Tuesday, July 24, 2007

Dinners for when your lost for ideas

Because I was ill and didn't feel like eating what the cook made,the only choice was to order out to dish up something for myself.Ordering out was junked as it would be the same old stuff,I know most of the regular menus backwards and also it leaves me feeling heavy and full when all I ve had is a little bit.So the fridge was searched and what I had was some iceberg lettuce,tomato,some dried herbs,an avocado that I had forgotten about but which was only just starting to go bad.There were also come yellow and red peppers,some bacon and mushrooms.I thought that was a pretty big haul so dinner ended up being garlic bread,salad and topping.

Garlic Bread
Whole wheat bread (any bread will do if your not too bothered about health but I have this agenda against white bread)
garlic paste (I use the stuff from the bottle)
butter-(salted butter is fine)

melt butter in microwave for 30 sec and add garlic paste,blend and spread on bread and toast to a lovely brown both sides (i do this on a hot girdle)

Salad
iceberg lettuce
tomato
avocado
white wine vinegar
pepper
salt
dried herbs

shred iceberg lettuce into bits,chop tomato's into 4 or six pieces,chop avocado into bits.Toss in a big bowl with salt,pepper,vinegar and herbs and serve at once to get that crisp bite to the salad.

Topping
bacon-cut into small pieces
peppers(yellow,red,green) into squared
mushrooms-diced
Heat a saucepan to high and add bacon and stir till all the fat melts,add mushrooms and continue stirring till the water evaporates,add peppers last,with some ground black pepper and herbs.keep tossing until the peppers are a bit charred.remove from heat and top on garlic bread.To add a bit of zing I add some balsamic vinegar to bring out the flavours.For some romance add a bit of shredded cheese to the topping and eat hot.

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