This is a great recipe for a super quick tasty meal! Marinating your meat (chicken, beef or turkey) or veg (tofu) option in advance is great for really tasty flavours. The trick is lots of colourful vegetables to excite your plate
Vegetables (feel free to choose/ add your own mix!): Serves 2
- 1 x garlic clove
- 1 x red onion chopped into strips
- 1 x carrot chopped into strips
- ½ yellow & ½ red pepper
- ½ courgette chopped into strips
- 5-6 mushrooms
- Handful of mangetout (add in at the end for crunch)
- 2-3 florets of broccoli
- ½ bag of beansprouts (great for crunch , toss in at the end)
- Water chestnuts / bamboo shoots (available in tins) great to use
Protein
- Chicken
- Beef
- Tofu
- Kidney or Chick Peas
- Chopped nuts
Carbohydrate (per person)
- 60g rice
- 60 g giant cous cous
- 60g quinoa
- 60g noodles
Spices (mix your spice mix together and marinade your meat / tofu for a few hours or overnight if you can!)
- Chinese five spice
- Salt
- Pepper
- Soy Sauce (tamari) and / or fish sauce
- Wholegrain mustard
- Nutritional yeast
- Olive Oil
Optional
- 1 tsp of peanut butter or 1 tsp of tahini (sesame seed paste) is great for a creamy flavour while still keeping it healthy and light
- Add in a little water to thin as cooking
Sprinkle with 1 tablespoon : sesame seeds or chopped plain cashews or chopped peanuts (25g per person and unroasted unsalted)
