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Almond & sesame chicken nuggets

500 gchicken breasts or firm tofu, cut into nuggets
1 cuplow-fat milk or soy milk
1 cupwholemeal flour
2 tspmixed dried herbs (rosemary, oregano, garlic, basil, chives)
pinchsea salt
¾ cup100% natural corn flakes, crushed
½ cupalmond flakes, crushed
2 tspsesame seeds
  • Preheat oven to 190*C (375*F/Gas 5).
  • Line a baking tray with baking paper.
  • You will need 3 separate bowls.
  • In one bowl place milk; in a second place flour, sea salt and herbs; in a third place corn flakes, sesame seeds and almonds.
  • Coat each chicken piece in flour, coat in milk, then roll in almond and sesame mix until well coated.
  • Place nuggets on baking tray and cook for 15 minutes, until chicken well cooked.
  • Make sure chicken nuggets are not pink in the center.

Oven baked crumbed fish

¾ cupspelt or plain flour
3 Tbsplow-fat milk or soy milk
eggs, lightly beaten
¾ cupwholemeal bread crumbs
¼ cupsesame seeds
¼ cupparmesan, finely grated (opt)
500gfish fillets, boneless (or chicken breast, thick tofu slices)
  • Preheat oven to 200*C (400*F/Gas 6).
  • Line a baking tray with baking paper.
  • You will need 3 dishes. Place flour in the first dish.
  • Combine milk and egg in a second and combine breadcrumbs, sesame seeds and parmesan in a third.
  • Pat fish pieces dry with a paper towel.
  • Coat fish with flour, dip into milk mixture, then dip into sesame and bread crumb mixture, making sure fish is well coated.
  • Place crumbed fish on a plate, cover with cling wrap and place in the fridge for 20 minutes.
  • Place on baking tray and cook for 25 minutes, until golden brown and fish cooked through.
  • Turn after 15 minutes.

Rosemary chicken, kumera & zucchini baked risotto

1 Tbspcold pressed virgin olive oil
1onion, finely chopped
1clove garlic, crushed
handfulfresh rosemary, finely chopped
2 cupsaborio rice, rinse well
6 cupssalt-reduced vegetable stock
1 mediumkumera (sweet potato), peeled and chopped
1 mediumzucchini, diced
300gchicken breast, medium dices
½ cuplow-fat parmesan or cheddar cheese, grated
  • Preheat oven to 190*C (375*F/Gas5).
  • Lightly spray a casserole dish with olive oil.
  • Heat olive oil in a frying pan over a medium heat.
  • Add onion, garlic, rosemary and chicken pieces, cook for 4 minutes.
  • Add sweet potato and zucchini, cook until tender and chicken cooked through.
  • Add rice and stir until well combined.
  • Transfer mixture to casserole dish and add vegetable stock, stir well.
  • Bake covered for 30 minutes, stir after 15 minutes.
  • Add more liquid if needed.
  • Remove from oven when rice is tender and all liquid absorbed.
  • Stir through cheese and leave covered for 5 minutes before serving.
  • Garnish with parmesan cheese.

Vegetable Crumble

Variations: Add roast chicken pieces or a tin of salmon or tuna to dish. Add a can of chickpeas. Add tofu pieces.

4 cuppotatoes, thinly sliced
2 cupbaby carrots, finely chopped
2 cupgreen beans cut in half
3 sprigsmint
1small red capsicum, finely chopped, deseed
1 bunchchives
1 cuplow fat natural yoghurt
1 cupsoy milk
3eggs
Topping
3 cupwhole meal bread crumbs or brown rice crumbs
2 Tbsptoasted flaked almonds
2 Tbspsunflower seeds
  • Preheat oven to 200*C.
  • Cook potatoes with min in a large saucepan with a pinch of sea salt for 8-10 min, and then add carrots and beans. Cook for further 2 min, drain thoroughly and put in a large ovenproof dish.
  • Add capsicum and chopped chives to dish.
  • Put yoghurt and milk in mixing bowl and beat in eggs and grated cheese.
  • Spoon over vegetables.
  • Mix topping ingredients together and sprinkle evenly over vegetables.
  • Bake for 35 min and serve hot.

Pumpkin, Spinach & Ricotta Quiche

¾ cupwholemeal or brown rice flour
¾ cupground pecans
½ cupwater
Filling
4eggs
1 cupsoy or nut milk
1 cupspinach
handfulricotta pieces
½ cupred capsicum, thinly sliced
1 cuppumpkin, diced
1small onion, finely chopped
1 Tbsppepitas (pumpkin seeds)
pinchnutmeg, sea salt & pepper (optional)
  • Preheat oven to 180*C.
  • Mix base ingredients together.
  • Lightly grease quiche dish and press mix into dish.
  • Bake for 10 min, allow to cool.
  • Or place pre-made pastry sheet into dish.
  • Beat eggs with milk.
  • Heat some oil in fry pan, add onion and pumpkin.
  • Cook till tender, add capsicum and cook for a further couple of minutes.
  • Mix pumpkin mixture into egg mix, with spinach and seasoning.
  • Lightly fold through ricotta pieces.
  • Pour mixture into dish.
  • Sprinkle with pepitas.
  • Bake for 30-40 min, until set and golden brown.
  • Serve hot or cold with green salad.
  • Great cold for lunch the next day.

