow, so why not deep fry tofu for the first time! Everyone knows how I like small bites, so here is another small bite recipe for you!
So here is what you do..
1. In one bowl put some flour.
2. In another bowl beat an egg.
3. in another bowl put some panko crumbs
4. In a large pot put about 3/4 inch of vegetable oil.
5. Dip extra firm tofu in flour, then egg and then panko.
6. Place in hot oil. about 20 seconds per side.
7. serve with soy sauce, ponzu or whatever you like!
Too easy!
Saturday, July 21, 2012
Friday, July 13, 2012
The Best Seared Ahi Tuna I have ever made
This is so easy!
Buy some hawaiian Ahi tuna now!
All you need is sesame seeds, sesame oil, grape seed oil, pepper and soy sauce.
Directions:
Coat the ahi tuna in sesame seeds and pepper. Pre heat your pan on med high heat and then put some grape seed oil and sesame seed oil. Put your tuna on the pan and start a timer for 2 minutes. In 2 minutes I seared all of the the sides. I like mine rare!
Serve with soy sauce for dipping. Ponzu sauce would be great too! I also made a green salad with avocado and tomato.
TIP for the summer: If you are bbq'ing red meat always marinate with a herb like rosemary. It reduces you chance of cancer! Rosemary kills the free radicals that bbq'ing can cause in red meat. For more helpful tips stay tuned to my blog. Reduces the HCA's!
Buy some hawaiian Ahi tuna now!
All you need is sesame seeds, sesame oil, grape seed oil, pepper and soy sauce.
Directions:
Coat the ahi tuna in sesame seeds and pepper. Pre heat your pan on med high heat and then put some grape seed oil and sesame seed oil. Put your tuna on the pan and start a timer for 2 minutes. In 2 minutes I seared all of the the sides. I like mine rare!
Serve with soy sauce for dipping. Ponzu sauce would be great too! I also made a green salad with avocado and tomato.
TIP for the summer: If you are bbq'ing red meat always marinate with a herb like rosemary. It reduces you chance of cancer! Rosemary kills the free radicals that bbq'ing can cause in red meat. For more helpful tips stay tuned to my blog. Reduces the HCA's!
Saturday, July 7, 2012
Epic Pear, Bacon, Pecan and Gorgonzola cheese salad
This is a great starter salad. I love adding fruit to salads in the summer.
Ingredients:
-canned or fresh pear sliced up
-mixed greens
-gorgonzola cheese or goat cheese
-pecans or walnuts
-crispy bacon
- (butter, salt, cayenne and brown sugar to caramelize the nuts)
Directions:
1. Cook bacon so it is nice and crispy and then set aside.
2. In that same frying ban add some butter, sugar and the nuts. Sprinkle a bit of salt and cayenne. Cook for a few minutes.
3. Assemble the salad.
See yummy salads are not hard!
-canned or fresh pear sliced up
-mixed greens
-gorgonzola cheese or goat cheese
-pecans or walnuts
-crispy bacon
- (butter, salt, cayenne and brown sugar to caramelize the nuts)
Directions:
1. Cook bacon so it is nice and crispy and then set aside.
2. In that same frying ban add some butter, sugar and the nuts. Sprinkle a bit of salt and cayenne. Cook for a few minutes.
3. Assemble the salad.
See yummy salads are not hard!
Salmon Quinoa Salad
I am on Day 4 of my cleanse and in order to stay strong it is important to create tasty dishes. I used to think that there was no way a salad could be a meal. Then I was introduced to the cobb salad. I have always found the cobb salad to be a great lighter lunch option. Like anything else it can get old. If I am going to have a few salads over the course of the week they have to be interesting. I made a fabulous sockeye salmon last night and I saved some for tonight's salad. I am certainly glad I did! Having a salad for Dinner is not always my favourite thing to have, but this was one was top notch. I felt full and satisfied. Adding Quino or potatoes to a salad is a great alternative to bread.
