Cinnamon Roll Cheesecake

Happy Valentine's Day! Had a pretty boring one as I just got back from camp today and then I had school stuff :/ Didn't exactly feel the love. This cinnamon roll cheesecake is no bake and really so easy! When I say cinnamon roll, I mean cinnamon roll. It isn't just a cheesecake with cinnamon swirled through. 

((Omg on Instagram I said it was no bake but it's not! I DO bake this))

The twist: The base is made of bread. Or should I say, it is bread. Right now you may think it sounds crazy but if you think about it, this is kind of like a cheesecake over bread pudding. Sounds good to me lol.

Sun Dried Tomato Cashew Pesto

Happy New Year's Eve!! So this is rather different from regular basil, pine nut pesto BUT it's just as delicious if not better! It's so easy to whip up and tastes great on toast and crackers with some lemon juice. You can water down the pesto a little, stir it through some pasta and serve with some protein for a satisfying main course!

There's only one step for this recipe!! Just blend up everything hehehe. I love thyme and sun dried tomatoes btw :-)) Also hope y'all are having a good New Year's Eve!

What you'll need

50g sun dried tomatoes

15g (2 tbsp) cashews 

1/2 tsp minced garlic

1 tsp fresh thyme leaves 

2-3 tbsp water (your preference)

How to

1. Blend everything together well!

Pandan Salmon Bundels

Oh boy. The second I, no, BEFORE I even removed these guys from the oven, I could smell how delicious they would be. The slightly charred pandan and the Asian marinated salmon together were so fragrant, I immediately started freaking out because I knew what I had created today was a success. 

Savory recipes are sometimes tricky, because salt adds a lot of flavour. But with these you won't miss the salt at all! The combination of the shallots, garlic, ginger, lemongrass, chili and pandan is absolutely divine. If you love pandan, salmon and lemongrass as much as I do, you HAVE to try this recipe!

Even better, it's so simple! Anyone can do this :-) 

Be sure to leave your pandan leaves wet after washing them to keep them from burning while on the grill!

What you'll need

125g salmon fillet, cut in to 4 pieces

1.5 tbsp shallot

1/2 tsp minced garlic

1 tbsp chopped lemongrass (white part)

1 tsp chopped ginger

1/2 red chili, chopped

1 tsp honey

1 tbsp water 

4 pandan leaves (leave wet)

How to

1. Blend all ingredients together EXCEPT pandan and salmon. Marinate salmon in the paste for 30min - 1h. 

2. Preheat grill. Roll each piece of salmon (along with some paste) in a damp pandan leaf. Keep the end of the leaf at the bottom of the salmon so it does fly out. Grill for 12min. If your pandan leaves look like their getting too brown, brush some water on and continue grilling! 

I served mine with brown rice, salad and tomatoes.

Paleo English Muffins

Paleo English muffins! Complete with the nooks and crannies of our usual muffin, perfect for spreading creamy nut butters and jam on :-)) Paleo also means dairy free and gluten free yay! These are about 100 calories per muffin, low fat, low carb and high in protein and fiber! 

How to serve: Split your English muffin in half and toast. I topped one half with mashed raspberries, pistachio and desiccated coconut. The other with adams crunchy peanut butter, cottage cheese and pomegranate arils ~

Yum and not hard at all to make. It may take a while to bake but remember, real English muffins require a lot of waiting time to let the dough rise! So this is actually quicker and healthier too :) 

The yeast is just to add flavour... The boiling water kind of kills the yeast haha. 

What you'll need

1/4 cup coconut flour 

3 tbsp psyllium husk 

1 tsp baking powder

1/3 tsp yeast (for flavour) 

3 egg whites

1/3 cup boiling water

How to

1. Mix dry ingredients. 

2. Mix in egg whites with a fork. Add in the boiling water and combine well.

Preheat oven to 160C

3. Form the dough into two English muffin shaped patties. Heat a little oil in a pan and fry the patties over low heat on both sides until golden brown. 

4. Place on baking paper and bake for 40min. The bottoms will look nicer after baking so turn them around after baking. 

5. Use a fork to split into two, toast, and serve! 

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.

