Roast Cabbage (Vegan steak)

Trying out a new recipe today - Vegan steak. Haha, why the name? Because it was supposed to be a low carb meal, but i serve with some proteins and baked greens to make it more well balanced. 

I cut them into quarters and season them before baking them to a charred finish. As I cooked some beef stew for dinner, I actually took them out at 20mins point and scoop some gravy n beef, sprinkle with some cheese and bake it for another 20mins. 

This is how it looks after the 20mins. After adding the beef stew, I send them in for another round of baking to finish it up. See my end dish, serve with greens and proteins! Wonderful meal ❤️ 

If you are cooking it for a low carb meal, jus topped with some pizza cheese and chopped tomatoes for extra flavours halfway thru the bake ❤️ Enjoy!

Roasted Cabbage (Vegan Steak)

1/2 cabbage, cut into 4 quarters

Chilli powder

Garlic powder

Black pepper

Mix herbs

Olive oil

1) Wash and cut cabbage into 4 quarters

2) Sprinkle olive oil and the seasoning and rub all over the cabbage

3) Bake for 40mins x 200deg and serve as preferred

Pistachio Scones

I think by now, most would have guessed how much of a pistachio lover myself is. 😂 Sorry I made a bottle of pistachio butter and I love it so much. I just had to try all the recipes that I have kiv in my notes to see if they are edible and worth the carbs (altho i tweak them to a low carb version) 

Using my thermomix, 1mins is all it takes to knead them to come together. And the inbuilt scale, I can just weigh them all in and then get the dough done! 

I spread a layer of my homemade pistachio butter for extra flavour! Oh my, I love the combination! It helps to makes the scones not so dry as this recipe doesnt uses any butter. And it is slightly more crunchy than crumbly as most scones are. I love the bitterness of tbe cocoa nibs as well. Nice combi with pistachio. 

Guess what!! Each scones is less than 100kcal! Hard to imagine right!! Off to school they are! ❤️

Pistachio Scones

120g Almond flour

40g Wholegrain flour

20g Replacement sugar

50g Oat milk

1g Baking powder

20g Cocoa nibs

20g Pistachio, chopped

1) Put all ingredient in thermomix and knead for 1min

2) Put dough and form a square disc, fold into halves and repeat 3 more times

3) Roll out and spread pistachio butter

4) Foll into halve and cut into 8 triangles

5) Bake 180deg x 15mins

Pistachio Cheese Tart

Been craving a lot of sweet stuff lately and felt really sinful buying and eating all the sugar, have been looking up recipes and inspirations ftom IG and 小红书. 

If you noticed, most of my creation involved PISTACHIO as I am a big fan of it. 😂 Even my firstborn as well. 

Since dinner clean up was done and I was slightly free on a weekend night, decided to make this variation of pistachio cheese tart to see how it taste!

Very fast to do up the tart base but the ‘shaping’ a bit got me tired cos I am bad with all this nimble works. Afterwhich I quickly mix up the pistachio filling with my thermomix and send them to bake. 

Smell so nice when it was baking. And while it bakes i mix up topping and leave it in the fridge and make some crushed pistachios to make it looks nicer! 

This is the cross section of the tart. This Pistachio cheese tart is around 270kcal versus a normal one at ard 350kcal. I would say its quite a reasonable indulgence as its homebaked and without any preservatived used. 

It is not overly sweet, and not cheesy. Very refreshing and nice for a dessert after meal. 

Pistachio Cheese Tart

Tart base:

75g Chocolate chips

30g Coconut oil

100g Rolled oats

Filling:

100g Plain yogurt

10g Sugar replacement

10g Cornstarch

1 Egg

1 Cheddar cheese

30g Pistachio butter

Topping: 

1Tbsp Yogurt

2Tbsp Pistachio butter

1) Melt chocolate and coconut oil over hot water then stir in rolled oats till all is coated

2) Press each cupliners with the tart base ingredients and set aside to chill first

3) Put all ingredients for filling in thermomix and blend til smooth (approx 30sec Speed5, blend again if needed)

4) Fill each tart to slightly full and bake 180deg x 30mins

5) Chill tart overnighy and top with above topping. Sprinkle some chopped pistachio for deco

Pistachio Chocolate Chip Cookies (Whole wheat)

 

Saw this IG story of this chocolate chip cook with pistachio butter as filling. Looks so so so good! Just had to bake them. (Blame it on the hormones)

A quick mix, this is how it looks before baking. Was such a meas trying to wrap the filling. I was never good as wrapping filling for cookies! 😂😂

After baking, they spread out slightly and even expand in sizes. I would think possible to make into 10 pieces for better portion control. 😂 Using whole wheat flour, and mistakenly I mixed up 2 recipes inspirations and thankfully they still taste good! At approx 180kcal per cookies, I would say its very worth the calories and can satisfy my cravings!  

