Pan grilled kangaroo steaks with roasted vegetables

How delicious does this kangaroo fillet with roasted vegetables look! And it certainly tasted amazing.

Salmon, corn, baby rocket open faced sandwich

After having 4 days straight of salads, I thought I would have something a bit different but of course still healthy!
I just loved the bread I bought on the weekend and just added some tinned salmon, corn and the last remaining portion of my baby rocket leaves for a very refreshing but fulfilling lunch. When I bought my baby rocket, it came with this cute edible poppy which made for a beautiful finishing touch!

Roasted stuffed capsicum with quinoa and vegetables

Last week, a colleague at work, Ms Mads, sent me a link to another great health food blog http://www.teresacutter.com/ which was really good - I would highly recommend you all check it out.
On it, I saw a recipe for roasted stuffed capsicums which inspired me to do something similar this weekend - that recipe had a spinach & ricotta stuffing but as I didn't have any of those ingredients at home, I decided to do a slight variation. 
Mine are stuffed with quinoa, tomatoes, mushrooms, onion, garlic, kale (yes, I used it for the first time!), parsley, thyme, and proscuitto (leave this out if you wanna go vegetarian). Fill them with any vegies you have in your fridge like zucchini or eggplant. 

Bread made with love

I really love cooking all sorts of things and there aren't many things that stump me but bread is definitely one thing which I have yet to conquer. I think it is because my chinese heritage never exposed to me to bread making so I never grew up watching my mum/dad or grandparents rolling out dough.  The whole idea of mixing flour with water and kneeding is quite intimidating for me so I currently have bread on the 'things to do one day..." list.  Fortunately, I have wonderful neighbours, Mr & Mrs Hungries (a bit cheeky as they are hungarian!) who have mastered making bread at home. Mr Hungries has spent about 18 months perfecting home made bread and I am so spoilt to be able to have this regularly of date! This bread is a luscious wholemeal organic sourdough loaf which he made with his bare hands and lots of passion. The note he wrote us when he delivered it to us was "The bread was baked this morning, and it was somewhat warm when I 'delivered' it. I am quite excited with this one; it is a sexy bread. It has a dark thin but crunchy crust and a moist and velvety texture on the inside".  I am incredibly touched by the passion that people put in making their food. More of us should be like that so that we love every minute of making healthy delicious food instead of eating horrible processed food which will just end up making us all sick.  I hope that you all get to put your heart and soul in your food preparation - when you do, you will discover a new life joy! And, yes, the bread tasted extremely sexy....!

Market visit again

We made another visit to the markets yesterday morning so I could pick up this week's supplies. I really wanted to try a few new things and ended up buying a few new things....kale (I had read so much about this wonderful vegetable that I just had to try it), coloured carrots (I think I will roast these), and some assorted salad leaves. Check out my beautiful purchases...

 

New York cut steak with watercress & fennel salad, roasted piri piri potatoes

This was our delicious dinner we had tonight. This is a New York cut steak which Mr Carrots barbequed to medium rare. That's all pretty easy so let me share with you the yummy sides I made...

Sweet Mango & Yoghurt

To welcome in Spring, I treated myself to a new season mango as part of my breakfast. After having weeks of strawberries, it was a nice change. 
In my research of mangoes, I found out that mangoes are super rich in iron, antioxidants, and Vitamin A. That means it has good cancer & heart disease fighting properties.

Salad of leg ham and baby cos + more!

So after making my turkey breast salad the previous day and finding that it wasn't as filling as my usual tuna/salmon salad, I decided I needed to add some more protein to help keep me more satisfied so I added a soft boiled egg which worked a treat!
So the next day, I made this wonderful Salad of leg ham, soft boiled egg, baby cos, tomato, radish, chick peas, corn, and my seed mix.  Dressed with honey mustard dressing.

Salad of turkey breast, baby cos, tomatoes, baby rocket, radish and more

Here is one of the delicious and nutritious salads I had for lunch this week.
What was in my salad: Turkey breast, baby cos leaves, roma tomatoes, cucumber, baby rocket, radish, chickpeas, corn, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, almonds and chia seeds.
It was dressed with my own homemade honey mustard dressing: EVOO, white wine vinegar, honey, wholegrain mustard and seasoning.
It was quite satisfying although I did start getting a bit hungry by late afternoon so I decided to add a little more protein the next day when I made a similar salad with ham off the bone.

A visit to the markets

Last weekend, we took a visit to the organic markets. I love heading to the markets to get fresh produce and allowing what's available to inspire me!

I picked up some wonderful roma tomatoes, baby cos lettuce, baby radishes and some lovely rye and caraway seed organic bread.

Check out my other posts to see what I made with my ingredients!