January 14, 2021 / Lyn Jones / 0 Comments
Ingredients
- 250g broccolini
- 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 1 handful mint and parsley leaves
- 30g vegan Parmesan cheese
- sea salt and black pepper
- 1 can chickpeas, drained (drained weight 250g)
- 1 clove garlic (finely chopped)
- 1 1/2 tsp ground cumin
- 1/2 tsp smoked paprika
- 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
- 1 large lemon, halved
- 1/4 cup mint leaves finely chopped
- 2 spring onions (white part only- sliced)
- 1 tsp capers (finely chopped)
Method
1. Preheat the oven to 220 ̊C. Place the chickpeas, garlic, cumin, paprika and turmeric in a small baking dish. Drizzle over about 1/4 cup olive oil (enough to cover the chickpeas) and season with 2 big pinches of sea salt and a good turn of black pepper; toss to coat the chickpeas. Roast in a hot oven for 20-25 minutes, or until crispy. Allow to cool (the chickpeas crisp up more as they cool).
2. Drizzle the broccolini with olive oil and season with sea salt. Heat a barbecue or grill pan on high heat. When hot, add the broccolini and cook until charred, about 2-3 minutes. At the same time, add the halved lemons, cut side down, onto the grill and char for 1-2 minutes, until the face of the lemon is charred. Remove both the broccolini and lemon immediately from the heat and set aside.
3. To make the dressing, squeeze the juice of 1/2 a charred lemon into a small bowl, and whisk in the olive oil. Add the mind, shallots, capers and stir to combine. Taste, and add more charred lemon juice if needed, and season with sea salt and black pepper.
4. Place the broccolini on a serving plate and top with crispy chickpeas. Spoon over the charred lemon dressing and scatter over the mint, parsley and vegan cheese.
December 4, 2020 / Lyn Jones / 0 Comments
Just like a cup a noodle soup, but delicious and wholesome and not full of nasty things. This is loaded with flavour and light on the dishes you’ll be eating this one on the reg. Actual cook time is 7 minutes so I’m allowing you 8 minutes to get everything else sorted. To make the most of this time, do as the recipe suggests and prep the chicken first and while that sits in its marinade, chop all the veg up. Everything doesn’t need to be perfect – just all about bite sized so that you don’t need to get super awkward when eating it and it will cook at the same rate. Serves 2
Ingredients1 chicken breast (approx 200g) or try 2 thighs
1 tsp ginger (ground?)
1 tsp chilli flakes
1 Tbs soy sauce
1 tsp Chinese cooking wine (optional)
a few drops sesame oil
1 clove garlic, crushed
1 Tbs coriander stalks, finely chopped
1/2 cup finely chopped spring onion
1 carrot, finely sliced
1 bunch broccolini, chopped into 1-2inch pieces
2/3 cup mushrooms, finely sliced
1 cup cauliflower florets, bite sized pieces
200g fresh noodles of choice or rice noodles (must be something that takes 3 mins or less to cook)
Approx 400ml boiling water
Toasted sesame seeds to serve
Chop the chicken breast into bite sized pieces and place in a bowl along with ginger, chilli, soy, wine, sesame oil, garlic and coriander stalks. Toss to coat and let it sit for a few minutes while you prepare all your vegetables.
Put a medium pot on medium high heat, lightly spray with oil (if pot is non stick you can skip this) and add chicken pieces along with their marinade. Cook, moving around the pot regularly, until the chicken breast pieces have got some colour. This should only take a few minutes.
Add the mushrooms, carrots, cauliflower and broccolini along with 1/2 the spring onion. Toss to mix well with the chicken and cook for 1 minute. Add the noodles and fill with the pot with enough boiling water to just cover the noodles with the tops of the vegetables sticking out. Simmer 3 mins.
To serve: place noodles, chicken and vegetables into bowls and top with the stock.
Sprinkle with remaining spring onion, coriander and toasted sesame seeds.
Have some extra chilli flakes on hand if you like things hot.