Saturday, October 4, 2008

Goal Reached!

Ok. So in my first post I said there were a few things I wanted. Well, among them was to fit into my old jeans. Appropriately. Well, I'm wearing them now!

I'm going to work extra hard this week and I'm aiming to be at 90 kg by this time next week.

I think I'll be living on soup and salads.

Kangaroo and Veg Broth.

1x pack French onion soup
1x pack chicken noodle soup
500g marinated Kangaroo meat (or beef strips if Roo not available)
1x large onion (2x small)
3x sticks celery (with leaves)
1x capsicum
2x carrots
1x tin baby corn
1x broccoli stalk

Bring 2L of water to boil. Add both packets of soup, Reduce heat to simmer. Dice meat finely and add to water. Add drained corn and coarsely chopped onion, celery, capsicum, broccoli stalk and peeled carrots. Finely chop celery leaves and add to pot as well. Fresh parsley and oregano can also be finely chopped and added for extra flavor.

Simmer until meat is cooked. Add salt and pepper to taste.

Tip: Kangaroo meat is notoriously tough, and very flavorsome. Cooking it in soup tenderizes it, and it gives an amazing flavor to the broth.

Low Fat Creamy Pumpkin Soup

1x large butternut pumpkin
1x pack chicken noodle soup
1x tin low fat coconut milk

Bring approx 2L water to boil and add soup mix. Chop pumpkin into squares. Add to pot. Reduce heat to a slow boil and cover for about an hour, stirring occasionally. Pumpkin will turn to mush as it cooks. When the sop has reached a desired consistency, add coconut milk.

Tip: If desired, double the amount of soup packets and coconut cream. Add a cup of caramelised onion for a sweeter kick.

5 comments:

epskee said...

That first recipie would have me lose TONS of weight! I cant STAND the smell of roo. We always used to feed it to the dogs, so to me it means PET FOOD. I couldn't handle it even in restaurants. Shame, because when we were young we'd eat it all the time and it was lovely.

Oh the memories this post brought back!

MissE said...

Go Phish!
You legend!!!

Hopefully I"ll be back on track by Wednesday as the virus seems to be finally losing.

Anonymous said...

congrats on getting into your jeans babygirl, that is the shit hey?

xxx

Anonymous said...

Good for you honey, you earnt it. xx

Big Girl said...

just found this page but wanted to say good for you! I know the feeling of getting that button to close and zipper to go up without screaming in agony and having to wear a big baggy sweatshirt so no one can see the huge bulge hanging over them.