Run run running!

I was very disappointed earlier in the year when the half marathon I had trained for was cancelled as I got to the 11k mark. (This was due to very very dangerous weather, and cancelling was the right call!)

So I got right back into training for the Gold Coast Half Marathon, which is in July. 10 weeks away actually. I would like to run this year at around the 2hour mark. Under 2hours would be magnificent, but anywhere in the low 2's I will be happy with (last year I ran 2:23:?? and was not happy because I was aiming for 2:15).

The tough training sessions are about to kick in. Not tough as in distance, tough as in cold and dark! The only thing I dislike about training as winter gets closer is at I have no choice but to get up and run in the dark, or get home in the afternoon and run in the dark. Hello hi vis clothing!


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and so that was Christmas!

Bit late posting about Christmas, but its better late than never!  We hosted breakfast at our place this year.  I kind of didn't realise this was happening until about a week before.  Because I was confused! anyway, I ummed and aahhed about what to make, and decided on corn fritters with haloumi and roasted tomatoes.



Completely delicious was my verdict!  (for a version of the corn fritter recipe go here - I did not include the chilli or coriander.  TO roast the tomatoes, I simply chopped into quarters, sprinkled with some herbs - oregano, pepper, thyme, salt, and roasted in a medium oven until they were looking mighty fine - probably about 40 minutes!!)



then it was off to my uncle's for Christmas lunch!!




prawns are a fairly traditional entree around here!!  I just eat the seaweed salad!!



for the main part of lunch, we had a rather impressive line up of salads, and some cold meats




I made the chickpea and pumpkin salad again - no fetta this time, and I roasted my chick peas in some soy and lemon juice to make them a little tastier.


I also made this rather beautifully purple beetroot and quinoa salad. recipe can be found here


for dessert, there was Christmas Pudding!!!!

and my favourite of all favourite things......



berries!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

and just in case there was a smidgen of room left in our bellies, to finish, a few delicacies to have with coffee


that's, cinnamon shortbread, Nigellas Puddini Bon Bons and Nigellas Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups, (I get the recipes out of her books, but those do link to versions of the recipes - I didn't really follow the bon bon recipe, because we have no alcohol in the house, so I used a bit of juice instead!)

Easy Tofu Burger for one!

Here's a nice easy tofu burger I made for dinner recently! (Feel free to serve it up in a bread roll if you like!)




To make the burger pattie, you simply need - 100g of firm tofu, crumbled into a bowl. To this, add your desired flavourings! I added 2 teaspoons of savoury yeast flakes, and a shake of onion powder and a shake of garlic powder, and a small splash of soy sauce! Mix it all together! I then added 1-2 tablespoons of oat flour (this is just rolled oats that have been whizzed up I a food processor). Tr measurements really depend on how wet your tofu was to start with! Mix together well until mix feels like it is holding together. Shape into a burger, and place in fridge to firm up. Then simply pan fry and serve with salad! My salad consisted of lettuce, grated beetroot, fried onions and mushrooms. And a few oven baked potato chips, with a sprinkle of crispy oven baked beetroot on top!


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