Hot Booby Chick - Roasted Chicken with Lemon and a Herbed Butter

This is a meal I just had to make.  I haven't really done all that much roasting but I couldn't resist this.  I based this recipe on a meme I had seen a long time ago involving a roast turkey with lemons for boobs.  We really don't need a roast that big, so we decided to create a roast chicken instead.  A common method of infusing delicious, moist flavour is to boil a lemon for a minute or so then stick it into the cavity along with fresh herbs and garlic while roasting.  This recipe changes things up just a little.   The lemons will make the breast meat beautiful, and the herbed butter will moisten the meat. Please feel free to swap the herbs we used for anything else you enjoy (eg sage, marjoram, oregano, even taragon).  If you want a lower calorie version, just leave out the herbed butter.

If your Sunday dinners have been a little on the boring side lately, then get this saucy chick into ya!

Enjoy.

Beef, Vegetable and Feta Medley

This week we were aiming for low carb healthy dinners to help us fight the rising waistline situation we have going on around here. I was planning to make my old favourite side salad which I haven't had in yonks with various meats for the week. Unfortunately, I forgot to buy all the ingredients. Then I couldn't face a cold side salad on a Winter's night.  This meal eventuated out of slowly changing my mind about what I wanted to make (multiple times along the way), and oh my gosh it ended up so yum.  I've made it twice now, and found it is equally tasty making it a simpler way in the second attempt. First go I had two nights worth of cheap steaks and had decided to cook up a veggie side stew. Then I chopped the meat, sealed and stirred it through toward the end. Second time around I just bought a 500g pack of diced beef and added it just after the onions and garlic. Of course the steak meat was a little tastier (and medium rare) but it was much simpler to just throw everything  in early on and leave it go.  Plus the meat is tender and slow cooked this way.  As much as this sounds like a hodge-podge meal from how I am describing it, let me assure you that this meal made on instinct is absolutely fabulous. It is totally healthy - just meat and veg and seasonings. Plus it is low cal, high protein, low fat and low carb. What else could you hope for? Of course you can serve it on rice which will add carbs and make it last six rather than four serves, but we were more than happy with this as a stand alone dish. This is a new regular!

Enlivening Orange, Ginger and Mint Juice

Welcome back! After a long hiatus I am ready to return to blogging again. Life had gotten really hectic with home renovations and my being unwell for some time, so I haven't been able to dedicate the time to this.  I've made a bunch of changes to my life to simplify things now (which includes dedicated rest days with no plans and no projects/jobs) and I am feeling healthier and more relaxed. In addition to that, I have time again!  So without further ado.....

This juice is perfect for a Saturday afternoon.  It is so simple - just three ingredients - and it tastes zingy and delicious.  Interestingly it also tastes quite creamy, despite not having any ingredients in it which would usually be used to make a "creamy" finish.  One of the many things I love about my nutrininja is how it can use the whole fruit and make it into something great.  For this, I don't even need to take the seeds out of the oranges - simply chop it up, take off the skin and you are good to go! It has heaps of fibre and goodness, including vitamin C, folate and calcium.

Also I figured out how to put text on my photos using Gimp, which makes me happy.

Herbed Chicken and Vegetables with Quinoa

Since moving in together, the Dragon and I have both developed a case of the Contentment Spread. Our bellies have both grown and we have a little more under our chins than was there a little while ago.  I don't believe in dieting per se because it simply doesn't work long term.  We are just starting to watch the health value of what we eat a bit better than we have done recently and making sure to go on on active dates more often like bike rides and bush walks.  We may even give rock climbing a go.

We will still have balance and eat pasta and ice cream because I believe in balance. And not everything I post is going to be "health food". But here is a tasty and simple chicken meal which will serve 4-5 which is in line with my goals.

Miropoix is the basis of a wide variety of beautiful Italian and French dishes.  It is a classic trio of onions, carrots and celery slowly cooked down to make the basis of just about anything.  This meal is based on a miropoix with leek instead of onion, along with some simple ingredients and herbs.  It is surprisingly yum.