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12/24/2007 (1:25 am)

Super quick noodle soup

Filed under: boil, dinner, snack, soup

Time: 5- 10 min

Ingredients: 

  • 1 pack of quick noodles
  • 1 carrot - grated
  • 1 stick of celery - chopped
  • 500 ml boiled water

Recipe:

  1.  Boil water
  2. Throw noodles, carrot, celery and flavour (or half a vegetable stock cube) into a saucepan.
  3. Add water and boil 2-3 minutes
  4. You can drain it, or have it soupy. I like soupy with a slice of bread.

You can leave the flavour/stock out alltogher if you like. Just put in some salt and pepper for a more healthy version.

Cheese, ham variation: 

Ingredients: 

  •  noodles
  • Chopped ham
  • Grated cheese
  • Egg
  • Salt, pepper
  • Oil

Recipe:

  1.  Cook noodles and drain
  2. Add back to pan on low heat with a little oil
  3. Crack in an egg and stir
  4. Add chopped ham
  5. Take off heat and add grated cheese
  6. Add salt and pepper.

Yum!

12/24/2007 (1:11 am)

Veggie soup

Filed under: boil, soup

Serves: 1-2

Ingredients: 

  •  1 potato, cubed
  • 1/2 sweet potato, cubes
  • 2 celery sticks, chopped
  • vegetable stock and water

Extras:

  • Other veggies like: green squash/zucchini, tomato, spinach, broccoli, seaweed, carrot, beans, pepper
  • A can of tomatoes
  • Some pasta (put in same time as the water)

Spices:

  • Basil - 1 teaspoon
  • Salt, pepper
  • Oregano - 1 teaspoon
  • 2 teaspoons soysauce

Recipe:

  1.  Fry potato in a little oil - 5 mins
  2. Boil approximately 700 ml. of water in kettle
  3. Add sweet  potato and other veggies. Fry 5 more minutes.
  4. Add water and crumble 1 stock cube (vegetable stock) into soup. (Add pasta here if you want - about on e small handful of penne pasta).
  5. Add spices and leave simmering for about 1/2 hour. Stir occasionally.

12/24/2007 (12:34 am)

Some easy entrees

Filed under: boil, snack, starter



Melon + ham

 Time: 5 min.   This is as easy as it sounds + makes a great starter/snack. 

  1.  Cut melon longways
  2. Wrap in a slice of ham. Done!

 You could also try adding cubes of melon, ham, tomato and spinach to make a salad. The green melon, or rockmelon is good for this. You can use any melon really, just make sure it is sweet. Sweet!

Avocado halves

Time: 5 min. Another super easy snack/entree with lotsa vitamines.

  1.  Cut avocado in half and remove stone.
  2. Drizzle with either: oil, vinegar or lemon juice. Crack salt & pepper on top.

12/24/2007 (12:23 am)

Asparagus

Filed under: boil, dinner
  • Time: 5 min. 

Asparagus is great served as a starter, for lunch, as a side dish, on top of pasta, with a fritata, or even as breaky with an egg. Keep the asparagus in the fridge. If you cut 1 cm. off the bottoms and stand in a glass of water they should last a while. What you need: 

  • Asparagus, 5 pieces
  • Boiling water
  • Salt, pepper

Optional extras:

  • Cheese, grated
  • Slices of ham
  • Tomato
  • Poached egg or two
  • Toast

It’s super easy to make - just:

  1.  Boil a pot of water and add salt
  2. Cut off tough bottoms of the asparagus, drop into the water.
  3. Cook for up to 5 mins. Just test it and see that it’s not too crunchy. And serve!

If you happen to buy the really thin smaller type just cook for 1-2 mins.Serve: Just drain it and crack salt pepper on top and eat. Or wrap in a slice of ham, or under eggs or cheese, or as a sidedish. 

12/23/2007 (11:50 pm)

Poached eggs

Filed under: boil, breakfast, snack
  • Time: 10 min

Ingredients:

  • 1-2 eggs
  • Boiling water
  • 1 teaspoon vinegar
  • Salt, pepper

Extras:

  • Toast
  • Grated cheese
  • Ham
  • Tomatoe

Recipe:

  1. Boil water in a pot or frypan, atleast about 10 cm. high.
  2. Add about one tablespoon vinegar.
  3. When water gently simmering crack an egg carefully & gently into the water.(A good tip here is to first crack the egg into a short glass, and then slowly slide it into the water.)
  4. Cook for 4-5 minutes for a runny middle, or about 8 minutes for hard boiled.
  5. Serve on toast with a little grated cheese, salt, pepper & even a slice of ham under the egg if you have some.