Power breakfast menu plan
It's a week of power brekkies - our top tip is to pack in the nutrients first thing to set you in good stead for the rest of the day. Try quinoa salad (for breakfast, yes) that can be pre-packed and ready to go midweek, and delicious wholemeal pancakes over the weekend. You may already love avocado savoury meals but have you tried it in a smoothie? It's beautifully creamy, works well with sweet fruits and adds healthy fats for good staying power.
Wednesday
Breakfast
Egg and quinoa in a jar
Ingredients
-
1/2 cup (100g) quinoa, cooked to packet instructions
-
2 tbs olive oil
-
3 tomatoes, seeds removed, chopped
-
1 Lebanese cucumber, peeled, seeds removed, chopped
-
1 avocado, chopped
-
1 cup flat-leaf parsley leaves, chopped
-
1 tbs lemon juice
-
100g baby spinach, shredded
-
2 tbs dukkah (see note)
-
2 eggs, soft-boiled, peeled, halved
-
(((Dressing)))
-
1/4 cup (60ml) olive oil
-
100ml orange juice
-
2 tsp Dijon mustard
Snack
Fruity seed and brazil nut trail bar
Ingredients
-
120g (3/4 cup) Brazil nuts, roughly chopped
-
100g (1/2 cup) pepitas (green pumpkin seeds)
-
110g (1 1/4 cups) rolled oats
-
50g (1/3 cup) sunflower seeds
-
35g (1/4 cup) sesame seeds
-
105g (2/3 cup) wholemeal or spelt flour (see Top tips in the 'Notes' tab)
-
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
-
100g (3/4 cup) craisins (sweetened dried cranberries) (see Top tips in the 'Notes' tab)
-
110g (1/2 cup firmly packed) dark brown sugar
-
115g (1/3 cup) leatherwood honey (see Top tips in the 'Notes' tab)
-
1 egg
-
2 egg whites
-
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
-
140g (1/2 cup) almond butter (see Top tips in the 'Notes' tab)
Lunch
Haloumi, carrot & pesto wrap
Ingredients
-
1/3 cup Wattle Valley Basil with cashew & parmesan chunky dip
-
50g baby spinach leaves
-
2 grated carrots
-
180g haloumi cheese, cut into batons
-
2 wholemeal wraps
Snack
Rare roast beef, mustard, tomato and kale
Ingredients
-
2 teaspoons whole grain mustard
-
4 Arnott’s Vita-Weat Sesame crisp breads
-
40g deli sliced rare roast beef
-
1 small tomato, thinly sliced
-
10g baby kale leaves
Dinner
Ayam goreng with coconut rice
Ingredients
-
1 medium red onion, chopped
-
2cm piece fresh ginger, peeled, chopped
-
1 stick lemongrass (white part only), chopped
-
2 teaspoons ground coriander
-
2 teaspoons sea salt
-
1 teaspoon ground turmeric
-
400ml can coconut milk
-
1.6kg whole chicken
-
2 teaspoons peanut oil
-
Peanut oil, for shallow frying
-
Lemon wedges and fresh coriander sprigs, to serve
-
((( Coconut rice )))
-
400ml can coconut milk
-
1 stick lemongrass, white part only, halved lengthways
-
2cm piece fresh ginger, peeled, halved
-
2 cups SunRice Jasmine Fragrant Rice
What's popular at Christmas
Editor's pick
Taste.com.au's 10th birthday
To celebrate 10 years of taste, we've picked out some of your favourite recipes.
What's for dinner?
Monday
Parmesan beef with zucchini ribbons
Have dinner on the table in just 20 minutes with this tasty chargrilled beef and zucchini salad.
Tuesday
Butter chicken with turmeric rice
Take this fragrant butter chicken to the next level and serve with a tumeric and cinnamon spiced...
Wednesday
Radish, carrot, cucumber and mint salad with pork sausages
For a salad bursting with flavour you can't beat this delicious sausage, radish, carrot, cucumber...
Thursday
Turkish wraps with garlic sauce
Encase mixed grain wraps with spiced beef, lettuce, onion, tomato, pickles and a dollop of garlicky...
Friday
All-bbq steak sandwich
Homemade BBQ chilli mayo makes this juicy steak sandwich extra special.
Trending
What everyone's cooking
- Highest rated
- Recently rated
Taste Testers
Product reviews
Rachel's Gourmet Greek Dessert Yoghurt range
Now testing Rachel's Gourmet Greek Dessert Yoghurt range
Also in taste.com.au
Recipe collections
Most searched for
Highly rated
Just added
Featured cuisines
Random recipes
A note about relevant advertising. We collect information about the content (including ads) you use across this site and use it to make both advertising and content more relevant to you on our network and other sites. This is also known as Online Behavioural Advertising. You can find out more about our policy and your choices, including how to opt-out here.