Home-made: Italian Pasta & Bean Soup

It's been a while since I last posted about the Missus' fantastic healthy cooking. She's been nursing a broken finger for the past few weeks. However, after being inspired by an Italian bean soup recipe recently, she decided she was fine enough to get cooking again, and this is her version of Italian Pasta and Bean Soup. Just one bowl is enough for your entire day's vegetable and fibre requirement!
Pasta e ceci maxed out with spinach, celery, carrots, onions, lentils and tomatoes!

Home-made: Baked mini Portobello + fusili casserole

For starters, baked mini portobello mushrooms stuffed with ham and cheddar. For his main course, wholemeal fusili casserole, filled with spinach, beef mince, ricotta, peppers and marinara sauce, topped with tomato slices and basil! Accompanied by some steamed baby carrots and cherry tomatoes. And of course the baked basil salmon.

Home-made: Funky Sandwiches

 For lunch bento this week, we have egg whites (with a couple yolks) scrambled with minced chicken, baby chard and plenty of black pepper, nestled in wholegrain Ozery thins.
I thought this concoction was super tasty! 9/10!

Sandwich 2 comprises smoked salmon and mashed avocado on gigantic foccacia buns. Both sammies are accompanied by homemade quick pickles in honey balsamic, on top on beds of mizuna and baby sweet pea sprouts.
Avocado and salmon is a safe bet that I can eat without complaint anytime, everytime!

Home-made: Baked salmon, prawns and vegetables with soba

Kaypoh dog is kaypoh. ;)

Bento last week was baked salmon, prawns (shelled so meticulously too!), and grilled assorted vegetables on a bed of organic wheat-free soba. Healthy and delicious.

Home-made: Recent Sandwiches

Parma ham and cheese sandwich, from stuff easily found in your local Cold Storage. Simple things that come together to make a delightful taste indulgence!

Just had this really tasty avocado smoked salmon sandwich. Salmon and avocado makes for a deliciously creamy combination. Yum!

Home-made: Pasta soup

Kaypoh dog is optional, but amusing!

This week, we have wholemeal fusilli in some pretty concentrated homemade chicken bone broth, accompanied by zucchini, carrots, peas, spinach, shredded chicken and hardboiled eggs (not pictured).

Making your own broth/stock is a good way to get a tasty, yet low-fat and low-sodium base for your dishes. I usually save bags of meat bones and carcasses from roast chickens in the freezer, along with asparagus stubs and random veggie bits etc for broth!

Home-made: Tuna Avocado Mixed Salad with wrap

We have tuna avocado mixed salad with wholemeal wrap today. Something 'simple' that doesn't require cooking due to the logistics available to us this weekend. Crunchy and tasty!

Home-made: Braised Chicken & Vegetable Stew

 

Braised chicken and vegetable stew in dashi stock; "happy call" new potatoes and baked satsuma imo and kabocha.
A tasty stew of everything good =D And that chicken breast was so tender and juicy! Happy Call ftw!

Home-made: Spinach "Quiche"

Glad to report that the "quiche" recipe worked and tastes decent! "Crust" is made of mountain rye low carb wraps (2 layers per cup/tray) - a packet of 8 thin wraps yielded 12 cuppies and 1 mid-sized quiche.
Two types of filling, both stirred into a mixture of whole eggs, egg whites and skim milk. First "quiche" is filled with 300gm frozen spinach, chopped lean ham and a bit of cheese. Second version has a huge bunch of chopped chives, tricolour peppers and ham. Both are accompanied by plain baked baby potatoes, pumpkin, peppers and plenty of asparagus!

So moreish, I couldn't stop stuffing my mouth..

Home-made: Oven-baked vegetable salad bento

Healthy food prep despite the busy weekend. Thanks Mky for the love!
 
This week, we have oven-baked pumpkin, beet-root, organic baby carrots, potatoes and romanesco broccoli. All this was put together like a salad and topped with sliced avocado. 
The main is roast chicken from Cold Storage. As you can observe, we cheated on the protein. 

Pre-baking stage.

Bento lunch for lunch on Tues or Weds.