Stupid-Simple Salubrious Snacks
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tealinHere are a couple things that are so quick and easy to make you'd think they were bad for you:
'CAN'T BE BOTHERED' LUNCH PEAS
A bunch of frozen peas
A ball of fresh mozzarella
Colman's mint sauce*
Stick at least a cup of frozen peas in the microwave for no more than two minutes, stir, then one minute at a time, stirring between, until they are hot and bright green. Once they start turning olive-colour they're overcooked.
Whilst microwaving, cut up your mozarella into cubes. If you're only making a side portion of peas, half a ball will do.
Put the mozarella in with the peas, add a nice dollop of mint sauce, and stir. LUNCH: SORTED. I can generally get this made and eaten and dishes washed in 15 minutes; good healthy filling lunch for busy days.
*I am not usually a name-brand type person, but Colman's is noticeably better than the Sainsbury's own brand, so I will fork over for it
NEED DESSERT CAN'T GET PASTRY
1 kiwifruit
3-4 ginger biscuits
plain yoghurt
Cut your kiwi in bite-size pieces into a bowl, then break up your ginger nuts and add those. Pour as much yoghurt over as you think makes a nice balance between liquid and solid. Let sit for a minute or so to soften up the biscuit pieces, stir, and snaffle.
'CAN'T BE BOTHERED' LUNCH PEAS
A bunch of frozen peas
A ball of fresh mozzarella
Colman's mint sauce*
Stick at least a cup of frozen peas in the microwave for no more than two minutes, stir, then one minute at a time, stirring between, until they are hot and bright green. Once they start turning olive-colour they're overcooked.
Whilst microwaving, cut up your mozarella into cubes. If you're only making a side portion of peas, half a ball will do.
Put the mozarella in with the peas, add a nice dollop of mint sauce, and stir. LUNCH: SORTED. I can generally get this made and eaten and dishes washed in 15 minutes; good healthy filling lunch for busy days.
*I am not usually a name-brand type person, but Colman's is noticeably better than the Sainsbury's own brand, so I will fork over for it
NEED DESSERT CAN'T GET PASTRY
1 kiwifruit
3-4 ginger biscuits
plain yoghurt
Cut your kiwi in bite-size pieces into a bowl, then break up your ginger nuts and add those. Pour as much yoghurt over as you think makes a nice balance between liquid and solid. Let sit for a minute or so to soften up the biscuit pieces, stir, and snaffle.
NOM
Date: 2017-05-11 03:54 am (UTC)Thing I figured out that's served for dinner twice this week so far:
4-5 little yellow potatoes
1/2 a zucchini (or squash)
Cut up and boil potatoes till sufficiently soft; transfer to container. Cut raw zucchini in round pieces, cut said pieces in fourths, put into potatoes and stir. Add a very little butter if you wish, poss. also rosemary, and nom. Goes well with a roll if you have them around.
(The best bit is that you can boil the potatoes while doing other stuff - as long as you stay in the same room or watch the time, to avoid a repeat of a certain Candied Orange Peel Situation.)
Re: NOM
Date: 2017-05-11 08:05 am (UTC)Do you cook the zucchini at all, or just let it absorb the heat from the potatoes? After a childhood of experimental ways to hide zucchini in dishes to use up the surplus from the garden, I was pleasantly surprised to find how nice it was a) raw and b) simply pan-fried with salt.
It took literally minutes, on reading then when I woke up, to realise you were talking about actual orange peel and not a certain president. Snails up a cabbage stalk, indeed.
Re: NOM
Date: 2017-05-11 11:18 pm (UTC)'Orange Peel' as a political reference falls apart when you consider that candied orange peel is a) sweet and b) a scurvy preventative, whereas the politician in question is the exact opposite on both counts ...
Re: NOM
Date: 2017-05-12 11:34 am (UTC)Hmmm, you are correct about both the sweetness and the health benefits ... there is a certain tough leathery preserved quality to one which makes an analogy to the other rather fitting, however ...
Still, I know which one I'd prefer to have in a cookie.