Sunday 22 January 2012

Meat-Thai Beef Salad

Ingredients-

2TBLspn flaked almonds
1 egg yolk
1/2 of a lemon juice
1/2 of a lime juice
1 teaspn Dijon mustard
1/2 small chili chopped
Salt and pepper
1/2teaspn sesame oil
1/2teaspn olive oil
100g lean steak
1/2teaspn olive oil- for cooking
1 cup spinach leaves
3 cherry tomato cut in half
1/4 bell capsicum sliced
5 slices of cucumber
1/4 red onion sliced

1. Preheat your oven at 180'c
2. Put your almonds in a pan then toast for 7 min in the oven
3. In a bowl mix the egg yolk, mustard and the juices
4. Add the oils and chill and mix

5. Add salt and pepper to the dressing mix then set aside
6. Cool the almonds
7. Season the meat
8. Turn your frying pan on high add the cooking oil
9. Seal the steak making it golden brown on both sides then rest on chopping board
10. In a mixing bowl place the spinach, cucumber, tomato, onion, capsicum and the almonds
11. Mix the dressing through
12.  Place the salad on your plate
13. Slice your steak and lay on the plate
14. Enjoy :)



Sunday 1 January 2012

Poultry- Spiced chicken with a tortilla salad


Ingredients-

1 Small tortilla
Olive oil spray
1 TBLspn olive oil- cooking
1 TBLspn bush spice
1 TBLspn corn flour
1 Egg
3 Chicken tenderloins
1 Small capsicum
1/4 Avocado
1/2 Cup mixed salad leaves
1/2 Lime
1 teaspn honey
Salt and pepper
1 teaspn olive oil- salad
1. Preheat oven to 200'c
2. Spray a small oven proof bowl with oil
3. Lay the tortilla in the bowl spray it with oil
4. Weigh down the tortilla with a smaller oven proof bowl and cook for 10 min in the oven
5. Put the olive oil in a frying pan and start to heat the pan
6. On a plate mix the bush spice and corn flour
7. In a small bowl beat the egg
8. Coat each tenderloin with the spice mix
9. Dip the tenderloins in the egg mix
10. Coat the tenderloins in the spice mix again

11. Fry the chicken until cooked
12. Pull the tortilla out of the oven and cool
13. Slice the capsicum and dice the avocado
14. Put the tortilla shell on the plate and layer the leaves, capsicum and avocado
15. Salt and pepper the salad, then drizzle with the olive oil
16. Arrange the chicken on the plate
17. Drizzle honey on the chicken
18. When you are ready to eat it squeeze the lime over the salad then enjoy :)