I'm on a diet. It doesn't mean that the food has to be bland!

I've taken up the challenge to lose a couple of kilos that I haven't been able to shift for the past 4 years. It's just started so be thinking of me while cooking up some deliciousness! The key that I am finding with cooking while being on a diet is a healthy mix of different herbs and spices and leaving the salt and sugar in the cupboard.
Here's what we had last night (and leftovers for lunch and possibly dinner tonight!)


Za'atar beef with zucchini and tomato, basil and cabbage salad.
Serves 4


Ingredients:
1 kilo diced beef
2 brown onions, diced
1 teaspoon crushed garlic (you can use either fresh or the crushed garlic in the jar, and you can use more to taste.)
2 cups za'atar mix (oregano, thyme, roast sesame seeds, marjoram, sumac)
2 zucchinis, sliced
1/2 purple cabbage, chopped
5 tomatoes, diced (I like vine tomatoes but you can use ordinary round ones)
1 tablespoon or so basil chopped roughly
1/2 lemon
1 teaspoon crushed garlic (fresh or jarred)


Directions!:
Using just a little spray extra virgin olive oil, lightly spray the base of your pan just enough that the onions won't stick on. Brown your onions, then add the beef and garlic. Cook until the beef has just started to brown then add your za'atar mix. Let that be for the moment while we make the salad.
In a bowl, add your tomato, basil and cabbage and mix thoroughly. Squeeze the juice from half a lemon and add the garlic and mix it again. I find that if you get your hands in there to mix, you'll get a more even coverage.
Coming back to the beef, add the zucchinis and mix around and let that cook until the zucchini has gone soft.
And you're done!