Iguanodon & Chameleon

When I was getting the ham bone out of the freezer I noticed I had some bacon also. My wife suggested I should make bacon and mushroom pizza since I had 4 mushrooms left in the fridge. It was a great idea, I haven’t had a bacon and mushroom pizza for years. Normal for us is pepperoni and mushroom and ham and pineapple for my wife. Since I have to play with food I just had to add a little extra to it. My wife’s got thin sliced tomato and diced red onion, mine black olives and diced red onion. Pizza is something that you can really play with an add all kinds of different things. Golden rule for any pizza is less is more. If you start adding things you need to cut back on other things, to much on a pizza you end up with a bad pizza…

I’m passing along a perfect Diabetic Friendly Side Dish Recipe, Seasoned Collard Greens. To make this dish you’ll need Sodium-Free Powdered Instant Chicken Bouillon, Water, Frozen Collard Greens, Onion, Garlic, Turkey Bacon, Brown Sugar Salt, Red Pepper Flakes, and Cider Vinegar. The Dish is only 53 calories and 5 net carbs per serving. The recipe is from the Diabetes Self Management website where you can find a huge selection of Diabetic Friendly Recipes, Diabetes News, Diabetes Management Tips, and more! You can also subscribe to the Diabetes Self Management Magazine. Each issue is packed with Diabetes News and Diabetic Friendly Recipes. I’ve left a link to subscribe at the end of the post. Enjoy and Eat Healthy in 2020! https://www.diabetesselfmanagement.com/

Seasoned Collard Greens

Ingredients
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: Approximately 35 minutes.

2 teaspoons sodium-free powdered instant chicken bouillon
2 cups water
2 packages (9 ounces each) frozen collard…

Prep time: 5 mins
Cooking time: 2hrs

Another simple but tasty recipe that feeds the entire family. There’s nothing more to say. Best served with some fresh, crusty bread.

INGREDIENTS:

• 500g minced beef
• 1 brown onion, chopped
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 1 green pepper, finely chopped
• 2 stalks celery, finely chopped
• 1 large carrot, finely chopped
• 1L beef stock
• 1 28 oz can diced tomatoes
• 1/2 cup pearl barley
• 1 tbsp parsley
• 1/2 tsp thyme
• 2 bay leaves
• Salt and pepper
• Vegetable oil for cooking.

METHOD:

1. Prepare vegetables, finely chopping the onion, carrot, pepper, and celery.
2. Heat oil in a large pot. Brown meat, breaking it up as you go along.
3. Toss is the onion, carrot, celery, and pepper while the meat is still browning, cooking for at least a few minutes.
4. Drain fat.
5. Add the canned tomatoes, beef stock, parsley, thyme, and barley.
6. Stir ingredients and bring…

Prep time: 5 mins
Cooking time: 10 mins

I usually fail with fried rice recipes. Until now. We had a lot of leftover rice, and I was feeling particularly lazy. So I came up with this easy blend of ingredients to make a quick dinner. The picture doesn’t look particularly appetising. But I promise that it’s got a lot of flavour. And it was a good way to dose the kids full of vegetables.

Feeds 7 hungry mouths, with second helpings more most.

INGREDIENTS:

• 4 cups cooked rice, cold
• 1 cup frozen peas
• 1 large carrot, finely chopped
• 1 brown onion, finely chopped
• 1/2-1 bell pepper (green, red, yellow, orange, whatever), finely chopped
• 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
• 4 tbsp soy sauce
• 2-3 tsp oyster sauce
• 1 tsp sesame oil
• 2-3 eggs
• 3 tbsp butter
• A little oil
• Salt and pepper to season

METHOD:

1. Preheat a wok or…

Prep time: 5 mins
Cooking time: 30 mins

This is a simple but tasty stir-fry, whose ingredients can be substituted with whatever takes your fancy. I roasted the broccoli, because I wanted a fresh meal with different textures and tastes. The sauce was simply poured over every individual serving. The method is a little unconventional, but somehow it seemed easier to make. And the family devoured it. Best served over rice.

Feeds 7 hungry mouths.

INGREDIENTS:

Sauce

• 1/2 cup soy sauce
• 1/2 cup chicken stock
• 1 tsp sesame oil
• 2 cloves garlic, grated
• 1 thumb-sized piece of ginger, grated
• 1 tbsp cornstarch, to thicken

Vegetables

• 1 red pepper, sliced
• 1 large carrot, sliced
• 3 green onions, chopped
• 1 large head broccoli, chopped
• Olive oil
• Salt and pepper

METHOD:

1. Preheat oven to 450F.
2. Chop broccoli into small chunks. Toss with a little olive oil, salt and pepper. Lay evenly…