Stir Fry Chicken with Peppers and Cabbage
A few years ago I had decided to the gym and try become a little healthier. Of course with the gym come healthy eating and most times what we are told is healthy food is really not appealing. So in my quest to eat healthier and eat less carbs I started making this meal and I quite liked it. I’m no expert in calorie counting but I bet this is on the lower side. But what I love most about this recipe is how quite it cooks in less than 20 you could have a meal on ur table, I guess you could serve with some steamed rice or a boiled potato but I love it on its own, it’s quite filling and tasty. Hope you will enjoy it as much as I do. HAPPY COOKING!!
Ingredients
- 1 large onion thinly sliced
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 200gms chicken fillet
- 1 tablespoon garlic
- ½ teaspoon ginger
- 160gms shredded white cabbage
- ¼ cup each of red, green & yellow pepper
- ¼ cup sweet corn
- 50gms button mushrooms
- 3 tablespoons sweet chilli sauce + 3 tablespoons of water
Instructions
Put the onion and oil in a wok or large frying pan on medium heat and fry till the onions are transparent.
Add the garlic and ginger and cook for about 1-2 mins
Add the chicken and cook on low heat for about 7-9 mins.
You can add about a tablespoon of water or more if you need to.
Add the mushrooms and cook for about 2 mins Add the peppers and cook for another 2 mins
Add the sweet corn and cook for 1 min Add the cabbage and the sweet chilli water mixture and cook for 2-3 mins
Serve hot. HAPYY EATING!
https://www.themothershipvillage.com/stir-fry-chicken-with-peppers-and-cabbage/
Special (Black Bean) Brownies
So when I first saw this on Pinterest sometime in April the “pinner” called them special brownies, I just had to see what made them so special. When I went over to Tia Tofu I found out what made these brownies so special BLACK BEANS!!!!
Can you imagine that? Baking with Black beans!!!!! HOW IS THAT EVEN POSSIBLE? Plus how do you bake with no flour????? GOSH! Was I shocked or what. I thought it was weird that someone actually sat and discovered that you can bake with beans instead of flour. But…….me being Wangeci I got curious and just had to try it. I wanted to “see” what the brownies tasted like how weird they would taste coz of the beans although the blogger at Tia Tofu had said that you could not taste the beans.
So I first thought that black beans are what we (Kikuyus) call Njahi (black bean with a white strip)
Njahis- DO NOT USE THIS
So in my mind as I thought that I would EVENTUALLY get round to baking these I would be using Njahis. When I did a Google search the black beans did not really look like Njahis. So when I went to buy groceries at the City Park Hawkers Market I asked one of the ladies who was selling if they knew what black beans were and she did not seem to know. After consulting a few people one said that there were some “new” beans being sold but they were dry. So I got some.
Black beans-dry
Black beans-boiled
Well first forward to about a week later and I tried them and boy was I SURPRISED! They actually tasted like brownies. I loved them. I gave them to a few people; two of the people I shared with had no idea that I used beans. The first one liked it, said it tasted great and when I told them it was beans she was QUITE surprised. The second person also did not know it was made of beans and she liked it too but said it was too chocolatey (but they’re brownies so….) again she was quite surprised that it was made of beans. The third person my gal Liz knew I was baking with beans. Her first reaction, I think was, they’re gooooddd….. but they taste funny..aah not funny just different but they are good. So she liked them too.
So verdict…..These will make you great and healthy brownies. I personally love them. HAPPY BAKING!!
Ingredients
- 425gms of black beans, boiled and drained (you can use canned)
- 1 cup oats
- ½ cup cocoa
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ cup stevia/sweetlow/ or any diabetic sweetener. I used sugar though because I did not have this buts better to use the diabetic sugar to reduce calories and refined sugars.
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1 ¼ cup of coconut milk
- 3 tablespoons of oil (nothing too string smelling)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- ¼ cup chocolate chips (optional, I did not use)
Instructions
Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius
Put the black beans, oats, cocoa powder and baking powder in a food processor until its flour like ( there shouldn’t be any bean pieces)
Transfer the mixture into a mixing bowl and add the coconut milk, oil, vanilla and sweetener. Stir in the chocolate chips
If you do not have a food processor like me, put in all the ingredients (save for the chocolate chips and pulse for about a minute at a time. Stopping to give the blender a break. Do this till the mixture is COMPLETELY smooth.
Pour batter into a greased 8×8 pan. Bake for 30 mins
If you want to add some icing try this Peanut Butter Frosting. HAPPY EATING!!
https://www.themothershipvillage.com/special-black-bean-brownies/
Kitchen Garden Update-4
So two months since I started my garden things seem to be going pretty well. After my drama last week of someone pouring detergent on my plants and some of them dying, this weeks things are great. Last week we reported the issue to the administration and it caused a bit of a stir in the office, well hopefully that will scare the stupid culprit and he/she will not do that again.
Well this week….
My lettuce are still looking BEAUTIFUL
who would ever believe that these babies grow in Kakuma????
My Dhanias (coriander) are also doing quite well
The Baby spinach
I finally got the chillies,
My carrots
and finally my onions
Did i tell you I am already eating the dhanias and spinach???
SO EXCITING!
