Thai Green Chicken Curry

Thai Green Chicken Curry is my husbands favourite dish and since it was his birthday last week I made it for him as a treat, it's fairly primal, not so much a weight loss dish unless you have a small portion and we all know I'm not about small portions ;)

Serves 3

2 good sized chicken breasts
3 cloves garlic grated/chopped or crushed
3-4cm square piece of fresh ginger grated
1/2 onion
bunch of fresh corriander
1/2 fresh lemon or lime
2 Tbsps Fish Sauce
Thai Green curry paste (1/2 - 1tsp depending on how hot you want it)
2 Tbsp's Trident Sweet chilli sauce - more or less depending on sweetness (I have found that the Trident brand has no high fructose corn syrup it has sugar)
250mls Kara Coconut Cream (I prefer Kara Coconut Cream as it tastes wonderful and has less processed ingredients in it)
3 kafir lime leaves if you can get them same goes for lemongrass but still great without these ingredients

Dice chicken and fry until nearly cooked and put aside.
Cook onion in butter, once done add ginger and garlic and cook for just a little then add fish sauce, lemon juice and green curry paste and let cook out for a minute or so, add coconut cream and combine well.  Drop in your cooked chicken and half the coriander and simmer for about 10minutes so that the chicken is cooked and the sauce has reduced.  Add the remining coriander and the sweet chilli sauce.

Serve on rice or cauliflower rice, if you were being weight loss consious reduce the sweet chillis sauce and serve on cauliflower rice or vegetables.

It's delish!!

Recent Food Journal

Here's my food journal for the last week and a half, hopefully those of you that find it helpful will enjoy it.  This illustrates my 80/20 weight maintenance quite well.  Although I had ideas of weight loss it just didn't happen this week!

Sunday 30/10/2011

8am: 4 poached eggs and 5 strips of streaky bacon

11am: Decaf vanilla latte with cream

4pm: Real fruit strawberry icecream

7pm: Eye fillet with creamy pepper sauce, brocolli and cauliflower with butter and roasted kumara chips in bacon fat

Monday 31/10/2011

9am: Hot cocoa with 1 tsp sugar and 4 Tbsps Coconut cream

1pm: 3 poached eggs and 5 strips of streaky bacon, 2 walnut crackers with camembert.

6pm: Pork burger patty with melted cheese, bacon and side salad with greens, cucumber, cherry tomatoes and mayo

Tuesday 1/11/2011

7am: Omelet with 2 eggs and cream filled with cheese cream cheese and 2 strips bacon

6pm: Roast chicken with reduction gravy, cauliflower and fresh green beans, 1 piece Lindt Sea Salt

Wednesday 2/11/2011

7am: Omelet with 2 eggs and cream filled with cheese cream cheese and 2 strips bacon, Hot cocoa with 1 tsp sugar and 4 Tbsps Coconut cream

2pm: 2 Walnut crackers with camembert

7pm: Chicken carbonara with pumpkin, mushrooms, bacon, pine nuts, cream and parmesan.  4 pieces old gold and 1 piece Lindt Blueberry Intense

Thursday 3/11/2011

9am: 4 poached eggs and 5 strips of streaky bacon

2pm: 3 walnut crackers with camembert, Hot cocoa with 1 tsp sugar and 4 Tbsps Coconut cream

6pm: KFC Thighs x 2, a few chips and gravy, 2 pieces Lindt Sea salt, 2 pieces Lindt Blueberry Intense and 6 pieces Old gold

Friday 4/11/2011

7am: Scrambled eggs with cheese, 4 strips of streaky bacon,  Hot cocoa with 1 tsp sugar and 4 Tbsps Coconut cream

2pm: 2 Walnut crackers with camembert, 1/2 cup fresh raspberries

6pm: Chicken Feta Salad with greens, cucumber, feta dressing (feta, tuscan seasoning, lemon juice and greek yoghurt), sundried tomato, shredded chicken, topped with bacon and toasted pine nuts.  1 piece old gold, 1 piece Lindt Blueberry Intense, 2 pieces Lindt Sea Salt

Saturday 5/11/2011

7am: Scrambled eggs with cheese, 4 strips of streaky bacon

11am: Decaf flat white with 1 tsp sugar and cream

4pm: Butterscotch Colossal Trumpet

6pm: Tesoro - Chicken Taco salad with the shell, extra cheese and extra guacomole

Sunday 6/11/2011

8am: 3 Poached eggs, 4 pieces Streaky bacon

12pm: Decaf Vanilla Latte with cream

7pm: Salad with greens, cucumber, cherry tomatoes, avocado, spring onion, camembert, KFC Zinger fillets x 2 and Mayo.  2 pieces Lindt Blueberry and 2 pieces Lindt Sea Salt

 

Monday 7/11/2011

7am: Scrambled eggs with cheese, 4 strips of streaky bacon 

2pm: Hot cocoa with 1 tsp sugar and 4 Tbsps Coconut cream, 2 Walnut crackers with camembert

8pm: Pataks Chicken Tikka with cream and 2 Pappadams, 3 pieces Lindt Blueberry and 2 pieces Lindt Sea Salt

Tuesday 8/11/2011

8am: 2 Poached eggs, 4 pieces Streaky bacon, Hot cocoa with 1 tsp sugar and 4 Tbsps Coconut cream

2pm: Raspberrie Sorbet (blended 1/2 cup frozen raspberries with 4 Tbsps Coconut Cream and 1Tbsp Unflavoured Whey Protein Powder.

7pm: Pork Meatza topped with BBQ Sauce, cooked onions, tomatoes and bacon, cream cheese and mozarella.  1 piece Lindt Sea Salt, 6 pieces Old Gold

Wednesday 8/11/2011

7am: Hot cocoa with 1 tsp sugar and 4 Tbsps Coconut cream

9am: Leftover Meatza

3pm: Hot cocoa with 1 tsp sugar and 4 Tbsps Coconut cream

6pm: 2 roasted pork strips, roasted parsnip, cauliflower, green beans with cheese sauce

5 pieces old gold

Roast Chicken with Reduction Gravy

Hi guys! I've been asked a few times about reduction gravy, the other night when I was making it I thought I would take some pics.

First roast your chicken, this is a size 24 and does us for 3 nights, first night roast meal, second night I use it for chicken carbonara and the 3rd night I make a chicken feta salad. Who ever said you can't do primal on a budget?...

I put tuscan seasoning and a bit of worchestire sauce on top and then roasted in a covered glass dish for 2 1/2 hours.  All the steam creates lots of moisture and an extremely tender chicken. 

Drain the stock into a saucepan as above.  If you can, remove the fat as then you don't get the split happening but otherwise it will still work fine.

Add a little cream, maybe 1/4 cup, 1 tsp dijon mustard, 1/2 tsp curry powder, a few shakes of paprika and s&p

Boil slowly until it ressembles the 3rd picture.

Then take it off the heat and mix in a little more cream, pour over your roast, easy peasy and deliciously rich!!