so I’m all into cooking as healthy as possible these days. with so much stress, junk food and parties going on for the last few months I just felt like it’s the time to start caring a little more. of course, I still have an occasional burger on the weekends, but I promised myself to give some extra thought to what we cook at home. this means no frozen pizzas for my fella and no buttery garlic breads for me. we are doing pretty well so far and I can already feel the difference. of course, daily exercising also makes a huge impact, so don’t forget you have to combine these two!

today I’m introducing you to one of my to-go recipe when you need something healthy, but a little bit more interesting.

Mustard and Citrus Prawns served with bulghur and veggies

what you’ll need:

•  200g cooked prawns
•  1 orange
•  2-3 garlic cloves
•  a spoon of mustard
•  fresh basil
•  salt + pepper + olive oil
•  1 cup of bulghur
•  1 leek
•  1 stalk of celery
•  1 red pepper
•  a handful of spinach

how to prepare:

• first- prepare your prawns. this will take about 40 mins, so do this upfront if you can. just take a bowl and add your prawns. then – squeeze orange juice and mix everything together. grate your garlic really thinly and add to the bowl, also ad a spoon of mustard, some olive oil, salt + pepper, fresh basil and close the bowl with a lid and leave in the fridge for at least 30mins.
• prepare your bulghur- just make it the way you cook rices and spread some salt+ pepper on top, when cooked.
• when your prawns are ready: preheat some olive oil in the pan, add chopped leek, celery and red pepper, fry for about 5 mins and then add the prawns, 2 spoons of marinate and spinach. my marinate was quite sour this time, so I added some extra water and a little spoon of honey to fix things a little (honey gives a nice sweet taste and goes just nicely with prawns and mustard). let it stew on the low heat for about 10 mins with a close lid.
• when your veggies and prawns are well cooked- add them to bulghur and mix everything together. you can add some reduce fat soya sauce if you like and add some extra spices.

and this is it- quite simple, good for you and believe me- very tasty!

let me know if you try this at home, friends!

talk to you soon.

xo,

Kotryna