Student Recipe 1 - Beef and Broccoli Stirfry

I have had some really positive feedback on my recent post about eating healthy as a student, and thought I would actually post up a few of the recipes that I make. I know how hard it is to come up with the energy and inspiration, but once you get into the habit of eating well it becomes so easy. It also becomes so enjoyable and interesting creating and finding new things to cook and create.

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When I am at Uni, I shop at Tesco's - So this list and pricing is based on theirs.

This is both gluten and dairy free.
Takes about 20 minutes to prep and make!



Shopping List:

Beef Stir Fry Strips 350G - £4.00 on their own (or meat/fish: 2 for £7.00 or 3 for £10)
Could also do it with chicken if you would prefer!
One Red Onion - £0.18p
One Broccoli Head - £0.49/53p
Pack of Sweet Mirabella Peppers (These last me all week) - £1.00

= £5.68 meal

Also Cupboard Essentials to use -
GF Soy Sauce + Coconut Oil + Sesame Oil - £2.89 + 5.99 + £1.60

Cut the broccoli head in half then chop into smaller florets, leave the broccoli to steam while you are prepping the other bits. I only used half the head, and saved the rest for another meal later in the week.

Heat a pan with some coconut oil and fry the red onion and one red pepper. Leave these to simmer until they are soft. Once the broccoli and vegetables are cooked leave to one side. Don't let the broccoli over steam or otherwise it goes a bit mushy. 

In a pan heat a mixture of one tablespoon of coconut oil, two tablespoons of soy sauce, one tablespoon of sesame oil and some salt + pepper. 

(I also added some chopped garlic, and chilli flakes - but the spices you put in are optional!) 

Add in the beef and fry until brown and the soy mixture has coated the beef. Add the rest of the veg in and stir fry on hot till everything has soaked up all the flavour.

And you are done! 

You can serve with some rice if you fancy, but I had mine with a couple of hot boiled eggs and that did the trick!

Also there was enough for leftovers the next day to take to uni with me for lunch! Can't say my studio were too impressed by the broccoli smell though! 

I will try and post a Student Recipe up each week, hope this becomes a helpful post!
and as always, contact me if you have any questions!

Enjoy!

MB

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Being a GF/DF Student.

Being a student, you are budgeted to what you can and can't buy. Some say that they cannot afford or have no time to be healthy or eat well. Instead grabbing things like pasta/noodles or frozen/processed microwavable meals, which aren't time consuming or expensive to make.

I believe that this isn't true. I am a fashion student - (www.instagram.com/mhbftd), which is an extremely expensive degree, due to the amount of materials we have to buy. I also spend most days in the studio 10 till 5, but I still manage to live a gluten-free, dairy-free and healthy lifestyle. This is down to knowing food is the most important fuel for me, plus a lot of preparation. (I have to also say that my housemates eat well too on a small budget, so its not just me!) Keeping momentum going when your tired and stressed, and all you really want to do is wallow in a pot noodle and a bar of dairy milk, is when you most need to feel your body with good food.

My weekly shop costs me around £20 - £30 pounds.
The list normally contains -

Bananas 
Apples
Dates - (No sugar added)
Blueberries/Raspberries - Frozen
Mushrooms
Peppers
Broccoli 
Courgettes
Avocado - treat
Red Onion
2 Sweet Potatoes - treat
Eggs - 12
Either Beef Mince/Beef Steak Strips/Chicken Breast/Chicken Thighs/Salmon 
Bacon - treat
(Two Types - rotate each week)
DF Milk - every other week
85%-90% Dark Chocolate
Peanut Butter - every two weeks


(The treat things I buy are rare, normally every other week or two weeks, for something different to have with my meals.)

I have in my cupboard/fridge always, olive oil, GF soy sauce, coconut oil, honey, ground cinnamon, ground ginger, smoked paprika, mayonnaise and green tea. - This last a long time, so only needs to be changed 2/3 times throughout the year.

For breakfast I will have, a fruit smoothie if I'm in a rush (with a scoop of protein always), bacon, eggs and avocado, banana pancakes or banana and date omelette! and a green tea!

Lunch, is normally left overs for the night before, or something I prepared. Consists of L.O chicken breast or salmon with broccoli and avocado, beef stir-fry, paprika fried chicken + peppers + mushrooms or a bacon/veg omelette.

Snack - I take an apple/kiwi/banana with me.

For dinner, is normally rosemary roasted chicken with veg + sweet potato, chilli beef mince with lettuce tacos/veg/guacamole, beef and broccoli stir fry, grilled salmon with courgetti. I normally add rice or sweet potato, if I have been to the gym.

Snack - Dark Chocolate or Peanut Butter and Dates!

Also add a boiled/poached egg with a lot of my dishes to get some added protein in there, as well as it fills me up more! Eggs are such a good food to always have, you can make so many different things!

Here are a few food pictures from Uni, hope these inspire you to cook some tasty foods! And if you have any questions ask me!


Enjoy!

MB

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Chilli Beef with Courgetti 

Grilled Salmon Stir-Fry

Prawn Stir Fry

Banana and Date Omelette 

Broccoli and Beef Stir Fry with Peppers and Onions

Egg Fried, Chicken Peppers and Mushrooms with Avocado

Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies

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These are heavenly, they don't need much of a description! They're bite size pieces of peanut butter and chocolate, whats not to love! 

