Anyone who knows me and my eating habits, know this well, that I love non vegetarian food. Vegetables can be a side but very rarely the whole meal, unless of course I am doing just a salad for lunch or dinner, in which case I stick to plant proteins.
Anyways, yesterday I had every intention of making some chicken curry and rice. But a bunch if chores came up and then running to yoga, I completely forgot to take the chicken out for thawing. By the time I am back from yoga, I am famished and thawing and cooking then was clearly ruled out. What to do? What to do? Should we just have a big salad for dinner or go out to my new favorite Thai place?
I scolded myself..stop it! You just came back from a rigorous work out. Don't ruin it by having restaurant food. So, there I stood in front of the refrigerator to check what else could be made quickly.
Took out the asparagus, the half used green and orange bell peppers and half of an onion. But how could this possibly be the whole meal. Remembered that I had a big block of paneer that I had picked up from the Indian store and forgotten about it.
Took it out and cut two thick slabs off the main block. Plan was to marinate and throw it on the grill pan to make paneer steaks..:)
In a bowl took the paneer, rubbed it with olive oil, ginger garlic paste, a blob of Worcestershire sauce, dried thyme and basil, red chili flakes and salt. Massaged the paneer nicely with this mix and put it in the refrigerator for taking out at the end for grilling.
Had a couple of sweet potatoes, peeled then mad boiled them to medium softness.
Then in a large skillet , poured some oil and flash fried the sweet potatoes with cinnamon , garlic salt and nutmeg powder. When the turned crisp on the sides, took them off the heat.
In the oven, I already had thrown the asparagus, peppers, onion and smashed up garlic along with sale, pepper, chili flakes and olive oil to roast.
Opened up the box of couscous, added a few chopped almonds and cranberries. I love to add chia in just about everything these days. So added a tablespoon of chia seeds in a bowl along with the couscous and nuts. Poured enough boiling water into the bowl to get absorbed well but not be too soggy or dry.
Lastly took out the marinated paneer steaks and fried them in a grill pan.
Plated all this neatly and voila a great, visually pleasing and tasty vegetarian meal ready.
Hubby loved it and so do I.
Let me know what you think?
Anyways, yesterday I had every intention of making some chicken curry and rice. But a bunch if chores came up and then running to yoga, I completely forgot to take the chicken out for thawing. By the time I am back from yoga, I am famished and thawing and cooking then was clearly ruled out. What to do? What to do? Should we just have a big salad for dinner or go out to my new favorite Thai place?
I scolded myself..stop it! You just came back from a rigorous work out. Don't ruin it by having restaurant food. So, there I stood in front of the refrigerator to check what else could be made quickly.
Took out the asparagus, the half used green and orange bell peppers and half of an onion. But how could this possibly be the whole meal. Remembered that I had a big block of paneer that I had picked up from the Indian store and forgotten about it.
Took it out and cut two thick slabs off the main block. Plan was to marinate and throw it on the grill pan to make paneer steaks..:)
In a bowl took the paneer, rubbed it with olive oil, ginger garlic paste, a blob of Worcestershire sauce, dried thyme and basil, red chili flakes and salt. Massaged the paneer nicely with this mix and put it in the refrigerator for taking out at the end for grilling.
Had a couple of sweet potatoes, peeled then mad boiled them to medium softness.
Then in a large skillet , poured some oil and flash fried the sweet potatoes with cinnamon , garlic salt and nutmeg powder. When the turned crisp on the sides, took them off the heat.
In the oven, I already had thrown the asparagus, peppers, onion and smashed up garlic along with sale, pepper, chili flakes and olive oil to roast.
Opened up the box of couscous, added a few chopped almonds and cranberries. I love to add chia in just about everything these days. So added a tablespoon of chia seeds in a bowl along with the couscous and nuts. Poured enough boiling water into the bowl to get absorbed well but not be too soggy or dry.
Lastly took out the marinated paneer steaks and fried them in a grill pan.
Plated all this neatly and voila a great, visually pleasing and tasty vegetarian meal ready.
Hubby loved it and so do I.
Let me know what you think?
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