Apple and Honey Stuffed Chicken for Imbolc

Ingredients: 

1 apple, peeled, cored, and diced
1 onion, chopped
1 tablespoon salt
1 teaspoon pepper
1 whole chicken
4 tablespoons butter
4 tablespoons honey

Method: 

Preheat oven to 160 degrees. Toss together apple, onion, salt, and pepper. Stuff into chicken. Melt together butter and honey. Baste meat with honey butter.

Roast about 1 1/2 hours at 160 degrees, basting halfway through. Cover with lid or aluminum foil for moist meat, uncovering the last 15 minutes to brown.

This recipe courtesy of http://www.cauldronliving.com

Chocolate Cake In A Mug

How To:

A microwave oven

A large microwavable mug

A tablespoon for measuring

4 Tablespoons flour

9 Tablespoons hot chocolate mix

1 pinch of salt

1 egg

3 Tablespoons water

3 Tablespoons oil

Cooking Spray


Via my Mom :)

Red Lentil Dahl

Ingredients

 - 500g dried red lentils
 - 1 1/2 large onions (or two medium ones) chopped
 - 2 tsp crushed garlic
- 1-2 tsp Garam Masala
 - 1-2 tsp crished Ginger
 - 8 Cumin seeds
 - 1 tsp ground Coriander
 - 2 tsp Black mustard seeds
 - 1 Star anise
 - 1 tsp Salt
 - Olive oil
 - 1 tsp ground black Pepper
 - Medium bunch of fresh coriander or parsley leaves 

Method

1. In a large pan, fry the onions, ginger and garlic together till browned.
   
2. Add the spices and seeds and stir well. Add the lentils and add the amount of water recommended on the packaging/ cover the lentils. Cook for about 20 min (check from time to time if it needs a bit more water)
3. Once the lentils are soft and starting to dissolve fish out the star anise. You can blend the mixture in the blender if you want a smoother consistency.
4. Chop the fresh coriander or parsley and add to the mixture for flavour.
   
   Serve as is, or with rice.

Low GI Pilchard Pie

Note: The credit for this recipe goes to the writers of the book Eating for Sustained Energy 2 , but I've applied some panel-beating to it here and there to suit my own needs :)

Crust
2 large potatoes, boiled and mashed.
1 can of baked beans in tomato sauce
1 eggwhite, beaten
5ml baking powder
4 tbsp oats


To make the crust, mash/blend all of the above together in a mixing bowl, then spread it evenly over the bottom of a grease lined pie dish. I find it helps to run it through a blender for a bit to get it smooth.


Filling
5 ml Oil
1 large chopped onion
1 tin of Pilchards in tomato sauce
4 tbsp Mayonnaise (try to use low fat if you're dieting)
4 tbsp freshly chopped parsley
1/2 tsp dried herbs
1 tbsp vinegar or lemon juice
1 egg, beaten (I often add the additional yolk from the crust ingredients here as it does no harm to have some extra egg)
1 tsp crushed garlic
Cheddar cheese to cover the dish (30g is a nice amount if your use of cheese is limited.)

Method:

1. Fry the chopped onion in the oil until browned.

2. Drain the pilchards of the tomato sauce (don't discard this yet!) and mash them fine with the mayonnaise, onions, parsley, herbs, vinegar or lemon juice, egg and garlic.

3. Scoop the mixture into the crust and spread evenly. Spread the tomato sauce from the pilchards over the top as best you can, then cover with the grated cheese.


4. You can bake this in an oven at about 180 degrees for about 25-30 min. If you plan to microwave it, hold off on adding the cheese till the last 10 minutes of the cooking time. I usually microwave it for about 30 - 40 minutes until you can stick a knitting needle in there and not get gooey stuff when you pull it out.

Congestion Buster Tea

In a sizable teapot brew the following for 5 min:


Brew Echinacea root tea according to preference if you have it, and then add two rooibos teabags.

Then add any of these items that you have:
1  tsp fresh ginger root

1/2 tsp ground cardamom

1/2 tsp ground cinnamon 

1/4 tsp clove powder/ drop of clove oil
1/4 tsp cayenne pepper

Sprig or two of fresh mint / 1/2 tsp dried mint

1-2 shots of lemon juice
Grated rind of half a lemon

To flavour add sweetener of your choice (no milk as this worsens congestion, and preferably honey because it has healing properties).

Inez's Awesome Coleslaw Salad

You'll need:

Salad:
1/2 cup Sliced Almonds (toasted)
1/2 cup Sunflower Seeds (toasted)
1 packed of Two Minute Noodles (discard the flavour sachet)
1 bunch of spring onions or chives
2 baby cabbages
1 cup petit pois




Dressing:
1/4 cup oil
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup (wine) vinegar
1 tablespoon soya sauce
1/4 tsp sesame oil (optional)

1 stock cube dissolved in a quarter cup of hot water


Method:

After toasting the nuts and seeds, break the two minute noodles into very small pieces. Julienne the vegetables finely to give the salad a nice texture. Mix the dressing and dribble it over the salad. Voila!