Recipe from souschef.com. I’ve made 4 of these for lunch today and I was very pleased that a certain child, a big fan of pancakes had all of hers and did not complain too much, she did however mention that next pancakes are to be NORMAL.
For 4 pancakes I made a batter out of 100 g of plain flour, 15 g of icing sugar ( recipe asked for 25, but I’m doing really well on cutting down my sugar use altogether), 1 tbsp of matcha, 1 whole egg, 250 ml of milk, all of this well combined. I fried them on a tiny amount of oil, which made them nice and light, served with blackcurrant jam. Nice little recipe!
Today marked 21 days of my commitment to Choda’s daily workouts. 3 weeks. Every day. Without any massive whinging or having to force myself. I do 20 minutes a day on the mat, today I wiped the dust off the “Scalpel” dvd and did 45 minutes. It felt really good. I thought that I’d love to reward myself with a bowl of steamed mussels, but I didn’t. The budget is normally close to zero on a Sunday, moules mariniere are made with cream, which I have not had for over a month ( a very loud applause!!!!) and finally, the weather really sucks these days, gales, rain and general shit outside of the window, not a day to get dressed and go out eating. Instead I’ve made us some delicious, light lunch, which we both enjoyed a lot, but I’m sure we’ll be hungry in about 2 hours- too bad, the fat will not go by itself.
I ordered some lovely Italian cured meats from Camisa again last week, mortadella is long gone with Izzie’s enthusiastic help, parma ham was enjoyed yesterday for lunch, today I used the remaining 3 slices, two kinds of salami still waiting to be opened. I made croutons out of my remaining halloumi bread, very flavoursome, when pan fried. Rocket, olives, cherry tomatoes, avo, feta, sweetcorn, that parma, croutons and a drizzle of olive oil and balsamic. Simple, delicious, light.
One of the worst storms in decades is enjoying itself all over British Isles this weekend, the schools were closed today and people were generally advised to stay at home. I hate this sort of weather, but I made the most of it by baking before lunch, good timing too, as after lunch there was a massive power cut that lasted until 7pm. I managed to bake some delicious bread though, which we had for lunch, against our dietary recommendations. 🙂
Recipe was from Good Food mag, from Nadia Hussein, I purchased chipotle chili flakes from souschef.co.uk especially for this loaf and also some halloumi cheese, with which I was pleasantly surprised. I used 500 g of strong bread flour and did 2 small loaves, as Izzie is not a major chili fan just yet. 7 g of dry yeast, a tsp each of salt and caster sugar, 25 g of very soft butter, kitchen aid did the work and it proved for 2 hours, while lots of little chores got done, including a work out.
Once more than doubled in size I divided the dough in two, added 125 g of grated halloumi to both and chili flakes to one, dried oregano to the other. Formed to sexy loaves and left to prove again for over an hour. Once ready, I baked them in 220 degrees for a bit more than 20 minutes. The loaf with chili is sensational, I wish I could eat more bread, but still counting calories these days.
The dinner this evening was cooked in semi darkness, with the help of a torch and two small candles.
I made us a risotto from bediet’s list, which turned out really nicely, even Izzie had a bowl. I made it my way, of course, not bediet’s way, featuring tomato paste as a main ingredient- my base was made of chopped shallot, courgette, a generous handful of skinned cherry tomatoes, all nicely cooked down and then 150 g of arborio in. No white wine this time, only chicken stock. Cooked till I was pleased with the texture, then finished off with a little butter and some parmesan- which never gets a mention in bediet’s recipe suggestions, I can’t do a good risotto without it. Also on top a few pieces of torn buffalo mozzarella ( allowed) and some fresh basil. Really, really nice.
