Salmon Zuchini Pasta

It was off to lunch with one of my lovely friends, I wanted something tasty, easy and of course I wanted to treat my friend. What better way than to make a beautiful pasta dish with some delicious pieces of salmon?

Here’s what I did:

Salmon Zucchini Pasta

Ingredients:

100g Cooked Pasta (I usually mix whole-wheat and normal pasta)

500ml Plain Yoghurt

150g Zucchini (or baby marrow roughly chopped)

200g Salmon (roughly chopped)

Salt and pepper

Instruction:

·         Steam the baby marrow until almost cooked,

·         Add the Pasta and plain yoghurt to the zucchini and mix well,

·         Add the Salmon and cook over a low heat for about 5 minutes,

·         Lastly salt and pepper to taste.

Remember salmon does not need a long cooking time. I made a nice green salad with it, and viola a beautiful dish to treat my friend.

Happy cooking!

Greek Lamb

I can’t remember where I found this recipe, but I’ve received so many complements on it.

Usually when I make this recipe I steam some broccoli and buy a nice French loaf. I usually slice the French loaf into thin slices, cover it in basil pesto and then toast it in the oven. See my basil pesto recipe here. The sauce of the lamb is divine, believe me your friends will ask you for more.

Okay so I'm not a food-stylist :)

Greek Lamb

Ingredients:

6 Lamb chops

3 Garlic cloves

1 large onion

1 tub of plain fat free yoghurt

Salt and pepper

Maizina or flour (to thicken sauce)

Direction:

1. Start off by adding the lamb to a warm pan, the lamb is fatty enough so there is no need for extra oil.
2. Add the coursly chopped onions and finely chopped garlic.
3. Add salt and pepper.
4. When the lamb is nice and brown take it off the heat, and place it in a baking tray. Spread it out evenly.
5. To make the sauce add 2 table spoons of flour/maizina to a bit of milk, stir it into the yoghurt. Pour the sauce over the lamb, make sure everything is covered.
6. Bake in a 180 degrees oven for 30min.

I love making this lamb when we have friends over. It is such a relaxed dish to eat with friends, because you have to use your hands to dip bread in the delicious sauce. I hope this recipe will also bring you loads of complements and many nights of great conversations!

Oh and remember a nice red wine :)

Happy Cooking!

Yoghurt Pudding

So maybe I have a bit of a sweet tooth, I love desserts! As a kid I never used to eat chocolates or sweets, my mom always tell people about how I once threw a tantrum in the grocery store because I wanted an apple. If only it stayed this way.

Over the years I’ve fell in love with desserts especially cheese cake. This weekend I tried to be a bit adventurous and my family was the food critics. I was a bit uncertain if my idea would work, and I must admit I was very nervous!

My dad loves pudding and has very high standards when it comes to his beloved dessert. What happened? It was a great success! YAY!

I created a yummy, cheese cake inspired pudding. It tasted so good, and it is so healthy. The combinations can be endless, and I hope you have fun creating your own combinations. I’m even considering using this as a breakfast in summer.

Yoghurt Pudding

Yoghurt Pudding 
Ingredients:
Plain Yoghurt
Honey
Lemon Juice
Dried cranberries
Dried cling peaches
Tennis biscuit


Directions: 

1. First dice the dried cranberries and peaches in to smaller pieces. Put it in a pot with just enough boiling water to cover the pieces. Stew the fruit until all the water has cooked away, this will release the natural sweetness of the dried fruit and allow the flavours to marry. 
2. Now take 2 cups of plain yoghurt, add 2 tablespoons of honey and 1 teaspoon of lemon (obviously you can flavour it to your taste). Put the yoghurt in the microwave on high for 1 minute, take it out and stir. Put it back in for another minute, again stir and set it aside. 
3. Now comes the easy part. Crush the tennis biscuits and put it at the bottom of your ramekins. 
4. Put a layer of the stewed fruit over the tennis biscuits followed by the warm yoghurt. 
5. Leave in the fridge to cool and set for at least 2 hours. 

Layers before adding the warm yoghurt

As you can see this is a super easy and very versatile recipe. You can try different ingredients, yoghurts, even add spices like cinnamon. This could also make a nice breakfast if you use oats or muesli instead of tennis biscuit. Definitely a keeper in my recipe book.

I hope this recipe inspires you to try something different this week!