Greek chicken pita Sammies for dinner the other night. Homemade pickled red onions and Tahziki sauce with marinated chicken and feta. Soooo good we made it twice in 3 days. Lol
(1) Rinse the quinoa in 3 changes of water in a bowl, rubbing the grains and letting them settle each time before pouring off the water (if the quinoa does not settle, drain in a large fine-mesh sieve after each rinse). (2) Cook the quinoa in a medium saucepan of boiling well-salted water until tender, about 15 minutes. Drain well in a sieve and let cool. (3) Combine the chickpeas, spinach, tomatoes, scallions and cooled quinoa in a large bowl. Add the feta, lemon juice and olive oil and toss gently but thoroughly to combine. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
This fragrant and moist Herb and Cheese Loaf makes an excellent and easy-to-pack picnic if you want to make the most of these sunny Spring days. It is also very nice at dinner, with a glass of chilled Sauv BlancorChardie. And it freezes well, so you can cut it into slices and store a couple of them per bag, and you have a lunch, dinner or picnic ready whenever you feel like it! Happy Wednesday!
Preheat oven to 165°C/330°F. Lightly grease a loaf pan with olive oil. Line with baking paper; set aside.
In a medium bowl, combine flour,oregano,rosemary, baking powderandsalt.
Grate in about 1/3 cup Parmesan and 1/3 cupCheddar; give a good stir. Dig a well in the middle of the flour mixture, and break in the eggs. Add milk,sour cream andChili Oil, and stir well, until just blended.
Crumble in Feta cheese and fold gentlyinto the batter, until well-distributed. Spoon batterinto prepared loaf pan.
Bake in the middle of the hot oven, 40 minutes at 165°C/330°F, until risen, a nice golden color, and a toothpick inserted in the centre of loaf comes out clean. Remove from the oven, and let cool. Remove from pan.
ServeHerb and Cheese Loaf warm or cold with cherry tomatoes,Mesclunorlettuce.
With the days being consistently warmer and sunnier, one feels a keener appetite for light lunches of cold salads. But, as always, a salad, even meatless, needn’t be boring. This bright Green Rice Salad is the perfect example, and it can also make a very good picnic, should you go on an adventure this weekend! Happy Saturday!
Finely chop Green Onion. Spoon chopped white part of the Green Onioninto a medium bowl; save green part for sprinkling.
Cutcucumberinto slices, and halve these slices. Add to the bowl.
Peel, pit and dice avocado, and add to the bowl as well.
Thoroughly squeeze the juice of the lemon halve all over the green vegetables, and drizzle withVinaigrette Dressing. Add the cold brown rice, and toss gently to mix well and coat in Dressing. Crumble in Feta cheese, and gently toss, once more.
Chill in the refrigerator, at least half an hour before serving.
ServeGreen Rice Salad cold, sprinkled with reserved chopped green part of the Green Onion.
This fragrant and moist Herb and Cheese Loaf makes an excellent and easy-to-pack picnic if you want to make the most of these sunny Spring days. It is also very nice at dinner, with a glass of chilled Sauv BlancorChardie. And it freezes well, so you can cut it into slices and store a couple of them per bag, and you have a lunch, dinner or picnic ready whenever you feel like it! Happy Wednesday!
Preheat oven to 165°C/330°F. Lightly grease a loaf pan with olive oil. Line with baking paper; set aside.
In a medium bowl, combine flour,oregano,rosemary, baking powderandsalt.
Grate in about 1/3 cup Parmesan and 1/3 cupCheddar; give a good stir. Dig a well in the middle of the flour mixture, and break in the eggs. Add milk,sour cream andChili Oil, and stir well, until just blended.
Crumble in Feta cheese and fold gentlyinto the batter, until well-distributed. Spoon batterinto prepared loaf pan.
Bake in the middle of the hot oven, 40 minutes at 165°C/330°F, until risen, a nice golden color, and a toothpick inserted in the centre of loaf comes out clean. Remove from the oven, and let cool. Remove from pan.
ServeHerb and Cheese Loaf warm or cold with cherry tomatoes,Mesclunorlettuce.
On this warm and beautiful Easter Monday, here’s a bright and colourful Egg, Cucumber, Tomato and Feta Salad. It is delicious and light, so you can still indulge in your chocolates for dessert! Have a good one!
Bring a small saucepan filled to three-quarters of waterto the boil. Add coarse sea salt, stirring until dissolved. Gently plunge in the egg, and cook, for 7 minutes.
Meanwhile, roughly chop Mesclunand arrange into serving plate.
Cutcucumberinto slices, and halve those slices. Cut bell pepper into thin strips. Cut cherry tomatoes into quarters (or halves if they are small). Scatter cucumber slices, bell pepper stripsandcherry tomato quarters over the Mesclun.
Finely slice Green Onion, and sprinkle all over the salad, saving a little of the chopped green part.
Drizzle generously with a tablespoon of the Lemon Dressing.
Once the eggis boiled, plunge it in a bowl of cold waterwithice cubes, to stop cooking and cool slightly. Peel the eggand cut it in half.
Placeboiled egg halves onto the salad. Crumble Fetaall over, and drizzle with remaining Lemon Dressing. Finally, sprinkle with reserved chopped Green Onion.
EnjoyEgg, Cucumber, Tomato and Feta Salad immediatlely.
This light and tasty Grapefruit, Prawn and Feta Salad makes an excellent and refreshing lunch on a sunny day. Perfect after a spot of gardening or flower-picking. Have a good one!
In a medium bowl, combine linseed oil andhoney. Add black pepper and just a pinch of salt. Give a good stir, to combine. Thoroughly squeeze in the juice of the lemon halve. Whisk until well-blended.
Peel the prawnsand add them to the bowl.
Finely chop Green Onion, and add to the bowl as well, saving a bit of the chopped green part, for garnish. Toss well to coat prawnsindressing. Place in the refrigerator, and chill, for at least half an hour.
Meanwhile,
Retrieve the prawnsfrom the refrigerator. Peel broad beans, and add to the bowl. Toss to combine and coat in dressing.
Roughly chop lettuceand add to the bowl. Scoop grapefruit flesh with a spoon, and add to the bowl as well. Toss gently, to mix.
Spoonsaladinto serving plate. Crumble Fetaon top, and sprinkle with reserved chopped green part of the Green Onion.
EnjoyGrapefruit, Prawn and Feta Salad with a glass of chilled dry white wine, like a South African Chardonnay or a New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc.
