Beef soup - Slow cooker winter warmers

I've been in the mood for one of these bowls for so long and it's actually no effort if you just pop it in the slow cooker. 

Here's what I did:

Added 500g soft beef shin with 2x beef stock cubes and a cup of water to the slow cooker.  Leave it on high for 2 hours.
Add:  ( you can use your own ideas, but this was my veggies)
400g butternut
400g chopped green beans
400g zucchini
1 can 4-bean mix  ( drained)
Mix 1 packet of brown onion soup with 1-.1.5L water and pour that over the veggies. 
Leave on high for 2-3 more hours.

Makes 6 servings of roughly 250 calories each.

Bon Ap!

High fiber pancake with delicious toppings

Hey y'all .... I started a new job today. Man am I busted tonight ! Zooooombie! 

You've been asking for this recipe .... 

Pancake ingredients ; 

30 g fibre plus

30g oatbran 

150g eggwhite 

Mix well and pan grill till cooked . Top with macadamia nut butter and chocchips ! Delish ! :) 

Day before Christmas pancakes

These festive pancakes was so easy to make and if you eat with your eyes, like me, I need not say that they were delicious.

You will need:
1 Scoop QNT Delicious Protein
150g egg whites
Touch of caramel essence
Hint of cinnamon

Mix everything well and bake in a heated lightly oiled pan.

Top with homemade apple compote , nuts , berries and a drop of raw honey.

Bon Ap!

Stuffed giant mushrooms

Morning,

I hope you had a great weekend? I sure did. Busy busy busy!

I want to share a very delicious recipe with you.  I made these stuffed giant mushrooms last night. What a treat!

Pre-heat the oven to 200deg.

You need 230g lean ground beef
1 Small onion
1 Tablespoon Woolworths Slimmers choice Chutney
1 Tablespoon soy sauce
Spices to taste :  I used fresh rosemary, salt and pepper
2 Giant mushrooms

Chop your lill' onion.  Mix with ground beef and spices.  Devide equally and top the mushrooms.

Pop in the oven for about 30-40minutes.  It really depends on how cooked  you eat your beef.  I like it almost charcoal. lol... I want to be able to draw pictures with my meat, then it means its cooked enough :)



I served my stuffed mushrooms with a side salad of mixed greens and 90g of avocado.

This works well as a lunch or as a dinner.  There is no carbs in this meal.  My mealplan clients can use this in for their beef meals.

Nutritional information per serving:
Calories: 223
Fat: 9g
Protein:  33g
Carbs; 0g

Protein bread with QNT delicious protein

I want to share a great recipe with you.  This bread can be used in place of store bought normal bread for people with wheat or gluten intolerance's.

You will need:

2 Scoops QNT whey protein
1 Cup oat bran
3 whole eggs
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup applesauce

Mix everything well and pour mixture into a lightly oiled oven tray.  Bake at 200 degrees for about 20minutes.  Test with a tooth pick to see if inside is cooked.

Let it cool before trying to remove the bread from the pan, otherwise it will break.

Should make 8 servings.

Food addiction - FACT

Good morning, 

I want to talk about a subject that comes up so much.  Food

I am convinced that food is the most addictive drug there is, much worse than ... uhem... okay, I don't know the names of drugs. lol...  In food, the culprit being sugar of course.  A new study has found that high-sugar snacks activate an area of the brain that is also stimulated by hard drugs.

I will quote the study from The Dailymail,  for you to read.  I found this quite interesting. 

''The study involved creating two milkshakes - one with a high, and one with a low glycaemic index. 

The milkshakes were otherwise identical, with similar calories and taste.

The drinks were then given to 12 healthy, overweight men on different days and in random order. 

Four hours after the high glycaemic index shake, participants were hungrier than those who had consumed the low glycaemic index shake.

Experts also carried out functional MRI imaging on all participants. 

The images revealed intense activation of the nucleus accumbens, a critical brain area in the dopaminergic, mesolimbic system that mediates pleasure eating, reward and craving.

Similar activation patterns have been found in people after consumption of addictive substances, such as heroin and cocaine.

Dr Lennerz said that their findings 'provide qualified support for the possibility of food addiction'.

She added: 'While food is necessary for life, we eat for reasons beyond our daily energy needs. When overeating becomes a pattern that is hard to break, we say someone is "addicted" to food.'

Finally Dr Lennerz concluded that while more research is needed to examine the concept of food addiction, 'the fact that a food may affect addiction centres in the brain, independent of calories or pleasure, provides the basis to rethink current dietary recommendations'.''

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2402746/Food-addiction-DOES-exist-Junk-food-activates-region-brain-hard-drugs.html#ixzz2kn6knhgT
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