Month: July 2022

Food & Drink

Chicken noodle salad
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Chicken noodle salad

This is made possible by BBC Foods Ingredients 70g/2½oz medium egg noodles 50g/1¾oz frozen soya beans or frozen peas 1 carrot, peeled ½ small red pepper, seeds removed, sliced 75g/2¾oz mangetout, trimmed and halved lengthways 1 cooked boneless, skinless chicken breast (about 125g/4½oz) 4 spring onions, trimmed and finely sliced 1 long red chilli, finely sliced (deseeded if preferred) 15g/½oz fresh coriander leaves 10g/⅓oz fresh mint leaves 15g/½oz roasted cashew nuts,…

Ploughman’s lunch salad
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Ploughman’s lunch salad

This is made possible by BBC Foods! Ingredients 1 tsp olive oil 50g/1¾oz mature Cheddar, grated 6 cherry tomatoes, halved 30g/1oz salad leaves, washed 50g/1¾oz slice granary bread, torn into pieces salt For quick pickled onions ½ red onion, thinly sliced ½ tsp runny honey 1½ tsp cider vinegar Method To make the quick pickled onions, put the red onion in a small…

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Indian-spiced smoked mackerel

This is made possible by BBC Foods! Ingredients ½ tsp garam masala pinch dried red chilli flakes 1 tbsp butter, softened 2 x 100g/3½oz smoked mackerel fillets For the raita 2 tbsp Greek-style plain yoghurt 1 tbsp roughly chopped fresh mint ½ lime, juice only ½ cucumber, halved lengthways and thinly sliced 6 radishes, roughly chopped salt Method Preheat the grill to a high setting before…

Steamed aubergine and courgette with chilli dressing
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Steamed aubergine and courgette with chilli dressing

This is made possible by BBC Food! Ingredients 1 aubergine, peeled and cut into 2–3cm/¾–1¼in thick rounds 1 courgette, peeled and cut into 2–3cm/¾–1¼in thick rounds 1 tsp salt 7 baby plum tomatoes For the fresh chilli dressing 2 large red chillies, finely chopped 1 garlic clove, finely chopped 15g/½oz fresh coriander stalks, finely chopped 2 spring onions, finely sliced ¼ tsp salt 1½ tbsp vegetable oil…

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