We where to have friends this weekend but with a last minute cancellation we where left to spend the weekend with no plan….nothing better.
We spent Friday night at home eating a simple and very healthy Teriyaki stir fry of Pork, Sugar snap peas and broccoli served over Japanese noodles. It felt like we where having a take-out bit I’m not aware of Japanese in Orange.
Saturday lunch was good, Nick commented that he never thought he would rave over anything with lentils but oh how his tastes have changed.
So out of the pantry comes my Beetroot and Lentil Salad
1 tin beetroot, cut to bite size
1 tin of Puy lentils – drained many times to avoid the obvious pitfall of tinned lentils (do I need to go into details?!)
2 finely chopped eschalot’s
½ bunch chopped chives
Some lettuce leaves or rocket would be nice
1 tablespoon per person of Labanne (yogurt cheese)
Mix all ingredients except the lettuce with a splash of good oil and season with salt and pepper. Pop the leaves on a plate, add the lentil mix and top with a spoon of Labanne and another grind of pepper. Easy and very, very good.
Saturday dinner and Nick has offered to cook for me!
My choice, prawns of the barbecue…
He took 700g of prawns, took the head off and split the prawns long ways removing the back track.
He then pounded in the mortar and pestle a handful of Parsley, Mint, Chives, the rind of a lemon, a little olive oil, 2 cloves garlic, 1 teaspoon of chilli flakes and some salt.
This then spread this over the prepared prawns and let them marinade for an hour before booking on a hot barbecue for just a minute either side.
He served this with some grilled vegetables and a dressing of olive oil and lemon juice. A bottle of Tasmanian Pinot and I was feeling very spoilt indeed.
Today is Sunday and we are heading off for lunch in a local vineyard, I hope everyone’s weekend is going as well as ours, have fun.
Love Mary
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