Satay Quinoa

this was ok in my opinion, but rora ate every single bit of 2 full bowls, and it's a high iron meal so i'm recording the "recipe" so i can make it again...

finely dice firm tofu and marinate in sweet soy

fry onion, garlic, ginger, red capsicum, then add quinoa

add water / stock, other vegies (fresh corn off the cob, zucchini)

cook covered (15-20 mins) until quinoa nearly cooked then add asian greens, mushrooms, and tofu

toast 8-10 macadamias, chop

for "satay" flavour add peanut butter, sweet chilli sauce (also lemon / lime juice / tamarind if desired) and macadamias

stay tuned for a tmx version ;)
serve!

and one last catch up post...

some meals we have had in the past week...

the one with all the vegies was a tofu and vegie green curry. this was attempt #1 for iron rich foods for rora. it was a bit of a disaster, not a terrible disaster but not that nice either. the kids hardly ate any of it (only the rice) and it was too spicy for ryan. i had also put macadamia nuts in it too.

the other picture is of the pizzeria pot pie which wasn't too bad. it won't become #1 favourite but we will probably have it again. i think i would like to do it with more bits and pieces in it. we used the thermomix scone recipe to top it and it was a bit much.

i wanted to cook indian for dinner but am missing too many ingredients, plus i was going to start preparing the dried chickpeas now (at 5pm) oooop - too late!

i'm not in the mood for anything else on the menu...

Menu Plan

little bit late this week because i wasn't very inspired, plus i didn't feel up to stopping at choku bai jo after work yesterday, especially with it pouring cold rain and none of us dressed for it :(

tonight - a thai soup with tofu and bottom of the fridge end of week vegies lol inspired by the crockpot lady :)

pizzeria pot pie with vegies of some sort on the side
frittata - sweet potato, spinach and nuts of some kind (trying to get those iron levels up for rora!)
curried sausages (will get g to make this one and give more feedback on my recipe lol)
spice crusted pork fillet with salad and quinoa - finally going to try the quinoa lol oh, i've lost the pork recipe i wanted to use :( i think it was a fennel crusted pork fillet - if anyone recognises this can they please share?! otherwise i will have to invent lol
spag bol from the freezer ;)