Saturday, January 06, 2007

Tamarind King Prawns

I love this meal. I know it's not very food-sluttish of me, but I'm making a concerted effort to eat more healthily this month after the gluttony of Christmas. And this meal feels and looks healthy.

While I was cooking some brown rice, I marinated a pack of king prawns in a big bowl with lots of freshly grated ginger, 3 cloves of finely chopped garlic, the juice of a lemon (lime's even better), a jar of Bart's tamarind paste (sometimes I just use half but today I thought 'sod it, I'll put it all in'), a pinch of crushed chilies and some black pepper. This meal is good with a mixture of veg, but today I added finely chopped red pepper, carrot and red onion to the bowl. Then I fished the prawns out of the marinade/veg mix. I simmered the veg and most of its marinade in the sauce, adding the prawns to warm through at the end. It's great served on top of some brown rice (for the nutty flavour and texture - white rice would be rubbish) with a wedge of lime.

Tuesday, January 02, 2007

Fortunately, I have a visual record of Christmas dinner...

Oh, yes!

Turkey, roast potatoes, sausages, bacon rolls, sausage stuffing balls, nutty veggie stuffing, sprouts and chestnuts with pancetta, peas to add some colour and a bit of gravy for softening and flavour (but not on the potatoes - oh no!).

Of course I will...

My mum's homemade sherry trifle (with silver balls artistically scattered by yours truly rather than almonds).

And here's her mereigue, cream, pear and pomegranate concoction.

Who said 'detox diet'????