Chicken & Mushroom Salad

Heyyyyyy,

This meal is as good as it looks! Creamy chicken and mushroom in my opinion is the best combination. Along with your protein this meal is also low in calories and provides you with greens and vegetables.
This is beautiful on both a hot and cold day.

Give it a go!

N.




Calroies: 330
Protein: 47gms

Grilled Chicken
50gms of diced chicken
Cup of sliced Mushroom
1 teaspoon Light Sour Creme
1 tbl spoon Tomato Salsa

Salad Ingredients
1/4 sliced Red Onion
1/2 x Carrot
1/4 sliced Green cabbage
1/4 cup Chengs Crunchy noodles
Spring Onion
1 stick sliced Celery


Method

1. Grill chicken pieces on 160 degrees Celsius for 15 mins (fan forced) and season with salt and pepper 
2. Caramelise mushrooms 
3. Prepare salad ingredients 
4. Take out chicken and mix with sour cream, mushroom and tomato salsa in bowl 
5. Mix salad and Chicken together (or eat separately) 

Peri-Peri Chicken Wrap

Peri-Peri Chicken Wrap

Helllooo to all of you food addicts,

This recipe is a great way to re-invent your old boring sandwich. In under 10 mins you can create a delicious meal you would find at a cafe. This is great to pack in the kids lunch box, or for yourself to take to work and university. By having home made food packed, this not only saves you money but also stops you from getting tempted into buying something from the food court.
The peri-peri sauce is a beautiful addition, but this also can be replaced by a sauce or your choosing.

N.

Time: 10 mins
Calories: 328

Ingredients
1 x sliced tomatoes
4 x chopped lettuce leaves
1/2 x avocado
1/3 x sliced cucumber
150gms chicken
Chilli sauce
salt, peper
Light mayonaise sauce
Sweet Chilli Tortilla/ Wrap (wholemeal for healthiest choice)

Method:

1. Cook the chicken on low heat and add salt and pepper 
2. Put the ingredients together on a wrap and add Chilli and Mayo (to taste)
3. Wrap it firmly 

Enjoy! 

Pizza with no set topping

Homemade Pizza with as many toppings

How's it going wisefoodies? Reena here :)

The one thing I reckon we would both agree on it that pizza is a food for all! I mean you can put whatever topping you like on it, to suit you and if your friend doesn't like it, then they can put whatever topping they like on theirs'. No complaints and everyone is happy :) 

However takeaway pizza can be full of fat, sugar and salt.... I know it tastes great, and the whole point of it is when your lazy and can't be bothered to cook, just order and get it home delivered. Even I get lazy at times, so when I feel like eating pizza, just buy the base :) and the toppings well probs going to be in your kitchen anyway :)

TIME: 25 minutes

CALORIES: 165

Ingredients:

1 pizza base (I bought mine at the supermarket, the brand 'Mission")

500ml of tomato paste

A bunch of spinach chopped finely

1 Capsicum chopped finely

1 red onion chopped finely

A handful of mushrooms chopped finely

1 large broccoli chopped finely 

2 slices of ham chopped finely

A handful of sun-dried tomatoes chopped finely

1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese

Here's how to make:

1) Preheat oven at 150 degrees Celsius

2) Spray a pizza oven tray with Canola Oil (or any Oil you have)

3) Spread tomato paste on the pizza base

4) Add all the ingredients onto the pizza with cheese being the last ingredient

5) Put in the oven to bake for 10-15mins, depending on how you like the cheese (I like it golden)

If you don't like any ingredients I have mentioned just replace it with what you like :) it's that easy!

Sorry wise foodies, I ate it all before I could take another pic :)

Sweet Chilli Chicken Stir fry with Cashews

Stir fry

Hey guys! Steph here.

So it's been a few days since my last post. It's been a busy time! Who's been watching the Australian Open?
I can't get enough of it. In fact whenever its on every year I turn into a tennis fanatic and play heaps in the park behind my house.

