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Body Pump and stew

Published 2012-11-15 21:02:41 i Dinners, Workout,

After work I went to the gym for a class of Body Pump. Phew! Wasn't feeling too great, but during the class I just felt my energy rise and I don't know if it's my imagination, but it actually felt like I've gotten stronger already! Maybe I just had more energy today ;-)
 
Came home to a nice meal prepared by Chris: Beef and stout stew with a salad. It was supposed to be a pie, but Chris got angry with the pastry, hehe...A good refill of protein after an hour of weight lifting :-)

Dinner a few nights ago

Published 2012-11-14 21:10:11 i Dinners, GI recipes, Living life, Lunches,

A few nights ago we had vegetable hash and fried eggs for dinner. Just dice up some vegetables of your preference, fry with some salt and pepper in oil and serve with fried eggs. I like adding a little meat to it too, for example some leftover sausage or meatballs. It's really nice. This time we had onion, zucchini, sweet potato, peppers and aubergine, and a little ham.
 
Relaxing at the moment, reading blogs and dreaming about my breakfast tomorrow, hmmm...what should I have? :-D

Chicken for dinner

Published 2012-11-12 20:39:21 i Chicken, Dinners, GI recipes,

Vert tasty dinner tonight (even though I put a tad too much salt in it, oops!)!
 
Chicken in tomato sauce with white beans for two:
  • 2 chicken breasts
  • ½ white onion
  • 3 cloves of garlic
  • 1 chicken stock cube
  • 1 can chopped tomatoes
  • 1 can large white beans
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1 tsp lemon juice
  • some chopped parsley

Dice the chicken and fry in some olive oil, until they have some colour. Take them off the pan and put in chopped onion and garlic. Fry until soft and add chopped tomatoes, seasoning and chicken. Let it simmer under the lid for about 20-25 minutes. Add the beans and let it simmer for another 5 minutes. Taste it off with salt and pepper. Serve with some salad. 1 portion is about 375 calories.

 

Apple meatballs

Published 2012-11-11 20:29:37 i Dinners, GI recipes, Meat,

One of my favourite dishes to make with minced meat is meatballs (biffar in swedish). There are so many various ways to make them, but my speciality is the apple version. And let me tell you: my boyrfirend LOVES them (and so do I ;-))
I actually don't know exactly how much minced meat I used this time, but it made 6 meatballs. Two are big enough for one portion, but we love them so much so we split a third one too ;)
 
Meatballs for three:
  • approximately 400 grams minced meat (I used 50/50 pork and beef)
  • 1 white onion
  • 1 apple
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tspn cooking cream
  • salt and pepper

Chop the onion finely and grate the apple. Mix all ingerdients with the minced meat. Shape into balls twice the size of a golf ball and fry until cooked all the way through, approximately 6-7 minutes on each side at medium heat.

I served it with roasted sweet potato, boiled broccoli and green beans, mixed lettuce and some creme fraiche and lingonberry sauce. Cranberry sauce would work just as nicely.

Chunky vegetable curry

Published 2012-11-11 14:53:00 i Dinners, GI recipes, Lunches, Vegetarian,

For lunch I made this chunk, vegetarian curry and served it with green leaves and crackers and cheese.
 
For approximately 2-4 people (depending on if you choose to serve it by itself or with a side):
  • ½ butternut squash
  • 1 big carrot
  • 1 tin of chickpeas
  • 1 white onion
  • 1 apple
  • yellow curry, cumin, salt, pepper, vegetable stock
  • 1 chilipepper (optional)
  • 7 dl water

Chop all the vegetables into dices and put in a pan with some olive/rapeseed/sunfloweroil. Add the seasoning and water and let it simmer under a lid for approximately 20 minutes. Taste to see if something needs to be added, and serve with whatever you like. It goes well in a wrap, with rice (preferably brown rice) or just on it's own as we had it today. Added some crackers and cheese for two reasons: to bring in a little protein (in the cheese) and to have something to break the heat! I added a chilipepper to the curry and it was HOT! ;-) Good new kick for the metabolism, I tell ya!

Friday dinner

Published 2012-11-09 19:33:50 i Dinners, Fish, GI recipes,

Pesto salmon with boiled vegetables and bulgur.
 
Simply put portion sized pieces of salmon in an oven safe tray, spread some pesto on top and bake in oven at 200 degrees C until done. Boil bulgur after intructions on package. I made the sauce from mixing 2 tablespoons mayo with 2 tablespoons turkish yoghurt, 1 teaspoon of pesto and a few drops of lemon juice. Really nice and tasty dinner for a Friday night :-)
 
Now I'm going to stay on the sofa for the rest of the evening playing Assassin's Creed! Wishing you all a nice Friday evening!

Wednesday

Published 2012-11-08 20:41:24 i Dinners, Living life,

I didn't start this day in the best of ways through oversleeping and having to get ready for work in about 20 minutes. I normally want at least 50 minutes to get ready, so 30 minutes shorter really makes a difference! I got to work on time though, and had a good day there, talking to about 8 kids about their plans for their futures. Some are very certain, and some are very uncertain, I don't envy them! It's a tough decision!
 
