Sunday, 20 January 2013

Cous Cous Stuffed Pork Fillet














Ingredients

Pork fillet
1 mug cous cous
1 chicken stock pot
Tbsp umami dust (or salt/pepper seasoning)
Chopped parsley
Finely diced onion
Finely grated carrot

Put cous cous in a bowl add 2 mugs boiling water (flavoured with stock pot).
Add umami, parsley, onion and carrot and mix together.
Cover bowl with clean tea towel for 10-15 mins.
Allow it to cool and then slice the pork fillet lengthways down the middle and stuff with couscous
It would be nice wrapped in smoked bacon - I just wrapped it tightly in tin foil.
Cook in oven until cooked (mine took an hour).
Serve with lots of free and super free vegetables. I chose steamed potatoes with carrots and turnip.
Lovely change!

Friday, 11 January 2013

Chicken Tikka with Spiced Potato and Carrot


Chicken Tikka Ingredients
4 Chicken breasts
2 tbsp 0% total Greek yogurt
4 cloves garlic crushed
Teaspoon grated ginger
1tsp lemon juice
1 tbsp tikka spice

Chopped coriander
Spiced Potato & Carrot 
Chop and cube potatoes and carrots
choice of additional super free veg (celery/green beans)
Red onion diced
Tin good quality chopped tomatoes
Teaspoon lemon juice
Teaspoon of the following spices:
- turmeric
- chillies
- curry powder
- coriander
- cumin
- mustard powder
- garam masala

Method
Mix tandoori chicken ingredients to marinade the chicken. Leave overnight and then grill to cook. For the spiced potato and carrot accompaniment, steam cook the vegetables. Meanwhile fry the onion in all the spices. Once onion is softened add tin of tomatoes and simmer while veg steams. Once cooked stir vegetables into tomato sauce. Mix some tikka spice into a couple of tablespoons 0% greek yogurt then add some water until pouring consistency. /serve this as a dressing for the chicken and enjoy! 

Tandoori Chicken with Spiced Potato and Carrot