Simple, Easy and Delicious Cous Cous.

Hi All! I hope everyone has had a lovely week! I don't know about all of you, but when Friday nights come around, the last thing I feel like doing is cooking. Usually I end up with delightful but unhealthy pizza from my corner store, or MSG ridden Chinese which tastes so good at the time, but so bad an hour or so after eating it.

 

The recipe I am about to share with you is my go - to, easy - as, delicious and simple;

 

 

CHICKEN COUS COUS!
Serves 2 - 4
 LF

This recipe can be GF as long as you buy the GF CousCous!

Ingredients

1 x cup Wholemeal Cous Cous
Handful of spinach leaves

Chopped tomato
Poached chicken|
(see Poached Chicken Blog post)
Minced garlic

Harissa Paste

Chilli Paste

Feta

Water

 

 

 

 

Method:

1. Ensure all your ingredients (spinach, feta, chicken + tomato) are chopped into bit size pieces

2. Place Cous Cous in a pot.

3. Cover Cous Cous with 2 cups hot boiling water, put lid on and put on medium heat.

4. When Cous Cous has absorbed all the water, add Harissa Paste, garlic and chilli paste to taste.

5. Stir Cous Cous then remove from heat.

6. In a hot pan, cook all other ingredients until slightly browned.

7. Add Cous Cous to pan and cook together until combined.

8. Remove from heat and serve

 

Note: I added extra feta on top of my Cous Cous as I am a cheese fiend!

 

 

 

I hope you enjoy this quick and simple recipe!

 

C x 

Poached Chicken - Healthy, Tasty and Easy to make!

Welcome Back and Happy New Year everybody! I hope you all got spoilt rotten and had a lovely holiday season! It is time to get back into the swing of things and show you my new, favourite and absolute easiest chicken recipe!

 

My beautiful friend Emily, who is so into the healthy, exercising, live your life well lifestyle, has told me about Poached Chicken!

 

Now I have seen this in recipes, menus and all over the country, but I always turned my nose up to it because, well when there is crumbed, grilled or fried chicken, why would you want anything else! But Emily, bless her, has said this is the easiest thing she has ever cooked and it is so versatile!

 

I have so far used it in my lunches, pastas, risottos and general meals and have not got sick and tired of it because I can do so much with it. So here it is, the fabulous and delicious Poached Chicken!

 

 

 

 

Poached Chicken
Gluten Free + Dairy Free

 

Ingredients:

2 x chicken fillets (you can do as many as you like)

1 x Lemon sliced thinly

Salt and Pepper

Olive Oil

Paprika or any herbs and spices you like

Water

 

Equipment:

Casserole Dish
Oven

Knife

 

 

 

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 200C fan forced

2. Cut the fat off the chicken breast

3. Place chicken breasts in a casserole dish

4. Season chicken with herbs and spices

5. Fill the casserole dish until chicken is 3/4 quarter submerged

6. Sprinkle Salt and Pepper into casserole dish and cover with lid

7. Cook for 15 minutes in the oven

8. Pull out the casserole dish and check chicken is no longer pink. If it is, turn the chicken over and place in the oven for a further 10 minutes.

9. Once the chicken has cooked fully, pull out chicken and drain on paper towel to cool

10. Pour liquid into a container for use another day (this is delicious stock now!)

11. Thinly slice, dice or simply shred the chicken to your liking.

Bon Appetite everyone!

C xx