Dinner Dates
A Range of Family Friendly
Easy but Impressive Eats and
Traditional Recipes (made healthier!)
ONE POT TURKEY CHILLI
In a large pot add 1 Tbsp EVOO + diced onion + salt + pepper + 4 garlic cloves crushes and diced + 500g turkey mince + 1 Tbs chilli + salt + pepper + carrots + capsicum + 1 can red kidney beans (rinsed and drained) + 800g tinned tomatoes diced + chicken broth
Bring to boil, simmer 30min
Top with LF Yoghurt/ LF shredded cheese/ Avocado/ Jalapeno
and a few Corn Chips
Optional: Lettuce Cups
Make your own Crisps: Cut Mountain Rye Wraps into triangles, spray with EVOO and bake in oven 3-5min until crisp!
Don't take your eyes off them!
TOFU STIR FRY
Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Broccolini
Red Capsicum
Carrot
Firm Tofu
Seeded Mustard
Brown Rice & Quinoa Mix
TURKEY RAINBOW TACO BOWL
Lettuce
Tomato
Corn
Black Beans
Avocado
Low Fat Shredded Cheese
Lettuce Iceberg
Corn Crips/ Mountain Rye Crisps
Turkey Mince cooked in spices of choice
More colour: Beetroot/ Purple Onion/ Purple Cabbage
FISH TACOS
Snapper Fillets/ Basa Fillets
Corn Tortillas
Chipotle Lime Crema
Avocado
Mango Salsa (purple onion, add tomatoes optional)
Blackening Seasoning (or other)
Bocconcini cheese
Lime
BLACK BEAN KOFTAS
PIZZA PITAS
3 Pita Pockets per person/ 1 Large Wrap per person
Smeared with
Tomato Paste/ Pasta Sauce/ BBQ Sauce
Topped With:
Protein: Tuna/ Chicken Tenders/ Tofu/ Egg/ Smoked Salmon
Veggies: Spinach/ Broccolini/ Beetroot/ Tomatoes/ Mushrooms/ Zucchini/ Eggplant/ Pumpkin
Fruit: Pineapple/ Olives/ Avocado
CHICKPEA MASALA
1. Brown Onion, diced and cooked in EVOO until transparent,
add garlic
2. Add Chickpeas, Spices of choice
(paprika, cumin, turmeric, ginger, ground coriander seeds, ground fennel seeds, salt and pepper)
3. Add chopped tomatoes, coriander and spinach
Serve with rice
Optional: Add Chicken
QUINOA CHICKEN BOWL
Quinoa + Black Beans + Shredded Carrot + Tomatoes diced + Pineapple diced + diced Chicken Breast
Served with Lettuce
Optional: dollop LF yoghurt OR Avocado
NOT BOTHERED SOUP DINNER
Heinz Plant Proteinz or
Heinz 7 Veg Soup
+ LF Greek Yoghurt/ Filmjolk
+ Seed Mix
CHICKEN FRIED RICE
in lettuce cups
Make it Weight Loss Friendly: Use cauliflower rice
(chop up cauliflower and pulse in a food processor)
4 Tbsp EVOO
400g Chicken Breast
2 Garlic Cloves, minced
3 Sprint Onions
2 Carrots
1 Red Capsicum
Broccoli/Peas
2 Cups Brown Rice
3 Cups Spinach Leaves
3 Whole Egg
Cook Rice in Rice Cooked whilst Pan frying Chicken. Once Chicken is cooked add veggies, stir occasionally. Once rice is cooked add into chicken and veggie mix. Scramble 3 eggs and cook through rice.
Make it easier: Use Mixed Frozen Vegetables
(already chopped up carrot, broccoli, cauliflower, peas, corn)
CITRUS SALMON SALAD
Mixed Lettuce: Rocket, Spinach, Radicchio,
Orange Slices
Avocado
Salmon
Beetroot
Purple Onion
Pumpkin Seeds, Coriander Seeds
Crumbed Fetta
Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Make it Weight Loss Friendly: choose low fat fetta
STUFFED CAPSICUMS
Video cook along coming soon!
LENTIL MINCE GNOCCHI
Ingredients
1x Onion, diced
EVOO
500g Minced Beef, lean
1x 400g Can Lentils, drained and rinsed
1x 500g jar of tomato pasta sauce of choice
1/2 Large or 1 whole small Butternut Pumpkin, peeled and diced
Method
1. Dice onion, cook in EVOO until transparent
2. Add in minced meat, stir breaking up the meat
3. Add salt and pepper, any other spices stir, cook until browned
4. Add tomato sauce and diced pumpkin
5. Add 1 cup water as necessary to thin the sauce
cook until pumpkin tender
6. Add in lentils at the end (earlier if you want them to “disappear”) stir
Serve: with pasta/ gnocchi/ tacos
ANNI’S MOSTLY PUMPKIN SOUP
Ingredients:
1 onion (diced) 3-4 carrots, 3 spuds, 1 zucchini, 3 garlic cloves, 1/2 pumpkin (kent), 2-3 tsp Thai curry pasta, 1x tin light coconut milk
Method:
1. Roughly chop up all and bring to boil in a big saucepan with 1 cup water, add more water as needed and stir often
2. Mash roughly when vegetables are soft enough. The more water, the thinner the soup.
3. Top with dollop of yoghurt when ready to serve