Ingredients:
-cooked quinoa
-pan- fryed asparagus and yellow pepper
-raw grated carrot
-raw grated beets
-1 piece of leftover cooked salmon
-home grown sprouts
-avocado
-mixed greens
-home made salad dressing (see below)
Directions:
1. Pretty simple. Cook the quinoa and while that is cooking assemble the rest of your ingredients. Pile everything on one plate and cola!
Salad dressing
1 squeezed lemon, one squeezed orange, rosemary olive oil, extra cut up rosemary and salt and pepper. I think dill would also be a great herb for this salad.
Ahh yes. I am looking forward to starting day 5 feel in great! Happy clean eating to all of you! Once you try clean eating you will find that you are a lot more creative in the kitchen.
Ingredients:
-cooked quinoa
-pan- fryed asparagus and yellow pepper
-raw grated carrot
-raw grated beets
-1 piece of leftover cooked salmon
-home grown sprouts
-avocado
-mixed greens
-home made salad dressing (see below)
Directions:
1. Pretty simple. Cook the quinoa and while that is cooking assemble the rest of your ingredients. Pile everything on one plate and cola!
Salad dressing
1 squeezed lemon, one squeezed orange, rosemary olive oil, extra cut up rosemary and salt and pepper. I think dill would also be a great herb for this salad.
Ahh yes. I am looking forward to starting day 5 feel in great! Happy clean eating to all of you! Once you try clean eating you will find that you are a lot more creative in the kitchen.
Friday, July 6, 2012
Salmon Marinade
soy sauce, cut up ginger, sesame seed oil.
Marinade for 30 minutes.
Pan sear for 3-4 minutes per side. YUMMY
Marinade for 30 minutes.
Pan sear for 3-4 minutes per side. YUMMY
Thursday, July 5, 2012
Why Rosemary is awesome!
We have all seen it on the news that bbq'ing can increase HCA's which can increase our rick of cancer. If you marinate your meat in rosemary or other herbs and spices they will fight off the HCA's. Sp keep grilling this summer!!!
Veggie Burger
Some may call this a veggie cutlet or Chola Tikki. Traditional a chola tikki is a great Indian snack. It is chickpeas,potatoes, ginger, cilantro, green chilli, pepper salt, lemon and oil. I am craving something more a stronger taster of Indian so I am using the chola tikki recipe as my base.
Recipe on the way!!
1.5 potatoes
1 can chic peas
2 garlic gloves
1/2 a onion
1 shredded carrot
1 egg
Indian spices: cinnamon, curry, cumin. coriander
handful of parsley
salt and pepper
- a few table spoons of flour (I am on a cleanse so I used brown rice flour. Other good flours are chic pea flour or Quinoa flour
Directions
1. Boil the potatoes and when they are done set aside to cook.
2. Pan fry the onions and garlic and set aside to cool.
3. in a food processor put in drained chick peas, shredded carrot and egg. Once the onions and potatoes. I blended it until is became almost a paste. Some people leave out some chick peas and put them in after to create a chunkier burger. Then I randomly through in Indian spices.
4. Taste to see if the mixture is the right amount of spice. It was hard for me to tell if it tasted right until I cooked it.
5. Preheat a stainless steel pan on med- high. Put your oil of choice (I always use grape seed oil for cooking). Form the burgers using some of the flour. Fry them for about 4 mins per side. I like them crispy!
Tasting note: This was my first try at making chic pea burgers. The level of spices I used wasn't perfect, so it is a work in progress. I may try the more traditional version next time.
Recipe on the way!!
1.5 potatoes
1 can chic peas
2 garlic gloves
1/2 a onion
1 shredded carrot
1 egg
Indian spices: cinnamon, curry, cumin. coriander
handful of parsley
salt and pepper
- a few table spoons of flour (I am on a cleanse so I used brown rice flour. Other good flours are chic pea flour or Quinoa flour
Directions
1. Boil the potatoes and when they are done set aside to cook.
2. Pan fry the onions and garlic and set aside to cool.
3. in a food processor put in drained chick peas, shredded carrot and egg. Once the onions and potatoes. I blended it until is became almost a paste. Some people leave out some chick peas and put them in after to create a chunkier burger. Then I randomly through in Indian spices.
