Month: March 2014

Vegetarian Tuna Avocado Jacket Potato Topped with Chia Seeds

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Hello all!  Yesterday I wanted to eat a Jacket Potato but without all the cheese, just something different.  So I whipped this up – to add to B’s easy collection of Recipes 🙂  

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And then I thought.. Let me just add Chia Seeds to it for a boost in health 😉

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Vegetarian Tuna Avocado Jacket Potato with Chia Seeds

Bakes: How ever many potatoes you bake, I baked 2!

Ingredients:

  • 2 Jacket Potatoes
  • 1 Packet Vegetarian Tuna
  • 1 Avocado
  • 2 Tbsp Mayo
  • 1 can Sweet Corn
  • 2 Tbsp Chia Seeds
  • To taste:  S & P, mustard, tabasco

Method:

  1. Preheat oven to 200 C.
  2. Wash the potatoes.
  3. Cut a cross in the middle of the potato.
  4. Poke all sides with a fork for even baking.
  5. Bake for 1 hour 20 mins.
  6. In the meantime, wash the tuna with a strainer to remove excess oil.
  7. Mix tuna with Mayo, salt, pepper, tabasco, mustard.
  8. Add sweet corn to the mixture.
  9. Put this mixture in the potato when it’s done.
  10. Top it up with pieces of Avocado and sprinkle Chia Seeds on top!

My husband really enjoyed this for lunch 🙂  So it’s definitely going to be something we have more often.  I’ve just been in the whole AVOCADO mood. 🙂  Hope everyones been fab! 

xx

B

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Japanese Money Envelope – Kinpu

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Hello everyone!  So today I stumbled upon this blog post: How To Make a Japanese Money Envelope.  It was so reminiscent of my times in Japan.  (One reason how I came up with Envylope App). Japanese people are really into culture and aesthetics.

In their culture – money envelopes (kinpu) as a form of gift giving is predominant.  They give money to one another for new births, marriages, new houses, funerals even they “pay” money to tutors in a “money-envelope” as it is considered to be more polite.  The envelope they choose for the various occasion is different too.  Each type of envelope has a different symbolic characteristic.  I honestly love their culture – it’s just so interesting.  I miss JAPAN!

This made me think that I absolutely must get a translation of Envylope App  in the Japan App Store ASAP!  🙂

And in my spare time, I can learn how to make a Japanese Money Envelope too! hehehe

Hope everyones been wonderful. Here’s a link to Asian Cultures that use Envelopes as gift giving – written by me 😉 .

Any tips/comments on the Japan App Market is welcomed!

xx

B

Chinese Style Glazed Ginger Brussel Sprouts Stir Fry

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Hello everyone!  So yes I have been up to cooking – but its been pretty busy with Envylope so I’ve not been posting much.  But I must.  I must.  Just simply because I really do enjoy blogging!

So I wanted something easy, quick and healthy as a stir fry to have with Tofu Hoisin Steaks (the easiest Tofu dish you can ever whip up).

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And a close up of the greens…  The texture was just right and so was the sauce!  

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It was yum!  Being Vegetarian you have to try to like all kinds of vegetables otherwise it’s pretty limited!

 

B’s Chinese Style Ginger Glazed Brussel Sprouts

Makes: Enough for 3-4 people

Ingredients:

  • 1 packet Brussel Sprouts
  • 3-4 Chestnut Mushrooms, sliced
  • 2-3 carrots, sliced
  • A tsp of ginger, cut into strips
  • 2 Tbsp Seasame Oil

Ingredients for Sauce:

  • 4 Tbsp Soya Sauce
  • 1 heaped Tbsp Cornstarch
  • 2 1/2 Tbsp Rice Vinegar
  • 1/3 cup water
  • Pepper

Method:

  1. Put 2 Tbsp of Sesame Oil on pan.  Cook Ginger on low flame.
  2. Mix Sauces in a Bowl with a whisk.
  3. Add vegetables to the pan.  I like the order of Mushrooms-Carrots-Brussels. 
  4. After vegetables are all cooked (about 8-10mins), add the sauce to the pan and stir it in.
  5. It will be done in 2-3 mins!  Let the sauce thicken and glaze the vegetables 🙂

Hope you enjoy it! 

xx

B

Amit & Bandhna (Envylope App) are off to an Indian Wedding Fair Today!

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Hello bloggers!  Hope everyone’s enjoying their weekend so far.  Just thought it would be terribly unfair to not let you guys know of my App on half-price today.  How can it just be on discount for strangers and not my readers?  NOT FAIR.  So if anyone’s interested and hasn’t downloaded it yet – Envylope is just 69P today (until Midnight London Time!) 

xx

B