You will need:

One Egg

One Cup of Peanut Butter

Three tablespoons of Raw Cacao Powder

1/3 Cup of Honey (I use Organic Manuka) - can use maple syrup too

85% + Dark Chocolate - (Green and Blacks is the best!) 

Frozen Raspberries 

-Sprinkle of Salt

Simply add all the ingredients accept the dark chocolate into a mixing bowl and whisk together. Make sure everything is combined. Break the chocolate up into chunks/chips and add into the mixture. Don't whisk, just stir the chocolate chips through the mixture.

On a baking paper lined tray. roll the mixture into small balls and place onto the tray.

Pop a frozen raspberry on top of the balls, and lightly push down. This will create the ball to look now more like a cookie shape. 

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Put the cookies into the oven at 180 degrees, for around 6-10 minutes. Or until they go dark brown at the edges. I like mine soft in the middle so they have the texture of brownies.

Then they are ready to eat! Leave them to cool and put into a container, or have them warm by heating them lightly in oven again! I had mine warm with Booja-Booja Vanilla Ice Cream - which is a dairy-free alternative! http://boojabooja.com/ice-cream/

Enjoy!

MB

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BuszardGanoush

I seem to spend alot of time reading the labels on food to see whether the dreaded 'gluten' or 'wheat' or 'milk' pops out at me. 80% percent of the time, they do. (Mostly in foods which you never knew needed any of these three things!) Finding the 'free-from' isle in Supermarkets, sadly enough excites me every time, as well as, restaurants and cafes have gluten/dairy free items too. No matter how stuffed I am, I must always order it, because you rarely get the chance!

The other day I was looking for dips which I could have, and accept for salsa (which had loads of sugar in anyway) there was nothing I could find.

This is why I decided to make my own BabaGanoush - or what I am calling it 'BuszardGanoush' so it can go hand in hand with my GuacaMolly! (Sad I know) 

Aubergines are one of my favourite vegetables, they are so meaty for a veg as well as having a delicious smokey flavour throughout. This recipe I came up with, was extremely experimental, but amazingly worked and the outcome is so tasty! Also, another way to use my NutriBullet - this thing has no ends to what it can create! BUY ONE!

Also apologies for the not so good photos - hard to make it look beautiful! 

You will need:

Two Aubergines

Three Tablespoons of Tahini (Buy in most healthstores and some supermarkets)

One clove of Garlic

Juice of One Lemon

Salt and Pepper

Handful of Coriander (more for decoration)

Olive Oil for Roasting

Cut the aubergines into thickish disks, making sure they are all even so that they cook evenly. Put the aubergine onto a parchment-lined tray and drizzle with oil and salt. Pop into a preheated oven of 180 degrees for around 20 mins, flipping half way through. They should be soft and slightly browned, they might seem slightly dry but thats just because they are very absorbent.

Wrapped the aubergine in foil to keep as much moisture in as possible while they cool.

In your NutriBullet (use the milling blade) or blender/food processor add in the tahini, lemon juice, finely chopping garlic, salt and pepper and coriander. Take the outside skin of the aubergine off and pop into the mixer too. Then pulse. Up to you the thickness you would like, I have mine quite chunky so its slightly more rustic looking. Put into a dish, stir through a few coriander leaves and it is ready to serve. I like it best with carrot or cucumber sticks! But it is also great to have with meats, GF pitta breads, crisps and other veg sticks! Perfect dip when you've got guests round!

Enjoy!

MB

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Raw Chocolate Brownie Hearts

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Valentines Day is another excuse for me to get creative with a theme as well as getting to eat something gooey, chocolatey and delicious! This recipe is inspired by "Deliciously Ella's" cookbook. People have been obsessing over this book in the last couple of weeks, and I can see why. She too has helped her illness by eating good healthy foods. Everyone should realise by now, the better foods you eat, the better you feel. Her book is really worth buying or even a quick read. Her story is inspiring, I felt a sense of comfort in the fact that I could relate to her and the way she feels.  

Anyway, one of her recipes intrigued me, and I decided to try it with a few tweaks of my own. I also used my NutriBullet rather than a food processor, and it worked wonders!

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You will need:

1/2 Cup of Hazelnuts

1 Cup of Pitted Dates

3 Tablespoons of Raw Cacao Powder

1 Tablespoon of Honey or Maple Syrup

Sprinkle of Salt

(You can double the recipe if you want more or thicker ones)

In a pan heat the dates until they are soft and sticky. Meanwhile put the hazelnuts until the NutriBullet or food processor and pulse until the consistency is of a fine crumb. Add in the dates and the rest of the ingredients and pulse until the mixture becomes smooth.

Put the mixture into a lined baking tray, spreading the brownie mix evenly.

Pop into the freezer for 20/30 minutes until set. Then remove, and cut into squares or in this case, hearts! Then keep in the fridge and consume whenever you want!

and of course, my main 'tester' of my recipes enjoyed them too!

Hope you enjoy them just as much! 

And have a very Happy Valentines Day!

MB

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