Tomato and okra stew

Okra, if it's not prepared well (cooked for long enough) is slimy and disgusting. Cooked well, it is wonderful and so easy to grow your own.

I love it with tomatoes, cooked for at least 20 minutes till the weird slime goes and you are left with deliciousness.

A generous handful of okra, topped and tailed and sliced into half centimetre discs

10 tomatoes, peeled and core removed.

1 can tomatoes

2 onions

4 cloves garlic

Salt and pepper to taste.

Sweat the onions and garlic

Add the okra

Chop up the tomatoes and add them.

 Season and simmer for around 20 minutes. 

Great hot and cold and freezes well.

Leek and roasted tomato frittata

1 leek

6 roasted tomatoes

6 eggs

a grind of black pepper

Optionally, cheese, onions, ham, etc.

Chop up the leek into 1.5cm lengths and fry it in a large saucepan with a little oil.

Remove the skin and seeds from the tomatoes and chop up into small squares.

When the leeks are soft, add the tomatoes and fry a little more.

Whisk the eggs and add to the mix.

Turn down the heat and leave to cook through.

Serve hot or cold.

Tuna steaks with pickled veggies

The proof of the pudding is said to be in the eating. I am now 6 months into my low GI eating plan and I have just had some blood tests.
As well as having lost a little over 30 kilos, my glucose levels have dropped from 130 to 98 (with the safe range being 75 - 115), my long term glucose levels are now down from 6.83 to a little under 6 (with the ideal being under 6.5) and I have energy and a renewed zest for life.
I am loving this way of cooking and eating. I really wish I'd understood it years ago.

1 tuna steak

1teaspoon soy

1teaspoon teriyaki

Half teaspoon sesame oil

1tablespoon regular oil

2 spring onions chopped finely

1 teaspoon coriander seeds

1 teaspoon black pepper corns

Mix all the ingredients, except the tuna steaks together, pour into a plastic bag. Add the tuna. Leave to marinate, ideally overnight.

Put the tuna on a hot pan. Leave till you can see it's cooked at least half a centimetre before turning. 

Repeat and serve pickled veggies. 

I like my tuna cooked through, many prefer it pink. It is very easy to see how far though it has cooked so remove when it is right for you.

Raspberry and cranberry smoothie

2 tablespoons raspberries

1 tablespoon cranberries

Either:

1 cup milk and one banana

or

Half cup milk, half cup natural yoghurt and half teaspoon honey

or

1 cup almond milk, 2 tablespoons almond powder, half teaspoon honey

Blend the ingredients together and have immediately. 

Obviously play around with the ingredients to find a blend that works best for you.

Steamed fish with ginger and spring onions

Ingredients
1 fish, filletted and skinned (if you wish)
A knob of ginger, peeled and thinly sliced
5 spring onions, chopped into 5cm lengths
1 lime (optional)

Put a steamer on to boil.
Line the steamer with ginger, place the fish on top, and half the spring onions on the fish.
Steam for around 10 minutes.
Serve with more of the spring onions.

Chicken kebabs with turkish salad

Make the chicken kebabs.

Make the turkish salad

Serve.

Turkish salad

Ingredients 
1 asian cucumber, peeled, cored and diced
3 tomatoes, peeled, cored and diced
1 green pepper, roasted, peeled, cored and diced
1 red pepper, roasted, peeled, cored and diced
A handful of parsley, chopped up
A handful of mint leaves, chopped up
150 grams feta cheese, cubed
Juice of two limes
1 tablespoon olive oil
Black pepper 

Mix together the lime juice, olive oil and black pepper.
Toss the other ingredients together
Pour over the marinade
Serve.