Orange Lemongrass Soufflé

So today I made lemongrass orange soufflés that are not only processed sugar free but are also dairy free. They are so scrummy and soft it's kinda like poking a marshmallow. I'm so happy I succeeded on my FIRST attempt!! It was so exciting watching the soufflés rise :-)

Check it out.

YES I ATE BOTH! But that's because together, they are only about 250 calories. If I ate one that would be a horribly pathetic breakfast. I also had one of my tahini cookies on the side and some mango. Gosh I'm eating all these dessert-y thingys for breakfast T_T I guess I have a sweet tooth. 

What You'll Need

1 tsp coconut oil to grease ramekins

1/2 tbsp minced lemon grass

1 tbsp any milk

1.5 tsp coconut oil

1 tsp coconut flour

1 tbsp fresh orange juice

1/2 teaspoon freshly grated orange zest

1 egg yolk

1 egg white

1 tbsp honey

How to

1. Brush the insides of 2 ramekins with coconut oil (1/2 tsp each). Keep in the fridge.

Preheat oven to 200 degrees C. 

2. Mix minced lemongrass with milk. Microwave 1min. Then microwave another 1min. Try to mash up the lemongrass with a fork. 

3. Stir coconut oil, coconut flour, orange zest, orange juice and egg yolks into mixture until smooth.

4. Whisk egg white until frothy. Slowly add 1/2 tbsp honey and whisk. Then add another 1/2 tbsp honey and keep beating until soft peaks form.

5. Remove ramekins from the fridge. Fold half the egg whites into egg yolk mixture until combined. Gently fold in second half until well mixed. Transfer to the prepared ramekins, allowing 1/4-inch of space at the top.

6. Bake until risen and browned, 16 minutes.

SGFS: Kaya Toast Panacotta

At my job attachment with the marketing department at Goodrich Global, I was flipping through magazines and tagging stuff. One of the magazines I really liked was epicure. I think I'm going to subscribe to it. Also appetite magazine had this little recipe book and I saw a kaya toast panacotta, which of course inspired me to create this healthy version!

Single serving and it can be made dairy free, vegan and paleo too. It's fun shaking the plate and wobbling the panacotta :P

Not very green cos my blender isn't the best at blending up leaves :(

What you'll need

3/4 level tsp gelatin

3 tbsp hot milk (whatever kind)

80g coconut milk

6 pandan leaves, cut up

1/4 cup milk (whatever kind)

1 tbsp honey/maple syrup

1 tbsp coffee

1/4 piece of toasted bread

How to

1. Stir gelatin into hot milk and let it dissolve.

2. Blend coconut milk with pieces of pandan leaves. My blender didn't manage to blend the leaves up completely they were a little piecey, but that's fine! As long as the coconut milk has got some green in there....

3. Strain the coconut milk and pandan leaves into the gelatin and milk. Squeeze it all out! Discard the pandan leaves. (There was some coconut milk hanging around on my discarded leaves, but I just couldn't get it through the strainer so whatever.)

4. Stir in the remaining 1/4 cup milk and honey/maple syrup. Pour into a ramekin and cover with cling wrap. Chill in the fridge (I did this overnight aka 8h but 4h should be okay too?) and then serve by running a knife along the edges and turning the panacotta out onto a plate. Pour coffee over and top with a piece of toast :)

Baked Scotch Eggs

On my trip to London I saw these scotch eggs and I knew I had to try and healthify them. Traditionally a scotch egg is a hard boiled egg wrapped in sausage meat, coated in breadcrumbs and deep fried. I'm sure that's all really delicious but its probably not too good for you. 

I made my own bread crumbs using a slice of 100% wholemeal bread. All I did was rip up the bread and bake the small bread pieces in a preheated oven. 150C 10min. Then I processed it in a food processor/mini bullet blender thing.

What you'll need

1 hard boiled egg 

1/2 tsp dried mixed herbs 

1/4 - 1/3 tsp smoked paprika 

40g minced chicken breast 

40g minced pork (lean) 

1 tbsp wholemeal flour

1 egg white 

Wholemeal breadcrumbs 

How to

1. Mix herbs, paprika, chicken and pork together.

2. Beat egg white in bowl A. Put flour in bowl B. Put breadcrumbs in bowl C.

Preheat oven to 200C.

