Trying to enjoy life as it is
Trying to enjoy life as it is
All recipes are low calorie if eaten in moderation!
There are plenty of recipes online to start us off. here is one, 178 kcal per serving for Thai beef stir fry.
Are we having fun yet? I am!
Try the Happy Herbivore. The main meals are tasty and filling. The only thing I don't recommend is the 'biscuits' - thats American lingo biscuits. Perhaps because I made them gluten free, but they came out heavy. I can recommend the muffins though. The double chocolate muffins are only 120 cals!
Never assume anything - except an occasional air of intelligence.
Woke up this morning fancying lasagne for lunch.....one of my favourite meals but haven't had it for a long time as it's quite calorific, so decided to try making a more diet-friendly one. As our courgettes are coming thick and fast now, I've taken advantage of that and have used them. I've sliced them lengthways and put them in a pan of boiling water to soften a bit, and used them instead of lasagne sheets. Have used half the quantity of mince I normally use and bulked it out with diced peppers, carrots and tinned tomatoes. For the cheese sauce topping, instead of the conventional flour-based sauce, I've used low fat Greek yogurt mixed with a beaten egg and grated Parmesan. So it's sort of a cross between a lasagne and a moussaka really.
Will let you know how it tastes later!
learning to love veg…..except celery :-O
Well, it was really nice, we didn't miss the pasta sheets at all and I actually preferred the yogurt topping to the conventional cheese sauce one. But I think the courgette slices needed to be softened for longer prior to assembling it all, they were still a bit firm. I should think chargrilling them first instead of boiling for 5 mins would work well too, would add a nice smoky flavour.
learning to love veg…..except celery :-O
TA, I've seen mentions of cauli rice before, but not tried it.....have had cauli mashed in place of spuds, and tried it as a pizza base once (having seen it raved about on various blogs).....wasn't a roaring success, the pizza completely broke up when trying to cut and serve it. It did taste ok but just looked a mess.
Do you know, I think I might give this cauli fried rice a go tomorrow......we're having bacon chops tomorrow and I was going to do cauli cheese with them. I hope mine looks a bit more appetising when it's cooked though, that one looks a bit like lumpy porridge with bits in, I have to say!
Thank you, i'll report on it tomorrow!
learning to love veg…..except celery :-O
I agree, Sue, that it looks dreadful.
We ate out tonight at Pizza Express. I had a starter size risotto, smoked and peppered salmon, apparently. The rice was overcooked and there was very little moisture in the dish. D asked me how it was and I answered, in truth, not as good as the ones you cook for me. Three of us ate there, the bill was £70!
I'll try that again!
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