Qucik Meals You Can Prepare in 15 mins!

Garby & Friends

Have you scratched your head at times and wondered what's for lunch or dinner!  Well, if you are in a rush or just simply want a quick and yet delicious meal, here are some 15-20 min meals I had quickly prepared which were just simply cheap, healthy, tasty and nutritious!  Remember, it is not always how much you eat but what you eat that matters and detrimental to your long term good health!

High Vitamin C & Energy Thirst Quencher

My husband and I love this 'heavenly' drink which is rich in flavour, colour and nutritional value.  We would take it any time of the day whenever we felt we needed a great energy drink or a thirst quencher!  So I made sure whenever there was a sale, I would buy heaps of frozen raspberry / blueberry / mixed berry packs and stocked them in our freezer. 

Raw & Healthy 'Buttery' Spread

Most people love to have butter or margarine spread on their bread and toast.  I used to in the past but not anymore.  Let me introduce a healthy and nutritious spread you can use as a sandwich spread and other times as a dip!

Durian, the "King of Fruits" in the South-East Asian countries.

This is good stuff!

I heard they say you shop til you drop! I dare say Alicia and I ate durians and never stopped!  I was so glad I also found a durian partner in Leish Saunders while we were on our family 8 days holiday in Singapore in December last year!   We were fortunate because the main durian season in Singapore is from June - August.  Then we heard about 'Wild Durians'

small wild durians

and found some at the Mari Mari Village in Kota Kinabalu.  Paul, my husband said they tasted better than the ones we had in Singapore.   Well, Alicia, Jordan (my son) and I disagreed and then we agreed to disagree!  Made any sense?  

Durian has always been my favourite fruit.  It is known as the King of fruits in Asia where I came from the small beautiful island of Singapore.  We import durians from countries like Malaysia and Thailand. As you can see from the pictures, it is a spiky fruit with many seeds of white creamy flesh. To open the durian, one needs to be very careful not to hurt your hands. Use a chopping knife to break open the hard outer layer of the fruit and then with a piece of cloth break wide the opening. Once it is open you can still open up another compartment of the fruit to reveal the hidden seeds.  The flesh of a durian is full of nutritional value in vitamins, minerals, carbohydrates, proteins and fibre. It is a must fruit to try when one travels to South East Asia. You either hate it or love it! 

So Alicia and I finally came home to Perth and I decided to share on FB our Singapore experience with durians.  Let's look at the people's responses!

Baked Mushroom Patties

How do you turn this!

into this?

Sweet & Sour Raw Delight

I like this particular sweet and sour dish because it reminded me of the sweet & sour fish/pork which I used to love to cook. 

Joy’s Homemade Aromatic Dukkah

I like to eat my homemade dukkah with veggie sticks, gluten free bread (still in the oven at time of photo taking), accompanied with raw nuts, kale chips, vinegar (apple cider or balsamic) and lots of cold pressed extra virgin olive oil!

Enjoy! 

Green Kale Chips

1.     Prepare Kale Leaves

•              Remove kale leaves from the stems. 
•      Wash and break leaves into large pieces.
•      Dry using a salad spin.
•      Transfer to a big bowl.