If you're like me and have a hard time finding inspiration in one of your many Pinterest boards for meal ideas, this is for you. With tropical inspired flavours these are some you'll love for summer.
There are four recipes: Breakfast, Lunch, Snack and Dinner so that you get a full day of flavourful meals and have ingredients you can use in each one.
Breakfast: Caramelized Orange & Ginger French Toast
What you'll need to serve 2:
Fresh Orange (Rind and juice from half a small orange)
Challah Bread (4-5 slices)
Brown Sugar (1/4 cup)
Butter (2 Tbsp)
Fresh Grated Ginger (1 Tbsp)
Eggs (2)
Egg White (100g)
Nutmeg (To taste - I used 1 Tbsp)
Cinnamon (To taste - I used 2 Tbsp since I love cinnamon)
Plain Greek Yogurt
What you'll do:
In a pan melt butter, add orange zest and juice of half an orange along with your ginger. Once you can smell these pull to the side and put on low.
Mix 2 eggs in a mixing bowl, add egg white, cinnamon & nutmeg. Let each slice of challah bread sit in the egg mixture for a minute or so or until there are no dry spots to be seen. Cook the french toast in butter until browned on each side.
To your orange and ginger, add brown sugar add a touch more butter so that the mixture slowly starts to become more of a liquid and the aroma is very strong. Serve your french toast, topping the slices with greek yogurt, the orange and ginger mixture and a couple of slices of orange.
Snack: Pina Colada Protein Smoothie
What you'll need to serve 1:
Dragonfruit (1/2)
Kefir (250ml)
Vanilla Protein Powder (1 scoop)
Plain Greek Yogurt (100g)
Pineapple (1/2 cup chopped)
Fresh Lime (Juice & Zest to taste)
Chia Seeds (1 Tsp)
What you'll do:
Dice up your dragon fruit and pineapples and add to the blender with the kefir and greek yogurt, blend together and add in the protein powder. For a bit more texture add in some ice to give it a kind of slushy feeling - add your lime juice at the end to get that perfect hint of sourness along with the chia seeds.
Lunch: Sesame Seared Ahi Tuna Rice Bowl
What you'll need to serve two:
Black Sesame Seeds
Ahi Tuna Steaks
Soy Sauce (1 Tbsp)
Ponzu (1 Tbsp)
Lime Juice & Zest (1 lime)
White Rice (80g)
Mango (1/2 small diced)
Carrots (1 cup grated)
Radish (2 thinly sliced)
Kimchi (1 Tbsp)
Kewpie Mayonnaise
Green Onion (1 stalk)
Sesame Oil (1 Tbsp)
What you'll do:
Cook your rice how you normally do - we use a rice cooker at home after rinsing our rice. Let the rice cool. In a medium bowl allow the tuna steak to marinate in a mixture of Ponzu & Soy Sauce for about 30-45 minutes. On a small plate add the sesame seeds and dip the edges of your tuna until all sides are adequately covered. Add Sesame Oil to a hot pan and sear all of the edges with sesame seeds until lightly browned. Serve your rice, add your vegetables and top with the tuna adding the Kimchi and Kewpie Mayo for added flavour.
Dinner: Garlic Lime Shrimp & Steak with Mango Salad
What you'll need to serve 4:
Shrimp (2.5 cups)
Garlic Cloves (6 cloves - the more garlic the more flavour)
Fresh Lime (1)
Chilli Flakes (1 Tbsp)
Steak (4)
Sweet Paprika (1 Tsp)
Mango (3 cut into cubes)
Tomato (1 Roma)
Onion (1 small)
Cilantro (2 sprigs)
What you'll do for the Shrimp & Steak:
For your shrimp - divide onto skewers, drizzle with olive oil, salt, pepper, 3 garlic cloves, chilli flakes and sweet paprika. You will be cooking these on the BBQ for the perfect sear. Cook your steak on the BBQ to your liking and for additional flavour you will drizzle with a garlic butter... It's delicious and dangerous. See the notes below for the Garlic Butter.
What you'll do for the Mango Salad:
Dice up the mangoes, onion and Roma tomato - add to a bowl with lime juice and cilantro and mix.
Garlic Butter:
What you'll need:
Garlic Cloves (4)
Butter (2 Tbsp)
Cilantro (2 sprigs)
What you'll do:
Mice the garlic and add to a frying pan on medium heat, once you can smell the garlic add the butter and cilantro.
If you enjoyed these recipes let me know! I'd love your input on future recipe themes.
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