Month: February 2021

Chicken & Egg Salad

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Week 8 – 2021 This is another post from the series “I tried something new this week”. I like doing simple recipes for lunches and this week I did a salad that I wanted to share because it’s so simple but it’s delicious. Especially now when I am working from home all the time, is important to have go to lunch recipes that I can make quickly and which can offer enough variety in my diet. This one is definitely on my go to list. Ingredients chicken breast egg radishes plum tomatoes broccoli balsamic vinegar olive oil salt & pepper butter Method Grill the chicken breast using your favourite method. I picked some chicken breast wit skin for this recipe and grilled it in the oven with a bit of melted butter on top, salt and pepper. Steam the broccoli and boil the eggs. I tried with hard boiled and soft boiled eggs, they both work very well. If you like leek you could also steam some of that, in my opinion broccoli and leak …

Slow cooked Pork Ribs

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Week 7 – 2021 This is another post from the series “I tried something new this week”. This recipe takes about 7 hours on low temperature in the slow cooker but it’s very easy to prepare, it took me maximum 10 minutes. I have a slow cooker from Russell Hobs with 2 settings and I used setting 1 but I am sure that other slow cookers have similar settings, just use the lowest one for best results. Ingredients (2 portions) 2 packs of pork ribs of approx 600g each (about 4-5 ribs per person) 300g bbq sauce 1 tbs Worcester sauce 2 cloves crushed garlic cayenne spice Method Add the ribs in the slow cooker. Prepare the sauce by mixing the bbq sauce, the Worcester sauce, the garlic and a bit of cayenne spice. Add the sauce on the ribs and coat them by using a brush. Set the slow cooker on low temperature and leave the ribs to cook for about 7 hours. I really enjoy the ribs with just a salad and I …

Gochujang Tofu

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Week 6 – 2021 This is another post from the series “I tried something new this week”. I have tried for a while now to cook tofu in different ways and this week I decided to use one of the sauces I bought recently – Gochujang. In case you haven’t cooked with it before, it’s a red chilly paste popular in Korean cooking. I like it because it has a good balance of savoury, sweet and spicy. The recipe I tried this week is very simple but it makes a delicious meal. Ingredients 250g tofu 200g rice Gochujang paste Kimchi oil soy sauce mirin ginger garlic salt pepper white sesame seeds Method Step 1 Preheat the oven at 200°C. Start boiling the 200 ml water for the rice. Wash the rice and add it to the pot. It depends a bit on the rice but if I use basmati I boil it for 10 minutes and then I leave it covered to rest for another 10 minutes. Step 2 Cut the tofu in 2cm cubes …

Salmon with Shiitake & Peppers

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Week 5 – 2021 This is another post from the series “I tried something new this week”. If you like simple dinners than this recipe is definitely for you! It takes maximum 15 minutes to prepare. Ingredients (2 portions) 2 salmon fillets 1 red pepper 1 pack of shiitake peppers (100-150g) 2 medium size potatoes 3 tbs soy sauce 3 tbs sesame oil salt pepper olive oil Method Preheat the oven to 200°C . Cut the potatoes into wedges. Brush the potato wedges with olive oil and season them with salt and pepper. Put them in the oven and set the timer to 35 minutes. In the mean time add the salmon fillets to an ovenproof dish. Cut the pepper into slices and add them to the dish, then add the shiitake mushrooms. Season with a bit of salt and pepper. Mix the soy sauce and the sesame oil and add to the dish. When the potatoes have been in the oven for 15 minutes, sink the temperature to 160°C and put the fish in …