Friday, May 14, 2010

Plum salad, pineapple salad

Pineapple Salad

Mix
well together in a bowl:
1 chopped&cubed pineapple
1 very spicy, fresh and juicy red chilli, VERY finely chopped
A handful of peppermint leaves

If you like, you can add the saucy chilli juice on the chopping board left after chopping over the top.

The Times has this tasty PLUM SALAD idea... Yes, savoury plums! try it!
http://www.thetimes.co.za/PrintEdition/Lifestyle/Article.aspx?id=936333

Ingredients:
2 red plums
2 yellow plums
1 pillow pack mixed salad greens
Handful of sunflower and pumpkin seeds
Small wedge of blue cheese, crumbled
Parmesan shavings

Dressing:
Handful of parsley, chopped
50ml olive oil
Salt and pepper
30ml red wine vinegar
5ml honey

Method:
# On a serving plate arrange all salad ingredients except the Parmesan.
# Sprinkle over the shavings of cheese.
# Mix all the dressing ingredients and drizzle over salad just before serving.

Easy Flapjack-Crumpets

2 cups plain flour
* 3/4 cup granulated sugar
* 3 teaspoons baking powder
* 3 eggs
* 1 cup milk
* 30 g melted butter

Direction
Mix everything, leaving butter for last.
Grease a flat bottomed frying pan or griddle.
Drop or pour small amounts of batter onto griddle.
Turn and cook other side when bubbles break on surface of crumpet.
Heat should be medium to get a deep, even golden colour.
Serve warm with butter and jam sandwiched together. "
OR WITH CREAM!! I had this for lunch today. It was very satisfying..and tasty! I only used a 1/2 cup of sugar though. They were sweet enough to eat plain like that. yumm. I'd like to make these with black berries in the batter!!!

spicy cocnut chicken sauce

melt a block of coconut cream in a pot,
add crushed ginger, garlic, chilli/ frechly chopped stuff
before the cream burns, add about 1 cup of milk and 2 cups water
2 tspns of cumin
1 tspn ginger
1tspn chicken stock
add 4 chopped chicken breasts
and 1 tin chickpeas
and a broccoli chopped
1 tspn salt
2 tspn nutty wheat to thicken
if you want added spiciness, add extra powdered ginger and chilli or cayene pepper :)

let it simmer for about 10 min or until the chicken is cooked.
serve on lentil brown rice!