Grilled turkey with green beans and garlic

Ingredients (for 2 servings):

2 pc turkey breast
1 big White onion
15 garlic cloves
400gr green beans
salt
pepper
oregano
curry
sour cream and pickles for decoration

Preparation:

1. Prepare the turkey breasts. Rub them with some pepper, a little bit of curry and oregano and put them on the grill. Make sure to cook them evenly
2. While the breasts are on the grill, cut the onion and the garlic.
3. Put a little bit of oil in your pan (I used a wok) and add the green beans, the garlic and the onion. Add a little bit of salt and start to fry them until the onion and the garlic start turning gold.
4. For me, the vegetables were cooked faster than the breast (make sure the green beans are cooked to, but not to much, we still want to keep the crunch and the taste) so you can start putting them on a plate.
5. Make sure the grilled turkey is cooked evenly and then plate it on the vegetables (it took me around 20 minutes to cook it perfectly)
6. You can serve it with some pickles stripes and a little bit of sour cream.

Aprox 420 calories per serving

Bacon with mushrooms served with polenta and salad

Ingredients (for 2 servings):
2 medium Onions
3 garlic cloves
150 g of bacon
400 g mushrooms
200g finely ground corn
10 big leaves of salad
salt
pepper
curry dust


Preparation:

1. Put the water to boil in a pot with a pinch of salt and add the finely ground corn. Stir continuously for 5 minutes and then leave it on the fire
2. Chop the garlic, onion, mushrooms and bacon and fry them in a pan with a little bit of oil. When the onions start to turn gold, add salt/pepper and a little bit of curry (I love to use curry with meat)
3. Chop the salad leaves, sprinkle on the plate.
4. Put the polenta and the bacon mix over the salad (I used some cupcakes mold to shape the polenta)

Enjoy

437 calories per serving.

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