Hot and Sour Soup with Quick Pickled Vegetables – A delicious and authentic Hot and Sour Soup with chicken that is topped with a fabulous quick pickle of mushrooms, radishes and red onion for the final flourish. The pickle is ready in 15 minutes using some Sarson’s Pickle in 15 Minutes and sits quite happily…
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Mongolian Beef for Crocktober
Mongolian Beef for Crocktober – A deliciously spicy and sticky Asian inspired beef dish that is perfect for Halloween. Using my Crock-Pot 5.6L Express Multi Cooker, you can cook this slow on the slow cooker setting, or in 30 minutes using the pressure cooker setting. Crock-Pot Crocktober Halloween Meal Challenge I cannot believe how quickly…
Baked Indo-Chinese Chilli Chicken Curry
Baked Indo-Chinese Chilli Chicken Curry – This delicious Indo-Chinese chilli chicken dish sits half way between a curry and a stir-fry, but it baked for a healthy alternative with no extra oil added. It tastes like an authentic Chinese chilli chicken or curry dish, one that you might enjoy in a high-end Chinese restaurant, and…
Hoisin Chicken and Pepper Stir-Fry
This recipe for Hoisin Chicken and Pepper Stir-Fry is easy to make and would be perfect for a Friday night “Fake Away”. Adjust the fresh veggies to what you have to hand and what is in season. Friday Night “Fake Away” It’s Friday, the end of the working week for most people, and even…
Healthy Kung Pao Chicken
with Spiralised Asian Vegetable Salad I am an avid lover of Asian cuisine, it stems from my childhood years growing up in Hong Kong, and when I’m stuck for ideas on a busy day, it’s usually a Stir-Fry I turn to for a quick and easy meal. However, my favourite “to go to” recipe lately…
ActiFry Challenge: Sweet and Sour Chicken (Healthy Takeaway Recipe)
ActiFry Challenge: Sweet and Sour Chicken (Healthy Takeaway Recipe) And so the weekend has arrived, that huge sigh of relief for all Monday to Friday workers – no early alarms to be set, two days of relaxation with family and friends, or a spot of D.I.Y maybe, and to get us all into the spirit…
Scottish Fish with an Asian Twist: Salt & Pepper Fish Goujons
Scottish Fish with an Asian Twist: Salt & Pepper Fish Goujons So, what is a “Goujon”? Well, the word originates from the French word “Gudjeon” which is a fish, and we seemed to have embraced the term for these fried fishy morsels about twenty years ago, when they became “de rigueur” on every Bistro menu….
Easy Chinese 5:2 Diet Recipe for National Vegetarian Week: Rainbow Stir-Fry with Quorn
Easy Chinese 5:2 Diet Recipe for National Vegetarian Week: Rainbow Stir-Fry with Quorn With not much time on my hands and with lots of fresh vegetarian ingredients in the fridge for National Vegetarian Week, as well as trying to fit in my two fast days a week for the 5:2 diet, I turned to an…
Memories of Hong Kong and Chinese New Year: Chinese Chicken Egg Roll Wraps Recipe
“Chinese New Year” 5:2 Diet Fast Day Recipe: Chinese Chicken Egg Roll Wraps (225 calories) I remember cordite filled humid air, dragons and lions dancing through streets, little red packets filled with money, flowers and firecrackers, hot fried food eaten on the side of the road, red, the rattle of Mah Jong pieces, the “Beggar’s…
Easy 5:2 Fast Day Recipe: Chinese Garlic,Ginger & Honey Chicken with Noodles (200 Calories)
Easy 5:2 Fast Day Recipe: Chinese Garlic,Ginger & Honey Chicken with Noodles (200 Calories) Hello 2013! Post New Year’s Eve and post rich food with more than a few tipples of the sparkling boozy stuff, and I am already planning and creating some new 5:2 recipes for my 5:2 Fast and Feast day diet. I love…
Fish on Friday with King Prawns – Chilli Prawn Stir-Fry with Mangoes
Fish on Friday with King Prawns ~ Chilli Prawn Stir-Fry with Mangoes ~ This week’s Fish on Friday post is a little bit special, not that all my previous Fish on Friday posts aren’t special too, but this is an attempt to cheer us all up with an exotic Asian inspired seafood recipe – Chilli Prawn Stir-Fry…
