Choc Cookie Bananaberry Waffle Grilled Cheese

Hello. Brace yourselves for I am about to do a mass recipe update on this blog. Lately, I've been fairly busy with school, I'm secondary 3 now and my O levels are next year so life is only going to get busier. 

Anywho, this is the best grilled cheese I've ever eaten. 

1) It's grilled in a waffle iron. No explanation needed.

2) There is a cookie dough quest bar in there. 

3) The sweet and savory flavours work really well together! Cheese and fruit and chocoate and cookies yum. 

Watermelon Goats Cheese Salad

A quick, simple and refreshing salad, perfect for a hot day ^^ 

The watermelon can be cubed if you dnt have a melon scooper but I find the little melon pearls really adorable :-) Oh and I absolutely love feta cheese! You can add more but I think this amount is enough because the cheese flavour is quite intense so a little goes a long way ~

For 1 serving

What you'll need

1 cup of watermelon balls

1/2 cup spinach leaves 

30g Feta cheese cubes (or crumbled) 

10g walnuts (chopped or whole) 

2 tbsp orange juice

How to

1- Just toss everything together and serve up!

Healthier Baked Chicken Parmesan

Cheese. Definitely not healthy but so good! However I believe in moderation so a little cheese is acceptable in my books. As long as you don't go too crazy cheese is actually pretty good! It has lots of vitamins and minerals, and is a good source of protein :)

Made chicken parmesan for lunch the other day and I thoroughly enjoyed it! It was so moist and juicy ❤ I even made my own breadcrumbs. Here's the recipe. 

What you'll need

•1/2 a slice of wholemeal bread OR some wholemeal breadcrumbs

•1/3 tsp of any salt free seasoning (such as lawry's, mrs dash.....)

•1 boneless skinless chicken breast (190g) 

•1 egg white

•Organic pasta sauce (low fat and sodium) (I used about 1/5 of a 339g bottle)  

•2 tsp grated parmesan 

•1 slice of reduced fat cheese (cut into 2)

•Dash of black pepper

How to

1. Preheat oven to 150C. Tear bread up into small scraps. Bake for 10min or longer until crispy. Blend the bread and seasoning in a food processor to get breadcrumbs. Pour onto a plate.

2. Preheat oven to 180C. Spread a spoonful of pasta sauce on to a oven proof dish. 

3. Beat egg white in a bowl. Coat chicken breast thoroughly in egg white and then coat in the breadcrumbs. Place on top of the pasta sauce in the dish. Bake for 18min**

4. Remove chicken from the oven. Increase the oven temperature to 200C. Pour enough pasta sauce over to cover the chicken. Just use as much as you like ^^ 

5. Sprinkle parmesan over and lay the cut up cheese slice over. Sprinkle a dash of black pepper over. Bake for 10-15min until the cheese melts and turns slightly brown!

** If you use a smaller chicken breast you can bake it for a shorter time in step 3.

Healthier Enchiladas!

Asdfghjkl. These are not the cleanest recipe I have but they are certainly super delicious and healthier than other enchilada recipes! When I first took a bite of these I immediately tweeted that I was in enchilada heaven because seriously, I was! It's like pizza pasta deliciousness in a burrito or something. And single serving convenience ~

On a side note, I want to let you guys know that I do iifym and don't eat healthy all the time. In case you don't know. Because someone today was criticizing me of not being truthful. And I did not ever claim to eat completely healthy 24/7 but incase it was implied by my pictures :/ 

What you'll need

1 wholewheat/wholegrain flour tortilla

1 tomato

1/2 tsp olive oil

1/8 cup sliced onions

1/4 tsp minced garlic

50g minced chicken breast

1/4 tsp cumin

1/4 tsp smoked paprika

1/2 tsp dried herbs

1/2 - 1 red chili, chopped up 

1 tbsp corn kernals 

1/8 cup chopped bell peppers

2 tbsp tomato paste

10g shredded mozerella

Greek yogurt 

Spring onion

How to

1. Rinse tomato and leave some water on the surface. Microwave on high in 1 minute intervals until the skin splits. When cool enough to handle, remove the skin and chop up. 

Preheat oven to 180C. 

2. Heat olive oil in a non stick skillet, over medium heat sauté onions and garlic. When fragrant add in chicken and fry till opaque. 

3. Next add in the spices, chili, corn, bell pepper, tomato paste, and lastly chopped tomatoes. Toss together and keep frying. The chopped/mashed up tomatoes will soften up as they cook. At the end you should have something resembling chicken and vegetables in pasta sauce.

4. Spoon chicken and vegetable mixture into the centre of the tortilla, leaving the sauce behind to use for later. Wrap up burrito style! Fold sides of the tortilla over slightly then roll up tightly from bottom to top. Place into a dish, pour the remaining sauce over the entire tortilla wrap, sprinkle cheese over and bake for 20min. Cool before eating. Top with greek yogurt and spring onion. Enjoy!

Quinoa Pizza Rounds

Another pizza post. Sorry I'm not sorry.

These are like pizza, minus the grease and carbs.

Gluten free too! Quinoa is also higher in protein than other carbs like rice :)

Going for a swim in pizza sauce. Actually I used pasta sauce but what's the difference haha.

I do realised I just spammed you guys with pictures but I can't short list them it's so difficult sigh. 

What you'll need

1/2 cup cooked quinoa 

1/3 cup shredded cheese 

1/4 cup chopped shallots

1 tsp minced garlic

Slightly under 1/4 cup parsley or basil 

1/2 tsp chili flakes

1/2 tsp dried mixed herbs (ensure there's oregano in there) 

1/2 tsp smoked paprika 

50g turkey breast, chopped up

1 egg

Serve with: pasta or pizza sauce

How to 

Preheat oven to 180C

1. Mix everything together except egg. Beat egg and combine with the other ingredients.

2. Divide into 5 greased muffin cups. Bake for about 18min. Cool slightly, remove from tray and serve with sauce!

Ps you can try less cheese and an extra egg white if you want.

