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Fish & Brown Rice [Delicious, Not Dull!]

24 Jun

In a bit to increase my good cholesterol, prevent heart attack, prevent cancer, save the pandas and promote good against evil in cases of plots for world domination (OK, made that last bit up… ) I’m trying to eat more fish, and reduce some of my ‘bad’ carbohydrates.

Brown Rice & Fish - the tasty version

So out with white rice, and in with brown.

:-(

Normally this would be a bad thing – brown rice is dull, right?? Well, thanks to Jamie Oliver, I have found that there are numerous ways to make rice tasty.

Adding lemon zest and butter is one way.

Also, adding lemon juice and dill or basil to the water during boiling is also nice.

Using my Thermomix, I do this using the following method:

  1. Put about 400g of rice in the Thermomix basket
  2. Add about 900g of water to the mixing bowl
  3. Put on Veroma Termperature, speed 3, for 20 minutes
  4. After 20 minutes, when the rice is moist, but not fully cooked, top up the water a little, then stir through some dill / basil / pepper / lemon zest to taste
  5. This is usually when I put my baked fish on (in a preheated oven for 20 minutes)
  6. Set the Thermomix on Veroma Termperature, speed 3, for 20 minutes
  7. Add butter, or a drizzle of olive oil and leave for 3-5 minutes
  8. Serve the main (fish, meat, whatever) and the rice! Yum! :-)

Loving life, and loving being home for lunch!

 
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Rekindling an old Passion [Love Affair with Food]

13 Mar

Since moving house and getting a new Thermomix, I have been cooking up a storm. I have rediscovered in myself the love that I used to have for cooking, and I think because of all the flavours that I have been exposed to over the last 10 years, I am becoming more adventurous.

I’ve become an advocate for Thermomix cooking, because I can now make a whole lot of things from scratch, and not have to wonder what is in the food. I now keep more simple foods in my cupboard, and make a whole lot of things from scratch, or use those ingredients for alternative recipes or mixes.

For example, last night I had a dinner party, and decided to bake fish with basil pesto. Easy! Pine nuts, olive oil, garlic, parmeson cheese and basil. Spread pesto on fish, top with tomatoes and asparagus, throw in to some foil and put in the oven for half an hour (175 deg C). No preservatives, no wondering what is in my food. Plus I can experiment. My husband complained that the taste was a little bland (he is Singaporean and used to more chili), so next time my pesto will probably be basil and chili pesto!

I am equally delighted to have Jen as a friend – she is from Vietnam and loves to cook. I was amazed by the simplicity of a fruit salad she put together last night. Three ingredients – watermelon (cubed), passionfruit, and honey. Stir in a bowl and serve. How much of each? Depends on number of people, and how strong you like the tastes. We love passionfruit, so for eight people it was half a watermelon, 6 passionfruit, and two huge dollops of honey. The passionfruit was lovely and tart! Yum!

Baked Basil Pesto Fish, with tomato and asparagus

Jen also assembled Vietnamese spring rolls for us all. The ones in the rice paper – served cold with a fish-sauce mixture that she put together – another recipe I need to get off her.

It’s a fair trade – I’m going to help her to learn to bake bread! :-)

Next I will be learning to cook more regional flavours from Singapore and Malaysia. The Health Promotion Board in Singapore has a number of healthy versions to recipes for local foods that I think I will start with. Happy Days!

 
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