Lunch: Tuna Salad Sandwich

Problems with inspiration for your lunchbox?? No particular idea on what you feel like having, and no desire to work your kitchen for hours today? My lunchbox today might inspire you a bit...

My seaside weekend inspired me to make a healthy 'seaside lunch'.
The salty water still in my nostrils reminded my brain of the existence of a tuna can in my cupboard and the sight of bread in my other cupboard then created the idea to make a fresh home made tuna salad!

Ingredients:

• tuna can (water based)
• 2 tablespoons of yoghurt
• 1 teaspoon mayonaise
• 1 teaspoon mustard
• pinch of salt
• pinch of dried origano
• two slices of whole weat bread

How to make it:

Mix the tuna, with the yoghurt, mayonaise, mustard and herbs.

Keep it in a separate container until you serve it, because otherwise your bread will soak up and it ain't particularly nice!

Once it was lunchtime I spread the tuna salad on my slices of bread and served it with a classic green salad with some balsamic vinaigrette and tomatoes.

Outcome: a very satisfying lunch if I may say so... next time I am going to add some fresh capers to give it a little hmpf extra!

Homemade Tuna Salad

Buon Appetito

Chef Steph

Little Saturday Sunshine = Goat's Cheese & Avocado Sandwich + Pear/Strawberry Smoothie

The sun is out, 30 degrees celcius and it's a NON weekday!
Waking up by yourself instead of the dreadful alarm clock, and having ZERO plans sometimes is what a girl needs. After a morning of market, groceries, several specialty stores my belly was hungry for some fuel. One look at my balcony, fridge and drawer (where bikini is was stowed away) and I knew my mission.

Goat's cheese and avocado sandwich and a homemade pear/strawberry smoothie... a towel, bikini and an easy read magazine... music on and voila - my day was made!

Ingredients:

• two slices of dark brown bread - or any kind you like really
• one small tomato sliced
• 1/4 avocado sliced
• goat's cheese - or any kind of cheese that is currently in your fridge
• one pear
• three strawberries
• glass of milk
• a couple of ice cubes

How to make it:

Staple cheese, avocado and tomato on a sandwich and voila! I wanted to grill it, but without an actual panini grill that is hard to do!

Blend fruit and milk with the icecubes... and voila!

Outcome: Summer Heaven in 5 minutes!

Buon Appetito

Chef Steph

A winner's Lunch: Eggs Cremose

Last sunday I ran my first 10k on a lovely and satisfied stomach thanks to my winner's breakfast. Such a good breakfast that I ran my 10k in 1h10, something I had not expected at all. Anyways so the breakfast kept me full till two hours after my run!!!! I know, it's bad to wait so long after a workout but I had an apple...and I wanted to wait for my super duper winner's lunch and post it upon request of the dearest and most lovely Russian lady: Katia!

Ingredients:

• one piece of Wasa Fibres
• 1 tablespoon Olive Oil
• 1 yellow pepper cut in cubes
• 2 eggs 
• salt and pepper to taste
• 1 slice of Sottilette Cremose --> Italy's most plastic but creamiest 'cheddar/creamcheese' kind of things that is just perfect in eggs, on burgers, in one pot casseroles... etc.
• 50gr cooked Ham

How to make it:

Wasa speaks for itself and just needs to be put on a plate! ;)

Heat up the oil in a frying pan and fry the pepper for a couple of minutes to get the hard edge of of them. Take them out but keep the pan heated. Immediately add the two eggs and start stirring slowly. Flipping the eggs from one side to another. 

Add the salt, pepper and the Sottilette shred in little pieces to the eggs. 

Flip some more and when the cheese melted nicely you're done.

Place the egg next to the pepper and your wasa and add the fresh cooked ham.

Outcome: PROTEINS, Fiber and Healthy Carbs ... says enough!

Winner's Lunch

Buon Appetito

Chef Steph