Apple and Mango Fruit Salad

A simple fruit salad made with a cored and diced Pink Lady apple (unpeeled), plus chopped red mango. Dressed in some single cream.
 

Prawns, Rice and Coriander

 Steamed prawns and rice, with diced yellow peppers and onion (twenty minutes). Dressed in Soy and Chilli sauce, plus diced coriander leaf. Can be served hot or cold. Delicious!

Lamb Kebab, with Yellow Pepper and Onion

 Boneless lamb joint, roasted in the oven for about two hours at 200 deg C (check progress by eye). Allowed to cool a little before slicing with an electric kitchen knife. I used a meat fork to hold the joint in place. 

Served with sliced yellow pepper and one diced white onion, both fried in olive oil. Plus pitta bread. 

Potato Curry

 Essentially this is aloo palak curry made with ground beef, minus the ingredient of spinach. With red and yellow peppers, plus diced white onion, tomato puree, ginger and black pepper. 

Peppers, Prawns and Spinach

 A delicious meal of precooked prawns (a bargain from the local Co-op), sliced yellow and red peppers, plus diced spinach. All steamed, and soused in some gluten free soy sauce. Ten minutes to cook. Fabulous!

Crispy Chicken, with Rice and Peas

 A simple chicken dish, made while I was waiting on a Wimbledon match starting a couple of days ago. A bit like a Louisiana Gumbo. Made with roasted chicken thighs, which then were chopped up and refried. Last time I had a real Louisiana Gumbo was actually in the British Embassy compound in Abu Dhabi, in the mid 90s. They served quite a lot of it, and it was pretty good.

Abu Dhabi is one of the original Trucial States, which signed a deal with the UK to allow British access to territory for the protection of the states. So Britain has access to harbour facilities, as does the US, who signed up later (we have the bigger embassy compound :-). I mention this, since it is likely that the chefs who cooked the Louisana gumbo were American, and knew what they were doing. 

Lamb Steaks with Turmeric Rice, Ginger, Spinach and Coriander

Lamb leg steaks unexpectedly available from the local co-op. Half steamed in a lidded pan for forty minutes with some olive oil, and turned once. Great smell in the kitchen. Served with turmeric'd basmatic rice mixed with grated fresh ginger, plus diced spinach leaves and coriander. Absolutely delicious.  

Bacon and Cucumber, Red Onion and a Potato and Carrot Salad Mash

 A strip of fried streaky bacon, plus spiralised cucumber, potato and carrot mash prepared with an ice-cream scoop, and some sliced purple onion. Dressed in French's American mustard. 

Beef Mince (Ground Beef), Chickpeas, Turmeric Rice and Parsley

 A simple dish of beef mince, chickpeas, rice and parsley. The mince was cooked for an hour and a half (along with the chickpeas) until it was tender. The turmericed rice was cooked for twenty minutes or so before being drained. The parsley was added last as a garnish. 

Smoked Bacon, Beans and Chestnut Mushrooms

 A great weekend breakfast of smoked bacon, fried chestnut mushrooms, and baked beans. The bacon and diced mushrooms were cooked in the same skillet, half the time under glass at a medium heat, for just over twenty minutes. With a little olive oil. The bacon was turned a couple of times. Served with some ground white pepper. 

Chicken and Torunska sausage soup, with Spinach

 This began as a chicken soup with carrot, diced orange pepper and mushrooms. After a day I augmented the soup with diced spinach and Torunska sausage. A fabulous result. Simmered for an hour on the hob.