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  • Healthy Chicken Korma

    Healthy Chicken Korma

    (4 servings)

    If you love curry & chicken, have elevated cholesterol, and want to lose weight, try substituting regular coconut milk with a light coconut milk or greek style yoghurt. Be careful while adding the greek yogurt, turn down temperature and then add to pan so yogurt won’t separate.

    Choosing a recipe from healthyfood, which requires no marinating of the chicken, start by toasting the coriander seeds (1 tsp), cumin seeds (1tsp) and garman masala (1 tsp) for 1-2 min until fragrant. Transfer to a mini food processor and blend to a powder, adding garlic (2 cloves), crushed, green chillies (2) , tomato paste (2Tbsp), 1/3c flaked almonds and 1/4c sliced ginger plus water (4 Tbsp),

    Cook 4 chicken breasts (4 servings) with onions (2 small) for 5 min in olive oil (1 Tbsp) , adding tumeric and spice paste, cooking a further 3-4 min until fragrant. Turn down temperature (so yogurt won’t separate) add 1 tsp sugar and greek yogurt. Toast coconut 2 Tbsp) a few minutes.

    Add fresh coriander (2 Tbsp), sprinkle with toasted coconut, and and serve with lime wedge.

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    https://www.healthyfood.com/healthy-recipes/chicken-korma/

    Nutrition Facts: (per serving) 419kcal, 51g protein, 18.1g fat, 7.2g saturated fat, 158mg sodium

  • Day 9 DNA Menu Plan

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  • Rhubarb Strawberry Cream Pie

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    My husband has yearned for rhubarb strawberry pie. Since our garden rhubarb isn’t producing (will have to transfer to a sunny spot), he bought some rhubarb along with strawberries anticipating the master baker would come up with a brilliant recipe! First I checked my mother’s recipe list knowing it was a family favourite, then the internet and eventually adaped both for our guests, one with diabetes so used Truvia (baking form of stevia) for 50% of the sugar.

    Voila, this is the product!

    The crust was made with olive oil becel soft margarine. I know some of you will object, this has become an area of debate. Since I have a family history of heart disease, I’m opposed to using butter or coconut, known in the literature for elevating LDL cholesterol. My preference for a tender pastry is lard, however environmentally and because my guests are vegetarian, this is forbidden. So I settled for the Mediterranean alternative, yes …I have tried oil based pastries without much success. It wasn’t the most tender pastry because I always underestimate my fat, but it looks great. As well the bottom pastry was not soggy which is often the case with slow cooking pies, it too 1.5 hrs to cook!!!

    The lattice pastry top was as per request from my husband.

    Lovely flavour, without much sugar…not too sweet or too tart!!

  • Flavour your food!

    https://www.leighmerotto.com/blog/healthy-ways-to-flavour-meals-at-home

    Doesn’t this look yummy, this is a great Dietitian site with five creative ways how to flavour your meals at home and deal with Covid19!! Useful for any time, actually.  Enjoy.Flavour your food!: Flavour our meals at home