Kale, Bacon and Butternut Squash One Pot Wonder

Monday again… how did that happen?

A quick post today as I am in for a busy day, this is something I made last week for a quick healthy dinner with the aim to use up a big bag a kale we had.

You need:
1 small-medium butternut squash or large sweet potato, cut into bite size chunks
1 bag of kale (200g ish)
1 pack of thick cute smoked bacon, chopped
a few sprigs of rosemary (leave in tact) and thyme (leaves stripped) and a couple of sage leaves
3 large shallots, peeled and cut into quarters
250ml vegetable stock
some tasty bread to serve

1. First heat up some olive oil in a large saucepan, then add the bacon and fry until cooked through. Then add the squash and shallots and your herbs and fry until the edges are nicely brown.

2. Add the stock and cover, leaving to simmer for 15 minutes or until the squash is cooked through.

3. Finally remove the rosemary and then add the kale and stir through, cover again and leave for 2 minutes.

Serve with some bread and butter.

Having eaten this between three people I think it can be seen as more of a side dish but it is a great healthy and tasty meal, if not massively filling.

Original recipe here

Potato Rings

Holy Moly, don’t freak out peeps but check out these beauties…

 

Oh my.

Do they not just look ridiculous. I want to make these so badly.

You can find details here

Just had to share! Also thought it would be a good opportunity to say Hi and Bye! As I am off to stay with family for a few days and wave my Husband goodbye as he is off to Nepal… Yep.

So I won’t be around but hopefully after that you’ll have a month of lots of recipes shares. Maybe even including my own version of those… seriously I am drooling just thinking about it.

Have a great week!

Samphire

So at the farmers market on Sunday the Boy spotted that the fishmongers had some samphire, which he loves, and I had never tried… so we got some and I just wondered what you do with it?

I literally just pan-fried ours with a little olive oil and served with our Pieministers… but could you do something a little more exciting?

It’s really delicious stuff, quite salty as you would imagine as it grows by the sea and is known as sea asparagus… check out the wiki page!

It is also very expensive, that lots cost us £5 so be careful when buying because we probably did not need that much!

So what would you do with it? Is this the best way?

Smashed Rosemary Potatoes

I love potatoes, in all forms.

At the moment I am enjoying the season of those lovely new potatoes. However the Boy is not so keen on plain steamed potatoes (he is a funny one) so I am trying to find ways to make them more interesting. This is one way that went down well and is almost as easy as steaming.

You need;
as many new potatoes as you want
fresh rosemary, 3 sprigs, chopped
sea salt and black pepper
olive oil

1. boil or steam your new potatoes for 5-6 minutes, get them just over half-cooked.

2. heat some olive oil in a griddle pan and chuck in the chopped rosemary until the scent gets going then literally throw in your potatoes and smash them about a bit, this is how you’ll get the nice crispy bits!

I served them with some steamed asparagus and pan-fried pork loin, delicious!

I could eat that right now.

Salsa

Not really a recipe I know but is one I use a lot so I wanted to make it its own post. It’s another one of those things that I used to buy ready-made but now know that nothing compares to freshly chopped salsa that I have made, plus it’s cheaper and only takes 5 minutes.

You need;
3 ripe tomatoes, finely chopped
1 medium red onion
1 red chilli, finely chopped
juice and zest of 1 lime
black pepper
fresh coriander, chopped

That is what I put in mine anyway, how about you?

Theres no technique here, just chop it all up and mix together. Serve with tortilla chips, or on tuna steak or in fajitas which is what I did, recipe coming tomorrow!