Baked Fish with Fennel Cabbage and Lemon Gremolata

Continuing on with the Nordic theme diet, as promised I tried out the baked fish and lemon gremolata recipe. The verdict; "Very tasty" from Mr E. and "let's have this again". So that's a resounding success in my book!

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Week 2 - Living healthy

The second week has passed and we are sticking to our oh so good healthy eating plan. I started the week feeling well rested after a relaxing weekend with plenty of good quality sleep. The massage on Saturday worked wonders for my aching muscles after all the running and I was ready to start over again.

Our weekly plan was made on Sunday so off I popped to the local supermarket to stock up on the veggies we'd be having this week, plus a few extras including steak, dried herbs, dried beans, tinned tomatoes and sweetcorn.

Cauliflower tabouleh

Monday
Hot water with fresh lemon juice and ginger
Porridge oats with blackberry and apple compote
Cup of tea
Cauliflower tabouleh with grilled aubergines, peppers and herbs
2 ryvita with butter and marmite, cup of tea
Kiwi fruit
Panfried herb marinated steak with red cabbage,rocket and beetroot salad

Stuffing Ourselves

With all this talk of "Thanks-giving" celebrations in the US and food mags printing their Christmas editions, my thoughts turned to the joy of stuffing and delicious fillings. But its not all roast turkey and mince pies, we've had a take on the lighter side this week... in part to make up for my over indulgences in Las Vegas but also simply because its fun and yummy!

I chose a few pretty simple dishes, easy to make with the ingredients i have available locally but also something a little but special just to jazz things up.

Stuffed & Baked Aubergines 

A Middle Eastern dish inspired by Hugh FW's recipe in Delicious Magazine.

Stuffed Chicken Breasts 

with braised red cabbage, sweet potato mash and thyme 
sauce. My favourite stuffing is walnut and spinach - yum yum

Vegetable Fajitas

with sour cream, tomato/sweetcorn salsa, cabbage and 
grated cheese.
I made the tortillas my self!

Stuffed & Baked Avocados
filled with roasted peppers and tomatoes and served
with rocket salad

Staying Healthy on the Road

This week was the big trip to Las Vegas, aka Sin City. Everything here is done to excess particularly the food and drink, so pre-trip I had to think how I might maximise my healthy eating whilst in the land of the buffet, burgers and booze.

Having traveled to the US before I knew how hard it is to find breakfast cereals not laden with sugar or corn syrup. Well that was easily solved- i brought a pack of my own over from Phuket. I figured I could at least start the day right and see how I progressed.

Early am I'd be busy preparing for the day ahead so a quick bowl of cereal with banana or apple set me up right. I also brought over some dried mint leaves to make a refreshing and stomach calming morning brew. Depending on the night before I also reached for Vitamin Water or one of the delicious fruit/veg smoothies from Naked. Their smoothies are sold in 7/11 stores making them super easy to find and even better they contain no preservatives or added sugar. Perfect for getting at least "2 a day" without any hidden "extras".

Unfortunately this was more or less where the healthy eating stopped and the burgers, canapes and wine flowed. But at least I got a few vitamins into my bod to counteract the over-indulgence.

Meanwhile back at the Kitchen, Thomas has more or less cleaned out all the home made "ready meals" from the freezer....lentil lasagne, pumpkin risotto, thai vegetable soup, cauliflower curry and morrocan aubergine tagine. So at least one of us has managed to stick to the healthy regime this week and it looks like I've got some cooking to do.