Last night I surprised myself by having enough foresight to pop some overnight chia seed oats into the fridge for this mornings breakfast. I mixed 1/2 cup of Rude Health Fruity Date porridge mix with 1 1/2 cups of water, 1 tbsp of chia seeds and 1 tbsp of coconut flour. This morning I mixed in some beautiful ripe mango and topped with coconut shreds:
I love overnight oats and chia seed puddings when the weather is warm!
After some pottering around the house I headed to the gym for a workout. I did 1 hour of intervals on the cross trainer, step machine, bike and rowing machine (15 min on each) followed by some abs and core exercises.
For lunch I made an Asian / Chinese inspired salad with chinese leaf, little gem, carrot, sugar snaps, red pepper, spring onions, edamame and a large serving of my kabocha squash dip. I then drizzled some ginger and yellow chilli sauce on top:
This was one of my biggest salads ever and I couldn’t finish it all! A bit later I had some blackberries and apples and a tasty green juice made with cucumber, broccoli, spinach, celery and lemon:
I still drink fresh green juices at the weekend when I have time to clean the juicer – I can’t imagine not having them on a regular basis now!
I went with another Chinese inspired meal for dinner, a peanut tofu stir fry:
This included more chinese leaf, spring greens, asparagus, purple sprouting broccoli, mushrooms, spring onion and courgette noodles topped with tofu marinated in soy sauce and mirin and fried plus a lovely spicy peanut lime sauce (2 tbsp of peanut flour with lime juice, water, chilli and soy sauce)
I stuck with the Asian theme for dessert too:
Green tea chocolate, delish!
I’ve had a really lazy day today. Apart from my gym workout I’ve just pottered around the flat, watched movies with James and made a few things in the kitchen including some of my favourite Seitan Sausage:
This time I added some dried thyme and sage to the mix. Its such an easy recipe and can be so easily customised with different flavourings. It also freezes very well too.
I’ve really enjoyed my Asian inspired eats today! Chinese, Thai, Japanese and Indian food are my favourites and I also have a big soft spot for Italian food, in fact there’s not a lot of international cuisine I don’t enjoy! What’s your favourite international cuisine?
All in all its been a lovely relaxed bank holiday Monday, and with a three day week ahead followed by being on holiday from work for almost two weeks I’m buzzing! Hope you have enjoyed your Monday!
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Your over night oats look amazing!!! YUM :)
My favourite is thai or asian I think!
thai is my fave food too. I ate so much chocolate eggs and feeling guiltier looking at your blog. booo…my son got 4 eggs!
I love chia seeds in my overnight oats too, think I’ll be putting some in tonight : )
Oops, I thought that green tea chocolate was soap at first!
No chocolate or Easter goods for me of any kind, but I did manage a proper dinner this evening for the first time in almost a week — sausage and mash! Yaay!
I am a big international cuisine foodie – British food is so boring in my opinion!! My favourites are Thai and Indian.
Ah I soo need to make some seitan soon…everytime I see it on your blog it reminds me that I really need to get the ingredients!
Mango, oats, chia seeds; so many of my favourite things in one post – I think I need some of that green tea chocolate too!
My favourite cuisine is Nepalese; have you tried it? Kind of like Indian but soooo much better :-)
your food always looks so great!
I need to get back into making overnight oats. I looved them before winter, now I’m just so used to making hot oats in the morning I never think about it..
Seitan rocks by the way ;)
My favorite international cuisine is Mexican! I am so spoiled growing up in California- we have amazing Mexican food here :)
hee hee…. I was totally confused as I was reading this post wondering when the reference to Asda was going to appear… :p
great looking peanut tofu stir fry – I’m not vegetarian or vegan but am very tempted by that one :)
Loving the Asian theme, those meals look delih, where did you find that green tea choc?
I love Thai and Chinese food. Everything is cooked so simply, but it always tastes amazing!!!
ah your seitan looks SO GOOD!.. NICE workout- i love machine hoppin’!
