Sally’s Avocado Salsa

Calories per serve: 90

Serve: 3

Recipe Challenge: Week 5 / Recipe 1 (total recipes 7)

Sally’s Avocado Salsa
Ingredients
1 Avocado Diced
1 Tomato Diced
1/2 Red Onion Diced
1 tbsp Lime Juice

Method:

1. Combine tomato, onion and lime juice; set aside (it can be kept in the fridge for a few hours)
2. Just before serving add avocado and fold through mixture
3. Serve immediately.

Notes:

Comment below and let me know your thoughts. This is lovely on the side dish to your main meal.

Meal Ideas using this recipe:

Sally’s Spiced Chicken Rub – recipe coming soon

Sally’s Simple Coleslaw

Calories per serve: 60

Serve: 1

Recipe Challenge: Week 3 / Recipe 1 (total recipes 5)

Sally’s Simple Coleslaw
Ingredients:
100g Coles Coleslaw Supreme
20g Praise 99% Fat Free Mayonnaise
1/2 tsp Apple Cider Vinegar

Method:

1. Combine all ingredients in a bowl and mix.
2. Serve and eat – yum.

Notes:

This is so simple and easy for a healthy addition to any meal.

How to Make Cauliflower Rice

Calories per serve: 68

Serve: 2

Recipe Challenge: Week 2 / Recipe 2 (total recipes 4)

Cauliflower Steamed Rice
Ingredients:
400g of raw cauliflower florets

Method:

• Weigh cauliflower florets, 200g of raw florets makes approx 1 serve (1 cup)
• I use my thermomix and place the cauliflower in and chop on reverse for 5 seconds on speed 5.
• Then place the chopped cauliflower into the steam basket with 500 g water and cook for 10-12 minutes, Varoma, speed 3.
• You can also just use a stove top steamer
• Another option is to fry it in a skillet with oil (I would use water to reduce the fat and it creates a steam)
• Cook for testing until it is as soft as you would like it. I like it a little bit crisp and with a bit of crunch. However if you like it more soft and fluffy, then just steam for a little longer.

Notes:

Other suggestions for making cauliflower rice:
Use a food processor and pulse until it looks like rice
Use a hand grater on the larger size grates.

This is a very simple way to make the rice, and works well for when a recipe requires rice underneath and the recipe has a nice sauce to take up the flavour.

You can add more flavour to your rice by cooking with a bit of onion or garlic. Also nice to add some lime or some fresh herbs of your choice, depending on what you are going to be using the rice for. It is also lovely cooked in coconut or grapeseed oil.

How to Make Zoodles

Calories per serve: 33

Serve: 4

Recipe Challenge: Week 2 / Recipe 1 (total recipes 3)

Zoodles
Ingredients:
4 Zucchini
Salt (optional)

Method:

1. Choose to peel or not to peel your zucchini. If you want them to look more like noodles, then peel or leave the skin on for more colour and vitamins
2. Prepare noodles using your desired option (see notes below). I like to use my mandolin V-Slicer.
3. Sweat noodles.
4. Preheat oven to 95ºC
5. Place baking paper on oven tray and then line with paper towel.
6. Arrange noodles onto baking tray as flat as possible as a single layer. All the noodles need to be touching the paper towel or they will not dry our evenly.
7. Sprinkle the noodles with salt as the salt helps to draw the moisture out.
8. Place in the oven and sweat for around 20-30 minutes or until the majority of the moisture has sweated out. If left to wet they can make your dish watery.
9. Remove from oven and wrap in paper towel to remove any additional moisture by gently squeezing.
10. Bring water to the boil in a saucepan and once boiling add noodles. For more flavour you can add salt once boiled, just before you add noodles.
11. Cook for 2 minutes (up to 10 minutes If they are very dry, however, you will need to cook them 10 minutes for al dente noodles and 15 for soft, silky noodles)
12. Drain allow to sit in a colander for a couple of minutes to allow the excess water to drip off.

Notes:

Zucchini Ribbons:
You can make long, thin ribbon noodles using a vegetable peeler or mandolin.

• Pass the peeler or mandolin over the side of the zucchini lengthwise to produce long, flat noodles. When you approach the seeds, turn the zucchini and begin slicing another side. The seeds will prevent the noodles from holding together, so you do not want to use the part with seeds in it.
• If using a mandolin, make sure that you use one of the smallest blade settings in order to produce small, thin noodles.

Zucchini Spaghetti Noodles:
Spaghetti style zucchini noodles can be made using a vegetable peeler, julienne peeler, or mandolin.

• Pass the peeler or julienne peeler down one lengthwise side of the zucchini. Only catch a thin portion of the zucchini, no thicker than 1/2 inch (1.25 cm), for each pass in order to create thin spaghetti-like noodles. If using a julienne peeler, this thickness should already be preset, so no additional work will need to be done on your part.
• If using a mandolin, make sure that the blade is set for a julienne style cut. Pass the zucchini over the blade lengthwise to create thin noodles.
• When you approach the seeds, turn the zucchini and begin slicing another side. The seeds will prevent the noodles from holding together, so you do not want to use the part with seeds in it.

Zucchini Spirals:
You can cut spiral noodles a special spiral vegetable cutter.

• Press the zucchini against the blade of the spiral slicer and crank the handle of the simple machine. As you wind the handle and press on the zucchini, thin spirals should come out of the other end of the blade.

Zucchini Noodles Raw or Cooked:
Zucchini noodles can be enjoyed raw in salads or on their own, but you can also boil, saute, and microwave them to make them more tender and more reminiscent of actual pasta.

• Zucchini is rather moist, however, so you should drain them even if you plan to consume the noodles raw. Instead of “sweating” the noodles, as outlined in this in the method above, you would be better off placing the noodles inside a colander and letting them drip dry for 15 to 20 minutes. When done, wrap the noodles in paper towels and squeeze gently to absorb as much excess moisture as possible.

Sources:
http://www.asweetpeachef.com/pasta/how-to-make-zucchini-noodles/
http://feedyourskull.com/2012/08/22/14-methods-to-make-zucchini-noodles/
http://www.againstallgrain.com/2012/07/30/zucchini-noodles/
http://nomnompaleo.com/post/5695132949/zucchini-spaghetti-zoodles-meatballs
http://www.everydaymaven.com/…/how-to-make-zucchini-noodles/