Posts Tagged ‘Red Onion’

Feta & Lentil Bake

Saturday, September 11th, 2010

As man cannot live on smoothies alone, we’ve been cooking up some detox friendly solids too. This recipe is a bit of a remix of a Nigel Slater feta and lentil salad recipe, and it’s really delicious. You won’t even notice that it’s actually pretty good for you.

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Our detox is now over, but we eat this  pretty regularly regardless. It’s good served hot, but can be eaten warm or even cold the day after.

Ingredients (serves 2-3)

200g green lentils

200g feta cheese

2 red onions, sliced

1 red pepper, diced

2 cloves garlic, finely chopped

Small handful of fresh oregano

1 heaped teaspoon of maras biberi or dried chilli flakes

Juice of 1/2 lemon

Olive oil

1 teaspoon Dijon mustard

Salt a pepper to taste

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Just Like Mamma Used To Make

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009

As mentioned in an earlier post, I’ve recently got into baking bread. As well as being really satisfying, being able to make your own opens up all sorts of other avenues to filling your belly. Making pizza is just one of them.

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This recipe makes one large rectangular pizza with a thin, crispy, tasty base, that is a million miles away from the flabby crud that the likes of Planet Pizza churn out. I would recommend that you make a bigger batch of the dough and freeze half of it to use at a later date. Just double the quantity of the mix (below), and once risen, wrap half in cling film and pop in the freezer.

For the tomato sauce, you can pretty much use the same sort of thing that you’d usually put on pasta. I use a simple sauce made from a tin of tomatoes, garlic, herbs and seasoning. If I can be bothered, I’ll blend it so it’s smooth like passata, but you don’t have to. A bit of tomato texture isn’t a deal breaker.

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