Indian Chicken Burger

These are the best, or at least one of the best burgers I have eaten in a while! They have a great taste and are very filling, if you wanted to you can add a few home made chips on the side and enjoy a healthy burger and fries meal!


Ingredients

• Tandoori curry paste, 4 teaspoon(s)
• Natural yoghurt, low fat, 8 tablespoon(s)
• Chicken breast, lean, raw, 600 g
• Mixed grain bread roll, 4 roll(s), cut in half
• Mango chutney, 8 teaspoon(s)
• Cucumber, 1 cup chopped
• Carrot, 1 cup grated
• Baby spinach, 1 cup
• Coriander, 1 cup

 

What to do

Mix the tandoori paste with 1 tablespoon of yoghurt. Coat the chicken breast with the marinade and set aside.

Spread the bread roll with mango chutney and place the cucumber, grated carrot and baby spinach on top.

Heat a non-stick frying pan to a medium heat. Cook the marinated chicken for 2-3 minutes each side or until cooked through. Place the chicken on the roll and top with yoghurt and coriander.

Baked Fish

So of late I have been trying some new recipes and really enjoyed this simple and easy one the other night for dinner:

Baked fish for 2

300g white fish fillet (I used shark)
1 teaspoon Lemongrass
1teaspoon fish sauce
1 teaspoon honey
1 teaspoon sweet chili sauce
2 cups lettuce
2 carrots, cut chunky
1 cup cut pumpkin
1 onion
1/2 capsicum
1 corn on the cob, corn kernels removed

Cooking Directions

Mix together the lemongrass, fish sauce, honey, sweet chili together in a bowl as this will make a marinade that can be brushed over the fish both sides.

Pre heat the oven to 180 degrees

Cut the carrot into chunks and lightly spray the carrots and pumpkin with some olive oil and sprinkle salt over and put in the oven to bake. Brush the marinade over both sides of the fish and add to the oven and bake for 30 minutes turning 1/2 way through.

Meanwhile spray a non stick pan and heat on the stove, add the onion and soften then add the capsicum cut into small pieces and the corn kernels and cook, approx. 10 minutes.

To serve put the lettuce on the plate and then add the roasted carrot and pumpkin over then the fish and then the baked fish.

Approx 410 calories per serve

If you want you can add a little more sweet chili sauce over the top to add a little more zing that will be an extra 6 calories for each teaspoon.

A Quote

So I heard a great quote a few weeks ago and I think that it something that can help when you come to think of food, the quote is:

"FOOD IS FUEL"

When I heard this quote I thought how clever it was as sometimes we eat, myself included, just because the food tastes great and we want to entertain our taste buds and we then may choose the foods that are not the best option for our bodies. We need to view our bodies like a car that need fuel to run on and the fuel is the food. Once we can change this mind set it can become easier to eat food and view food in a different light. Now I am not saying not to have a treat every once in a while BUT keep it to only once in a while and this way we can keep our bodies healthy and running on the right things not the junk things!

So next time you plan to smoother your bread in a stack of butter or your tempted to eat something deep fried or full of sugar stop and ask yourself the question how if at all can this food be fuel for my body!