Seven healthy recipes to enjoy this week

Seven healthy recipes to enjoy this week

                                    leftovers to make bright pink arancini balls the next day.

STRUGGLING to find easy, healthy meals to whip up midweek? Well look no further, because we have this week covered.

MONDAY

Boy, do we have a treat for ‘meat-free Monday’ this week. Beetroot risotto with goats’ cheese and walnuts is not only a fancy grown-up meal that looks a treat on the plate, it is ridiculously satisfying and will excite your vego and non-vego friends alike. And the best part of risotto, besides dousing in parmesan cheese and devouring it, is that you can make bright pink arancini balls the following day.

                                    You CAN make friends with salad.Source:Taste.com.au

TUESDAY

Let this protein-packed, high fibre dish refuel your body.Source:Taste.com.au

Summer is often synonymous with fresh, seasonal meals such as salad. And in contrast to popular belief (looking at you Marge Simpson), salads are totally ‘friendly’, as well as healthy, tasty and usually a cinch to whip up. Chicken and black rice salad with coconut dressing is the perfect dish to devour on its own, or paired with Asian crispy pork belly for a family-style meal.

WEDNESDAY

                         A better steak sandwich than you ever had at the pub.Source:Supplied

What’s better than a steak sandwich? That’s right, nothing. This roast beef, sauerkraut, beetroot and goat’s cheese sandwich is simple to make and bursting with flavour. Wrap it up for lunch or enjoy as a light dinner option.

THURSDAY

                     Let this protein-packed, high fibre dish refuel your body.Source:Taste.com.au

This salad is packed full of protein from both the lamb and the freekeh (roasted wheat). Enjoy as a recovery meal after a hard slog at the gym, or just whip it up at the end of a long day as a high fibre comfort dish. Lamb and freekeh salad is also just as good the next day, so my advice is double everything and lord it over your colleagues in the staffroom on Friday.

FRIDAY

Chilli, soy and garlic prawns will become a summer staple. Picture credit  bestrecipes.com.auSource:Supplied

You may argue that prawns are not fish, but from where I’m standing they are fishy enough, making this chilli, soy an  d garlic prawns recipes our pick for dinner this Fish Friday. Serve with rice noodles and sauteed Asian greens, or barbecue them on skewers for a more kid-friendly option.

SATURDAY

                            Spicy baked eggs and mimosas? Yep, I’m awake!Source:Supplied

Spicy baked eggs are so tasty, they will be the reason you’re bouncing out of bed on a Saturday morning. However, if like me bouncing anywhere on a Saturday morning sounds horrendous, they’re also great as a brunch or even lunch option. Topped with crispy pancetta and chilli, these eggs go great with toasted sourdough or just a mimosa. And yes, champagne is totally allowed for breakfast if combined with sugar-free orange juice ... I think.

SUNDAY

The easiest paella you’ll ever attempt.Source:Supplied

If there are two words I want to hear on a Sunday they’re ‘cheats’ and ‘paella’. This cheats vegetarian paella is Spanish cooking made easy. At the end of the weekend no one wants to worry about perfectly cooking a fillet of, well anything, so whip up this spicy and vegetable-packed dish, and enjoy it under the setting sun. If the good weather holds out you might just feel like you’re in Valencia.