Mixed fortunes today... weigh in produced a bit of a disappointment - I'd put on 200g. On the plus side on Friday I'd put on 1.2kg, so I did well to get myself back on track fast. The good news is that I've still lost 2.8kg and 19cms from my overall measurements.

Todays exercise is 30 mins walking as it is really muggy and too hot to run!

Back into the running programme tomorrow and from what I can tell it starts to get interesting now... I SO want to do it!!

I found some very yummy Paleo diet recipes that will work for us as a family, so although I'm not following the diet as such, I'm introducing more "clean" eating to our diets to all be more healthy. I have to share tonights recipe because it is smelling AMAZING and I can't wait to eat it. I'm serving mine with brown rice, which I don't think is part of the Paleo plan, but I think it's a good healthier carb for us.

Coconut Milk Curry Chicken

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 45 minutes

Ingredients:

o                                4 boneless chicken thighs

o                                1 sliced onion

o                                1 potato, cubed

o                                5 cloves of garlic chopped

o                                1 can of coconut milk (400ml)

o                                2 tbsp of curry powder

o                                2 tablespoons of butter

o                                Olive oil

o                                Salt, as desired 

Instructions

1.  Cut your potatoes up in to cubes, slice up your onions, chop up your garlic, and cut your chicken in to cubes.

2. In a large skillet, in low heat, heat up your butter. Once it melts, dump your curry powder in there.  Swirl it around until well blended.

3.   Add in the can of coconut milk.  Swirl it around.

4.  Keep the coconut milk blend heated up and in a separate skillet, sauté the garlic and the onions with the olive oil.

5. Once the onions are translucent, throw in the cubed chicken

6.  Once the meat is cooked very lightly, throw the cubed potatoes and the sauté chicken/onion/garlic mix in to the coconut milk/curry powder mix.  Mix it all together well, and turn the heat to high.  Once it starts simmering, lower the heat to medium low, and cover.

7.  Let it cook for about 30 minutes or when your chicken is cooked thoroughly (and try not to die of hunger with all that delicious coconut milk aroma in the air!).

K