Salad, salmon and sugar

Helloooo! Time for an update I think! Things have been fairly busy lately but still been eating lots of yummy food! Have been having some gorgeous hot weather the past few days so have been having a ball. Not so much baking, but plan to do some this week for a fundraising bake sale - so stay tuned!

No recipe for this delicious pumpkin salad unfortunately but it contains - roast pumpkin, cubed cream cheese (cooked in the oven until slightly browned), baby spinach, sundried tomatoes, risoni and the dressing consists of olive oil, balsamic vinegar, salt, pepper and a touch of sugar. Yum! Nuts would also be nice in this.

Salmon baked with a little olive oil, a sprig of thyme and some lime slices. 

 Mongolian Beef! Really love this recipe! The meat was a tad tough so may need to cook the beef separately and add it back in towards the end (and add the cornflour separately). Added broccoli and shitaake mushrooms and had it with brown rice. Mmmm.

Hot pot with friends at uni!!! My first experience of it. Really quite cool! We had dumplings, bok choy, beef, fish balls etc, udon noodles, rice noodles and all the sauces.

This was my attempt of the Mississippi Mud Pie for my brothers birthday. I failed to make the pudding set properly (I suspect I didn't boil it for long enough as it was really too runny after sitting in the fridge for half the day). Still good! Popped it in the freezer and have been enjoying it frozen!!

Random lunch - oat mountain bread wrap with lemon-pepper tinned salmon mixed with cottage cheese, grated carrot and iceberg lettuce.

Some Koko Black chocolates I was given for motivation during exams! So good. I didn't get a pic of the one in the little box but it was a salted caramel choc. The others included truffles, raspberry dark choc, strawberry filled, pistachio, 2x almond ones....

 Special K + Sultana Bran, soy milk, gold kiwi and luscious strawberries

Berry yoghurt, museli, Apple Jacks, fresh blueberries, strawberries, mango, gold kiwi.

Tried the new Vegemite chips! I know many people weren't big fans but I really like them!!!! Excuse the other grocery items :P

Cya people!!!

Apple cinnamon baked oatmeal crumble and other eats

Hey guys! *crickets* So I guess this blog is becoming more of a food diary with recipes whenever I get a chance to cook/bake. I've become quite an avid follower of quite a few food diary type blogs which have inspired me to take snaps of the more interesting foods I consume. 

I found this apple cinnamon baked oatmeal recipe and have been eager to try it! Made a few adjustments so I've given my version below. This was an incredibly easy and delicious breakfast, perfect for a rainy morning. Enjoyed it with some vanilla yoghurt and fruit. Next time I'll use the same base recipe but add other fruits (or pumpkin!) instead of apple puree.

 

Apple cinnamon baked oatmeal crumble

Serves 1

40g multigrain oats

100ml water (or milk)

1/2 tsp cinnamon

1 tsp maple syrup (or other sweetener, if desired)

~25g of any add-ins you'd like (sultanas, dates, nuts, choc chips)

Demerara or brown sugar for sprinkling on top

1/4 cup apple puree (or pumpkin puree, other fruit)

1/2 tsp cinnamon

1 tsp maple syrup (or other sweetener, if desired)

1. Preheat oven to 170C (fan-forced).

2. Combine oats, water, cinnamon, sweetener and add-ins in a bowl.

3. Prepare apple puree.

4. Pour half of oat mixture into an oven-proof dish of about a cup capacity (greased if you wish to evert it). Pour in the apple mixture. Top with remaining oat mixture and sprinkle sugar on top.

5. Bake for 20 minutes until a slight golden crust forms.

6. Enjoy with yoghurt, ice-cream, milk, nut butters, fruits etc!!!

Toasted seedy Costco bagel topped with some minced garlic, cottage cheese, baby spinach, beetroot and roast pumpkin.

Strawberry yoghurt, museli, blueberries, strawberries and gold kiwi. Love this mix.

 All messed up

 

Chilled, cut up apple with cinnamon - a favourite snack!

Recent Eats!

Food I've eaten lately!

Veggie bowl - zucchini, broccoli, mushroom, spinach, roast pumpkin, beetroot, chopped basil, cottage cheese and cayenne pepper.

Dad's pizza - pumpkin, spinach, basil, mozarella on a garlic-tomatoey base. I pre-steamed the pumpkin and spinach.

 Also some cheesy garlic slices.

Not the greatest picture (ate it originally on top of veggies) - didn't take one till was packing up the left-overs! This was extremely yum! BBQ lentils.

My own museli (oats, bran cereal, sultanas, brazil nuts, almonds, pepitas, sunflower seeds, cinnamon) with vanilla almond milk, strawberries, mango and gold kiwi and a sprinkle of cinnamon.

 

Watermelon

 

Green and Black's 85% dark chocolate

Chickpea Curry with quinoa and 2x breakfasts

Had to whip up some dinner for myself tonight and wanted something with lentils or chickpeas. So after scanning through my 'to try' recipes I settled on this chickpea curry (chana masala) and served it with quinoa and steamed veggies (broccoli, cauliflower, zucchini, mushroom, baby spinach). This was super flavourful and really spicy!

Cheerios, All Bran, soy milk, strawberries, blueberries, gold kiwi + all sprinkled with cinnamon.

Multigrain oatmeal with one egg white whisked in towards the end + mashed banana, strawberries, blueberries and a crumbled honey graham + cinnamon.