Altho the sad part is that the filling isnt like lava. It sort of dry up inside like a layer of ‘cream’? I can still taste the subtle flavour of my pistachio butter in it. Do give it a try and if you know how to make lava filling, please share with me! 

Pistachio Chocolate Chip (Whole wheat)

80g Butter

10g Sugar

10g Brown sugar

1 Egg

150g Whole wheat flour

3g Baking soda

1g Baking powder

1.5g Cinnamon powder

15g Chopped nuts

50g Dark choc chips

~5g x 9 Pistachio butter (for wrapping in cookie dough)

1) Mix soften butter with sugar well and add in egg gradually and mix til smooth

2) Add all remaining ingredient til it comes to a soft dough

3) Gently pick up 1 spoonful of cookie dough and wrap pistachio butter as filling

4) Spread then slightly apart as it spreads during baking

5) Bake at 180deg x 25mins

Pistachio Cookies (Whole wheat version)

Been wanting to bake cookies but super lazy.  Chanced upon this pistachio cookies and immediately caught my attention. ❤️

Why? I have been finding reasons to make my pistachio butter again and I LOVE PISTACHIO! I saw a few bakes using pistachio so now I CAN MAKE THEM! hahaha.

Saw this low carb version in 小红书 and I tweak it slightly with whole wheat flour for a healthier version. The smell of the baking earlier on really really got me so excited and cant wait to have 1!  

Pistachio Cookie (Whole whear version)

70g Butter

40g Sugar

1 Egg (60g)

20g Pistachio cream (I used bomemade pistachio butter)

120g Whole wheat flour

1tsp Baking soda

Some chocolate buttons and crushed pistachio for deco

1) Mix soften butter and sugar til well mixed

2) Add in eggs gradually and mix well

3) Add in pistachio cream and mix well

4) Add in dry ingredients and mix well

5) Divide into 10 pieces and wrap each with a chocolate button

6) Leave them lightly spread out baking tray and sprinkle crushed pistachios on them

7) Bake 180deg x 20mins

Flourless Protein Brownie

Been wanting to try this kind of protein brownie for the longest as sometimes you just crave for that RICH CHOCOLATE DESSERT. But yet at the same time, you dont want to indulge in so much sugar at the same time. So usually I go for my dark chocolate to satisfy my cravings. 

Today took some time to do a quick mix. Bascially just mix them up or for me, I throw them in my thermomix easy mixing. Barely 5 minutes work! 

The taste is rich, not sweet but super super rich in the chocolate taste that can satisfy any chocolate cravings. Texture wise, its not too dry, slightly soft and crumbly. I would say it almost taste like a chocolate pound cake!

I would recommend to eat it with yogurt as topping if you are worried that the chocolate taste is too rich, and balance off with some tangy strawberries or blueberries! It goes so good as a breakfast when you crave sweets! 

Flourless Protein Brownie (adapted from 小红书)

3 Bananas (apprx 250g)

2 Eggs

50g Yogurt

120g Protein Powder (I use choc flavour)

50g Sugar (can replace with 

1tsp Baking powder

30g Cocoa powder

50g Oat milk (can use any of your choice)

1) Mix banana, eggs, yogurt well (Thermomix: 1min Speed 3)

2) Add in remaining ingredients and mix well (Thermomix: 30sec Speed 3)

3) Top with some nuts or chocolate chips of your choice

4) Bake 170deg x 35mins

Cabbage Pizza

Today is an idea inspired from 小红书. Been wanting to try as it looks delicious. Depending on what ingredients you top it with, it will make up for the protein in this meal and the cabbage is the greens you need. 

Easy to assemble and cook. Just dump it in airfryer or oven. Can you still see the cheesy pulls from the parmesan I used. Next round I gonna try with cheddar or mozerella as I believe will be a better fit! And probably add some tomato puree! 

Cabbage Pizza

1 small portion of cabbage

Pizza cheese (I use parmesan this time) 

Shrimps

Tomatoes

Seasoning: Black pepper, chilli power, pink salt

1) Slice cabbage into a disc

2) Rub seasonings on it and bake 180deg x 15mins

3) Put ingredients on top and continue to bake another 10mins

4) Enjoy

Waffles (with fillings)

Been wanting to try making waffles in the morning for lunchboxes to school. Finally saw 1 recipe that I can prep night before and use in the morning. 