Salmon & Vegetable Quiche

1onion, finely chopped
4eggs, lightly beaten
1 cuplow-fat natural yoghurt
¼ cuplow-fat cheddar cheese, grated
½ cupred capsicum, finely sliced
½ cupspinach, finely chopped
1 tbspfresh parsley, finely chopped
220 gtin salmon, drained with large bones removed
2 tbspsesame seeds
  • Preheat oven to 180*C (350*F/Gas 4).
  • Lightly spray quiche dish with olive oil and line each base with baking paper.
  • Lightly fry onions in a little olive oil, until tender.
  • Combine all base ingredients in a bowl and mix until well combined.
  • In a bowl whisk egg, natural yoghurt and cheese together.
  • Stir through onion, capsicum and parsley.
  • Remove larger salmon bones then mash salmon with smaller soft bones with a fork.
  • Add to egg mixture and combine well.
  • Pour into quiche base and sprinkle with sesame seeds and bake for 35-40 minutes until firm and golden brown.
  • Cover with foil if becoming too brown.

Bean & Zucchini Slice

2 cupgrated zucchini
1onion
1 canbeans (chickpea, broad etc)
½ cupgrated low fat cheese
½ cupself raising flour
3eggs (lightly beaten)
2 Tbspcold pressed virgin olive oil
1 Tbsppepitas (pumpkin seeds)
  • Add zucchini, onion, beans, cheese and flour in a bowl.
  • Stir in egg, oil and salt.
  • Pour mixture into a lamington tin.
  • Sprinkle with pepitas.
  • Bake on moderate oven (180*C) for 30min. Till golden brown.
  • Serve hot or cold with salad.
  • Great on its own as a snack.

Chickpea Patties

Variations: Add can of tuna/salmon. Add 350g firm tofu. Roll in sesame seeds. Add 1 green chilli. Add 1 kg of chicken or beef mince (cook first). Roll patties in rice bread crumbs or gluten free crumbs.

1 tsptamari or soy sauce
2eggs
1 canchickpeas or white beans
½ tspsea salt
1grated carrot
1grated zucchini
2 tspbasil
2onions
1 Tbspcold pressed olive oil
1 clovegarlic
1 cupquinoa or rice (cooked)
1 Tbspcurry powder (opt)
1 Tbspginger
  • Sauté onion and garlic in fry pan.
  • Mix all ingredients together in bowl, add onion and garlic.
  • Make patties and cool in fridge.
  • Shallow fry patties in a little olive oil for 5min each side OR cook in a 180*C oven for 20 min.

Tofu & Vegetable Protein Slice

Variations: Can substitute salmon for 1 C cooked chick peas, soy beans, turkey, tuna or cooked chicken mince.

5eggs (can omit some yolks for lower fat slice)
1 cupsilken tofu (opt)
1 Tbspcold pressed olive oil
2 Tbsplemon juice
210gcan salmon or tuna
3 cupgrated zucchini
½ cupgrated carrot
½ cupspring onion (finely chopped)
2 cupsteamed broccoli
2 Tbspseeds (sunflower, pepitas)
  • Mix egg, tofu, oil, lemon and salmon in bowl.
  • Add remainder ingredients.
  • Pour into quiche dish (greased).
  • Sprinkle with seeds.
  • Bake in 180*C for 40 min, until firm.

Corn & spinach rice timbales

1onion, finely chopped
1 clovegarlic, crushed
1 cupspinach, finely chopped
1 cupzucchini, grated
½ cupcorn kernels
2 cupscooked brown rice or spinach fettuccini
¼ cupcrumbled low-fat feta or ricotta (LF: grated soy vegan cheese)
pinchsea salt
5egg whites and 3 egg yolks
2 Tbsppepitas (pumpkin seeds)
  • Preheat oven to 200*C (400*F/Gas 6).
  • Lightly spray a 6-hole muffin tray with olive oil.
  • Lightly spray a frying pan with olive oil and place over a medium heat.
  • Cook onion and garlic until tender.
  • In a large bowl grate zucchini then add vegetables from frying pan, spinach, corn, cooked rice, feta and sea salt.
  • In another smaller bowl whisk eggs together then add to larger bowl, combining well.
  • Scoop mixture into muffin holes, and then pour remaining egg mixture over the top of each.
  • Sprinkle with pepitas and cook for 35-40 minutes, until golden brown and cooked through.
  • Cover with foil if timbales are becoming too brown.

Chicken & roast vegetable wraps

2Lebanese breads (or other flat breads)
1cooked chicken breast, cut into strips
½red capsicum, cut into strips
½yellow capsicum, cut into strips
1 smallzucchini, cut into strips
½ripe avocado, cut into strips
HandfulLettuce
2 tbspmango chutney, tomato salsa or tzatziki
  • Lightly spray a frying pan with olive oil and place over a medium heat.
  • Cook capsicum and zucchini until tender.
  • Lay all ingredients down the middle of both flat breads and wrap.
  • Toast if desired.





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