Lentil-Walnut Pate on crispbread with Watercress Salad on the side

When you have a tiny kitchen, you unfortunately have no room for a whole machine park of appliances, or even the most necessary ones. If we ever move to something more spacious, I will invest in a food processor faster than you can say "puree"! Meanwhile, my blender has to double as an FP whenever I'm making patees, spreads and hummuses. Today's lentil-walnut patee turned out wonderfully - I served it on crispbread with watercress salad and some veggies on the side. Definitely a winner!

Nutritional stats:  229 calories, 25 g carbs, 7 g protein, 11 g fat, 5 g fiber, 3 g sugar, 220 mg sodium.

His and hers: Portobello Mushroom Burger vs Faux BLT

I'm cooking separate Friday night dinners for me and my boyfriend since he hates about 99.9 % of all the dishes I make (yes, he is crazy) - portobello mushroom burger with baked sweet potato fries for him, faux BLT with chicken breast, avocado and mung bean sprouts for me.

Nutritional stats for my dinner (I didn't even bother measuring and counting when I made his burger): 296 calories, 33 g carbs, 22 g protein, 10 g fat, 8 g fiber, 9 g sugar, 219 mg sodium.

Fish for lunch: Jamaican Jerk Salmon

Who doesn't love fish and fruit? I can't think of a better lunch than one that combines those two - my lunch today is a Jamaican jerk salmon seasoned with cumin, cayenne and cinnamon, served with mango-pineapple salsa and asparagus.

Nutritional stats: 296 calories, 41 g carbs, 32 g protein, 2 g fat, 9 g fiber, 22 g sugar, 219 mg sodium.

Egg sammy with avocado/lime spread & garlicky strawberry/tomato salad

It's sandwich week at my house! I usually never buy more than one roll or slice of bread at a time, if even that. But due to a series of quite uninteresting events, I got stuck with a whole loaf of oatnut bread - so I guess I'll be eating a lot of sandwiches in the next couple of days. Fortunately, that is perfectly doable even from a "tiny waist" point of view! Tonight's dinner is a waist line friendly egg sammy with avocado/lime spread and chopped shallots, served with a garlicky strawberry/tomato salad on the side.

Nutritional stats for both dishes: 409 calories, 45 g carbs, 15 g protein, 21 g fat, 10 g fiber, 14 g sugar, 271 mg sodium.

Healthy eating on set (or at work)

Just because you're on set all day, it doesn't mean you have to have pizza for lunch (why do they even buy that for models without asking us first what we want to eat?). I'm bringing this fiber and vitamin bomb with me today to my booking - a salad made from steamed lentils, edamame, scallions, spinach, onions, pine nuts, cherry tomatoes and celery. Hopefully I will have time to eat it too.

Nutritional facts: 354 calories, 44 g carbs, 26 g protein, 12 g fat, 18 g fiber, 9 g sugar, 91 mg sodium.

Dinner for cold weather: Creme de Chou-Fleur

Hello??! What happened to the warm weather? All of a sudden it's freezing out again, i e typical crappy NY April weather. But at least that's a good excuse for making one of my favorite soups for dinner: creme de chou-fleur!

Nutritional facts: 193 calories, 30 g carbs, 8 g protein, 6 g fat, 8 g fiber, 8 g sugar, 109 mg sodium.

Salmon-Potato-Leek Quiche

I've been a bad blogger and a bad chef, mostly due to the beautiful weather (which curbs my appetite, and also makes me not want to slave away in the kitchen if I can avoid it) as well as a jam-packed work schedule. Of course, when you have zero time to cook, all you want to do when you get home is to heat up a frozen meal in the microwave while you're changing out of your high heels and into your fuzzy slippers.... but I'm just not a fan of those sodium-packed, zero-nutrition, often over-priced Lean Cuisine and Amy's dishes. So what gives? I'm making my own, of course!

My favorite food to make in advance and freeze has to be the quiche, especially now when I finally figured out how to make a low calorie crust without compromising on taste. Below is a salmon-potato-leek version that I made the other day - served it for lunch earlier today with a tomato salad and some string beans on the side and it was delicious!

Nutritional stats per slice (1/4 of whole quiche): 252 calories, 30 g carbs, 21 g protein, 5 g fat, 4 g fiber, 2 g sugar, 278 mg sodium.