Spicy Sweet Potato Hummus Makes: 12 x 50g portions Ingredients: 200g sweet potato 400g can chick peas, drained and rinsed 1/4 cup tahini 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil 2 tablespoons lemon juice 4 garlic cloves 1 teaspoon paprika 1 teaspoon ground cumin 1/2 teaspoon ground coriander 1/2 teaspoon ground chilli (optional) 2 scoops (60g)
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I decided with everything I have been going through lately that I deserve to spoil myself so I bought myself a Fitbit. It got delivered today so I have spent a lot of today fiddling around with the unit and the app to figure out how to use it. Well it really helped me get
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Protein Hot Chocolate Serves: 1 Ingredients: 1 cup low fat high protein milk 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1/2 scoop (15g) chocolate protein powder 1 tablespoon unsweetened cacao 1/2 teaspoon low calorie sweetener Method: Place all ingredients into a blender and process until the protein powder is well mixed Pour the mixture into a small heavy
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Satay Beef Cheeks Serves: 4 or 12 Bariatric portions Ingredients: 4 beef cheeks 1 onion, diced 3 garlic cloves, finely diced 1 & 1/2 tablespoons curry powder 1 teaspoon ground cumin 1 teaspoon ground coriander 1/2 teaspoon paprika 1/2 teaspoon turmeric 1 tablespoon brown sugar 1/4 cup natural peanut butter 1 can light coconut cream
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Today has been a better day, which makes me very glad and somewhat relieved to say this. Last night was the first time in almost a fortnight that I didn’t have an episode overnight waking me up in acute pain. Throughout the duration of the day I only had 1 episode which was not as
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Slow Baked French Onion SteakServes: 4 or 12 Bariatric portions Ingredients: 4 round steaks, approximately 150-200g each 1 packet French Onion Soup Mix or 1 portion of C4K Kitchen’s French Onion Soup Mix 1 tablespoon liquid smoke (optional) 30g butter 1/4 cup beef stock (or water) Method: Preheat the oven to 120 degrees Celsius Line
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Today I ventured out of the house for the first time in way too long, nothing exciting just to the supermarket but even that absolutely took it out of me. The loud noises, the walking around, the bright lights but I did it, it’s got to be done, I need to be socialised and get
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Protein Hotcakes Makes: 2 large or 4 small Ingredients: 2 egg whites 1 scoop (30g) vanilla protein powder 1/4 cup almond meal 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 1 tablespoon milk Method: Using electric mixers to beat the egg whites until you have stiff peaks Fold through the remaining ingredients gently until well combined Using a heavy
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Yesterday was a horrible day. Not rock bottom but I was certainly very flat and low. I had so many people comment that maybe I need to take a break from my journal so that I could focus on me, but I have been thinking about it and I have decided no actually that’s not
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Passionfruit Protein Butter Makes: 10 x 25g portions Ingredients: 170g Passionfruit pulp 1 tablespoon water 2 eggs 2 scoops (60g) pure protein powder 3 tablespoons xylitol* 2 tablespoons coconut oil, melted *xylitol can be substituted with any low calorie artificial or natural sweetener of your choice Method: Place the water, eggs, protein powder and xylitol
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