Thai Green Curry

Here is a delicious and easy recipe. I always add in some veg to give it some addded substance - sugar snap peas or green beans are great in it. Also this recipe says it serves 6 - I would be more inclined to use it to serve 4 and just use 3 or 4 chicken breasts.

Mylos Welcome Meal!

So today was a very exciting day due the wonderful arrival of Mylo. It doesn't take much for the Caulwells to find an excuse for a tasty get together and mum had here eye on a recipe from 'What Katie Ate' for a wihle so I decided to give it a go. Now I think everyone should give it a go! Click here for the very easy recipe.

The recipe says to serve it with rice but we had it with a very tasty salad inspired by a visit to The Happy Pear in Greystones yesterday. I recently got their recipe book as a gift from some wonderful friends and this is the second time making it. Its a healthy, colourful, inviting looking dish that goes down a treat and leaves you feeling full but not slugish! (I like to make extra dressing for an extra kick or to keep in the fridge).

Mix the following ingredients in a bowl
30g toasted sunflower seeds
30g toasted sesame seeds  (both seeds can be dry fried together)
1 carrot (grated)
1/2 red cabbage (finely sliced)
1 red pepper (finely sliced)
1 yellow pepper (finely sliced)
a handful of sugar snaps (finely sliced)
packet of beansprouts
a head of pak choi or 100g baby spinach (shredded)
150g sprouted beans

and then dress with the following ingredients whizzed up in a food processor
2cm cube of ginger
3 cloves of garlic
1/2 red chilli
5 tablespoons soy sauce
juice of a lemon
2 tablespoons honey
50 ml olive oil
50ml sunflower oil

Winter Muesli

So it has probably been a year or two (or three if I'm honest) since I've posted anything on here. The intention to keep it updated over the next while is there but whether it happens or not remains to be seen!

Anyway, back to the muesli. This one is pretty straight forward and more importantly -delicious and nutritious. My sister Joanna introduced us to this recipe which she got from her friend Julie, so we just know it as Julie's muesli. I usually make twice the quantity below.

Ingredients:
200g oats
150g mixed nuts (whatever you have)
50g seeds
25g coconut
1/2tspn cinnamon
5 tbspns of honey
3 tblspns olive oil
2 tblspns sunflower oil

Method: Heat over to 180. Mix all ingredients in a bowl and spread on oven tray. Bake for 25minutes, tossing every 5.

Rumour has it this will stay fresh for ages but I've never known it to last long enough to find out!