Mozzarella stuffed Meatballs

They may look like regular meatballs, but when you bite into them, they're filled with ooey gooey mozzarella cheese :-) Really easy to make and you can take these to a Christmas party too! 

These are the mozzarella balls I used. I couldn't find low fat but if you can, good for you! I know they aren't completely healthy but if you use lean beef this recipe is moderately healthy :)

Makes 5 meatballs

What you'll need

120g lean minced beef

1/2 tsp minced garlic

2 tbsp diced onion

1/2 tsp smoked paprika

1/2 tsp dried herbs

1/2 tsp chili flakes 

2 tbsp oats 

1 egg white 

5 mozzarella balls

How to

Preheat oven to 200C

1. Mix the 1st 7 ingredients together. Beat in the egg white. 

2. Grab some beef and form it into a disk. Then wrap it around a mozzarella ball. Repeat for the remaining meatballs.

3. Bake for 15min (or longer if needed) then serve with tomato pasta sauce, wholemeal pasta and vegetables.

Grilled Cheese French Toast

Simple easy and delicious what more could you possibly ask for? This was my first savory french toast ever and I am not regretting it one bit!

What you'll need

2 slices of cheese 

2 slices of wholemeal bread 

1 egg 

1-2 tbsp water

Dried herbs 

Olive oil

Cherry tomatoes for garnishing

How to

1. Make a cheese sandwich by sandwiching two slices of cheese between the bread. Use two toothpicks to hold the sandwich together. If you hold on to one end of the sandwich, cheese should not fall out.

2. Next beat the egg, water and herbs together. 

3. Dip the entire sandwich in. Soak up as much batter as possible. Remove the toothpicks.

4. Heat some olive oil in a pan. If you're pan is non stick use a tsp, if not maybe a tbsp.

5. Fry the sandwich over medium heat until the egg battered bread is cooked! If you slice the sandwich open and the cheese hasn't melted, the microwave does wonders.

Xx

Mac and cheese

It's been raining since midnight. Now its 1.37pm and its still raining. This is perfect for a warm comforting lunch on a cold day :-) Enjoy my healthy take on the classic Mac and Cheese! It's so good I raved about it to my entire family while eating lol.

Zucchini chicken lasagne

This is honestly so good. It tastes exactly like real lasagne. My brother gave it his approval and he isn't exactly a healthy eater so it really is a legit lasagne tasting :) Plus it's low carb high protein! You can also make zucchini into fettuccine by slicing thin strips of zucchini length wise!

Ingredients
1/2 tbs olive oil
1/4 onion chopped
200g minced chicken
1 small tomato
2 tbs tomato paste
1 tsp minced garlic
1/4 cup water
McCormick Italian herbs
3 tbs cottage cheese
3 tbs mozzarella cheese
1/2 Zucchini

Method
1) Slice the zucchini into strips using a vegetable peeler.
2) Sauté onions in olive oil.
3) Add in minced chicken.
4) When chicken is cooked add tomatoes, tomato paste, water, garlic and Italian herbs.
5) Cook for 10 min more till the tomatoes have gotten soft and turned into a sauce. I like leaving some chunky bits in there though.
6) Then layer lasagne in a baking dish in this order. 1/2 meat sauce, zucchini, cottage cheese, zucchini, meat sauce, zucchini, mozzarella.
7) Bake at 190•C for 12 minutes.

Enjoy! Xx

Thick clean pizza base

I love pizza. I've always loved it. I used to have pizza parties as a kid. I invited a few friends over and we made pizza together. I liked making smiley faces on mine (: But of course those pizzas weren't very clean. Pizza is actually pretty healthy homemade, as long as the base is healthy! I've made tortilla pizzas before, basically pizza on tortilla wraps. Although the taste was there the texture wasn't. The base makes half the pizza and with such a thin paste, the tortilla pizza wasn't bad but it wasn't fantastic. However the tortilla pizza is low carb. So I would still make it on low carb days! This recipe I'm about to share is definitely not low carb but the crust is healthy yet thick and mimics real pizza base perfectly. Got it from @healthy_rabbit_habit on instagram (:

Ingredients
1/2 cup uncooked oatmeal
3 egg whites

Method
1) Mix the ingredients up
2) Fry in a non stick pan like a pancake! I used no oil :P

Topped mine with tomato paste, tomatoes, onion, baked chicken, mozzarella (microwaved to let it melt) and chili flakes.
Hope you enjoy!

Brie & broccoli chicken

Did not expect to be posting so soon again! But today my brother left for China on a school trip and I got to cook dinner for my mum and I. Came up with this amazing and healthy stuffed chicken breast! It tastes like garlic bread inside hehe. I cooked it without putting any oil on the chicken, just a little on the tray (so the chicken doesn't stick) and it turned out so juicy and yummy! Now THAT'S the way I like my chicken boobs done. Also made some carrot fries to go along with it but that didn't taste that fantastic so...

Ingredients
•5oz chicken breast
•2 tbs brie cheese
•3 tbs chopped broccoli
•1 tsp minced garlic
•Italian herbs (Mc Cormmick)

Method
Preheat oven to 180•C
1) Season the chicken breast in Mc Cormmick Italian herbs
2) Slit chicken breast so you can stuff it
3) Mix up remaining ingredients with a fork
4) Stuff mixture into the chicken breast
5) Hold the mouth of the slit together with toothpicks
6) Bake chicken breast for 15 min and remove toothpicks

Enjoy!