Quick and easy meal ideas that taste great and are good for you!
Breakfast ideas:
- Homemade muesli– wheat free, use rolled oats or rice puffs, a selection of raw nuts and seeds and fresh fruit – served with natural or coconut yoghurt or plant based milk
- Grain Free Granola – see my recicpe in the blog
- Your choice of puffed rice, corn, millet, quinoa, amaranth with slithered almonds, sunflower seeds and pepitas and fresh fruit – served with natural or coconut yoghurt or plant based milk
- Toasted spelt sourdough bread with hommus, fresh salmon and avocado, nut spreads
- Boiled egg with spelt sourdough toast
- Omelette – 2 eggs, with left over cooked veggies or raw spinach, mushrooms
- Fresh fruit smoothie using natural yoghurt and plant based milk
- Fresh fruit salad using 2 pieces of fruit (excluding melons) served with natural or coconut yoghurt and raw nuts and seeds
Substitutes for:
- cow’s milk – yoghurt, soy, goat, rice, almond, coconut or oat milk
- butter – avocado, hommus, nut spreads, tahini, olive oil, olive oil spreads
- wheat bread – spelt, khorosan, kamut, oat, barley, corn and gluten free breads, paleo breads, corn, rice or buckwheat crackers
- commercial breakfast cereals – wheat free muesli, puffed rice, corn, millet, quinoa, amaranth, rice or quinoa flakes cooked as a porridge
Lunch or Dinner ideas:
- Chicken – organic thigh fillets marinated in olive oil, freshly squeezed lemon juice and seasoned with dried oregano, salt and pepper. Grill or fry in a non-stick pan
- Salmon – fillets marinated in olive oil, fresh parsley chopped finely, dried basil leaves, crushed garlic and seasoned with salt and pepper. Grill or bake.
- Brown rice salad – cooked brown rice, roasted vegies of your choice (sweet potato, eggplant, red capsicum & red onion work well) dressed with olive oil, balsamic vinegar, salt and pepper. Prior to serving toss through some fresh rocket leaves.
- Roasted vegie salad – eggplants, red capsicum, zucchini, yellow squash, roma tomatoes and red onion lightly dressed in olive oil and baked in the oven. Dress with balsamic vinegar and salt and pepper.
- Root vegie salad – your choice of carrot, sweet potato, pumpkin, turnip, swede and parsnip – baked in the oven. Dress with a blend of tahini and fresh lemon juice.
- Egg & vegetable bake – your choice of steamed vegies, add to whisked silken tofu & eggs. Season with salt and pepper, pour mixture into a baking dish and bake until cooked.