Asian Fish Soup with Vermicelli Noodles

Asian Fish Broth with Vermicelli Noodles

• 200g rice vermicelli600mls Homemade Fish StockFresh Red chilli Flakes to taste, Fresh finely chopped Garlic & GingerGreen ShallotsSoya Sauce to tasteBoneless Fish FilletsFresh Coriander Leaves to garnishLemon wedge
  Add the rice vermicelli to a large saucepan of boiling water and boil for 3-5 minutes or until softened. Set aside and keep warm.
  Combine fish stock, chilli flakes, garlic, ginger, green shallots and soya sauce in medium saucepan and bring to a simmer over medium heat. Reduce the heat to low.
  Meanwhile, heat olive oil in a non-stick frying pan over high heat and cook the fish fillets for 2-3 minutes on each side Or until just cooked through.
  To serve, divide rice vermicelli among warm soup bowls and top each with a fish fillet. Pour simmering stock over fish, then sprinkle with coriander leaves, salt & cracked pepper. Serve accompanied by lemon/lime wedges, if desired.
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Fish Stock

How to make Fish Bone Broth

Making fish stock is simple. You need fish head and bones to start with. If you prefer to use fish fillets in your fish dishes, buy a whole fish, ask the fish monger to fillet the fish for you then bring home everything — fillets, head and bones

Place the fish heads and bones in a pot. Pour enough water to cover then bring to the boil. Remove the scum that rises. 

Add your aromatics now or when serving, season with salt and pepper, then simmer for at least 30 minutes.

Cool stock, pour into freezer containers and keep in the freezer until needed.

Nutrional Notes:-

This food is low in Cholesterol. It is also a good source of Protein, Thiamin, Pantothenic Acid, Copper and Manganese, and a very good source of Riboflavin, Niacin, Vitamin B12, Phosphorus and Potassium.

Read More http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/soups-sauces-and-gravies/1110/2#ixzz2LmUN2uag

Caro, Walnut and Cinnamon Ice Cream

If you haven't already got yourself an ice-cream maker, GET ONE! You will not regret it.  It doesn't matter if you don't add sugar to most recipes and you can get so creative and use all the yummy ingredients we CAN have to treat yourself with a little bit of delish after a meal.  I made this one tonight and i was impressed :)

Caro, Walnut & Cinnamon Ice-cream 

(Ice-Cream maker required)

Ingredients:-

1 Cup whole milk

1 Cup heavy cream

2 large egg yolds

1 tablespoon glucose powder (optional)

1 Teaspoon vanilla extract

2 teaspoons Caro

Chopped Walnuts

Cinnamon

Directions:-

Beat eggs with a mixer, gradually add glucose powder if you are using.  Beat again until well mixed.

Place eggs mixture into a saucepan on medium head, stir and gradually add milk in continually stirring.

Melt Caro with a tiny amount of boiled water and add to mixture and also add vanilla.

Take off heat as soon as it starts to thicken or just before boiling point (it will curdle if it boils.)

Put mixture in a bowl and cool down mixture in the fridge.

Once cooled, add the cream, stir through and chill in fridge over night.

Once this is done you are now able to put mixture straight into the ice-cream maker.  If you would like cinnamon and walnuts, chop up walnuts and add a sprinkle of cinnamon to mixture just before adding to icecream maker.

3 Cheese Omelette with Mushroom and Spinach

3 Cheese Omelette with mushroom and spinach

• 2 Eggs
• Mushroom sliced
• Cooked and dried/frozen spinach
• 3 cheeses - i use tasty, parmesan and fetta
• salt and pepper
• oil

Whisk eggs together and season with salt and pepper. On a low heat put egg in frying pan, layer mushrooms, spinach and cheeses across egg. When starting to cook through fold in half and cook on slow until golden brown. 

A healthy and HFI Safe nutritious snack /breakfast or dinner :) 

Blog Update

Stuck for idea's?  I'm always sick of looking up recipes and having only half of the ingredients so i'm just going to upload some very basic, HFI safe, quick and easy meal ideas to help with the nights when you just can't be bothered :)  Hope you Enjoy :)
Sheree :)

HFI spin on Spaghetti Bolognese

HFI Spaghetti Bolognese

200g Organic Spaghetti
500g beef mince
2-3 rashers bacon diced
1 mushroom diced
oil
parmesan cheese

Bechamel Sauce
Please click here on how to make Bechamel Sauce

Method:

Get spahetti on the stove and cook as per package instructions.
Fry off mince until starting to brown in oil, add bacon and mushroom season with salt and pepper, cook on medium heat so ingredients don't dry out.
When cooked, add ingredients to Bechamel Sauce then stir in spaghetti pasta, serve with fresh grated parmesan.

HFI Notes:-

• You can add some garlic, canneloni beans, lentils etc for more flavour, depending on your preference

Pork Mince Curry Noodles

Pork Mince Curry Noodles

So tonight i wanted to try something new and different and was quite happy with how it came out considering it was, "whats in the fridge and cupboard that i can throw together" night.  Give it a go, it was so quick and easy.

Ingredients:-

Olive oil 

300 - 500g pork mince

Chinese/green cabbage

Cannelloni beans

Chicken or Beef broth (click here for recipe)

1/2-1 tsp Curry powder (i like my mild)

Wok ready asian noodles (or rice noodles)

dollop natural yoghurt (optional)

Fry off pork mince on medium until starting to brown. Add in some chopped up cabbage. Season with salt and pepper. Fry off for a few minutes.  Add cannelloni beans, Sprinkle curry powder in, add broth until mixture is moist.  Cover and let simmer for about 5mins adding more broth if it starts drying out.  Throw in noodles, toss through, let simmer for 2mins.

Serve with a dollop of natural yoghurt and i scooped it up with some mini mildly spiced papadums for a little more flavour again.

HFI Notes and Information:-

• Broth is something i recommend using rather then just water, for its nutritional benefits I use it as the base of a lot of my cooking.
• Olive oil is a great way to cook however i have switched to coconut oil for most of my cooking now as its flavoursome and has some awesome nutrional benefits.
• Small amounts of cabbage seem to be okay in moderation
• check the noodles you purchase to check there sugar content, the ones i use solely are water & potato starch. :)