Chicken & Green Salad

There are days when I don't feel like cooking at all so a quick simple filling salad always does the trick for me. So I came up with a meal that tackles all those problems for me and the leftovers make for a great lunchtime snack.

Ingredients:

- Mixed leaves lettuce
- avocado
- cucumber
- pear
- chicken strip/ breast
- halloumi
- salad dressing
- croutons
- all purpose seasoning

1. Fry or grill some chicken strips make sure you season before hand to add some flavour. Leave aside when done to cool down.

2. Fry a thin slice of halloumi until golden brown on each side. Cut into small pieces and also leave aside to allow it to cool down.

3. Get your big bowl ready and start preparing your salad.

4. Add some washed lettuce into the bowl along with some diced cucumbers, avocado and pear. Dress with some salad dressing.

5. Add your chicken and halloumi finish off with some croutons. Serve and enjoy.

Bon Appetite.

Steak & Halloumi Salad

This is a great filling meal I tend not to need anything after this meal and steak and egg is an iconic weight loss  meal. Being me I put my own little twist to a great classic.

Ingredients

- Steak (thin frying steak)
- Egg
- Halloumi
- Avocado
- Tomato
- Red onion
- Cucumber
- Rocket
- Pear
- Parsley
- Beef Seasoning
- Salad dressing

1. Score the beef steak and season, leave aside while preparing the rest of the meal.

2. Prepare the salad first in order to let it get cool in the fridge. Dice some tomato, cucumber, red onion and pear and place in a bowl. Throw in some rocket and salad dressing of your choice and put aside in the fridge.

3. Pour a spoon of oil in a non stick pan and fry your steak to your preference. Place on your plate ready

4. Put some water in a pan and once it starts heating up whisk clockwise and slowly drop the egg. The egg will spin around causing the egg white to cover the yoke. Allow to cook on a medium heat for 4 mins. place on top of steak.

5. Slice a medium sized slice of halloumi and fry in a pan (preferably the pan you used for the steak). Fry each side till golden brown. Careful when cooking halloumi they only need a few minutes on either side.

6. Complete plating up and serve.

Bon appetite

Oven Baked Chicken and Rice

This is a recipe I got inspired by on a little 15 second clip on instagram and thought why not recreate the dish. Firstly I always use a rice cooker so to cook rice in the oven was a whole new experience for me. So lets get started peeps. This recipe serves 2.

Ingredients

- 2 x chicken pieces
- tomato puree
- garlic
- mixed herbs
- all purpose seasoning
- cumin
- rice
- parsley
- oil
- lemon juice
- Cumin

1. Wash your chicken pieces well and remove any little hair.  Place your chicken in a bowl and season with one big spoon of tomato puree, 2 crushed garlic pieces, one teaspoon of mixed herbs and purpose seasoning. Leave to marinate in the fridge for an hour or two.

2. Wash one cup rice and allow to soak in water the same duration you allow the chicken to marinate.

3. Place your rice in an oven proof dish preferably a medium sized one. Pour in a cup of water (make sure the water is 1cm above the rice. Add a spoon of oil, cumin and lemon juice. Add two spoons of parsley. And a dash of cumin.

4. Place a grill tray above the rice and place the chicken on top allowing the juices of the chicken to also season the rice.

5. -Cook for 40 mins at 140c. When the rice is nice and fluffy and the chicken cooked all the way through. Serve with salad and enjoy.

Hmmm Crumble

This is my childhood school memory favourite crumble and being a bit lazy today I used can peach yes kill me now. But this was my little make before eastenders treat. So lets get started.

Ingredients

- Can of peaches in syrup
- Mixed All spices Shwarts
- Flour
- Butter
- Brown sugar
- Custard

1. Boil your peaches in the syrup with a spoon or two of mixed spices. Mixed spices tend to have cinnamon, nutmeg, all spice, ginger basically the flavour shelf in starbucks. Allow to boil for 10 mins until the syrup thickens.

2. Now for the crumble. Sieve a cup of flour in a bowl and add two spoons of soft butter not melted and last half a cup of brown sugar. No get to mixing with those cleans hands till if feels crumbly.

3. Pour your peaches with syrup in to a ovenproof dish till the surface is covered. Pour on the crumble mix, use a fork to fluff out the top and create the rustic look. Lastly pour a bit of sugar to caramelize to the top.

4. Place in the oven 170c for 30-40 minutes till the crumble has really cooked well and the sugar is melted. Serve with custard for the school memory.

Bon Appetite

Baby Its Cold Outside (Chicken Noodle Soup)

There's nothing I love more on a cold day or sick day for some chicken noodle soup and a soda on the side. So this is my quick 30 minute spin on a classic soup dish.

Ingredients:

- Chicken portions (thigh or leg)
- Noodles
- Carrot
- Fresh Parsley
- Parsnip
- Vegetable stock
- Chicken stock

1. Bring a saucepan of water with two spoon of chicken stock to boil. Place two pieces of chicken (skinned) portions inside, wait till the chicken is tender and falling of the bone. Take the chicken pieces out when done. Should take 10-15 mins.

2. Place in the saucepan the following contents carrots and parsnips both diced.

3. separate  the chicken from the bone till your left with shredded chicken then place back into your saucepan and half a cup of vegetable stock as by now your soup has reduced. Crush up you noodle and place inside.

4. After a further 10 mins check that your noodles are soft and your vegetables tender. And your done serve with a nice rustic roll or tiger bread.

Bon Appetite

Dinner Time Bugers And Chips

 

Cheat Weekend doesn't mean you have to forget about calories most the time you just have to change your  cooking method. So I had burger and chips with a nice bit of salad. Salad is a great way to fill up without adding on extra unwanted calories.

Ingredients:

- Mince beef 100g
- All purpose seasoning
- cayenne pepper (optional)
- sweet potatoes
- butternut squash
- parsley
- honey
- mixed peppers
- mixed lettuce
- salad dressing
- tomato

1. Get an empty bowl and place the mince beef inside mix with two spoons of seasoning and add cayenne pepper if you wish. I like a bit of spice and as well as that spicy food help boost your metabolism.

2. form two burger shapes and place on a grill in the oven. Set the oven at 185c. Cook for 25-30 mins turning once halfway.

3. Get your oven tray ready and spray on some healthy oil or just a little bit of the oil that you have. Peel and slice up your veg into chips like form then season with honey and parsley also place into the oven. The root vegetables will take an extra 10 mins but remember to constantly turn them around every 10 mins.

4. Salad time. Mix your mixed lettuce with your diced mixed peppers and tomato ( add whatever you want that you like in your salad). Splash on some salad dressing and your done with salad.

5. Plate your food and your done enjoy.

Bon Appetite

Healthy Meals (Lunch)

So this was a meal that I made a few days back and have fell in love with it is my go to for lunch salads and can be pre-made to take to school, college, uni or work if needed.

King Prawns with Feta Salad

Ingredients

- King prawns
- Sweet chilli sauce
- Lettuce
- Tomato
- Cucumber
- Avocado
- Feta cheese
- Red onion
- Salad Dressing

1. Get your prawns hopefully peeled and ready to or cooked, then two spoons of sweet chilli sauce to season them. When done place under the grill at 150 Celsius.

2. wash all your veg and start mixing doesn't matter on the order as long as all the ingredients are there. Don't hesitate to remove what you don't like from the list. I like to dice my tomato, cucumber, feta, red onion and avocado.

3. Splash your salad dressing on and by the time you have done all of that your prawns should be ready and just plate up and enjoy.

Other suggestions apart from prawn are chicken and salmon but it can also be enjoyed as just a salad.