Fish Pie with Butternut Squash and Cauliflower Mash
This takes a while but is definitely worth the effort. I bought a selection of fish at the market this morning. A salmon steak, white fish steak (I have no idea what it is!) and a few king prawns only cost 6 euro and it's enough for two meals.
For the mash: simmer cauliflower florets and diced butternut squash in whole milk until soft. Pour the milk into a bowl for later and mash then season the mashed vegetables.
For the fish stock: peel the prawns (if you don't ...
Vegetable noodles with Chinese flavoured Meatballs
I think I'm in love with my spiralizer gadget http://www.amazon.co.uk/Premium-Spiralizer-Vegetable-Mandoline-Spaghetti/dp/B00JPLDX86/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1453736891&sr=8-2&keywords=Premium+slicer
Again no, I'm not on commission but wow - this cheap piece of kit is good! So I used this to prepare 1 courgette, 2 carrots and a chunk of butternut squash. Looks fantastic right?
For the meatballs: 200g of mince (beef, pork or chicken)
Grate garlic , ginger and ...
Salmon, hash & poached egg..it’s a miracle!
Seriously I'd never successfully poached an egg in my life so I quickly made another one to make sure it wasn't a fluke! Organic fresh egg at room temperature, crack into a pan of rolling simmering water with a tsp of vinegar and a pinch of salt. Gently shape the egg and simmer for 4 minutes.
For the hash I parboiled diced sweet potato then fried it up with onion, courgette and red pepper. Season to taste.
Season and pan fry the salmon fillet, just a couple of ...
Japanese Beef Bowl
So simple, chopsticks at the ready, feel free to swop the beef for chicken, pork or maybe prawns? Ooh salmon would be lovely but I think I've leave the mushrooms out?
300g thin slices of beef, cut into strips. A couple of cloves of garlic and a knob of ginger, grated. Finely diced de seeded chilli depending on your "hot" radar. A tin of mixed water chestnuts and bamboo shoots. Some Chinese mushrooms soaked in hot water for 2 hours. A couple of spring onions, ...
Gorgonzola Beef Burger
Easy Friday night supper and, bonus, I had too much meat so made double and froze the other 2 for another day.
To make 4 burgers:
500g good beef mince. 1 large onion, grate half and very finely chop the other half. Approximately 70g blue cheese, roughly chunked. I happened to have Gorgonzola left from the chicken recipe a few days ago. As much freshly ground black pepper as you like.
Mix together well, really squeeze the ingredients together and shape into ...
Tomato & Basil Soup
I truly love soups so welcome the onset of slightly colder days to enjoy them to the fullest. What can be better than a steaming bowl of goodness for a delicious and healthy lunch?
This one is simplicity itself!
Sweat down a diced red onion with a couple of cloves of garlic in a little olive oil, be patient as you want the flavour to be sweet. Add some very ripe freshly chopped tomatoes and simmer down until slightly pulpy. Secret ingredient here, a good knob of butter ...
Mushroom Bites
These are like a falafel flavour wise but packed with meaty chestnut mushrooms, blitzed cauliflower and spices. Tasty as they are, would be great as part of a tapas selection with creamy yoghurt sauce :-)
1 onion, chunked. 2 cloves of garlic. Freshly chopped parsley.
1 tsp of ground coriander, cumin, chilli powder, sweet paprika powder, sea salt, black pepper and 1/2 tsp of ground cinnamon. Blitz this all together to make a paste.
250g of mushrooms, ...
Fajita spice, tomato salsa – please, please make your own!
Yeah I know this is easy peasy but many of us in the Mediterranean like fajitas but can't buy readily made stuff (plus the packs are full of sugar and sodium). Anyhow this works well for us, find your spice blend and kindly share it with me? :-)
It's really ridiculously easy, follow your taste buds and combine:
Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper.
Ground cumin, chilli powder, sweet paprika powder, a little cinnamon, dried ground oregano.
Tomato Salsa:...
Lamb Quarter Pounders
One food we're truly going to miss from Greece is the incredible lamb, if I could I'd stock my freezer up but alas no room.
These burgers were so tender and delicious that I'm making them again tonight with, sob, the last of my lamb mince.
Ingredients:
500g minced lamb
1 onion, diced very finely
1 clove of garlic, grated
1 tsp ground cumin and hot paprika
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
2 tsp oregano
1 egg yolk
Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
Just combine everything ...
Stuffed Portobello Mushrooms
Beautiful fresh portobello mushrooms paired with tangy blue cheese and oven baked. So delicious, to be honest the tiny lamb skewers weren't needed but the meat needed eating. Gluttony and very full, happy tummies!
Just give the mushrooms a wipe. Finely chop the stalks, a diced onion and some garlic then sauté for a few minutes in a little olive oil.
As the mushrooms were so big I pan fried them for a few minutes in a little butter.
Spoon the onion mixture, top with blue cheese of ...