4. Taste to see if the mixture is the right amount of spice. It was hard for me to tell if it tasted right until I cooked it.
5. Preheat a stainless steel pan on med- high. Put your oil of choice (I always use grape seed oil for cooking). Form the burgers using some of the flour. Fry them for about 4 mins per side. I like them crispy!
Tasting note: This was my first try at making chic pea burgers. The level of spices I used wasn't perfect, so it is a work in progress. I may try the more traditional version next time.
Wednesday, July 4, 2012
Wild Rose cleanse
Goal: 12 days of wild rose
Day 1= Success
Breakfast:
2 poached eggs
Snack: soy latte
Lunch:
I treated my self to the salad bar at whole foods. This was a great treat! I had lettuce, quinoa, salmon, yams, shredded carrots, beets, red pepper, eggplant, olive oil and lemon.
Snack
spicy black bean dip with cucumber
Dinner:
rosemary, lemon, salt, pepper chicken and brocolini
Notes: Feeling great and motivated to get lean for the summer even though my motivation staring late.
Day 2
Feeling great again.
Breakfast:
shredded potato lightly fried with grapeseed oil plus 2 scrabbled eggs with cayenne and salt. Plus 1 raw tomato and some green tea
snack:
cucumber and my spicy black bean dip
Lunch: small piece of chicken and brocolini (left overs from dinner)
snack: home made guacamole (avocado, tomato, lime, salt, pepper, cayenne (i didn't have jalepenos), and cilantro with rice chips and cucumber
Dinner:
2 Chic pea patti in a lettuce wrap
Day 3
feeling great and motivated
Breakfast: chick pea patty...tastes a lot better today!
Snack: Raspberries
Lunch: today I met a friend or lunch so I had a hamburger patty with a spinach salad
snack: Guacmole and rice chips
Dinner: Sockeye salmon and asparagus (i did use soy sauce on my salmon with is a minor cheat:)
Notes: Feeling great but I am craving a wine on the Friday night:). Had a bit of a headache before bed time.
Day 4
Breakfast: Eggs with shredded potato and a tad of grape seed oil. Tastes so good! I also made some salsa this morning. Salsa and eggs are great
snack: 1 squeezed grapefruit and added water to make some juice. plus a couple handfuls of raspberries.
Snack 2: cucumber and black bean dip
snack 3: salsa and rice chips
Dinner : Salad: shredded carrot, beet, quinoa, salmon and lettuce with rosemary olive oil and lemon.
Day 5!
Well I have almost made it through my first weekend of cleansing!
Breakfast: Quinoa, yellow pepper, asparagus and eggs. and coffee
snack: Grapefruit.
next meal: Quinoa
next snack: salsa and prawns (technically prawns is a cheat...no seafood)
Dinner: lettuce bison tacos with fresh tomatoes, home made salsa and homemade guacamole. I also panfried some onions, red and green bell peppers
Feeling a bit tired tonight, but still going strong
July 9/2012
Day 6:
Breakfast: Quinoa and eggs with red pepper and onion. Half a squeezed grapefruit with water.
snack: Brown rice chips and salsa!
Lunch: Left over bison tacos and all the fixings
Dinner: Bison hamburger and salad.
Day 7
Breakfast red pepper, yellow pepper, onion, bison and 1 egg.
snack: 1 squeezed grape fruit and water
Lunch: bison patty plus carrot beet, lettuce salad
Snack: brown rice chips and salsa and guacamole
Dinner: chicken and broccoli and a small salad
Day 8
Breakfast: eggs, quinoa, beets, asparagus, and carrot and 1/2 grape fruit with water.
Day 1= Success
Breakfast:
2 poached eggs
Snack: soy latte
Lunch:
I treated my self to the salad bar at whole foods. This was a great treat! I had lettuce, quinoa, salmon, yams, shredded carrots, beets, red pepper, eggplant, olive oil and lemon.
Snack
spicy black bean dip with cucumber
Dinner:
rosemary, lemon, salt, pepper chicken and brocolini
Notes: Feeling great and motivated to get lean for the summer even though my motivation staring late.
