I usually eat breakfast around 6:15am and have a bowl of muesli with rice/oat milk and wholegrain toast with tahini, honey and sliced banana. It's super filling which is great as I don't generally get a break until close to lunchtime (although I tend to snack on nuts/seeds/dates in between lectures). I got the idea of putting tahini on toast from the lovely Natalie, where she posted her breakfast for a week (here) and as she mentioned, tahini a great calcium source which is a bonus!
This was my lunch on Wednesday. I didn't actually get home till about 9pm (very late!) so it had to last until dinner time! I had a sandwich with hummus, lentil patties, mushrooms and spinach leaves, an apple, a bounce ball (purchased from the uni shop- these 50g balls are full of nuts/seeds and sweetened with brown rice syrup. Has anyone tried them?) and vegetarian biryani (leftovers from dinner) which I added chickpeas to for extra protein.
And here's the vegetarian biryani my mother made for dinner the night before. It's a beautiful brown rice dish with strong flavours of cardomom, sultanas, chopped almonds and tumeric.
A lentil dish I made one night which was super easy. It's healthy comfort food! Here's what I did:
1. Fry an onion for a few minutes in olive oil
2. Add spices such as cumin/tumeric/curry powder and stir for another minute
3. Add half a cup (or however much you want) of red lentils, stir for a minute and add a can of chopped tomatoes and some water (or vegetable stock).
4. Bring to the boil and simmer until lentils are cooked.
5. Add this to cous cous and top with fresh herbs and a dollop of greek yoghurt.
Yesterday my mother made a delicious cake with carrot, apple and walnuts :) It was moist and delicious, using some olive oil instead of butter.
And finally some pancakes we had this morning! We used half white flour, half buckwheat flour which turned out to be a success! And maple syrup and strawberries is a winning combination :)
Well thats some food I've eaten this past week! As I don't have much time for blogging during the week I might just try to post recipes I've blogged about lately such as vegetarian biryani, raspberry and banana bread and that blueberry, apple and coconut crumble!
Hannah x
; ) Strangely enough these past few weeks I too have been having tahini and honey of toast, rice thins etc. I must say I highly reccommend unhulled tahini over hulled. I also recommend adding a bit of tahini and honey into soy and banana smoothies - it just adds another dimension to the flavour! (ps.mmm...I want that cake.)
ReplyDeleteI think the best tip for any first year student is to set aside a lot of time for study sessions throughout the week.
ReplyDeleteI wish my lunches were as healthy as yours.
ReplyDeleteMake sure you keep up with any reading and do summaries of the chapters you read. Having 2 weeks or more of readings makes it really hard to keep up with the content
wow your food looks so good! It's making me hungry :)
ReplyDeleteI love tahini, i use it as a spread or a dip, i mix it with yoghurt and it makes a great salad dressing!
What great eats for the week! I can remember my chemistry years, boy were they a struggle! haha. You'll get there though. Just push through and you'll be great. I have tried those bounce balls - not bad, nice ingredients! That cake your mum made looks amazing!
ReplyDeleteHeidi xo
Oh wow that apple/carrot cake looks delicious! Do you happen to have a recipe?
ReplyDeleteif we do go to the same uni i feel like tracking you down just to steal your lunch!
ReplyDeleteYes I'm going to uni very much south of sydney. wollongong.
same?
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Agree with Heidi, nutrition & dietetics gets MUCH better once you are past the chemistry/biochem stages and to the FOOD part!
ReplyDeleteLoving your blogs, by the way.
Oh,... I love you.
ReplyDeleteI need to make friends with local vegetarian cookss, my gosh!
All this looks FANTASTIC!