Today I had a friend over for lunch and we had a really yummy meal. During the course of our conversation it dawned on me that I haven't had a salad in almost 6 months! And you preach the gospel of eat more veggies I can almost hear you say........LOL.
Well, when I first started trying to lose weight, I ate so much lettuce and carrots that it almost started growing out of my head but guess what?......I didn't lose much weight. So I guess that is where my dislike of salad came from. Plus it's winter! Who eats salad in the winter!
That said, who ever said "eat more veggies means eat more salad"? I eat more than my fair share of veggies everyday not just as a salad. So I thought a couple of recipe on how I eat veggies without "ever" eating salad.
A good place to start would be what I ate today with my friend for lunch........
Ingredients
Serves 5 people
5 plantains
200g of prawns
10 cups of chopped kale
1 cup of onions
2 tsp of palm oil
2 tsp of tomatoe puree
2 cups of water
1 tsp of chilli powder
Season to taste.
Method
Peel the plantains, cut into cubes
Add water to cut plantains
Add a pinch of salt
Allow to cook for 15mins.
In a separate pan
Sautee onions, kale and prawns in palm oil for 5 mins
Then add to cooked plantain and stir.
Add chilli powder & tomatoe puree
Allow to cook for 2 mins
Serve & enjoy
Yummy!
Got my veggies from the Kale.
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QUINOA, ZUCCHINI & CARROT STIR FRY |
Quinoa is one of my all time favourite grain. I wouldn't bore you with the details of it's nutritional benefits becuase I am sure yu can do a google search and find that out for yourself but know that it higher in protein compared to other grains.
Ingredients
Serves 6-8 people
2 cups raw quinoa
1 cup of grated carrots
1 cup of grated zucchini
2 tsp of coconut oil
1 tsp of curry powder
1/2 cup of onions
Salt
Seasoning of choice
2 cups of water
Method
Cook quoina in water for 20 mins with a pinch of salt
In a separate pan
Sautee onions in coconut oil
Add carrots & zucchini and stir fry for 5 mins
Add already cooked quinoa
Add seasoning to taste
Add curry powder
Stir fry all for a further 5 mins
DONE!
Got my veggies from zuchinni and carrots!
Are you a "no salad" person too? How do you get your veggies in.....Would love to hear from you.
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