Festive food, whilst delicious, is not really the kind of food she thinks about eating in January aka the 'winter time' but the following is and I think most of you will agree with us. For how does chicken with honey, cajun spices, sweet potatoes and walnuts sound to you?
If it sounds pretty good, then read on, Dear Readers, here's a simple dish that she does quite often.
Ingredients.
8 or 10 chicken thighs skinned.. there's no point in doing just a couple of thighs, do more than you want and then use the meat for other things. They use the same amount of spices, vegetables AND power!
A fat courgette halved lengthways and cut into thick slices.
Sweet potatoes 500g, peeled and cut into chunks.
Walnuts pieces, chopped but not too small.
Cajun spices 2 tbsp.
Olive oil 1tbsp.
Runny Honey 2 tbsp.
A good amount of your favourite green vegetable.
Or a very crisp green leafy salad.
We do a dish of Freekeh and a green salad.. followed by some ripe Goat's cheese.
Method.
Rub 1 tbsp of the spice over the chicken thighs and leave for at least 30 minutes.
Preheat your oven to 200c or gas mark 6.
Mix the second tbsp of spice with the honey and the olive oil.
Put the chicken and the vegetables into a deep roasting pan and drizzle the spice, honey, oil mixture over the chicken and vegetables.
Roast the dish for 30 minutes until the meat is done.
Your freekeh takes about the same time.
It'll warm the inside of your ribcage, which is what you want from 'Winter' food, isn't it? And, it is equally delicious cold but don't throw away those thigh bones, all your chicken bones and carcasses should be put into Frosty Larder until you've got enough to make a HUGE pot of Chicken Stock.
Now's that's real Winter food for making: soup, risotto, a mug of chicken stock (is delicious when people aren't feeling well or have the flu or a horrid cold), with vegetables and you can freeze the rest in ice cube holders and keep them in old Frosty.
We're planning this for the week-end and she'll take some cold with her when she goes to weigh-in on Monday, huh, did you see that! She has lunch sometimes on Mondays, I NEVER ever 'see' lunch.
It's not the same having a boring old bowl of dry seed and the odd grape or apple. Lunch should be served on a plate but I've yet to see it in real-life.
GeeGee Parrot.
January 6th, 2016.
PostScript: The first paragraph about not wanting to eat 'Festive' food in January, does not apply to those Galettes des Rois.
If it sounds pretty good, then read on, Dear Readers, here's a simple dish that she does quite often.
Ingredients.
8 or 10 chicken thighs skinned.. there's no point in doing just a couple of thighs, do more than you want and then use the meat for other things. They use the same amount of spices, vegetables AND power!
A fat courgette halved lengthways and cut into thick slices.
Sweet potatoes 500g, peeled and cut into chunks.
Walnuts pieces, chopped but not too small.
Cajun spices 2 tbsp.
Olive oil 1tbsp.
Runny Honey 2 tbsp.
A good amount of your favourite green vegetable.
Or a very crisp green leafy salad.
We do a dish of Freekeh and a green salad.. followed by some ripe Goat's cheese.
Method.
Rub 1 tbsp of the spice over the chicken thighs and leave for at least 30 minutes.
Preheat your oven to 200c or gas mark 6.
Mix the second tbsp of spice with the honey and the olive oil.
Put the chicken and the vegetables into a deep roasting pan and drizzle the spice, honey, oil mixture over the chicken and vegetables.
Roast the dish for 30 minutes until the meat is done.
Your freekeh takes about the same time.
It'll warm the inside of your ribcage, which is what you want from 'Winter' food, isn't it? And, it is equally delicious cold but don't throw away those thigh bones, all your chicken bones and carcasses should be put into Frosty Larder until you've got enough to make a HUGE pot of Chicken Stock.
Now's that's real Winter food for making: soup, risotto, a mug of chicken stock (is delicious when people aren't feeling well or have the flu or a horrid cold), with vegetables and you can freeze the rest in ice cube holders and keep them in old Frosty.
We're planning this for the week-end and she'll take some cold with her when she goes to weigh-in on Monday, huh, did you see that! She has lunch sometimes on Mondays, I NEVER ever 'see' lunch.
It's not the same having a boring old bowl of dry seed and the odd grape or apple. Lunch should be served on a plate but I've yet to see it in real-life.
GeeGee Parrot.
January 6th, 2016.
PostScript: The first paragraph about not wanting to eat 'Festive' food in January, does not apply to those Galettes des Rois.
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