Chicken “pseudo schnitzel”
All hail the very versatile chicken breast :) Quick to prepare and equally quick to cook. BBQ, oven bake (roughly 20 mins on 180) or sear in a griddle pan.
Combine some ground almonds, grated lemon zest, oregano, sea salt and freshly ground black pepper in a shallow bowl.
Cut chicken breast in thickish slices, press firmly to coat with almond mix. Cook, whichever way you wish, leave it to rest for a minute or two. Served ours just with salad and a tangy mustard & lemon mayo. ...
Meltingly tender Kleftico
Lemons, oregano, garlic and wine for a winning and oh so tender lamb dish. We are in Greece after all, yum!
Ingredients for 2 very hungry people (with left overs if you can hold back...debatable on our boat)
1 small lamb leg (mine was just over a kilo)
1 red onion, chunked
2 cloves of garlic, unpeeled and bashed
Fresh oregano to taste and a couple of bay leaves
1/3 cup mild olive oil
1/3 cup white wine
2 tsp mild mustard
Zest and juice of 1 large juicy lemon
A little sea salt ...
How this journey started, do I miss anything? Heck, no!
Nigh on seven years ago we were living aboard in Wales. Lovely place to be sure but rains a lot. Our Summers, please take the word "summer" lightly, were spent in the very beautiful Cornwall and Devon. Rained a lot there too. So one fine damp day I returned from the market and asked the Boss why we were staying where we were. He couldn't come up with a good reason, plans were soon made for a getaway.
Actually I need to go back a step, prior to moving on the boat I lived with a very young ...
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Mikki’s Lemon Chicken and Potatoes
I have many lovely cousins (so don't shout at me for selecting her ok?) Mikki used to ask me to make this quite a lot. It's tangy, sweet, juicy, packed with flavour and makes a great chicken salad or sandwiches from leftovers.
(Oops, how am I going to fit the sweet potatoes in there?)
Ingredients:
1 jointed chicken, free range tastes so much better.
2 small unwaxed lemons. 1 zest and juice, other 1 cut into wedges.
1 red onion finely diced, few cloves of garlic left ...
Clip the dinghy on….
Or this will happen, sorry not really a cruising tip but was certainly one for the Boss just now (can't stop laughing)
Getting internet need not be a pantomime!
Before we left Sicily we contacted someone in Athens, all it took were a few details; an address and payment for a SIM card to be shipped to us along with codes (each code valid for 24 hrs of use). So far has worked a treat and best of all when we need more we just contact again and it's topped up. Happy to provide contact details for anyone interested, just drop me a line. Anchored in a beautiful empty bay, don't need to go rushing around to source wifi coverage - bliss!
Impellers, Big Fat Greek wedding terminology, who blinks first and other rambles.
So the Boss called for some assistance and over came an engineer who spoke less English than Captains Italian (didn't know that was possible). He'd predicted hours to remove the water pump, engineer did it in 10 mins! (Caption huh?!)
Minor drama over confusion of days of the week, manager said Thursday but meant domani, engineer turned up later the same afternoon with fixed part. Fitted back in which involves lifting the engine up, guess who got to assist??? Now running ...
Spicy Pork Lettuce Cups
Make a batch of the spiced mince then quick snacks are seconds away, works for me!
Ingredients:
Lettuce leaves (iceberg works well for this)
350g minced pork
Knob of grated ginger and 2 cloves of grated garlic
Finely diced fresh chilli to suit your taste buds
Little olive oil, splash of soy sauce, freshly ground black pepper
Combine well and leave for an hour so flavours are absorbed.
Heat a little oil in a large shallow frying pan, stir fry the mince until well cooked ...
Stuffed Baked Chicken Breast
Moist, tasty and looks good despite it's simplicity.
Ingredients:
2 thick chicken breast slices
4 slices of Parma ham
1 small onion, chopped
1 clove garlic, chopped
4 button mushrooms, chopped
Parsley, pinch of salt, freshly ground black pepper.
Preheat oven to 180
So flatten the chicken slices, lay them on top of Parma ham and put aside. Blitz the other ingredients then sauté for a few mins. Cool then add roughly 25g of cream cheese or a heaped spoon of Greek yoghurt, mix well ...
