So one of the things that got me pretty surprised (and not surprised really) is overhauling my diet. I thought I was doing pretty well last year but looking back, a lot of it was still processed, the servings wayyyy to big and not enough fruit and veg. Since I started the 12wbt Round 1 2012 and started *gulp* following a calorie controlled meal plan I have been going through stacks of veggies and salad. I was a bit sceptical, these servings aren't going to touch the sides I first thought, and to be honest, the first week I was looking around with hungry eyes to see what i could eat (good thing I did a pantry clean out the weeks before so there was little to tempt me), but now i can be satisfied with the serving allocated. So here are some of the meals I have been preparing over the last 3.5 weeks
Pan grilled Asparagus with mushrooms and zucchini. Great as a side dish.
Sweet corn pan grilled in a frying pan (spray olive oil!) OMG this is wayyyy much tastier than frozen corn or tinned.
Low fat ricotta on wholegrain toast, with handful of frozen (well defrosted lol!!) berries on top
Chicken Penang Curry, my first curry, and it was great, got heaps of frozen leftovers and great with a cup of rice.
One of my most favourite lunch meals so far, this was a Mediterranean wrap filled with chargrilled eggplant, zucchini, capsicum and marinated tofu with Tomato pesto.
A treat meal, lamb cutlet with pan grilled asparagus, and a veg mix of grilled tomato, mushroom, zucchini, carrot and onion. Delicious!
Baby spinach and egg with crumbled feta. Cooked this in the oven until egg was cooked through, delicious!
This is sliced sweet potato, chargrilled capsicum, crumbled feta and baby spinach on a wholegrain wrap and then cooked in the oven, served as a vegetarian pizza.
Chicken kebabs with red capsicum, onion, zucchini in homemade marinade.
Mexican beef Fajita. Fillet steak with pan grilled capsicum, garlic and onion, served with salad and yoghurt in a wholegrain wrap. Lovely!
Breakfast burrito - Rasher of lean bacon, cooked egg, with baby spinach inside a wholegrain wrap. This is better than anything from Maccas!
This looks impressive but I don't think I will make it again, it was a Chickpea, carrot, feta and tomato salad.
First attempt at cooking fish! Pan cooked with some flour dusted on the fillets, olive spray and seasoned with pepper. Yum! Accompanied with a watermelon and pickled ginger salad. Very nice flavours.
A birthday present from the kids, seed starter kits to start growing my own herbs.
Lentil Loaf. I was really sceptical, haven't really had lentils before, I had visions of tastelessness beanyness (ok I know that is not a word haha) but woah, it turned out fantastic! I made a minted yoghurt sauce to go with it and served with a side salad. The serving size on this is quite big so it was quite filling.
Cajun Chicken grilled chicken with sweetcorn pan roasted, asparagus and homemade coleslaw. No bottle sauce!