Day 2
Feeling great again.
Breakfast:
shredded potato lightly fried with grapeseed oil plus 2 scrabbled eggs with cayenne and salt. Plus 1 raw tomato and some green tea
snack:
cucumber and my spicy black bean dip
Lunch: small piece of chicken and brocolini (left overs from dinner)
snack: home made guacamole (avocado, tomato, lime, salt, pepper, cayenne (i didn't have jalepenos), and cilantro with rice chips and cucumber
Dinner:
2 Chic pea patti in a lettuce wrap
Day 3
feeling great and motivated
Breakfast: chick pea patty...tastes a lot better today!
Snack: Raspberries
Lunch: today I met a friend or lunch so I had a hamburger patty with a spinach salad
snack: Guacmole and rice chips
Dinner: Sockeye salmon and asparagus (i did use soy sauce on my salmon with is a minor cheat:)
Notes: Feeling great but I am craving a wine on the Friday night:). Had a bit of a headache before bed time.
Day 4
Breakfast: Eggs with shredded potato and a tad of grape seed oil. Tastes so good! I also made some salsa this morning. Salsa and eggs are great
snack: 1 squeezed grapefruit and added water to make some juice. plus a couple handfuls of raspberries.
Snack 2: cucumber and black bean dip
snack 3: salsa and rice chips
Dinner : Salad: shredded carrot, beet, quinoa, salmon and lettuce with rosemary olive oil and lemon.
Day 5!
Well I have almost made it through my first weekend of cleansing!
Breakfast: Quinoa, yellow pepper, asparagus and eggs. and coffee
snack: Grapefruit.
next meal: Quinoa
next snack: salsa and prawns (technically prawns is a cheat...no seafood)
Dinner: lettuce bison tacos with fresh tomatoes, home made salsa and homemade guacamole. I also panfried some onions, red and green bell peppers
Feeling a bit tired tonight, but still going strong
July 9/2012
Day 6:
Breakfast: Quinoa and eggs with red pepper and onion. Half a squeezed grapefruit with water.
snack: Brown rice chips and salsa!
Lunch: Left over bison tacos and all the fixings
Dinner: Bison hamburger and salad.
Day 7
Breakfast red pepper, yellow pepper, onion, bison and 1 egg.
snack: 1 squeezed grape fruit and water
Lunch: bison patty plus carrot beet, lettuce salad
Snack: brown rice chips and salsa and guacamole
Dinner: chicken and broccoli and a small salad
Day 8
Breakfast: eggs, quinoa, beets, asparagus, and carrot and 1/2 grape fruit with water.
Clean Eating: Spicy Black Bean dip
Join me for the next 15 days as I eat clean (no cheese, no booze, no bread, no sugar). Best way to get into that bikini is eating clean. As per my usual style each time this dip will taste a bit different because I like to play with spices.
Spicy black bean dip:
1 can of black beans (drained and rinsed)
1- 2 limes (depending how juicey they are)
2 garlic cloves (or more if you really like garlic)
a large handful of cilantro
about 1/2 tsp or more of each spice: sea salt, chipotle powder, cayenne powder, ground coriander and cumin)
1 tablespoon of tomato paste
1 tablespoon of olive oil
Directions:
1. Throw all of the ingredients in a food processor and blend. Add 1/4 cup of water if needed.
TIP:
Instead of chips cut of cucumber and use that for dipping! So yummy!
Enjoy
Spicy black bean dip:
1 can of black beans (drained and rinsed)
1- 2 limes (depending how juicey they are)
2 garlic cloves (or more if you really like garlic)
a large handful of cilantro
about 1/2 tsp or more of each spice: sea salt, chipotle powder, cayenne powder, ground coriander and cumin)
1 tablespoon of tomato paste
1 tablespoon of olive oil
Directions:
1. Throw all of the ingredients in a food processor and blend. Add 1/4 cup of water if needed.
TIP:
Instead of chips cut of cucumber and use that for dipping! So yummy!
Enjoy
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