Tag: healthy recipe

Organic Vegetable Curry

This week I ordered my first TM Farms Organic Box Delivery. I was very impressed with the quality of food, value for money, great service and prompt delivery to my door! I ordered a Regular Essentials Box for RM65 which included:

TM Farms Organic Food Essentials Box Delivery
TM Farms Organic Food Essentials Box Delivery
  • 1 litre bottle of fresh cows milk
  • 1 loaf organic wholemeal artisan bread
  • 1 butter lettuce
  • 1 bunch of spinach
  • 6x free-range eggs
  • 1 small pumpkin
  • 4x potatoes
  • 3x carrots
  • 2x tomatoes
  • 1 bunch of long green beans and
  • a pineapple

The next question on my mind was what was I going to cook first, so I decided on a nice healthy organic vegetable curry.

Organic Vegetable Curry
Organic Vegetable Curry
  1. Brown some chopped onions in oil
  2. Add chopped potato and a large table spoon of curry paste
  3. After 5 minutes add some chopped carrots and some hot water, then let it simmer for a while, adding more water if it gets dry
  4. After about 10 minutes add some chopped fresh tomato and add some more water if required, then let it simmer for another 10 minutes until the potatoes and carrots start to soften
  5. Meanwhile cook your rice – I follow the rule of 1 part rice to 2 parts water and find 1/2 cup of dry rice is enough for 1-2 people. The trick is to let it steam with the lid on once all the water has disappeared with the power off for about 10 minutes+ to ensure it’s nice and fluffy
  6. Just before the curry is ready to serve, add in your chopped green beans until lightly cooked and then add your chopped spinach leaves until whilted.
  7. Serve on top of the rice with some plain yogurt and chutney

Chicken Salad Bites

Chicken Salad Bites
Chicken Salad Bites

Here’s a little twist on a classic lunch recipe which would be great for serving at parties: Chicken Salad Bites

  • Chicken fillets pan-fried with salt and pepper
  • Chop up and mix the chicken with a combination of rocket, celery, pear and mint (or substitute with your favourite green salad ingredients)
  • Toss together with a dressing of yogurt or mayonnaise with seeded mustard
  • Spoon on top of mini bagel toast or crostini

Fruit Balls – Nutritious and Delicious Snack

Fruit Balls
Fruit Balls

While cruising through the latest FoodGawker.com recipes, I came across Mehans Kitchen recipe for Coconut Date Energy Bites. They instantly took me back to my childhood of buying 1 cent fruit balls from the school canteen with my pocket money.

Feeling a little peckish I decided to give them a go. Looking in my cupboards I discovered I had most of the ingredients already, so simply substituted a few of the others to add my personal twist to the recipe.

These fruit balls are actually really quick and easy to make…

In a blender pulse together:
1 cup of oats (quick or rolled)
1 cup of shredded coconut
1 handful of chopped dried fruit (I used dried apricots, Mehans used dates but anything similar would work)
1 tablespoon of almonds (or whatever nuts / seeds you prefer)

Transfer to a bowl and mix in:
1 splash of vanilla essence (or try almond essence like Mehans)
1/2 cup water

You want the mixture to start coming together so you can shape into balls. Add more water if you need but don’t let it get too sticky. Then put them on a tray lined with grease proof paper, cover with cling wrap or put in a plastic container and pop in the fridge to set.

What you have is a delicious and healthy snack to eat between meals or for a quick energy boost before the gym.

I’m definitely going to try some different variations of ingredients once this batch have disappeared and would love to hear how you add your twist to this recipe too.

Enjoy!