Healthy Chicken Stir Fry

Ingredients: (serves 1)

• 80g brown rice
• 4 small/medium mushrooms
• 1 courgette
• 1 carrot
• 1 chicken breast
• 1/2 teaspoon hoisin sauce
• 1 tablespoon soy sauce
• 1/2 teaspoon chinese mixed spice
• salt and pepper to taste

Method:

1. Chop the chicken, carrot and courgette
2. Cook the rice
3. Heat up some coconut oil in a grease proof pan
4. Add the carrots and chicken to the pan
5. Once the chicken has cooked through add the mushrooms and courgette
6. Add the sauces, spice and seasoning plus 3 tablespoons of water and allow the food to simmer.
7. Once the water had been absorbed serve the chicken and rice.
   

Chorizo and Mushroom Quinoa Pasta

Ingredients: (serves 1)

•200g quinoa pasta

•4 medium sized mushrooms (chopped)

•50g chorizo sausage

•50ml soya cream

•2 tbsp red wine 

•1/2 tsp tomato paste

•1/2 tsp basil 

•mozzarella (optional) 

Method: 

1) Fill a pot with water and bring it to boil.

2) Drizzle a dash of olive oil in a frying pan and heat it up. 

3) Once the oil is hot enough throw in the mushrooms. 

4) Add the pasta to the boiling water and cook for about 6 minutes. 

5) The mushrooms are now partially cooked. Add the chorizo to the mushrooms and stir. 

6) You may now add the cream, wine,tomato paste, and basil to the frying pan. Stir this mixture continuosly for about 2 minutes. 

7) Switch off both burners and drain the pasta. Serve the sauce on top of the pasta or else mix the pasta into the sauce. 

Chicken Dumpling Soup

Ingredients: (serves 4)

• 1.5 litres of chicken stock
• 50 grams pearl barley
• 12 chicken dumplings
• 2 large carrots
• 1 chopped chili pepper
• 1 tsp grated ginger
• 2 tbsp soy sauce
• 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce  
• 400g noodles (optional)

Method:

1. Place the chicken stock in a pot on medium heat. 
2. Add the chopped carrots,ginger, chili, soy sauce and Worcestershire sauce to the stock.
3. Allow the pot to simmer for ten minutes
4. Now add the barley and chicken dumplings.
5. Cook for a further ten minutes
6. If you like, you may also add the noodles and cook for about 4 minutes before turning off the heat and serving.

Quinoa and Tuna

Ingredients: (serves one)

• 100g quinoa
• 1 can of tuna
• 1 tbsp capers
• 1 tbsp olives
• 8 dried apricots
• 1/2 tsp ground cumin
• 1/2 tsp thyme

Method:

1. Rinse the quinoa thoroughly
2. Add the rinsed quinoa to a pan of boiling water (you need double the amount of water compared to quinoa)
3. Add a pinch of sea salt to the quinoa, cover, and allow to simmer for 12 minutes.
4. Once the quinoa has finished cooking  mix in the cumin and thyme and plate it. 
5. Add the rest of the ingredients to the plate and enjoy your healthy meal :)

  

Duck Breast

Ingredients: (serves one)

• 1 Duck Breast
• 2 tbsp Soy sauce
• 1 tsp Sesame oil
• 2 tsp Plum Sauce
• 1 tsp Honey
• Salt and Pepper
• (Fresh Chili)

Method:

1. Preheat your oven at 180 degress Celsius
2. Score the skin of the duck breast
3. Rub some salt and pepper onto the skin of the duck breast
4. Drizzle some oil in a frying pan and add the duck breast (skin facing down). Turn the cooker on to medium heat.
5. Fry for 12 minutes
6. Add the rest of the ingredients and flip the duck breast on it's other side
7. Fry for a further 5 minutes 
8. Switch off the cooker and place the frying pan in the hot oven.
9. Let the duck breast cook in the oven for a further 5 minutes
10. Take the duck out of the oven and serve 

Spare Ribs

Ingredients:

• Ribs
• 1 tsp Paprika
• 1 tsp Tandoori Masala
• 2 tsp Brown sugar
• 2 tsp Honey
• (1 tsp Turmeric) 

Method:

1. Preheat the oven at 200 degrees Celsius
2. Cut up the rack of ribs
3. Place all the ribs in a plastic bag
4. Add the paprika, tandoori masala, sugar and honey
5. Close the plastic bag and place it in another plastic bag for safe measures (ribs can easily perforate the bag)
6. Move the ribs around in the bag in order for them to get coated with the spices and honey
7. Tear the bag and place the ribs in a dish
8. Place the ribs in the oven and let them cook for 15-20 minutes
   
   

Homemade Burgers

Ingredients (for 2 burgers):

• 1. 250g minced meat
• 2. l egg
• 3. About 4 tablespoons of Breadcrumbs
• 4. 1/2 tsp paprika
• 5. 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
• 6. l Onion
• 7. l clove of garlic
• 8. Worcester sauce
• 9. Ketchup
• 10. Salt and pepper

Method:
1. Place the minced meat in a large mixing bowl
2. In the same mixing bowl add; the chopped onion, crushed garlic, half a teaspoon of paprika, half a teaspoon of nutmeg, salt and pepper, a few drops of Worcestershire sauce, and about a teaspoon of ketchup.
3. Mix the ingredients together
4. Add an egg to the bowl and mix it with the other ingredients. 
5. Add 2-3 tablespoons on breadcrumbs to the bowl and mix the ingredients. 
6. Drizzle some oil into the frying pan.
7. Once the oil heats up: scoop up about 3 or 4 tablespoons of the meat mixture and shape it into a burger with your hands and place in the frying pan.
8. Repeat step 7 till you use up all the meat.
9. Fry for about 3 minutes till the meat starts changing  colour.
10. Making sure that the burgers seem solid enough, flip them once carefully.
11. Fry the burgers on each side, flipping them every 2 minutes. 
12. After the burgers have been cooking for 15 minutes lower the heat and continue to fry them for another 5 minutes, making sure they don't get burnt.
13. You can now turn off the heat and serve your homemade burgers.