After work I cycled to the shop to pick a few things we missed yesterday, rushed home, helped Chris prepare dinner and then rushed off to the gym for some BodyPump. A full body strength workout and all I can say is that my arms and shoulders are definately shaking now!
 
For dinner we made cured ham with mushrooms and zucchini in a creamy sauce. It was nice, but next time I wont forget to season it ;-) And I will also fry the onion first to bring out some flavour.
 
Cured ham in a creamy sauce 4 portions:
  • 600 gram cured ham
  • ½ large zucchini
  • 1 white onion
  • 1 dl white wine
  • 3 dl chopped mushrooms
  • 2 dl cooking cream
  • 2 dl grated cheese (try chevré!)

Chop the onion and fry it in some oil. Put it in an oven safe tray. Slice the zucchini and add. Slice the ham and put on top of the onion and zucchini. Put chopped mushrooms on top and pour a mix of wine and cream (with some salt and pepper) over everything. Top it all off with cheese, and bake in oven at 200 degrees C for 30 minutes.

Serve with some salad. Nom!

Lentil soup

Published 2012-10-31 13:28:15 i Dinners, GI recipes, Lunches, Vegetarian,

A few days ago I made lentil soup for dinner. Chris, who normally claims to hate lentils, eat this soup happily, so I guess it must taste pretty nice. I really like it, so I'll shre the recipe with you!
 
Lentil soup (highly adopted from Ulrika Davidsson - GI för hela familjen). 4 portions.
  • 1 white onion
  • 1 tsp curry
  • 1 tsp cumin
  • 1 tbsp grated fresh ginger
  • 1,3 liters of water
  • 2 vegetable stock cubes
  • 1 dl bulgur
  • 1 dl red lentils
  • 4 carrots
  • 1 small zucchini
 
Chop the onion, grate ginger and add spices into a big saucepan. Fry with a dash of oil until the onion is soft and add water, stock cubes, bulgur and lentils. Let it boil under a lid for about 10 minutes. Add diced carrots and zucchini and boil for a another 5 minutes. Season it with black pepper and salt after taste.
 
A really filling soup, which is also vegetarian and even vegan unless you serve it with a bit of turkish yoghurt, like we did! A perfect meal for cold, autumny days! :-)
 

Chili con carne

Published 2012-10-28 15:12:35 i Dinners, Lunches, Meat,

I made chili con carne for lunch. Minced meat, onion, garlic, chopped tomatoes, cumin, paprika, kidney beans, white beans, chili flakes after taste. Really simple, cook everything but beans for about 20 minutes, then add beans and cook for another 5. Add water if it gets too dry. Serve with 1 dl cooked rice, chopped carrot and a small bit of bread with cheese. I used whole grain bread and reduced fat cheese. Omnomnom.

Enjoy the outdoors

Published 2012-10-24 19:25:24 i Dinners, Living life, Things that make me happy,

Took the bikes out and went for a ride down to the river. Walked along for a while, taking some photos and enjoying spending time together. Although, it was rather cold, so we went home after about an hour.
 
Cooked pork chops with roasted vegetables for dinner, which was a nice, warm welcome to my stomach. It always feels so much better to eat after you been outdoors :-)
 

Cured ham and egg salad

Published 2012-10-23 13:11:38 i Dinners, GI recipes, Lunches,

Salad today again. I had planned spinach soup with the cured ham and egg, but I forgot to buy frozen chopped spinach, so I went for a salad instead. Just as good, although not as warming on this cool day. Topped the salad with pomegranat seeds, which was really nice! Other than that the salad contained mixed lettuce, yellow pepper, leek, cucumber, feta cheese (10%), cured ham and a boiled egg. Very, very tasty and nutritional. Nothing in this dish contains empty calories! Love it <3
 
Warming up with a cup of herbal tea at the moment, trying to ward off the cold. Got to read a little more about organisational theories, then I'm going out for a job meeting. See you later!

Salad (again)!

Published 2012-10-21 20:43:00 i Dinners, Lunches,

Tonight's dinner was this yummy salad consisting of: mixed lettuce, spinach, mango, cucumber, yellow pepper, leek, avocado, parma ham, walnuts and balsamic vinegar! Very tasty, the sweetness from the mango was lovely in there. Felt like I needed something more afterwards though, so ate a couple of Finn Crisp with butter. Now I'm going to finish of with a nice cup of tea, and maybe later a cheaky hot chocolate ;-)
 

Yes! A five kilometer!

Published 2012-10-20 17:58:44 i Dinners, Living life, Workout,

Just been out for a 5 km run, had a well needed shower and now eating a big and lovely salad consisting of iceberg lettuce, yellow pepper, cucumber, tomatoes, reduced fat feta cheese and a boiled egg. Lovely! Going to spend the rest of the evening relaxing, watching TV, reading blogs, and eating a little bit of nuts and dried fruit. Hope you all are having a nice Saturday!

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