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QUICK AND EASY MEALS

I WAS A HEAD CHEF FOR OVER 12 YEARS ,AND NOT WANTING TO BLOW MY OWN TRUMPET TOO MUCH ,I HAD ALOT OF GOOD REMARKS ABOUT MY FOOD ....SO I´M GOING TO START TO SHARE SOME OF MY RECIPIES WITH YOU ALL AND HOPE YOU ENJOY................... TO START A QUICK AND EASY MEAL THATS ALSO QUITE HEALTHY..... FRIZZEE GOATS CHEESE SALAD AND PAN FRIED COD WITH BUTTERNUT SQUASH AND NUTMEG PUREE..... INGREDIENTS... FOR THE SALAD FRIZEE LETTUCE GOATS CHEESE(THE LITTLE ROLLS YOU BUY IN THE SUPERMARKET ARE FINE) CHERRY TOMATOES SMOKED BACON CUT IN SMALL PIECES PINE NUTS RAISINS BALSAMIC VINAGER OLIVE OIL SALT /PEPPER FOR THE FISH AND MASH I FILET OF COD PER PERSON 200G IS ENOUGHYOUR SALAD ROCK SALT AND A LITTLE OLIVE OIL POTATOES AND BUTTERNUT SQUASH OF EQUAL QUANTITY. METHOD FISRT CUT AND DICE THE POTATOES AND SQUASH AND PLACE INTO BOILING WATER TO COOK FOR YOUR MASH... THEN PREPARE YOUR SALAD.....WASH THE FRIZZEE AND PLACE IN BOWL..FRY OFF THE BACON FIRST AND TAKE OUT TO COOL...THEN ADD THE RAISINS TO THE BACON FAT IN THE PAN AND LIGHTLY FRY ...THEN ADD THE PINE NUTS...(BE CAREFUL THEY BURN EASILY ,ALWAYS GENTLE HEAT)TAKE THEM OUT ONCE GOLDEN BROWN AND LEAVE TO COOL ALSO.....CUT UP THE CHERRY TOMATOES IN HALFS AND DICE THE GOATS CHEESE.....ONCE THE CHEESE IS CUT PLACE IT WITH THE TOMATOES AND THE FRIZZEE IN THE BOWL LEAVING JUST THE PINE NUTS ,BACON AND RAISINS SEPARATE WHICH I ALWAYS FLASH HEAT AT THE LAST MINUTE BEFORE SERVING...AND ADD TO THE SALAD...OIL VINAGER SALT AND PEPPER TO TASTE. CHECK YOUR POTATOES AND IF THEY ARE READY JUST TURN OFF THE WATER AND LEAVE THEM WHILE YOU COOK THE FISH......MEDIUM HEAT ..FIRST ROCK SALT IN THE PAN AND A LITTLE OLIVE OIL (I PREFER BUTTER )AND SLOWLY PAN FRY UNTIL THE FISH IS FIRM AND COOKED THROUGH...JUST BEFORE IT IS FINISHED DRAIN YOUR BUTTERNUT SQUASH AND POTATOES AND ADD PLENTY OF NUTMEG SALT AND PEPPER (ALWAYS TASTE AS YOU GO AND REMEMBER ITS EASY TO ADD BUT NOT TO TAKE AWAY) ALL READY SERVE THE FISH WITH THE MASH AND THE SALAD ON THE SIDE QUE APROVECHE..

Pancake tuna wraps
Sunday, April 8, 2012 @ 12:25 AM

 these are really easy and pretty much everyone likes them ......

 

Ingredients

pancakes :

flour two cups 

1 egg 

three cups of milk

pinch of salt

butter

(and a good non stick  frying pan )...mix with a blender or beat with a whisk all the ingredients except the butter.....once beaten melt a knob of butter in the pan and wait until pan has heated and butter is completely melted (have a plate on standby for the ready pancakes and a spatula if you are not practiced at flipping them ).Pour some liquid into the middle of the pan when the pan is hot and let it run around base of the pan .they cook quickly so when you lift up a corner and see it golden  colour flip it over and cook the other side.....(practice makes perfect)stack the ready pancakes on the plate you will need about 10 for 5 people.

 

now the filling 

three cups boiled white basmati  rice,

sweetcorn(fresh is better but tinned is easier to find)

tuna (same as above)

two large tomatoes grated 

olive oil 

salt,pepper.

(I like to chop up fresh mixed herbs aswell to give it that extra flavour,rosemary thyme,basil oregano,smashed up in a pessel an



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