Yeah Yeah Yeah I know...where the hell have I been! I've been here quietly in the background but a few things have kept me away from blogging life and twitter.
1/ Winston being really ill before and then losing him on Boxing Day
2/ Work was manic for a few months after Xmas what with numerous unfortunate redundancies and changes to implement and travelling about between offices
3/ My wi-fi is buggered at home due to a cat who likes to chew wires so I can't use my laptop and I point blankly refuse to use the old filing cabinet sized static computer in the spare bedroom unless it is an absolute matter of life or death and unfortunately blogging is not such a thing.
4/ My off line social life has been f'in awesome recently. This is the main reason for my M.I.A. I have been spending a lot of time with friends and work colleagues who have become really good friends. Don't they say that people only blog when they are fed up with life....
(oh and I have a dog who is an attention seeking pain in the bum)
What was the point of this post again? Right, food. For the last week or so I have been eating super super healthy foods. I'm pretty healthy anyway being a veggie and we don't eat frozen food at home or really eat convenience foods but my problem was eating far too much stodge and carbs....too much bread, pasta, potatoes and cheese, so I have cut these out and boom.....much happier H. I was also known to be a breakfast and lunch skipper only to get in from work and gorge myself until I felt sick plus I wasn't the best at getting my five a day (fruit and veg you dirty filthy people). So for the past week I have been cooking for myself, Chef Mr W has been retired for time being, I've been stocking my fridge full of only fruit and veg, eating as healthily as possible, getting 3 meals a day and going to the gym (well so far that has happened once but I have made up for my shortfalls on the exercise front my having very vigorous sex sessions...every little helps right?!)
This is a salad of my own making (you can have it warm or cold) I have made numerous times now and because I'm lazy I make a huge big batch of it and then take it to work each day for my lunch. Yesterday I used a pre-made lime and chili quiona pack instead of cous cous and left the dressing off. You could also eat it as a main meal or with an accompaniment. It's packed FULL of antioxidants, vitamins and health...you can feel the health seeping into your pores but best of all it's really really easy to make and looks and tastes divine!
Pomegranate Seeds
1 x Butternut squash
1 x Red Pepper
Tomatoes
Garlic
Tendersteam Broccoli
Asparagus
Cous-Cous or Quinoa
Sunflower Seeds
2 x Spring Onions
Blue Cheese (if you fancy)
Dressing:
Finely chopped Basil
Finely chopped Parsley
White Wine Vinegar
Dijon Mustard
Lemon Juice
Olive Oil
Slice and roast the red pepper, butternut squash and tomatoes in the oven with a splash of olive oil and some crushed garlic cloves
Meanwhile chuck the pomegranate seeds, sunflowers seeds and chopped spring onion into a big bowl .
Gently steam or boil the tendersteam broccoli and asparagus until tender making sure not to overcook so they go soggy.
Cook the cous-cous or quinoa to your taste (I leave the butter out).
Chuck everything into the bowl and mix well adding the dressing if desired (make this to your own taste..I taste the dressing as I go..you can either make it very lemony or quite potent with the mustard depending on how fresh or hot you like it.