Chicken: Hawaiian Chicken
  
40g Brown rice ¼ Green Pepper 75g cooked Chicken breast fillets 2 rings Pineapple - canned 2,5mls soya sauce 30mls Pineapple - juice 15mls Almonds - flaked to taste Salt and pepper
Boil rice till tender. Dice green pepper. Cut chicken and pineapple into small pieces. Put everthing except almonds into saucepan and heat thoroughly. Sprinkle almonds onto a piece of foil and grill till golden brown. Stir into chicken mixture.
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Chicken and Green Peppers
 
4 Chicken Pieces 2 Green Pepper 2 Onions 2 Tbspns Curry powder for batter Flour ½ cup Tomato puree 2 Tbspns Chutney Crushed Garlic
Chop up 2 green peppers. Add 2 onions. Put onions and green peppers in bottom of casserole dish. Dip chicken pieces into flour mixed with 1 tablespoon curry and put into casserole dish. Pour over 1/2 cup tomato puree mixed with 2 tablespoons chutney and garlic. Bake till tender.
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Chinese Marinade for Chicken

1 Tbspn Sherry 1 Tbspn soya sauce to taste Garlic ¼ tspn Ginger - fresh ¼ tspn Brown Sugar ¼ tspn Chinese five spice powder
Mix all ingredients together. Cut chicken into thin strips for stir fry or use portions for baking. Pour marinade over chicken. Allow to stand for 1 hour.
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Deserts: Spicy baked apples

600 g Apples 1/4 (50g) Brown Sugar 1/2 Teaspoon Ground cinnamon 1/4 Cup Raisins 8 Tablespoons Low fat yoghurt
Remove cores and slit skin of each apple around center. Combine sugar, cinnamon and raisins in a shallow bowl and mix well. Spoon mixture into each apple cavity. Place apples in large ovenproof dish, bake covered, in moderately hot oven for about 35 minutes. (or place in microwave approximately 2-3 minutes per apple)
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Low- fat strawberry ice cream
  
800 ml, washed and roughly chopped Strawberries 2 Ts Castor Sugar 1 Litre Low fat ice cream
Process the strawberries and castor sugar until fine.
Press through a sieve.
Process a little of the sauce and ice cream at a time until smooth.
Turn into a dish and freeze until firm.
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Fish: Hot Tuna

2 Onion 2 Tin Tuna 2 tbspns Cornflour 1 glass White wine 2 tbspns Cheese - grated
Fry onion in a little oil. Add flaked tuna. Add 2 tablespoons of cornflour to juice of tinned button mushrooms. Add to tuna and allow to thicken. Add mushrooms and half a glass of wine. Place into casserole dish adding two tablespoons of grated cheese. Bake for approximately 15 minutes
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Meat: Thai Burgers with chilli dressing
   
10mls Oil 20mls Ginger - grated 10mls Lemongrass 2 Red Chillies - fresh 6 cloves crushed Garlic 8 finely chopped Spring onions Extra leen beef Mince - lean 30mls Coriander 10mls soya sauce 1 small Egg To taste Salt and pepper 8 deseeded Tomatoes - diced 2 cloves Garlic 1 small Chillies - fresh 20mls soya sauce 10mls sugar 60mls Coriander - fresh, chopped 5mls Lemongrass
Heat 10 ml of oil in frying pan. Add the ginger, lemon grass, chilli and garlic. Fry for one minute. Add oinions and fry for 1 minute. Top contents of pan into a bowl. Add mince, coriander and soy sauce, mixinig together (do not make mixture sloppy. Season with salt and pepper. Divide the mixture into 5 and shape into burgers.
Note: See recipe for chilli dressing Heat a small amount of oil in a large frying pan and fry the burgers for 5 - 6 minutes on each side.
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Chilli Dressing

Blitz the tomatoes, garlic, chilli, soy sauce and sugar for about 30 seconds. Transfer to a small bowl and stir in the chopped coriander. Drain the burgers of excess fat on a paper towel. Serve topped with chilli dressing.
Note: Can also use to make Fish Burgers or Chicken Burgers. Substitute lean beef with salmon, cob or tinned salmon
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Pasta: Angel Hair Pasta with Lemon and Garlic
   
1 tspn olive oil 2 cloves, peeled Garlic - crushed ½ Dry White wine ¼ Cup lemon juice 1 Cup Tomatoes - diced 113g dried Semolina angel-hair pasta ¼ Cup Basil 2 Tbspn Parmesan cheese Freshly ground Black pepper
Put olive oil and garlic in a pan an saute over mendium heat until garlic begins to brown. Remove pan from heat and add the wine. Return to heat. Cook for another 1 to 2 minutes, until wine is reduced by half. Stir in lemon juice and tomato. Remove pan from heat. Place pasta in boiling water and cook to desired doneness (30 seconds to one minute). Drain pasta and put in warm serving bowl. Add basil parmesan cheese, black pepper and tomato mixture. Toss and serve immediately.
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Salads: Spinach and strawberry salad
 
Break up spinach, and slice strawberries,sprinkle with sunflower seeds
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Papaya salad
   
1 1/2 assorted Lettuce 1 1/2 Papaya 1 1/2 Avocado pears 1/2 Onion 1/4 ts Mustard powder 1/2 ts salt 1/4 Cup Oil (About the same as 1/4 cup of sugar) Sweetner 1/4 Cup Cider Vinegar
Break lettuce into pieces. Cut the papaya into slices or cubes. Cut the Avocado into cubes.
Mix all the above theses ingredients together.
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Vegetarian: Roasted Mustard Potatoes

Light Oil 4 Tbspn Dijon-style Mustard 2 tspn Paprika 1 tspn Cumin - ground 1/8 tspn Cayenne Pepper 4 Potatoe
Preheat oven to 200 C. Lightly coat pan with oil. Put mustard, paprika, cumin, chilli powder and cayenne pepper in a large bowl whisk to blend. Prick the potatoes several times with a fork and add them to the bowl. Toss to coat evenly.
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Stuffed Butternut

Brown a small onion, 1/3 green pepper, 3 large mushrooms and garlic in a teaspoon of oil. Peel butternut and cut off lid. Remove pips and stuff with mixture, put lid back with toothpicks. Bake at 180 degrees C for 1 hour or until soft.
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