Curried sausages and corn cous cous

I had a packet of sausages left over from a BBQ we held so I decided it was about time I learnt how to make curried sausages. I used to hate sausages with a passion, I am not sure why but now I love them and they are pretty much always gluten free wherever you buy them from.
I found an interesting recipe that used apple sauce and fruit chutney online at: http://www.food.com/recipe/curried-sausages-198901 it looked visually good and seemed really easy to make. As I thought it was easy and also cheap to make, phew! (I also added some sultanas and a mixed veggie medley instead of the potatoes)
Now with curried sausages you need to have a staple starch with them I believe and as our rice cooker died and potato makes me sick I decided to go with the gluten free alternative to cous cous and thats corn cous cous. It was really really easy to cook with a bit of water, salt and dairy free butter (normal butter can be used of course).
All up the meal was very satisfying and flavoursome and even better when I had it for lunch the next day!

Lunch at Garden of Vegan

Finally I got to go to Garden of Vegan today for lunch, I must say I was rather excited, unlike Mums partner who wasn't too keen at all! Each day of the week they have a different menu so your never stuck having the same thing, so you certainly need to go each day of the week at some stage.
I decided to go with a carrot/veggie satay salad which was made of mainly all raw carrot, bean sprouts, coriander, raisons and a few other things, topped with a satay sauce all vegan of course. As everything is Vegan all their food is gluten free, dairy free, preservative free, so pretty much just made up of all fresh veggies, fruit, seeds, herbs/spices and natural grains. The meal was very tasty and healthy thats for sure and everyones meals looked fantastic. I devoured my lunch and washed it down with an almond milk chai. Yum, then to top it all off we all shared some vegan cheesecake while we contemplated what it was actually made of!?
Its one very cool restaurant but is very tiny, best to reserve a seat or get takeaway and sit in the park.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Garden-of-Vegan/192886460819904

Anzac biscuit for morning tea

I am not a big biscuit fan but I don't mind one every now and then. Today I managed to snap up an Anzac biscuit (had them for an event at work today). They are from the Coles simply gluten free range and it was rather tasty, not far off a proper Anzac. A bit dry and crunchy, but you have to expect that with gluten free. I enjoyed it with a nice cup of tea with rice milk (as I cant have dairy) rice milk is the best in tea I think!

A lunch full of flavour

Todays lunch was a homemade salad, yum yum. I want to share my creation with you.

Ingredients:
half a capsicum
2 x tomatos
1 x carrot
half a red onion
1 x zucchini (I was meant to use cucumber, but accidentally bought zucchini)
1 x large tin of tuna
1 x lettuce
pumpkin and sunflower seeds
Honey & Dijon mustard vinaigrette

*option to add corn and avocado or other veggies of choice

Slice all the ingredients into small pieces and mix in a large bowl then add the tuna. Divide the mixture into 3-4 containers, then slice the lettuce up finely and sit on top as you don't want it to go soggy from the tuna.
When serving add the seeds so that they stay crunchy and cover with the vinaigrette.
The dressing is what made it really tasty I reckon but you could still taste all the flavours of the vegetables, seeds and tuna. Its one healthy lunch thats made me feel good after my lunchtime walk.

My favorite very easy and healthy lunch

I am not someone who likes to spend lots of time cooking and preparing lunches, therefore I have come up with own easy to prepare, tasty and healthy lunch. Plus it's cheap to make and can you get you through 3-4 lunches. 

All you need is: 

- tin of mixed beans

- tin of corn 

- tin of tuna in spring water 

- pundit of cherry tomatoes

- half a lettuce/wom bok/spinach 

- pumpkin seeds

- sunflower seeds

- sweet chili sauce 

All you do is chop up the tomatoes and lettuce and divide all the ingredients into 3 or 4 containers. Store in the fridge and dress with sauce on the day of eating.Of course this can be adapted to suit your taste buds or add extra veggies or nuts. Enjoy!

FoodSwitch app

I recommend downloading this app for all those health conscious people out there and coeliacs. What it does is it scans the barcode of a food you choose and brings up the nutritional information about it. Then it lists all the other options that are similar to that product, so healthier options. It also has a part where it scans an items and informs you if it is gluten free or not and other options similar that are gluten free. So no more searching the shelves for healthy options or gluten free, use this app and hopefully it will make things a lot easier and you a lot healthier.
http://www.bupa.com.au/health-and-wellness/tools-and-apps/mobile-apps/foodswitch-app

Surprise lunch at the 50's Diner

My best friend decided to surprise us girls with a day trip and lunch. We all piled in the car with our partners as well and headed off towards Riverside, we all had no idea where we were going. After about 40 mins we ended up in Deloraine at the 50's Diner. Most of us had never heard of it before so it was very exciting. Now this place was cool! It was full of 50's petrol pumps, signs, oil bottles, James Dean, Betty Boop, a hotted up Hot Rod and heaps more. The interior was booths and tables made from car items. On the menu was mainly burgers and milkshakes, typical 50's diner food. Luckily they had gluten free bread (that was really tasty and fresh), so I had a chicken burger with all the trimmings and a salad as the chips were no good. It was a really nice fresh meal that was very filling.
The drive out there is certainly worth it and its nice in winter as there is a big wood heater in the middle of the diner.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cruzin-in-the-50s-Diner/128416657227211