…orders, and weddings and recipes
Last night we opened a box of Christmas chocolates and ate lots of them - they looked really cool before they all started disappearing!
We watched Big Chef Takes On Little Chef which is really good - - - Heston Blumenthal is trying to restore the fortunes of the Little Chef roadside outlets all over the country.
One of the adverts in the break was for Quorn - it has some really cool characters...I like the pink, long-eared cat!
Some other great characters at the moment on tv and posters around towns are for the Change4Life incentive to keep kids healthy. The logo’s really great…
The website has ideas on ways to change 4 life, including: sugar swaps, 5 A DAY, meal time, up & about, cut back fat, me size meals, snack check and 60 active minutes.
...Today has been full of orders and people wanting wedding stationery! And here are a couple of cool recipes from the Wagamama recipe page:
prawn, asparagus and noodle salad
serves 2
you will need
1 teaspoon soft light brown sugar
2 teaspoons fish sauce (nam pla)
juice of 1 lime
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
12 cooked, peeled prawns
100g cellophane noodles
6 asparagus spears, cut into 4cm lengths
ΒΌ cucumber, deseeded and julienned
6 radishes, finely sliced
1 red chilli (or to taste), deseeded and finely chopped
1 garlic clove, peeled and finely chopped
2 spring onions, finely sliced
small bunch of coriander, leaves picked, stems finely chopped
2 teaspoons sesame seeds, briefly toasted in a hot, dry frying pan
instructions
combine the sugar, fish sauce, lime juice and vegetable oil and toss the prawns through
cook the noodles according to the instructions on the packet, drain and refresh under cold water
cook the asparagus in boiling salted water for 3-5 minutes (depending on thickness) until just tender, drain and refresh under cold water. combine the asparagus with the cucumber, radishes and noodles. add the chilli, garlic, spring onions and coriander stems
add the prawn mixture to the noodles and toss everything so it is well coated. serve with a generous sprinkling of the reserved coriander leaves and sesame seeds
If you buy prawns for a salad like this, it is best to cook the prawns gently, starting them in cold salted water, bringing them to the boil and simmering for a couple of minutes, before draining and peeling. this way the flesh stays moist and succulent
And MORE! = banana, pear, honey and lime smoothie
you will need
1 small banana, peeled
1 pear, peeled and cored
1 lime, peeled and all white pith removed
2 teaspoons of honey
instructions
place everything in a blender or food processor and blitz on the pulse setting until smooth. serve immediately