Decided to have a go. Interesting is this recipe can be used on its own (can add own sugar for taste or serve with honey) or can be a sweet waffle with raisins or choc chips, or can even be a savoury version with ham & cheese.

This is how the dough is like after a night of resting in the fridge. I took out my choclate buttons as its too big for my waffle maker. Added raisins instead for a sweet waffle. 

Taste is soft, and it is not sweet at all on its own. Feel free to add some sugar to the batter if yoi prefer a sweeter taste. For me, I drizzle with a bit of honey and raisins for the youngest to bring to school. Added some sausages and blueberries for recess too! 

 

Waffles (with fillings)

150g Plain flour

110g Milk

2g Yeast

2 Eggs

1) Mix all ingredients together and let it rest overnight

2) Stir in filling of your choice, I added raisins

(Can add ham etc for savoury)

3) Use waffle maker to bake/toast til its cooked and golden brown

Overnight Oat (Inspired by Pamela Reif)

Been having overnight on off, depending on my mood for the next day breakfast or as dessert. Always love high protein meals as it helps with my active lifestyle as well.

Saw this Pamela Reif recipe and was inspired to have it for breakfast so quickly make it before I sleep so that I have ample time to chill them overnight.

I love the crunchy chocolate top, especially after the granola actually sets in with the melted chocolate after it hardens. Feel like having the outer layer of rochere to me. Yums! 

And this time round I made the chocolate layer slightly thinner, less greedy and it breaks up well. Sharing with you my own variation of this Overnight oat! ❤️

Overnight Oat (Pamela Reif, modified slightly)

Oat layer:

40g Rolled oats
1tsp Chia seed

20g Protein powder

Oat milk, jus enough to stir them well

Yogurt layer:

2Tbsp protein yogurt 

1/2Tbsp biscoff

Chocolate layer: 

5-6 Dark choc buttons

Toppings:

Homemade chocolate granola

1) Mix the oat layer well for the base

2) Mix the yogurt layer and put nicely over the oat

3) Pour the melted chocolate over and spread nicely

4) Sprinkle some granola and chill overnight

Oat Waffles

 

Saw this recipe from 小红书 a while back and was really intrigued as how it would taste. First I feel its quite healthy, using only oats, milk and eggs. Secondly no flour or sweetener added. Great for people with diabetic issues. 

Since its the school holidays, decided to make them for breakfast since I am working from home. I pre-mix the batter and let it rest while I go and wash up and get ready. 

Once my waffle naker is hot, I brush with some butter and put 1 spoonful in, and let it cook. Sorry, didnt take note of the time as I use visual to guage instead. To see how golden brown n cooked it is then I remove. 

The textute is crispy and you can bascially taste oats. Its slightly dry and its bland since no sweetener was use, I would recommend to eat with honey drizzle or with some jam or spreads. 

I had it with a tablespoon of pistachio spread I made previously that I mixed with tablespoon of yogurt. Taste great with the pistachio bits. My boy had it with honey and he enjoyed so much ❤️

Used the balance batter and make them into small waffle bites! Am sure they taste great with milk and eat like cereals! Gonna have it for tea break! 

Oat Waffles

150g Rolled oats

100g Milk (can add more if u prefer)

2 Eggs

1) Mix all ingredients together and rest for 15mins

2) Preheat waffle maker n brush with oil

3) Put 1 spoonful of batter and let it cook til golden brown

4) Serve with preferred toppings or jams

Baked Salmon Veggie Cups

Seen a similar recipe using carrots and sweet potato as the base. Filling was just an egg per piece. Decided to improvise a bit as making it into a meal for my family.

Adding salmon and beaten egg with cheddar slices as the filling with the base using zucchini and carrots. ❤️

Baked some brussel sprouts and cherry tomatoes on vines. Squashing each baked tomatoes on the sourdough and it taste so good! Love it! 

This is how it looks cut halfways. The salmon is still juicy and goes very well with the whole baked cups. Filled with omega, protein and healthy fats, using only pink salt n black pepper for seasonings, I would say its a very healthy meal for all!

Baked Salmon Veggie Cups

2 Eggs

100g Pizza cheese

1 Carrot, cut into strips

1 Zucchini, cut into strips

1Tbsp flour

1Tbsp garlic powder

Pinch of salt n black pepper

Filling: Salmon slices (optional)

4 Eggs, beaten

Cheddar slices

1) Mix everything up except for the filling portion

2) Put spoonful into cupcake tray and press it down like small cups and bake for 15mins x 180deg

3) Remove baked cups from oven and press with spoon to shape it more

4) Put 1 slice of salmon in each cup and pour beaten eggs to fill up

5) Top with cheddar slices and bake 10mins x 180deg