Lasagne - LCHF

I have been experimenting in the kitchen a lot lately trying to make myself gluten free, dairy free and low carb high fat meals. So for last nights meal I created a lasagne (it does have cheese in it, but a little bit is ok for me, also I have never made lasagne before) It turned out really well, few things need to be changed like not using slendier pasta sheets at all, just use vegetables as the pasta substitute, using a deeper dish to fit more in and not softening the veggies first. Mum enjoyed it and even had seconds.

Ingredients:

• mince
• ricotta pasta sauce
• spring onions
• zucchini
• eggplant
• slendier lasagne sheets
• grated cheese
• (wanted to add mushrooms but ran out of room in the dish)

White sauce: http://www.foodiewithfamily.com/creamy-garlic-cauliflower-sauce/

Method:

Pre heat oven to 180 degrees. Cook the mince and stir through the pasta sauce. Slice the vegetables into thin strips and place 1 layer in the dish, cover with mince, spring onions and cheese. Then add another layer of vegetable, mince, the white sauce and cheese. 

You can do this however you please really, it doesn't matter. The recipe said to lightly soften the vegetables in hot water first but I found there was too much liquid in the dish so wont bother next time. 

Cook for about 45 - 60 minutes. 

Net19 seedy Sunday lunch

We had just been out wedding venue hunting and were all a bit seedy from my house warming the night before. We needed good food and fast. Net19 was the answer to all our questions and certainly provided the goods.
We sat outside as it was such a beautiful day, ordered and within about 15 minutes had our meals. I ordered a salad with pumpkin, beetroot, almonds and more plus added some smoked salmon. You cant go to fish and chips without chips though, so I ordered a small bowl (yes they are fried in their own gluten free fryer) served with a garlic aioli.
I also had a super smoothie made from almond milk, ice, dates and peanut butter. It was weird at first but then my taste buds got used to it and I really enjoyed it.
Overall, really really good meals, large servings, very friendly service and the price was good I thought.
This meal was not LCHF.

Brunch at the Raspberry Farm

So my last experience at the Raspberry farm wasn't the greatest, the food wasn't anything to rave about thats for sure, but we went again in hope it will be better. Indeed it was, the food was fantastic. I ordered a taste plate that had dips, breads, scone, pate and carrot. This was certainly NOT LCHF but I was letting myself have a treat. The dips were a bit bland, but the pate was amazing.
I washed it all down with a raspberry champagne and a bowl of raspberries and cream, yum yum!

You cant leave the raspberry farm though without chocolate raspberries, (x4, oops)!

Lunch time - LCHF

I am loving my new way of eating, its rather easy now, tastes great and is so fresh and fulfilling. Some people don't understand how I can be eating fat and no carbs and loose weight and feel great, but its working. I have lost nearly 4kg and am nearly at my happy weight (I didn't even do this WOE to loose weight, just to feel better). I am nowhere near as hungry as I used to be, my skin is clear, my energy levels are high, even in this heat, I sleep well and I am not bloated anymore.
I am going to keep this up for quiet sometime and see how it goes and let myself have a treat every now and then.
I wanted to share with you what I have for lunch most days, salad, I love it and its so simple. I have also found I spend less time at the supermarket and saving money by buying things in bulk.

Ingredients:

• Kale
• Coriander
• Parsley
• Capsicum
• Onion 
• Goats cheese
• Avacado
• Cherry tomatos
• Roasted chicken with skin on, cooked in coconut oil

Dressing:

• Lime Juice
• Corriander
• Salt
• Fish Sauce
• Chilli
• Garlic
• Ginger 

The Taste proving rather difficult

Over New Years I ventured down to the taste with a group of friends. I was extremely excited to try some new food and ciders, after doing a lap of the venue I soon started to loose that excitement. I couldn't find anything that had gluten free listed against it. To ease the hunt I went and got myself a chilli ginger beer which was very tasty, I soon gave up and went to a place called Mint, it was the only one with gluten free listed on their menu. I had 2 rice paper rolls which were pretty average and defiantly not low carb. I pushed on and just spent my money on trying new ciders, I got to a point though were I thought I really do need to eat something and something decent otherwise I will be one very hungry girl later. I bee-lined to the Curry place and asked if their Chicken Tikka Misala was gluten free and yes it was, yay! I got a big plate of chicken that tasted great and got me through the night. I was so disappointed though with that lack of allergy friendly food on offer, I don't need much but I wish more places had something and if they did, that they listed it on their menus. No way was I walking to each store and asking if they had something gluten free, how annoying.
Anyways word of warning to coeliacs who want to go to the taste this year, just keep in mind finding gluten free isn't that easy!

Cauli rice and beef stir fry - LCHF

I like to keep my food fast, easy and simple and I have found with my new way of eating LCHF that it really is easy and simple (maybe not fast though and meal prep needs to be considered).
Here is something I whipped up one night for dinner, cauli rice with a beef, broccoli and asparagus stir fry using these fantastic sauces I found that are low carb, all natural and taste great. I topped it off with a big dollop of goats yoghurt and coriander! YUM!

Christmas celebrations

Hope everyone had a very merry christmas and a happy new year and I am sure we all ate and drank ourselves silly. (I know I did, on the drinking side of things)
I wanted to share my christmas celebrations with you and what I ate during this time, keeping in mind I am trying my hardest to stick to a low carb high/healthy (LCHF) fats way of eating.

One xmas eve I went to my grandparents with all my cousins, Grandma attempted gluten free mince pies, they were ok but very crunchy and chewy, the filling was the best though. My cousin and I made LCHF crackers to take, made from nuts, seeds and eggs to accompany a dip I made from goats yoghurt, whole egg mayo and a dip mix. The crackers (image below) were very tasty and moorish but were sort of soggy. For dinner we had cold meats and salads then followed up by a store bought pudding (which wasn't too bad at all) and rum and raison ice-cream. Lets just say Grandma LOVES her rum, it was very toxic ice-cream but oh so good!
Ok so I failed on my way of eating xmas eve as I had a fair bit of sugar and the pudding.

Christmas day was better though, brekkie was bacon, eggs and mushrooms, also some fresh fruit with some really thick cream. Lunch I went on a picnic down at the beach which was fantastic, we had cheeses, dips, cracker, twiggy sticks, pate, roses chocolates and more. Then in the evening we had more nibbles of cheese, carrot, dips etc. and dinner was a light BBQ of hamburgers and salad, but it wouldn't be xmas though without Dad's creme brûlée.
So all in all I think I did ok on the biggest food day of the year, I ended up with a very bloated and sore tummy that night/next day but hey it was totally worth it!

It comes to show there is so much gluten free food out there, that on a day like xmas no one goes hungry!