Just a quick one this week as we're at Mr A's parents for the weekend so will be eating there.
Monday - Turkish Leek Stew with garlic bread
Tuesday - Dinner at Mum's
Wednesday - Delia's Cauliflower Cheese and Broccoli Soup
Thursday - Beetroot Risotto from Good Food.
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08 April 2013
24 March 2013
This Week's Meals #5
Monday: Nigel Slater's Hot Chicken Cakes. On their own these are not substantial enough for Mr A, so I'm going to shape them like little patties and have them in whole wheat burger buns.
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Tuesday: Dinner at Mum's
Wednesday: Prawn and Chorizo Gumbo
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Thursday: Sausages and Cauliflower Mash
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Friday: Nigella's Spaghetti Puttanesca
Saturday: Middle Eastern Lamb Koftes with yoghurt,...
Chocolate Coconut Milk Ice Cream
Soooo easy and so delicious!!! I never really craved anything sweet until I got pregnant so I've been looking for healthier alternatives for things that might curb my cravings. This ice cream from Detoxinista fits the bill perfectly! Check out her other recipe's too, so many amazing healthy alternatives that don't make you feel like your missing out.
We had this with fresh raspberries....
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Turkish Pasta Bake - 'Firinda Makarna'
'Firinda Makarna' is translated as 'pasta in the oven' and is a really easy, tasty alternative to a usual pasta bake
Ingredients:
1 packet of pasta - you can find 'makarna' in Turkish / Greeks and looks just like spaghetti just thicker. If you can't get your hands on makarna I'm sure this would work with any sort of pasta
500g beef mince
1 onion, finely chopped
Dried mint
Parsley - handful, finely chopped
salt and pepper
For Cheese sauce...
17 March 2013
This Week's Meals #4
I know what you're thinking, what is that ravioli still doing on the menu!? No, we're not eating it for the third week running but I was either too lazy to cook that night or it wasn't what I fancied (or both). But I'm definitely making it tomorrow!
Monday: Caprese Ravioli with Roasted Tomato Pesto Sauce from 'Proud Italian Cook'
Source: Proud Italian Cook
Tuesday: Dinner at mums
Wednesday: Malvani...
14 March 2013
Dolma: Turkish Stuffed Peppers, Artichokes, Onions and Cabbage Leaves
This was the first meal on our plan this week. Dolma literally means "to stuff" in Turkish. The most common version of dolma is stuffed vine leaves.
A few weekends ago my mum came round with some artichokes that someone had sent her from Cyprus so I decided to make dolma with them and other veg we had. Artichokes are notoriously difficult to prep and also start to go brown if you don't rub them with lemon juice after you've...
10 March 2013
This Week's Meals #3
I didn't get to make some of the meals from last week's plan, so the Caprese Ravioli is back on the menu this week, can't wait to try them!
Monday: Turkish stuffed artichokes, peppers, onions and cabbage leaves from me! Made these on Sunday ready for eating after work on Monday. Recipe and post to follow later in the week.
Tuesday: At mums for dinner
Wednesday: Faux Prawn and Chorizo Paella from...
"Fire and Spice" Class at Morgan's Kitchen
I loved this class! Last week me and my sister went on a 'Fire and Spice' class with Morgan's Kitchen in Camden. It was about using different spices and chillies. The class started off with a quick talk of all the different types of chillies and what to look out for when buying chillies. We then got to cook with different chillies and spice blends and made 'Piri Piri Prawns' and 'Chinese Chilli Chicken'. Haven't made either...
03 March 2013
This Week's Meals #2
Monday: Caribbean Sweet Potato Patties with Spicy Coconut and Spinach Sauce from Cook, Eat, Live Vegetarian
Source: Cook, Eat, Live Vegetarian
Tuesday: Eating at mums. I've just started yoga classes on Tuesdays within walking distance from my mums. My mum is a typical Turkish mum and wouldn't hear of me being that close and not popping in to eat with them, which is absolutely fine by me!
Wednesday: On...
02 March 2013
Falafel, Salad and Pickles
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This was on this week's meal plan and I found the recipe on 'Flourishing Foodie'. I've tended not to bother making my own falafel as they always turn out too dry or too crumbly, but I really fancied falafel this week! This one was a bit crumbly but I know what to try next time to avoid that, for example using dry chickpeas like the recipe suggests rather than tinned chickpeas that I used. Next time I'll also add a bit more flour (I...