Anywayyyy back to the topic, I've spent the past few days thinking about what I was going to cook next and was reading through our 'sensational stir-fries' recipe book, when I came across this delicious looking stir fry that I just HAD to try. I was actually really surprised by how it turned out. It was a great balance between sweet and sour! Not to mention healthy :)

TIME: 3 hours to marinate (if you can) + 10 minutes actual cooking
CALORIES: 363

NOTE: I like to serve this with white rice but of course you can substitute it with brown rice.

Here's what you need:

• 700g chicken breast fillets, sliced thinly
• 1/4 cup coriander leaves, chopped
• 2 red chillies
• 1 tablespoons sesame oil
• 1 clove garlic
• 2 tablespoons peanut oil
• 1/3 cup rice vinegar
• 1/4 cup sweet chilli sauce
• 1 tablespoon lime juice
• 3/4 cup raw cashews, roasted
• 1 cup broccoli or snow pea sprouts

Here's how you make it:

1. Combine chicken, coriander, chilli, sesame oil and garlic in large bowl. Cover and refrigerate 3 hours (or however long) or overnight.
2. To cook- heat peanut oil in wok; stir-fry chicken mixture until brown and cooked through.
3. Add vinegar, sauce and juice- stir fry until sauce boils.
4. Add broccoli and then serve with the cashews on top. And Voila!

Enjoy wisefoodies! :)

Modified San Choy Bow

San Choy Bow 

Heyy All,

Running out of time to prepare food for the family? How about a meal where most of the ingredients are already in your pantry, only thing you have to buy is the seasoning?
This is a really quick and easy Asian meal, great for when you’re on the go or don’t have time to prepare a big meal. Only takes 20 mins to prepare and cook!!
I was actuallly first introduced this meal when I went travelling to China. Being curious of the food in a new country and also cautious I was suggested to start of with this simple meal, where all the ingredients are familiar. It tasted greaaaatt !!

To make this meal more healthy I modified the usual San Choy Bow recipe by adding mushrooms, capsicums, coriander and tomatoes.

Hope you all enjoy

N. 

Time: 15 - 20 mins 

Serves: 4 

Calories: 421

Ingredients

Lettuce Leaves 

500gms chicken mince 

Lettuce 

San Choy Bow seasoning (found at local supermarket)

2 cloves Garlic 

1 hot Chilli (optional)

1/2 Capsicum 

cup of Mushroom 

4 x Spring onion 

cup of dicedTomatoes 

1 small diced onion 

cup of Chestnuts (optional)

bunch of Coriander 

Method 

1. Cook your diced onions until brown along with the crushed chili and garlic 
2. Add chicken mince and cook until brown
3. Add the san choy bow seasoning or sauce (depending on what you bought)
4. Add the sliced mushrooms, spring onion and small capsicum pieces to the mince 
5. Once cooked, take it off the heat 
6. Arrange your lettuce leaves like the picture shown
7. Add the mince on to the leaves 
8. Add freshly diced tomatoes, chestnuts and coriander on top 

(n.b. add vegetable amount to your desire)

Tomato Bruschetta with Toasted Baguette

Bruschetta on Baguette

Hey wisefoodies Steph here,

One of the best things about being Australian is the huge range of cuisines and foods we have available. I can't imagine not being able to have Chinese, Indian, Thai, Japanese or Italian whenever I wanted to! Today I was raiding the pantry, then the fridge, then back to the pantry again trying to find something to eat and came up with one of my favourite things to make for breakfast or lunch ever- Italian Bruschetta.

We always have tomatoes in the house and Dad always buys Baguette's for his lunch from our local Patisserie, so making this is always easy. It's really simple and super quick to make, and the Balsamic Vinegar makes it so tangy and OH so tasty!

TIME: 10 Minutes
CALORIES: 102

Here's what you need:

• 2 cloves garlic
• 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
• 1/4 cup fresh basil leaves chopped finely
• Pinch salt
• Black pepper
• 2 tomatoes
• 1 Baguette

Here's how you make it:

1. Mix garlic, olive oil, vinegar, basil, salt and pepper together in a bowl.
2. Meanwhile boil tomatoes for 1 minutes just to soften, then cut them up into small cubes then add to the mixture
3. Cut baguette into smaller pieces diagonally and grill them.
4. Spoon the bruschetta on to the baguette pieces. And Voila!

