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Guest Recipe: Couscous Salad @riceandbread1

This weeks recipe comes from riceandbread:

Couscous Salad

Couscous is a recent discovery for us. I know we are really slow on this healthy food trend! However after our first taste of couscous, we just cannot get enough of it. It is our go-to dish whenever we want something quick and easy.

The best part about this dish is that, we often make way more than we can finish and pack them for lunch the following day. To be honest, the salad tastes better the following day because the vegetable will release fluid, which bind the flavor of the salad together.

Ingredients (serves 4 pax if eaten with bread as main dish)

• 1C of couscous grain ( prepare according to instruction on box)
• 1 can of chickpeas
• 1 red bell pepper, chopped
• 1 cucumber, chopped
• 1 tomato, chopped
• Handful of parsley
• 1/2C of feta cheese (or as much as you like, I simply use a pack), chopped
• 1 onion chopped
• 1 lemon juice
• Olive oil
• Salt and pepper

In a large bowl toss everything with olive oil, lemon juice, salt and pepper.  Enjoy!

By: riceandbread

GUEST RECIPE: @noodlesoup1

Ema from Chip Butties and Noodle Soup shares one of her recipes with us… do you have one you would like to share?

 

A bit of spice in our lives…

The UK is a melting pot of different cultures and populations who bring with them their own recipes, styles of cooking and spices.  In a recent poll the famous chicken tikka masala was knocked off it’s top spot by the stir fry.  A favourite in many of our homes – quick, easy and healthy.  What’s not to love?  This is a promising move towards spicier horizons. However I think we can push our boundaries further and there is always room for a little more spice in our lives.

There is a curiosity in the air, our love of spice and all things nice is all around us.  The boom in street food and pop up dining has also fed our curiosity and allowed us to try ‘little bites’ of different foods with producers keen to let us ‘try before we buy’.  The new BBC series The Incredible Spice Men also highlights our willingness to try new tastes and flavours.  It all helps in broadening our culinary horizons.  We are ready to explore  and move away from our take-away favourites and start looking at more exciting uses of spices in our own kitchen. So go on – give it a go, and add some more spice to your life.

My recipe is a quick and simple celeriac salad with panch phoran – an easy way to incorporate a bit of spice into your day.

Panch phoran (or Indian 5 spice as it is also known) is a blend of cumin, brown mustard seeds, fenugreek, nigella seeds and fennel.  You can buy it ready blended but you can easily make your own with equal quantities of each spice.

1 celeriac

1 tsp panch phoran

juice and zest of 1 lemon

2 tbs mayonnaise or Greek yogurt

salt and pepper to taste

• wash, peel and finely grate your celeriac
• roast the panch phoran in a dry pan until the essential oils are released and the spices become fragrant
• add the panch phoran to the celeriac, add the zest and juice of a lemon, 2 tbs of mayonnaise or Greek yogurt and then salt and pepper to taste

Enjoy as an interesting, spicy alternative to coleslaw.  Great as a side dish at a BBQ or a light Summer lunch.

I hope our adventures and exploration with spice are only just beginning.  There is a whole spicy world out there we are only just starting to discover.

Let us know how you spice up your cooking?

Guest post by: http://chipbuttiesandnoodlesoup.blogspot.co.uk

Foodilic does Weddings!

Outside catering is one of the services that Foodilic offers. Recently it was our pleasure to cater for a very special wedding. On the menu were a selection of our very famous salads, a hearty coq au vin, flavoursome beef casserole, and an array of vegetable dishes, including pasta and mashed potatoes. Of course no wedding breakfast would be complete without dessert and that is something Foodilic does well! We were told that it was the best looking buffet the guests had seen, of which we are most proud!

If you would like us to cater for your event, get in touch to discuss your requirements and in the meantime, take a look at some of the pictures from this event!