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Nutritious Recipes
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Making these meals a part of you routine will help prime your body to maximise weight loss, muscle growth, strength gain, or whatever your fitness goals might be.
Thai Fried Rice with Thai Grilled Fish
(Prep time: 15 mins, Cooking time: 20mins, Serves: 3-4)
Thai Fried Rice Ingredients:
2 x cups of cooked brown rice
2 x cups of finely chopped vegetables of your choice. I used broccoli, red capsicum, cauliflower, green beans, carrot and red onion.
1 x tblsp of crushed garlic
2 x tsp of Thai Red Curry paste
1 x tblsp of soy sauce
1 x tsp of sweet soy sauce
1/2 x tsp of shrimp paste (optional)
1 x tblsp of macadamia oil or your oil of choice.
Method:
Heat a pan on medium heat and add the oil, crushed garlic and diced onion. Fry until onion is golden brown.
Add the curry paste, shrimp paste and chopped vegetables and fry until vegetables are cooked but still crunchy.
Add the cooked rice, soy sauce and sweet soy sauce. Mix well so all ingredients are combined and fry for 5 minutes.
Thai Grilled Fish Ingredients:
4 x Basa Fillets thawed or fish of your choice
1 x tblsp red curry paste
1 x tsp soy sauce
1 x tsp sweet soy sauce
1/2 tsp ground chilli powder
A splash of lemon juice
Method:
Combine all the ingredients into a bowl (except fish fillets) and mix to create a paste.
In a bowl, evenly coat the fish with paste.
Place a pan on medium heat, add oil and lightly pan fry or grill fish fillets until cooked through and golden brown.
Serve fish fillets on top of Thai Fried Rice and enjoy.
Asian Inspired Stir Fry
(Prep time: 15 mins, Cooking time: 20mins, Serves: 2-3)
Ingredients:
400 grams diced chicken breast
Chopped vegetables of your choice. I used broccolini, zucchini, Bok Choy, Mushrooms, Red capsicum and Onion.
1 x tblsp crushed garlic
2 x tblsp chilli jam
2 x tblsp soy sauce
1 x tblsp oyster sauce
A splash of lemon juice
1 x tblsp macadamia oil or cooking oil of your choice.
Method:
Place a skillet on medium heat, add oil, onion and garlic. Fry until golden brown.
Add chicken and fry until lightly golden.
Add remaining wet ingredients and mix well to evenly coat chicken. Continue to cook on a low to medium heat until chicken is cooked through.
Add vegetables, mix well, cover and continue to cook for 5 minutes on a low heat. Vegetables should be lightly blanched to maintain its crunch.
Remove from heat and serve over rice.
Chicken and Zucchini Fajita
(Prep time: 15 mins, Cooking time: 20mins, Serves: 3-4)
Ingredients:
600g chicken breast cut into stips.
1 bag of baby spinach
2x 125g tins diced capsicum, drained.
2x 250g packets zucchini spagetti.
50g chopped unsalted pistachios, chopped.
1x 40g packet fajita spice mix.
100g mozzarella cheese.
(optional extras, to taste)
Garlic powder.
Chilli Flakes.
Cajun Spice.
Method:
Preheat oven to 220c (200c fan forced).
Spread zucchini noodles over base of deep dish oven disk. Evenly spread capsicum over. Add spiniach (and optional extra spice if you choose). Sprinkly pisatchios evenly over the top. Set asised.
Combine chicken and spice mix together and brown in frying pan. Add the browed chicked to the oven and sprinkle mozzarella cheese over the top. Baked for 20 minutes then serve.
Garlic Chicken and Bok Choy
(Prep time: 15 mins, Cooking time: 10 mins, Serves: 3-4)
Ingredients:
600g chicken breast cut into stips.
5cm piece of ginger, finely chopped.
2 table spoons of macadamia nut oil.
6-8 cloves of garlic, finely chopped.
4-6 sping onions, chopped.
2 bunches of bok choy.
Method:
Heat oil in large wok over high heat. Add garlic and ginger and cook for 1-2 mins.
Add chicken breast and cook for 2 mins.
Add bok choy and spring onion with half a cup of water. Cook until chicken is cooked through.
Serve.
Spicy Beans and Baked Eggs
(Prep time: 5 mins, Cooking time: 15 mins, Serves: 3)
Ingredients:
400g beef mince.
1x bunch of broccilini.
1 tablespoon on macadamian nut oil.
2x red chilli, finely chopped.
4 free range eggs.
Chedder cheese.
1x 400g tin of chopped tomato.
1x 415g butter beans, rinsed and drained.
1x medium onion.
4x cloves of garlic.
Cracked pepper.
Method:
Preheat over to 200c.
Heat large, oven proof, frying pan and add oil, onion, chilli, garlic and mushrooms. Cook for 1-2 mins.
Add beef mince, let it brown, then add broccilini and cook for 5 mins.
Add beans and tomatos, stir 2 mins.
Add cracked pepper and cheddar and cook in the oven for 5 mins.
Serve.
Chicken and Broccoli Bake
(Prep time: 10 mins, Cooking time: 25 mins, Serves: 4-5)
Ingredients:
2 table spoons macadamia nut oil.
1 brown onion, diced.
800g of diced chicken breast.
1/2 tbsp dried oregano.
4 cloves garlic.
1/2 tbsp paprika.
1 red capsicum.
8 chopped mushrooms.
1 large head of broccoli, chopped.
1 400g tin on diced tomatoes.
1 400ml tin of coconut milk.
1 bag of spinach leaves.
1 red onion, diced.
Method:
Preheat oven to 200c.
Heat oil in large pan over moderate heat. Add onion, garlic and some pepper. Cook until onion is browning.
Add diced chicken breast, oregano and paprika, stir and cook for about 5 mins.
Add mushrooms and capsicum and cook for a couple of minutes, then add tin of diced tomato. Mix well.
When vegeatables and chicken are nearly cooked, add tin of coconut milk. Bring it to a simmer and then add spinach until in welts.
Transfer mixture to a baking dish, add broccoli and red onion evenly over the top and cook in the over for 10-15 mins untikl the broccoli begins to turn brown.
Serve while hot.