Steamed fish with Spicy Noodle Vegetable Salad

It's that picnic time of year when the sun shines and the temptation to just grab the old standards, hummous, French bread, a slab of brie, crisps and a cold glass of Rose kicks in. But therein lies disaster if you're following the Fitbitch way.
Obviously once in a while is fine but think laterally of all the other delicious things you can eat on the beach or the parks if you just put a little bit more thought into it. Like this delicious salad dish which you can make for dinner and then keep some spare for lunch the next day. It's packed full of protein, healthy Omega 3s plus low GI carbohydrate in the form of buckwheat noodles much better than rice noodles or pasta.
If you don't fancy fish, serve it with thin slices of beef or chicken.
Calories: 232, Protein: 26g Fat: 19 Fat: 6

Ingredients
Serves one
White fish fillet, (I used haddock but sea bream or sea bass works much better)
5p piece amount of buckwheat noodles
Herb salad (Infinity foods one is delicious!)
1 carrot cut into batons
2inch piece of cucumber, cut into batons
1dsp of mixed seeds

For the dressing
Fish sauce
Rice wine vinegar
Lime juice, squeezed
Orange juice, squeezed
Birds Eye chilli, chopped finely
1inch piece of ginger, sliced finely

Roast the fish in a piece of foil paper with a squeeze of fresh juice. Meanwhile make the buckwheat noodles and the dressing. All you need to do for the dressing is mix according to taste. Keeping tasting regularly until you get the right mix of sweet and sour. I like lots of chilli so use a whole one, too much for some!
Once the fish is done combine all the salad ingredients, dress and place the fish on top. (Note - add the salad leaves for lunch on the day all they will end up soggy).

Vegetable Frittata

Don't forget that you need to be sticking to low fat protein in the evening with low GI carbs. Think green or white veggies (except potatoes!) no orange or red starchy ones. A fritata is the perfect choice, easy and simple to make and you can just add a startchy veg to it for partners or children.
Ingredients (to serve 3)
6 eggs
Bunch of asparagus spears, lightly steamed (they still want to have 'bite')
1 inch piece of feta cheese, crumbled (alternatively, you can use smoked salmon, smoked haddock etc)
3 tomatoes, sliced
50g of garden peas
6 olives sliced
handful of parsley, mint and basil chopped
dash of skimmed milk
1 spray of sunflower oil
(you can use any mixture of veggies - note in here I've used courgette but asparagus are now in season and go well with peas)

Start by prewarming the oven, 200. Whisk the eggs with the milk and some salt and pepper. Set aside and lightlhy saute the asparagus, then add the egg mixture. Ensure it is on a medium heat and let the egg being to set. You should see it begin to brown around the edges. Then add the garden peas, tomatoes, feta and herbs.
Let it set a little more (if you smell burning you have the heat on too high)before popping into the oven (best to use a pan with oven proof handle!).
Keep your eye on the tortilla and the heat of the oven should begin to 'set' the rest of the mixture, which you can check by inserting a skewer into the middle.
Finish off by flashing under the grill, making sure to turn it for a delicious, browning.
Serve with a green side salad dressed with balsamic. You can also try a healthy version of garlic aioli by adding one crushed garlic clove to fat free Greek yoghurt with a dash of lemon.

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Courgette, Pea, Chilli & Mint Salad

Some people just hear the word salad and their brain immediately sends out the message, 'Light meal, not enough, need carbs.' If you're one of those people think of this as Courgette spaghetti instead. It's a light meal but substantial enough for the evening on Fitbitch principles

Ingredients
ONe courgette, sliced into ribbons using cheese cutter
Cup of garden peas
quarter of avocado, diced
two tomatoes, chopped
Fresh mint finely chopped
Half a blood red orange
1 tsp of sunflower seeds

For the dressing
1/2 birds eye chilli
Rice wine vinegar
Orange juice
Fish sauce

Combine all the vegetable ingrdients and mix the dressing according to taste. Pour on and serve.
If you want to make this more substantial, add chicken breast or tuna.