Healthy and Family Friendly Shepherd's Pie.

Healthy and Family Friendly Shepherd’s Pie

Healthy and Family Friendly Shepherd's Pie.

Hi Mamas,

Today I am sharing with you my recipe for my Healthy and Family Friendly Shepherd’s Pie.

I make it also for my 1 yr old little girl. She normally eats everything and anything, however, lately she has become fussier with her veges. So I am trying many different ways to get her to eat as many veges as possible.

She really loves mashed potato and I have been adding zucchini into it, to increase her green vege intake. This was definitely a winner for her!Healthy and Family Friendly Shepherd's Pie

Healthy and Family Friendly Shepherd’s Pie

INGREDIENTS

  • 700g lean beef mince
  • 2 tablespoons coconut oil
  • 1 large carrot, chopped
  • 2 handfuls baby spinach
  • 3 tablespoons coconut flour
  • 1 3/4 cups of water
  • 1 dried bay leaf
  • Pinch of vegetable stock
  • 1 teaspoon garlic
  • 2 tablespoons of tomato paste
  • 2 teaspoons of rosemary
  • 2 teaspoons of thyme
  • Pinch salt and pepper
  • 4 large potatoes and 2 zucchini, cooked and mashed

METHOD

  • Preheat oven to 200 degrees celsius
  • Heat oil in large saucepan
  • Add onion, carrot and garlic, stirring until soft
  • Add beef mince and cook until brown
  • Add flour and stir and then add water
  • Add bay leaf, rosemary, thyme, vegetable stock, tomato paste, salt and pepper andbring to boil
  • Lower heat and cook for 20 minutes or until sauce thickens
  • Add baby spinach at the end until it is wilted
  • Place mince mixture into a oven proof dish
  • Place mashed potato and zucchini mixture on top and use fork to spread out
  • Bake for about 30 minutes or until mash is golden brown

Healthy and Family Friendly Shepherd's Pie

I hope you enjoy this Healthy and Family Friendly Shepherd’s Pie!  If you make it, don’t forget to tag me at @maternalgrounding online.

You might like to read some of my other articles here.

Much love,

Jess Ngaheu Pregnancy and Post Natal Massage Specialist

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Winter Vege Casserole

Winter Vege Casserole

Hi Mamas,

I thought I would share this delicious recipe for my Winter Vege Casserole that I created. It’s super easy!

As busy mums, we can find it hard to make sure we have delicious and nutritious meals for our family. Healthy meals  are super important for not only us as adults, but also our children too make sure they are healthy, active and growing.

Anyway, my shopping day is tomorrow and I had a whole heap of veges that I needed to do something with. So, I simply just placed them all in my slow cooker, ready for dinner tonight. I normally cook some chicken or steak as our protein side of dinner and then there will be sooooo many healthy veges to go with it now.

Winter Vege Casserole

INGREDIENTS

1 Eggplant

3 Small Zucchinis

2 Carrots

1 Bunch Kale 

1 Can Lentils 

1 Can Chickpeas 

1 Can Red Kidney Beans

1 Can Pumpkin Soup 

1/2 Cabbage

1 Cup of Mixed Frozen Veges

METHOD

Just throw them all in the slow cooker on high for 2 hours or low for 4 hours. You could also get away with not having any meat in there, as you have a decent amount of protein in there already from the legumes!

I haven’t added any herbs or spices as I love the taste of all the veges. It is only lunch time, but I am going to sneak some in for lunch, as it is already cooked.

Have a great week everyone, and let me know how you go with this recipe!

Much love,

Jess Ngaheu Pregnancy and Post Natal Massage Specialist

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Welcome to Maternal Grounding (and a smoothie recipe)

Welcome to Maternal Grounding (and a smoothie recipe)

Welcome to Maternal Grounding (and a smoothie recipe)

Welcome!

Welcome to Maternal Grounding (and a smoothie recipe).

This is my brand new business that I have been working on for the past year and as you have probably already read, I absolutely love nurturing mamas and everything to do with women’s health, massage, fitness and nutrition.

So I thought I would start my first blog with talking about my daily nutrition and advice.

Being a first time mummy has definitely been a whole new level of learning. My day seems to go so fast and in the blink of an eye, it is bed time already. While I am left wondering what exactly have I done or accomplished today?

Don’t get me wrong, just looking after your brand new baby is more than enough to accomplish during the day but sometimes I need to do the washing, make the beds, clean the toilets, clean the bathrooms etc etc.

So as the day progresses, I remember that I also need to eat and nourish my body with healthy food to not only eat, but to give myself energy!

My biggest tip to everyone is…. have food prepared, especially your breakfast!!

Some mornings I just don’t have the time to actually make my breakfast and sit down to eat it (as the baby is probably crying and needing her nappy changed)

So I have been preparing smoothies by keeping fruit already cut up and placed in sandwich bags in the freezer.

My Morning Smoothie Recipe

INGREDIENTS

  • 1 Banana
  • 1/2 A Handful of Frozen Berries
  • 10cm of Cucumber
  • 4 Walnuts
  • 1 tsp of Chia Seeds
  • 1 Handful of Baby Spinach
  • 4 Ice Cubes
  • Water (amount to your liking)

METHOD
Have everything prepared and frozen in individual sandwich bags.
Simple put everything in an blender or ninja bullet for about 1 minute.

This makes my mornings run so much smoother and I am fuelled up and ready to go!

Have a try of this smoothie recipe and let me know how you go!

 

Morning Smoothie!

 

Much love,
Jess Ngaheu Pregnancy and Post Natal Massage Specialist

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