Thursday 23 August 2012

Peta's Guacamole

Ingredients:
Juice of 1/2 a lemon
2 pepper corns
good pinch of salt
2 cloves of garlic - roughly chopped
1 shallot - roughly chopped
Flesh of 1 Hass avocado
2 Tablespoons lite sour cream

How to?
Place first 5 ingredients in  food processor, and process until smooth, add avocado and sour cream, and process again, until smooth. Adjust seasoning to taste, and refrigerate for a few hours before eating. Refrigeration before consumption lets the flavors develop, and it is delicious!
Great served with nacho's, crackers, vegetable crudites, or even used instead of better on your toast or sandwiches!

Monday 13 August 2012

Tacos' Nachos' n more.......

Who doesn't love a good Mexican feed? Here's a change to the way you usually make them, tasty, lower in fat, woooo hooooooo!

  • 500g piece of skirt steak
  • 1 sachet of mild taco seasoning - I do prefer Old El Paso
  • 1 onion, diced
How?

In a fry pan that has been lightly sprayed with olive l and is hot, brown your piece of skirt for s few minutes, get a good caramelisation, because this improves the flavour. add approx 2 cups of water and put a lid on, turn the heat down until the water is just simmering, and cook until the meat is falling apart, this will take about an hour. Make sure you check the meat occasionally so it doesn't boil dry, if you need to, add some more water.

Once your meat is falling apart, remove from the pan, reserving the water, onto a chopping board, separate the meat with 2 forks, into strings - add the meat back into the pan with the onion and taco seasoning, cook for a few minutes and stand.



Great served with my guacamole, I'll post the recipe later, sour cream, salsa, grated tasty cheese, and your choice of tortilla, corn chips etc. YUMMY