25 February 2013
Turkish Pea Stew ('Bezelye')
Tonight's dinner was this pea stew. Like most Turkish dishes, the base of this is gently fried onions and either chopped tomatoes or tomato paste (or even pepper paste). You could serve it with it plain rice but its fine on its own with just a dollop of yoghurt. Turkish people tend to eat bread with absolutely everything and I like this with soft buttered bread dipped in the juices, yum! If you're veggie or just want a meat free dish...
This Week's Meals #1
Because of my recent uncontrollable hunger, unless I pre plan and prepare weekday meals I can quite easily eat whatever is easiest or closest. This usually ends up being a take away or junk food so I'm trying to make an effort to plan mid week meals that's are quick, easy and nutritious. Here are this week's meals, I'll blog about how I get on with them too! The other thing about this weeks meals is that they are all made from ingredients...
24 February 2013
Spinach Lasagne Rolls
I made this a few weeks ago when I was making a conscious effort to eat more spinach for iron. I found it on one of my favourite blogs Skinnytaste. I made it the night before we were going to eat it and then just put it in the oven when I got in from work (love it when I'm that organised!).
I used fresh lasagne sheets from Sainsbury's, they're really wide so I cut them in half length ways and made two rolls with one sheet. I finished...
22 February 2013
Nigel Slater's Spaghetti Bolognese
All this talk of beef and horsemeat made me crave Spaghetti Bolognese today. I've made this version before, its Nigel Slater's. Its really rich and tasty. The recipe includes milk and red wine which might sound strange but works really well.
The recipe suggests cooking it in batches and freezing it, a really good idea but with Mr A's amazing capacity for food, we hardly ever have leftovers in our house...
21 February 2013
Easy Dessert: Pavlova
We had friends over for dinner at the weekend. We had poppadoms, dips and onion bhaji's to start and Butter Chicken for main. Dessert is always an after thought for me, I'd much rather spend most of my time on the main that fraffing out with dessert - not sure why? I've never really had a sweet tooth, maybe that's why, although looking at my last couple posts I wouldn't blame you for not believing that!!
Pavlova has to be the...
10 February 2013
Raw, Vegan, Gluten Free Chocolate, Hazelnut Cheesecake
I can't believe it's taken me this long to write about this. Late last year, we decided with some work friends that we would start our own version of 'Come Dine With Me', we've had two evenings so far and they've been so much fun. The first night was themed, we all went dressed in costume from our chosen decades.
Charlotte 1940's, David 1980's, Kirsty 1920's and me 1950's!
I realised that night that eating food cooked by other...
31 January 2013
Sausage, Kale and Black Eye Bean Soup
According to the midwife I need to up my iron intake. Rather than taking more supplements I've been trying to increase my iron levels by eating the right foods so I came across kale. Per calorie, kale has more iron than beef!!! Its also high in vitamin A, C and calcium. So I think me and kale should become best friends during this pregnancy.
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I came across this recipe on Pinterest and its on 'Bev Cooks' blog. Mr...
26 January 2013
Turkish Style Leek Stew
One of the questions you’re asked regularly when you’re
expecting is whether you have any cravings. All I seem to be craving is food 24
hours a day 7 days a week! But recently I've been craving my mum’s food... that is
Turkish food. I think this is because its usually really comforting and good
for you because its heavily based on vegetables. I don’t normally cook Turkish
food since mum is in the country at the moment and...
22 January 2013
Baked Aubergine
I love it when you have all of the ingredients to make the one thing you crave at that exact moment. In my case it was stuffed baked aubergine inspired by this recipe I found on Eat Drink Paleo;
I changed the recipe up a bit;
1 large aubergine
Tinned Tomatoes
Garlic Clove
Fresh Mint
Cheese (I used cheddar but would have used parmesan if I had some)
Olive Oil
Preheat oven to 220 C. I cut the aubergine in...
20 January 2013
And baby makes three....!
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Yep, Mr A and I are expecting our first baby!! I don't want to say too much as I want to keep it private but I'm sure the progress of my bump will come up in future blog posts. I will say this baby is very much wanted and has made us both very, very happy!...
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