Light meals

Here are a few of ideas of a quick and light lunch/ meal (and no need to add healthy and delicious). Now it is no surprise I'm an avocado lover, so you are warned that most (if not all) of these meals include it. I truly think that it changes the taste of what you eat, makes it way so much better, tastier, plus avocado is rich in omega-3 and good for the skin (alright I will spare you the list, only because there's no need to explain something that is healthy and nutritious right). Here you go:

Wrap with tuna, avocado and tomato

Avocado and egg on toast, with salad

Mac and cheese, mix with chopped avocado

Sushi, alright this is a cheat, but they are so yummy ;)

Ravioli

Hehehe I'm back with ravioli again. This time I did not make the sauce. We simply bought it ready made (as well as the ravioli). I however did add some garlic and mushroom to it, idea of making it more flavoursome. Maybe I will make my own someday. I just think that there are food items which are easier bought pre-cooked because it is a life-simplification, and I'm sure we can't but make good use of these handy things. So I add one whole avocado with it. I love avocados so much. They goes so well with anything. Anything.

 

 

 

Avocado sandwich with ham and tomato

Seriously, this is the best sandwich ever. I mean so much goodness in those lovely avocados and tomatoes. Great food. When I think of those fast food, nothing can definitely beat home made dishes. They are fresher, healthier and cheaper options.

 

 

Sushi

Alright, I know  I will be repeating myself here, but I like to take pictures of dishes I cook and make all the time (making full use of that phone camera Yes!). I really feel proud when I put something on a plate, really. It does show that effort, patience and love make a great deal difference and pays off.
So here I am again with my sushi. This time I took pictures of every step.

Sushi rice, cooked and put aside to be cooled

All my sushi filling ready to go in the sushi

Nori leave ready as well (place the shiny side on top)

Put rice on nori sheet, leaving a little space at the bottom empty

Put your filling at the bottom

Rolled up

I made 5 rolls

Cut and ready to be eaten

So this is it.

Pasta Dish

One of the simplest thing to cook like ever should be pasta. Surely, it does not require great skills to put up a plate, edible and tasty one.
I like bolognese pasta or carbonara sauce. It's simple and filling.

The most recent one we cook is that one (see picture). This was quite a troublesome day in the kitchen. This makes me remind to say that we should always prepare before cooking; I'm obviously taking about having the right ingredients before hand! The original plan was to use the 'readily-made' bolognese sauce as they are mostly handy. However, we did not have any (and realised this only too late *sigh*). So we had to improvise and made use of what we had on hand. We therefore use a 'normal' tomato puree tin and mixed them with herbs. Added with it mushroom and avocado.
It turns out to be a hasty but edible dish hehe. A success :)

Guacamole

Okay like I mentioned, avocado is my revelation of last year. This fruit (I actually just google whether it is a fruit or veggie haha) just taste amazingly good and is so rich in goodness. It is good for your skin, health, blood circulation. Well see for yourself ;) So like I was saying this is a gorgeous fruit.

Now the dish that I like the most is guacamole. I mean this is just perfect. It's so healthy. It is one of the most healthy meal ever. It's creamy, delicious, I could go on like that actually. More praise for this dish hehe.

My guacamole is simple, so avocado, tomato, and lemon juice. Well if you have a lil more time, add a clove of crushed garlic. Some of the recipe I saw ask to add salt and pepper- I think it's not necessary as the flavours are already amazing and in my opinion it will just affect the taste. I'm not a great salt lover anyway- I try to avoid them the most if possible. Well, this is simply a perfect dip or meal to eat like that.

The other day, I did not have tomato with me, but cherry tomatoes. Oh my goodness, it was way better than normal tomatoes; the sweetness that came from the mix was a delight to the mouth. I want more!

This one is the first time I made it:

Sushi time

Oh my gosh, what a hectic week it has been. I scarcely had free time, was tired as hell, and had few hours of sleep; missed two brekkie like first time everrrrrr. Well, it shows how life brings us lot of challenges, and I'm glad I was able to go through them. Thank God.

Anyway, I had time to make sushi this week and I'm really grateful, because it is handy to bring at work. Man I so don't want to talk about work, my roster this week was so sh**.

Back to topic, I absolutely love avocado. Like almost everything else, I was quite suspicious about avocado, but it turns out a delightful amazing fruit. I had it in my sushi. I adore making guacamole as well- it's so simple and delicious.I'm so thrilled about avocado now!

So I made tuna sushi with avocado. I loved salmon but not in my budget at the moment (unfortunately *sad face*).

Here you go:

Well since we're on  topic, why not to kill two birds with one stone. These are pictures of my first time making sushi. To be honest, I had to throw away my first batch rice because it was too watery, despite following the recipe to the point. What a waste I know!

My second time was a lil better. I understood which way to put the seaweed. I kept wondering which side is the 'mat' one haha. Picturesss here you go:

Anyway, I have to add as a side note how much I felt disgusted about eating sushi before, wondering how people could eat that!! Well this feeling is over now, believe me. I mean I can't believe it!
I love eating sushi now. I cannot even remember how I got used to eat it *questioning face* Plus, eating seaweed is good for health, and when you put good things in it, it's even healthier.

I'll tell you my measurement for the rice:

2 cups of rice, cooked with 3 cups of water (or follow the instructions on the packaging, very important)

To be mixed with the cooked rice: 
5 tablespoons rice vinegar
2 tablespoons brown sugar
5 cl of water, or more -depending on whether you feel it's too watery
2 teaspoons salt

Pour the above ingredients in a pan and heat up until everything is dissolved. Then add to the rice, let the mixture cool down and your sushi rice is ready to be used hehe.