The oats look great! I love African and Indian cuisine, it is really tasty and also healthy (at least I think so:)
I so need to make overnight oats again!! I think I will add some chia this time (:
Italian is probably my favourite cuisine xxxx
Love the sound of the mango and coconut. I love Italian the best :)
argh, you’re making me hungry… I love thai food… and indian dhal… and sushi… and :)
Wow – some lovely photos :-)
I love asian food – the food I ate in China was the best I’ve ever eaten. I also like Italian (again, best in Italy). The only thing I’m not keen on is Indian, although an Indian colleague once brought me some homemade food which was amazing!
I LOVE Asian salads, the flavors go so well over leafy greens. Yours looks great as always :)
Hmm, well I love stir-fries, so I suppose Chinese/Japanese? I adore veggie sushi but haven’t managed to find a vegan one since Pret a Manger started including omlette bits in theirs. Inidan food tends to be a bit spicy for me…when I was vegetarian it was Italian all the way with lasagne and bolognese and pizza (lentil or Quorn versions of the former two obviously!) and if my IBS wasn’t such a pain I think Greek would be my preference now, as I adore hummus and olives (the proper hummus, garlic and all) I just wish they liked me!
I wish I could make myself like juices, I really do. They’re so good for you! There’s just something about even fruit juice that makes me feel all funny halfway through drinking them, but it doesn’t happen with smoothies…
Mango/coconut/chia looks like a blissful combination indeed.
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thai food is my absolute favorite!
thanks for the link to your seitan – i’m definitely thinking of making some…
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Kimberly – they were lovely, I think I’ll be eating overnight oats a lot this summer!
Fattolean – I may not have any eggs but I have about 20 bars of chocolate in my cupboards!
Tam – I think chia in overnight oats just make it!
Alison – ha, I never thought of that chocolate looking like soap, glad that was the last bit! Glad you got a proper meal down you x
Nicky – I agree, British food isn’t really that inspiring, especially for us veggies!
Eleanor – I’ve never had nepalise food but I really want to try it now!
thequirkykitchen – thanks!
myveganstory – I think I just remembered about overnight oats as it was such a warm evening and the thought of cool gloopy pudding for breakfast was so appealing!
Kate – I read somewhere that indian is to the british what mexican is to the americans! I would love to experiment more with mexican foods
Donnyfan – haha, just wondering what about Asda would inspire me! I think it shouldn’t matter if your veggie, vegan or omni, good food is good food!
Laura – I picked it up from a health food shop in York – I’ve never seen it anywhere else!
Jemma – absolutely – I love a simple veggie stir fry with ginger, soo good!
Carrie – oh you would love that seitan! Its so tasty!
Lenna – I would love to try more African cuisine :-)
Lana – I like Italian just because I ate some amazing food in italy!
Maria – yes Italian food is lush!
SJ – yum, now your making me hungry!
Sarah – I agree about food being the best when your in that country – I also love to go to the resturants and cafes that only those communities use – especially chinese places, so good!
Leashieloo – yes, Asian flavours can work so well in many different dishes
Jessica – you’ve actually reminded me about greek / middle eastern cuisine – how could I forget about hummus!
Alissa – the seitan is delish!
I’ve only just found your blog but i love the look of your posts. the food ideas are great!
Yum that seitan sausage looks DELICIOUS!! And I HAVE to try that peanut tofu stir-fry too! You make SO MUCH delicious food, I don’t know where to start! :P
ooh sage and thyme in the seitan sausage, what a good idea! I loooohhoooove stuffing so much…..
It’s true though seitan lends itself to so many different flavours. As you’re talking about different cuisines, you could probably make seitan flavoured in all the major world cuisines. The sausage recipe I use as started out as chorizo but it’s now sundried tomato flavour in my world.
If I had to pick a favourite cuisine it would probably be Italian….sun dried tomatoes, balsamic vinegar (I just typed finger there by mistake, weird…), basil, orgegano, tomatoes, yum yum yum! Not to mention my favourite red wine from Italia, but I’ve been very good and haven’t had any for a few weeks due to my Big Budget Cutbacks!