Monday, 28 January 2013

Superfood Salad


Serves 4
20 mins approx
Shopping List 

Asparagus tips
Green Salad Leaves
Courgette   Pomegranate   Pine Nuts    Quinoa    Edamame Beans
4 Tea Spoon Red Wine Vinegar
4 Tea Spoon Walnut Oil
1 Tea Spoon Marmelade

Step by Step

1. Add Quinoa to boiling water
       

2. Add Asparagus to a hot griddle pan
 3. When Asparagus starts to soften and brown on one side ADD Cherry Toms, Pine nuts and a Tea Spoon Walnut oil.
 4. In a large salad bowl add 3 Tea Spoon Walnut oil, 4 Tea Spoon Red Wine Vinegar, 1 Tea spoon Marmelade and mix, Add your pan when everything has softened up. We want it crunchy though.
 5. Add your Edamame beans.
 6. Turn your pan to a medium heat, Start to griddle your Courgette
7. Base your plate with the Courgette
8. Add Salad leaves to the bowl and mix with your hands. 
 9. Add Quinoa and give it another good mix. Time to plate!
10. On top of your Courgette grab handful of the salad, Sprinkle over some pomegranate seeds and enjoy!

Thursday, 24 January 2013

Prosciutto wrapped Chicken

This is what i consider a basic when cooking. You should learn this, be able to do it without thinking in minuets. If you want to cook more this is vital, its what you use when you don't want to fanny around. This is everyday food at its best, its delicious!


Shopping List 

Chicken Breast (Dont buy the cheap stuff)
Tomato Pesto 
Prosciutto 

Step by Step 

1. Lie your chicken breast flat on a chopping board. Your going to get chicken hands so just embrace it. 

2. Pressing your palm flat on the top, keep your knife flat, you can steer it up and down, you don't have to commit to one line of cutting. 
3. Stop a cm or so in from the edge, and open the flap
 4. Attractive.. i know, haha but using a tea spoon of Tomato Pesto spread across the breast. Doesn't need to be neat.
5. On a separate board cut a square of Cling Film, lie 3 pieces of prosciutto the same way, an inch gap.   (This has to be neat and tight)
 6. Lie your chicken horizontal across the middle of the prosciutto. Pull the prosciutto across, keeping it tight.
7. Pull away the cling film keeping the prosciutto in place, and wrap the other side over tight. Don't make it sausage shape, it wants to resemble chicken but more beautiful. 
8. Place on an oven tray. Drizzle over olive oil and gently grind black pepper. This can be refrigerated for hours so great for dinner parties. Oven at 200c



Wednesday, 23 January 2013

Lunch Special : Cajun Salmon Sarnie

Shopping List :

1 Salmon Fillet
Cherry Tomato
Avocado
Rocket
Cajun Spice
Mayo

Step By Step :

1. Pop that salmon on an oven Tray, turn your Grill up high and sprinkle a Tea spoon of cajun over your Salmon. Drizzle a touch olive oil over top (If your oil conscious don't do this)

 2. Half avocado, remove stone, using a spoon remove flesh and place in a bowl. Season.
 3. Add one Tea Spoon Mayo, Mush it to a lumpy paste.
 4. Half your bun, Spread avocado, Add a slice of White Onion, Cherry Tomatoes .
 5. Salmon will be done.
6. Remove skin from base of salmon. Add rocket to other half of bun. ENJOY!