Easy Marinated Pork Chops
A kick of ginger, citrus and garlic. Obviously this would work brilliantly with chicken too!
Ingredients:
2 Pork chops
Grated zest of 1 lemon and 1 small orange plus grated knob of ginger and garlic cloves to taste.
Juice of the lemon, glug of olive oil, tsp honey, a dash of sea salt, freshly ground pepper
Combine ingredients and leave for at least an hour, turn meat occasionally to coat well.
Throw on your barbecue or in a sizzling frying pan until cooked, turn to brown ...
Soufflé Egg Muffins
Easy peasy but they do sink a bit when they cool..
This made enough for 6 deep muffins.
4 eggs, separated
2 slices Parma ham
1 finely diced red onion
1 medium sized grated courgette (zucchini if that makes more sense?)
1 medium sized grated carrot
Pepper and herbs (I used oregano)
Set oven to 180
Whisk egg whites until stiff.
Mix all other ingredients together, add a spoon of egg white to loosen the mixture and then gently fold in the egg whites.
Pour into a VERY well greased muffin ...
Baked Stuffed Mushrooms
Quick lunch? These hit the spot for us with some salad.
Ingredients for 2:
4 decent sized mushrooms, remove stalk (keep it) and clean
1 small diced onion
Grated garlic
2 slices chopped ham
Roughly 2 tblsp grated Parmesan
Pepper, lemon zest and herbs (I used parsley)
Pangrattato (recipe in "Now then, ooh")
Oven set to 180.
Sauté the onion, garlic and chopped mushroom stalks. Take off heat and mix in other bits. Fill the mushrooms and sprinkle with some Pangrattato. ...
Roast Lamb or Goat with Anchovies
I know it sounds insane but trust me (and if you don't then google endless recipes on the web). I tend to change the marinade depending on the season, it's Summer so we're all about lemons and herbs, works for us :-)
More than enough for 2 hungry people with leftovers for lunchtime wraps (which I will make as soon as I can source tapioca flour again..)
Ingredients:
1 small lamb or goat joint, I got a smallish leg about 1.2kg
Zest and juice of an unwaxed lemon
Generous glug of olive ...
Asian inspired Pork Tenderloin
Succulent, full of Asian flavours and effortless.. What's not to like?
Beautiful piece of pork tenderloin, cut into thick steaks, marinated in:
1 tbsp coconut oil
2 cloves of grated garlic
1 tbsp freshly grated ginger
1 heaped tsp honey
Splash of soy sauce (use alternative by all means)
1 de seeded chopped chilli
Dash of Chinese 5 spice
Mix all together and add the meat. Leave for at least an hour.
Heat a little coconut oil until smoking in a pan, sear pork for a couple ...
Chicken with Lemon, Dill and Caper Sauce
Keeping things very simple, fresh and light! So easy I'm just writing it out, all you need is:
2 Chicken breast, sliced. 2 cloves of garlic, smashed. Zest and juice of 2 lemon. 2 tblsp olive oil.
Marinate the above for at least 30 mins (in a non metallic bowl to avoid lemon juice reacting).
Sauce ingredients:
2 heaped tblsp fresh chopped dill, 1 heaped tblsp capers, knob of butter, freshly ground black pepper, juice of 1/2 a lemon.
Fry the chicken slices on high heat until ...
Melting Chocolate Pudding
Light sponge exterior with a naughty, nutty oozing puddle of chocolate sauce as soon as you dig in. Have I sold the concept yet? So simple but looks like you've worked really hard, shush don't tell anyone!
Ingredients to make 4 individual puddings.
150g dark chocolate (minimum 70%)
150g butter
2 tbsp honey
Melt these together until butter fully melted over a pan of barely simmering water. Remove from heat, stir and leave for a minute or so to cool.
3 egg yolks + 3 whole eggs.
Beat ...
Summer on a plate
Just want to say that food doesn't have to be time consuming or clever, for me it does have to look tasty so I do think about colours as I'm randomly pulling things out of the fridge. This was my lunch, happy and full!
Just shredded some lettuce, chopped a small peach (remove skin, I do), sliced half an avocado (using the rest for a dip later), a few sun dried tomatoes, a couple of slices of smoked meat, crumbled some fresh cheese, added a few walnuts and drizzled with a tiny amount of ...
Cauliflower Cheese
My entire family have always loved cheesy cauliflower, this nutty version takes it to a different dimension.
Ingredients.
Half a head of firm, fresh cauliflower. Wash and dry well.
Sauce:
1 tbsp butter
2 tbsp almond flour
1 egg yolk.
50ml whole milk, unsweetened almond milk..up to you!
Grated cheese, please don't ask me how much...roughly 100g?
Freshly ground black pepper and freshly grated nutmeg.
Method.
Steam cauliflower for a few mins.
Melt butter together with ...
Walnut Chicken Slices
Moist, full of flavour and economic. Make extra by all means, they don't dry out if you wrap in tinfoil and are perfect to tear in bits for a salad the following day.
Ingredients.
2 chicken breasts cut into slices, thickness a good cm or so.
100g walnuts, blitzed to very fine chunks but not powder.
1 tsp ground cumin.
1 tsp ground coriander.
1 tsp ground paprika (hot if you like it).
1 tsp ground cinnamon.
Pinch of ground cloves.
Freshly ground black pepper to taste.
Method. Preheat ...
