Quick pan sautéed vegetables in pesto
Recipes - Healing and nourishing foods

Quick pan sautéed vegetables in pesto

Quick pan sautéed vegetables in pesto

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This is a very quick and nutritious dish that will go well on the side of cooked meats, poultry or fish. If you need more carbs I suggest steamed summer potatoes or oven roasted roots like sweet potato, potato, or butternut squash topped with extra virgin olive oil and fresh chopped or dried herbs.

Ingredients:

Portobello mushrooms

  • Butter or coconut oil or extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 red onion – peeled and finely chopped
  • 1 clove of garlic – smashed or mashed J
  • Several Portobello or large capped local mushrooms – chopped into thick slices
  • Small bunch Swiss chard (spinach or kale will also work) – washed and shredded
  • Pesto – I like the Superquinn variety but usually I make my own as I make it more concentrated in herbs and lower in oil and I omit the cheese. There are good versions of cheese and dairy free pesto available in specialist stores and I recommend these over the cheesy fatty pesto’s available in the supermarkets.
  • Optional dollop of cream or low-fat cheese
  • Seasoning: sea salt and freshly cracked black pepper

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August 5, 2015
Thai green curry with mince beef/ chicken/ turkey
Recipes - Healing and nourishing foods

Thai green curry with mince beef/ chicken/ turkey

Thai green curry with mince beef/ chicken/ turkey 

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This is a very lazy take on a Thai curry prepped between coming home from a morning swim, showering and getting to work. I use the timer in the oven so that the oven will turn itself off. The dish is fine in the oven until dinner time.

This is a more traditional “go the whole-hog” recipe should you like to make a more authentic curry: http://www.templeofthai.com/recipes/thai_green_curry.php with a lot of suggested recipes down the right hand side bar. Here is another helpful link to an article on the Guardian website about “How to make the perfect Thai green curry”; it really is worth a read if you are a foodie.

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August 5, 2015
Roasted Red Pepper, Cherry tomato and Chickpea with Flageolet bean Salad
Recipes - Healing and nourishing foods

Roasted Red Pepper, Cherry tomato and Chickpea with Flageolet bean Salad

Roasted Red Pepper, Cherry tomato and Chickpea with Flageolet bean Salad

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This salad is adapted from the wonderful book titled Avoca Salads and its first trial run was at a recent BBQ; it went down a hit. This recipe is so easy and I am sure that multiple adaptations can be made I did make some changes as follows.

Images of the book cover with original images of this tasty salad. I didn’t adapt it for any reason other than I tend to like to make a food more personal with my own tweaks.

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My substitutions were:

  • the addition of flageolet beans
  • the addition of organic cherry tomatoes
  • subbing coriander for parsley as I prefer its flavour in salads
  • using long red peppers instead of bell peppers as I prefer their sweetness
  • omitting the garlic and spring onion in fear it may be a tad too strong for kiddies and guests
  • and finally I added a dash of my own home-made dressing

The original recipe and book are available on amazon or in Avoca stores as here.

Ingredients for Roasted Red Pepper and Chickpea Salad

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August 4, 2015
Recovery Cod and nifty swifty Veggies
Cod fillets
Recipes - Healing and nourishing foods

Recovery Cod and nifty swifty Veggies

Recovery Cod and nifty swifty Veggies

This is an easy fish dish that is super for after hard training sessions as the protein is light on the stomach, the veggies are quick to prepare, and the spices from ground turmeric and garam masala provide helpful anti-inflammatory oomph.

For those of you that are unfamiliar with Garam masala it is a spice blend with wonderful flavour and aroma. I love its sweet taste and it is often used in our kitchen in fish dishes, hummus or bean dips and curries.

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August 4, 2015
Spicy athlete friendly pork roast
Ready to serve
Recipes - Healing and nourishing foods

Spicy athlete friendly pork roast

Spicy athlete friendly pork roast

This is a very fast and easy dish to prepare and if you have a timer on the oven then this dish can be left to cook itself. This roast is perfectly ok left to sit in the oven for a few hours should you start this in the morning and then leave it until your return after work or training.

Efficiency is the name of the game in all aspects of your life if you are a hard training athlete.

If you are a busy athlete, then I highly recommend planning as much of your nutrition and cooking in advance as you can. This will assist achieving your nutrition goals while also balancing your hectic work-training-family life balance.

I use this strategy often; for example:

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July 14, 2015
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