Zucchini Carbonara

This is one of my favourite dishes:

Ingredients:

Serves 2:

• 1 large breast of chicken chopped up into bite sized pieces 
• 4 strips of streaky bacon chopped up 
• 5-6 large sundried tomatoes chopped up 
• 75gms Creamy feta (more or less depending on your taste preference) 
• Handful of Toasted Pinenuts 
• 100-200mls Heavy Cream 
• 2 Egg Yolks 
• 2-3 zucchinis julienned 
• 1 Tbsp Basil Pesto 
• Knob of butter 
• Garnish: Freshly Grated Parmesan Cheese and Salt & Pepper

Instructions:

First toast your pinenuts!
Then fry your bacon, once browned put aside, fry the chicken using the bacon drippings. Once the chicken is almost cooked throw back in the bacon, sundried tomatoes and pesto.

In a bowl add your egg yolks, cream salt and pepper. Add the wet mixture and let simmer on a very low heat, you don't want the egg to curdle. Only cook for about 2 minutes. Add your feta and take off the heat.

In a separate non stick frying pan melt a knob of butter and flash fry the zucchini, you don't want to do it for long otherwise your zucchini will go mushy, add the zucchini noodles to the creamy chicken and serve immediately, grate some fresh parmesan on top and some freshly cracked pepper and salt.

Warning: Super rich!!!

Creamy Feta Chicken with Zucchini Noodles

First off thank you to one of my readers Megan Roberts for reminding me how good zucchini "pasta" can be! I have made zucchini strips a while back http://primaljourney.blogspot.co.nz/2009/11/i-think-its-about-time-i-posted.html and http://primaljourney.blogspot.co.nz/2011/06/its-been-crap-week.html but I don't do it much because slicing it super thin with a knife is pretty time consuming, so I got a julienne peeler and viola it's easy peasy!

This is one of my favourite concoctions:

Ingredients:

Serves 2:

• 1 large breast of chicken chopped up into bite sized pieces
• 4 strips of streaky bacon chopped up
• 5-6 pieces of Dutch salami chopped into strips
• 5-6 large sundried tomatoes chopped up
• 75gms Creamy feta (more or less depending on your taste preference)
• Handful of frozen or fresh spinach
• 200-250mls Cream
• 2-3 zucchinis julienned mixed with 1 Tbsp Basil Pesto
• Knob of butter
• Garnish: Freshly Grated Parmesan Cheese and Salt & Pepper

Instructions:

Fry the bacon, once browned put aside, fry the chicken using the bacon drippings.  Once the chicken is almost cooked throw back in the bacon, salami, sundried tomatoes, spinach and the cream, start to reduce the sauce by just simmering for a few minutes on a low heat, then add your feta for the last remaining minutes.  Take off the heat and put aside.

In a separate non stick frying pan melt a knob of butter and flash fry the zucchini and pesto mixture, you don't want to do it for long otherwise your zucchini will go mushy, add the noodles to the creamy chicken and serve immediately, grate some fresh parmesan on top and some freshly cracked pepper and salt.

Warning: Super rich!!!

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

Updated Pic and Food Diary

I've decided it's time to start blogging my food again, it's not only great accountability for me but I think most of you want some food inspiration.  The most visited pages are the food journal entries!  So far I've only got these pics of two days dinners but I will start blogging a bit more with the food journals each week :)

Also an updated picture for you, 69.6kgs yesterday so I've lost just over a kilo since I posted my weight last.

Friday, October 28 2011 

7.30am: 5 strips of streaky bacon, 4 poached eggs, hot cocoa with 1 tsp sugar and 3 Tbsps Coconut Cream

12.30pm: 2 x Walnut crackers with camembert, hot cocoa with 1 tsp sugar and 3 Tbsps Coconut Cream

5.30pm: Leftover piece of Meatza with Salad Greens, spring onion, cucumber and guacamole.  4 pieces Old Gold

Saturday, October 29  2011

7.30am: 2 egg omelet with 2 Tbsps Cream, filled with 2 strips of streaky bacon, grated colby and cream cheese.  hot cocoa with 1 tsp sugar and 3 Tbsps Coconut Cream

12.30pm: 2 walnut crackers with camembert, hot cocoa with 1 tsp sugar and 3 Tbsps Coconut Cream

5.30pm: Chicken cabonara with zucchini, mushroom, bacon and reduced cream and parmesan sauce. 4 pieces old gold