Showing posts with label cooking from home. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cooking from home. Show all posts

Sunday, 4 November 2012

Atlantic Salmon with Clean Asian-Slaw

Atlantic Salmon with Clean Asian-Slaw

1 x Piece Atlantic Salmon (skin removed)
1 x Fresh Lime
Cracked pepper
Clean Asian-Slaw:
1/2 Wombok Cabbage
1 x baby Fennel bulb
1/2 x large Spanish (purple onion)
1 x bunch fresh Coriander
1/2 x bunch fresh Mint
1/2 cup Slivered Almonds

Dressing:
Juice of 2 x Fresh Limes
2 x teaspoons Rice Wine Vinegar (optional)
2-3 tablespoons Extra Virgin Olive Oil
2 x teaspoons Natvia
1-2 teaspoons Sesame Oil (to your taste)
1-2 teaspoons Tamari (optional)
Cracked pepper (to your taste)

Finely slice cabbage, fennel and onion and place in a large salad bowl. Chop coriander and mint finely and add to bowl. With your hands, gently combine and mix ingredients together.

Heat a non-stick pan and place almonds in. Gently toss until they become lightly toasted (golden in colour). Allow to cool in pan before adding them to the salad and stir through.

Tuesday, 25 September 2012

9 Steps to Great Low Carb Cooking From Home

You don’t need a written recipe to achieve great low carb cooking from home.  One basic cooking method and the ingredients YOU desire are all it takes.  Earlier this week, I showed you a low carb chicken recipe  using saute method.  Today’s inspiration will follow the same procedure with different ingredients.

Written recipes won’t teach you to cook any more than having sheet music will teach you to play piano.  Recipes have inherent flaws and variables that make them difficult to duplicate exactly.  When a recipe calls for “one onion, chopped”, how big is this onion?  Onions are different sizes, they’re from nature, not from a factory. 

The written recipe dilemma continues if you’re pursuing a certain diet or style of eating.  Searching for low-fat, gluten-free, high protein, or lactose-free recipes can be time consuming and frustrating.  I guarantee