Chilli pork with Asian greens

Ingredients

½ Tbsp olive oil

2 large onions finely sliced

1-2 cloves of garlic

1 ½ Tbsp fresh ginger (grated or minced)

2-4 red chillies finely chopped (to taste)

500g pork (beef, or chicken also work well)

1 cup white wine

¼ cup salt reduced soy sauce

¾ oxo cube with 1 cup water (or 1 cup beef stock)

2 Tbsp palm sugar or brown sugar

¼ cup fresh coriander chopped

 

1. Cook the oil, onions, garlic, ginger, and chillies until the onions are soft.

2. Add pork and cook until sealed.

3. Add wine, soy sauce, oxo cube and water (or stock) and sugar.

4. Simmer for approx 50 mins until pork tender.

5. Add more water as it starts to thicken.

6. Stir through coriander just before serving.

 

Serve with rice and stemmed Asian greens such as bok choy, spinach, green beans or a combination or any green veges.

Asparagus, pea and ricotta salad

 

Preparation: 15 mins, Serves: 4-6

Ingredients
5-6 Asparagus stalks
¾ cup frozen peas
½ cup ricotta
1 tbsp chopped mint
Large handful of rocket or baby spinach

Dressing
2 tbsp olive oil
1 tbsp balsamic vinegar

Simmer the asparagus and frozen peas for 2-3 min until tender. Drain and cool. Toss all ingredients together.

Chocolate Guiness Cake

This is a favourite recipe of both myself and Helen. Neither of us are terribly good at following recipes accurately so this was developed by failing to read the recipe. But it is fantastic! Always a crowd pleaser! However I must say it is not one of my healthier recipes.

Preparation 15 mins. Cooking time 1 hr. Serves heaps.

Cake Ingredients
1 bottle or can of Guinness 440mls
1 cup of butter
75g cocoa
400g caster sugar
150ml pottle of light sour cream (that’s the healthy bit ha ha)
2 eggs
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
275g flour
2 tsp of baking soda

Icing
400g (approx 1 3/4 pottles) cream cheese
120g icing sugar

Directions

1. Pour the Guinness into a large pot and add the butter. Gently heat until the butter is melted. Remove from the heat.
2. Beat in cocoa and sugar.
3. In a large bowl beat the sour cream, eggs and vanilla. Pour the Guinness mix in.
4. Beat in flour and baking soda.
5. Pour into lined 9 inch spring tin.
6. Bake for 45 mins to 1 hr at 180˚C. Leave to cool. The cake should be quite damp and heavy.
7. Make the icing by beating the icing sugar and cream cheese. Spread on top to make it look like an enormous Guinness.