3. Form the meat into a flat disk. Wrap hard boiled egg in the meat. Next evenly coat the egg + meat ball in wholemeal flour. Dust off the excess. Next dunk it into the egg white. Make sure it's all coated. Lastly coat it in the breadcrumbs!

4. Now bake it on a greased pan/greased aluminium foil/parchemnt paper for about 27 min.

Broccoli Paleo Pizza Crust

Like who wouldn't want a green pizza. 

This is low carb pizza crust that is way better for you than a regular thick carb-y pizza crust. It's basically like a cauliflower pizza crust but with broccoli which I think, makes it look cooler. If you use a gluten free flour instead of oats it'll be gluten free! To make it paleo sub oats with almond meal ^^ 

What you'll need

2 cups chopped broccoli 

1 egg 

1 tbsp nutritional yeast (can sub with oats)

1 tbsp oats (can sub with other kinds of flour)

1 tsp herbs

1/3 tsp chili flakes 

Pizza toppings

How to

1. Chop up broccoli in a food processor till it becomes like "rice". You should get about 1.5 cups riced broccoli. 

Preheat oven to 150C.

2. Put the broccoli "rice" into a bowl and microwave for 4 minutes. Then dump all of it on to a tea towel and squeeze out as much moisture as possible.

3. Beat the other ingredients together and then mix in the broccoli "rice".

4. Put the entire mixture onto a piece of parchment paper. Spread out into a 7inch circle or whatever shape you want. Make the edges of the crust thicker to avoid burning. The thickness of the inner part of the crust should be 3-5mm.

5. Bake for 20min. Add toppings. Bake for 5min again. 

ENJOY XX

Zaghetti and meat balls

Clean low carb spaghetti and meatballs :-) Zucchini + Spaghetti = Zaghetti

Ingredients

1/2 zucchini 

3-4 tbsp pasta sauce 

150 g lean minced beef

2 tbsp oat flour

1/2 tsp basil

1/2 tsp crushed red peppers

1/2 small onion 

1 tsp minced garlic

Method

1) Preheat oven to 200C.

2) Mix beef, oat flour, basil, red pepper, onion and garlic together. Form into 6 meat balls. 

3) Bake meatballs for about 20min.

4) Using a shredder tool, shred zucchini length wise into spaghetti-esq strips. 

5) Heat up pasta sauce, mix with meat balls, serve over zaghetti. Sprinkle nutritional yeast or cheese over.

I'm in the final stages of ebook-ing yay!

Clean Baked Beans

After a day out shopping with my mum for a Chinese New Year dress, I came home and whipped up some healthy baked beans and served it with pb stuffed cinnamon chicken (to welcome pb back into my life. Lol call me crazy).

Mini spicy egg frittatas

Happy New Year officially! Made some spicy zucchini egg frittatas for my lunch today. You can make these in individual muffin cups too. I made mine in ramekins! This is a really light meal so it's great for light dinners or when you just aren't very hungry :-)

Ingredients
1 egg
2 egg white
1/4 onion diced
1-2 tbs milk
1/4 zucchini chopped
Italian herbs
1 tbs Tabasco (or any hot sauce to taste)
Cherry tomatoes to decorate the tops
Shredded cheese

Method
1) Mix all the ingredients except tomatoes and cheese and pour into ramekins.
2) Top with slices cherry tomatoes and shredded cheese.
3) Bake for 20 min (plus or minus) in a oven pre heated to 180•C.

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

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!

Low carb peanut protein pancakes

Now you can have pancakes on low carb days! Honestly this is my favourite recipe I've ever invented on my own. Couldn't make myself wait till tomorrow to post. 3 ingredients only! It's high protein, low carb, super simple, healthy and tastes amazing :) What more can you ask for? Nutrition facts are as follows.

For entire recipe (2 pancakes)
Calories: 168
Carbs: 8g
Protein: 19g
Fiber: 2g
Sugars: 4g
Fat: 8g
Sat fat: 2g

Ready for the real recipe?

Ingredients
•2 tbs cottage cheese
•2 tbs peanut flour (love peanut flour!)
•1 egg

Method
1) Mix ingredients in a bowl in this order: eggs, peanut flour cottage cheese
2) Fry it like a normal pancake and dig in!

This is me digging in:

Mine was topped with chocolate yogurt sauce and a strawberry!

*please note that this is a fairly small portion*