All posts tagged: Love life

Sweet Potato, Cavalo Nero & Chickpea Curry…

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Love on a plate… It’s been one of those days… torrential rain, followed by torrential tears (mine and the kids)… I ate at least two portions of this and I have no regrets… tomorrow is another day! Ingredients (for 2 portions, or 1 ‘I feel sorry for myself’ portion): 1 large onion 3 cloves garlic 1 hot red chilli 1 large sweet potato 100g cavalo nero 1 tin chickpeas 1 tin chopped tomatoes 1 sachet instant brown rice miso soup paste dissolved in 600mls warm water 1/2 cup brown basmati rice tamari about 8 grinds of black pepper Method: 1. add a couple of tablespoons of olive oil to a deep pan. 2. chop the onion, garlic & chilli and add to the pan. soften on a gentle heat for around 10 minutes. 3. chop the sweet potato in to bite sized chunks and add to the pan 4. add the drained chickpeas, canned tomatoes & miso and bring to the boil 5. add the rice to the pan 6. chop the cavalo nero and …

Chilli Chicken Bestival Kebabs

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So Tim spent last weekend at Bestival on the Isle of Wight… And amongst yoga, live music, DJs, Henna Tattoos and Ping Pong, there was food… Festival fuel!  Sadly I wasn’t there to experience it… But I did get a little flavour of the festival on Thursday night when Tim put together these ‘a little bit delicious’ (to borrow a phrase from our little one) Chilli Chicken Kebabs… My mouth is watering writing this up… Let us know how you get on with these because really they are a taste sensation!   Ingredients for 2 kebabs: at at the end you’ll need a spread of Houmous… Ingrdients for the wrap: 250g Wholemeal spelt flour 100ml warm water 2 tbsp rapeseed oil salt pepper 1tsp ground coriander Method for the wrap: 1. mix together the ingredients adding the water slowly. You need a dough that will roll out easily so not too sticky. 2. Split the dough in two, and roll out as thin as possible. Lay a 9″ plate (or size to fit your frying …