For those that follow the blog (if any haha!) you'll have figured by now that I absolutely suck at keeping it regular.
I work part time as well as run my Younique and Kaszazz businesses, studying at university and have my brood of children to care for, so whilst I have every intention of blogging every single thing I eat (I aspire to be some Julie and Julia food blogger without so much butter!)
Enough about my Julie Powell admiration, what have we been eating? Lots of Healthy Mummy goodies lately since I'm getting back into eating healthy and feeling good about myself.
I'll share with you some of last weeks delicious meals, the great thing is they're all easy to prepare too since I don't have the time for elaborate meals with hours of prep anymore!
I have to admit I was a tad nervous about the beef and barley stew, the kids love stews but I wasn't sure on the barley aspect of it, I knew I'd love it! I'm pleased to say they ALL came back for seconds. It was the perfect winter warmer, brilliant for the slow cooker. We had it on its own as it had been a llooonnngggg day at work but it would be perfect with some mashed veggies or crunchy bread.
When I was pregnant with my 12 year old I craved beef and black bean with fried rice (along with Big Macs) I haven't had it much since so this was a nice little blast from the past. For this one I roughly followed the Healthy mummy recipe as it calls for a jarred black bean sauce and it's heavy on the soy, having soy allergies here requires a little tweaking on the traditional recipe.
My black bean sauce recipe is thanks to the daring gourmet
As a soy sauce alternative I always have this soy free "soy sauce" on hand
The rest of the recipe follows the healthy mummy recipe.
This was another absolute hit with myself and the kids. They've never had chorizo before so like the barley I wasn't sure, especially since Mr 6 (2.0) is going through a "I don't like sausage phase" unless of course they come from Bunnings on a Saturday morning!
These 3 will be repeats on our menu for sure, healthy, can be adapted for our allergies, suits our busy lifestyle and no waste due them all loving it.
I'd love to share the recipes with you but since they are challenge recipes I can't. But you can join the 28 day challenge for yourself and gain hundreds of healthy recipes and exercises plus a really supportive atmosphere.
