Sunday 29 December 2013

PEACH, BANANA AND STRAWBERRY SMOOTHIE

PEACH, BANANA AND STRAWBERRY SMOOTHIE













I whipped this up this morning with fruit I already had at home and the result was a blend of creamy delicious goodness!! You want to have all of your fruit and milks in the fridge beforehand so that they're chilled when you make your smoothie. This is a perfect summer smoothie and really filled me up! Makes 2 decent sized smoothies.

Ingredients

Almond Milk
Equal part Coconut Milk
1 Banana
1 large Peach
1/2 - 3/4 Punnet Strawberries (tops removed)
Tbsp Honey
Tbsp Chia Seeds


Method

Place all ingredients in to the Thermomix and blend for 40 seconds on Speed 9.


***Please note, I haven't stipulated how much milk to use as this is down to personal choice and how thick you like your smoothies. I used approx a cup of each milk and it made it nice and creamy!!***


Paleo Meatloaf

PALEO MEATLOAF













Apologies for how long it has taken me to add a new recipe to my blog. I made this beef meatloaf tonight for dinner and it was YUMMY! I have found most paleo meatloaves come out dry and tasteless. This one is moist and full of flavour!! I hope you enjoy as much as we did!!! (adapted from paleonewbie.com)

Happy eating!!


Ingredients
900g mince beef
3 eggs
60g almond meal
1/2 brown onion
1 pack frozen spinach (thawed and drained of water)
1/2 large red capsicum
2/3 cup my paleo ketchup (see previous post)
1 tsp chilli powder
1 tsp salt
2 garlic cloves
1 tsp oregano
1 tsp thyme
1/2 tsp paprika
40g olive oil



Method 
Preheat oven to 230 degrees 

1) Place Onion, Garlic and Capsicum into Thermomix Bowl and chop for 2 seconds on Speed 6.

2) Add oil and saute with the measuring cup half placed on for 2 minutes, Varoma Temp, Reverse + Speed 1.

3) Add all of the remaining ingredients except the ketchup and stir for 1 minute, Reverse + Speed 3 with the aid of the spatula or until all ingredients are combined. 

4) Divide the meatloaf mixture between two loaf pans and flatten out with the spatula. Now pour 1/3 of the ketchup over each meatloaf and spread with spatula.

5) Bake in oven for 1 hour. Remove and let sit for 15 minutes.

6) Serve with more ketchup over the top.