NOTE: You can also add finely chopped red onion if you wish. When serving I like to drizzle a bit of olive oil on the bread before I spoon the bruschetta on!

Ingredients for Bruschetta

Bruschetta and Baguette before serving

Dosa with Lentil&Vegetable Soup and Fresh Chilli sauce

Dosa with Lentil&Vegetable Soup and Fresh Chilli sauce freshly made

Hey All! :) Reena talking... or typing..literally.

How many times do you go to a food court and smell all the fantastic array of food aromas?? I love Chinese, Japanese, Lebanese, Mexican....and the list goes on and on (pretty much, I love food!). Coming from an Indian background, I have had the opportunity to taste some of the wonderful dishes from each part of India. Now how many of you love Butter chicken? Tandoori Chicken? Lamb Vandaloo? C'mon, these dishes are hard to resist! But they can be rich in butter, coconut cream and thickened cream, which isn't exactly great for the waist or the hips. But that doesn't mean we can't enjoy these dishes!

Today, I would like to share one of my favorite South Indian dishes, Dosa with Lentil&Vege Soup and fresh chilli sauce. If you are like me and can't eat too much chilli, just minus it, trust me it still tastes great! I know I'm Indian, chilli is suppose to be in my blood, but... I guess I am a little sensitive myself.

The best part about this dish is all of it is sooo good for the body and you don't feel like you are eating healthy, rather indulging in one of the finest dishes in the South Indian cuisine!

TIME: 40 Minutes
CALORIES: 373

Ingredients required for Dosa: 
1 cup rice
1/3 cup split black lentils

Ingredients required for Dosa mixture:
1/2 cup of fresh peas
1 boiled potato
1 onion chopped finely
1/2 chilli chopped finely (for a little heat)
1 teaspoon of poppy seeds
1 teaspoon of turmeric

Ingredients required for Lentil&Vegetable soup:
1 cup Tuvar Dal
1/4 kg Vegetables( Peas,Carrot,Corn,Eggplant,Okra)
1/4 tsp Fenugreek seeds
Curry leaves
1 tsp Salt
2 tsp Mustard
1/4 tsp Tamarind paste
4 tbsp Extra Virgin Olive oil

Ingredients required for the fresh Chilli sauce:

(only if you like mild-to-hot food)

2 chillies

1 crushed tomato

a pinch of salt

1 fresh squeeze of lemon

Starting with the Lentil&Vegetable soup:

1) Wash and dice all the vegetables

2) Boil water and cook the dal with turmeric and salt

3) Separate the cooked dal and water, and keep them aside.

4) In the dal water cook the vegetables.

5) After the veggies are cooked, add tamarind paste.

6) Now add the cooked thuvar dal and simmer for a few more minutes

7) Heat some oil in a pan, splutter mustard, and then curry leaves, turmeric, and fenugreek seeds and keep frying for a few minutes.

8) Season the dal with the above prepared in 7.

Followed by the Dosa Mixture:

1) Fry the chopped onion with chilli, poppy seeds and turmeric. 

2) Add, the peas, potato and the pinch of salt and mix

Time for the Dosa:

1) Blend the lentils,rice, fenugreek seeds together in a mixer till smooth and frothy ( add water little by little as required ). Remove and keep aside.

2) Heat a non-stick pan and sprinkle a little water on it. It should steam immediately.

3)Lightly put a few drops of Olive Oil, and then pour a ladeful of the batter on the pan, spread in a circular motion to make approx. 125mm in width.

4)Smear a liitle oil along the sides, cook till the dosa turns brown and crispy and fold over to make a semi-circle.

5) Add the potato mixture before folding the Dosa and taking it of the pan.

And finally for the Chilli lovers....Just blend the tomato and chillies with lemon and a pinch of salt.

Bon Appetit my wise foodies :)

Dosa is served...