Green Vegetables So Healthy : With Beef, Fish or Salad

Growing up I can remember my dear Mum used to say 'eat your greens, they are good for you' and she was right because "leafy green vegetables are an important part of a healthy diet. They’re packed with vitamins, minerals and fibre but low in calories. Eating a diet rich in leafy greens can offer numerous health benefits including reduced risk of obesity, heart disease, high blood pressure and mental decline." more to read here

With green vegetables in mind I share three low carb recipes which use beef, fish or salad. I wonder will you have a favourite from these three? Do please share your thoughts in the comments ... thankyou 😊

Winter Green Casserole

During cooler months, you just cannot beat a casserole.

The meat is always tender, and the vegetables with the various seasonings,

herbs and gravy/stock just combine together and the taste is simply gorgeous.

The other bonus is the sense of the taste you also get as the glorious aroma wafts through the kitchen

have all your cooking ingredients ready

Winter Green Beef Casserole

Serves 2 / 3

Ingredients

.450kg casserole steak, diced

1 green pepper

1 leek, trimmed

2 (medium sized) courgettes / zucchini

mushrooms, a handful 4 - 6

salt and black pepper for seasoning

mixed herbs

gravy / stock (of choice) about 3/4 pint (to cover meat etc.)

White cabbage to accompany dish

Instructions

can be seen here

Hake (or Cod) fish in green sauce with asparagus

A tasty and simple dish covered in a creamy green sauce made with fresh herbs.

Try this healthy, low-carb, high-protein dish.

Ingredients

Serves Two

Green sauce

5 tsp olive oil

½ (3½ oz.) avocado

2 tbsp lemon juice

½ oz. (4⁄5 cup) fresh parsley

½ oz. (4⁄5 cup) fresh cilantro

1 tsp garlic powder

salt and ground black pepper to taste

Hake (or Cod) and asparagus

2 tbsp olive oil

9 oz. green asparagus

12 oz. hake fish or cod, boneless fillets

Instructions

can be seen here

Green Salad ... the Mary Berry Way !

When it comes to salads there is so much variety to choose from and really it's up to you how you want to serve them. You can dress them up, make them simple, make them fancy, make them rainbow … so many choices. Now if you should be looking for a nice green salad recipe let Mary Berry help you ...

Ingredients

serves ten

For the dill dressing

8 tbsp extra virgin olive oil

3 tbsp white wine vinegar

1 tbsp balsamic vinegar

1 tbsp Dijon mustard

1 tbsp caster sugar

1 bunch fresh dill, chopped

salt and freshly ground black pepper

For the salad

8 spring onions (scallions), thinly sliced

8 celery sticks, thinly sliced

1 small fennel bulb, thinly sliced

½ large cucumber, halved lengthways and sliced

200g/7oz mixed salad leaves, roughly torn

1 Romaine lettuce, roughly torn

100g/3½oz rocket or watercress, roughly torn

Instructions

can be seen here

I do hope you like these three recipe suggestions. When you look through this blog you will see a variety of recipe ideas, but please note, not all may be suitable for you. If you may have any food allergies, or underlying health issues these must always be taken into account. If you are a diabetic and not sure how certain foods may affect your blood sugars, test is best, i.e. use your meter.

Notes:

Update on the blogger problems and commenting. Like me I know many of you are still experiencing problems with leaving comments on some (not all) blogs, it is very frustrating. I thank all of you that have commented and left suggestions on previous posts. I hope that blogger will sort it out soon, refer to this post here

All the best Jan