Saturday, September 18, 2010

Chicken Kebabs



Ingredients:
  • 2-3 chicken breasts cut in 1in cubes
  • 1 lemon
  • 1/8 onion
  • 1 garlic clove
  • 1 tsp paprika
  • 1tsp chili powder
  • 1 tsp salt
  • black pepper
  • herbs: basil, thyme and rosemary
  • 2 tbps oil

Blend all the marinate ingredients in the food processor.


Transfer to a dish or a bowl where you will be marinating the chicken.


Cut the chicken into 1in cubes and add them to the marinade. Allow it to marinade for several hours.


Then thread it on the skewers with some veggies and grill until the chicken is cooked.

Thursday, September 16, 2010

Fresh Salad


Eat fresh! There is more nutritions in fresh food than cooked, especially processed. Alfalfa is especially nutritions. It is rich in calcium, folic acid, magnesium, manganese, molybdenum, phosphorus, potassium, silicon, sodium, zinc vitamins A to K.

Ingredients:
  • 2 Persian cucumbers
  • 2-3 tomatoes (or more if they are small like mine)
  • green onions
  • 1 avocado
  • alfalfa sprouts
  • 1 lime
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • olive oil

Slice the tomatoes and cucumbers and cut up the onion and avocado. Squeeze the lime and add oil, salt and pepper to taste.


Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Summer Moussaka


Hello! Here is another messy looking meal for you. How about that? This recipe is vegetarian and the best thing about it is- you can add any veggies you like.


Ingredients:
  • 1 onion
  • 1 eggplant
  • 3 zucchinis (yellow and/or green)
  • 1 potato
  • 1 cauliflower
  • 4 tomatoes
  • 1 carrot
  • 1 bell pepper
  • 1 garlic, minced
  • basil
  • 1 cup sour cream
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/2 cup rice
  • salt and pepper to taste

Slice the veggies and break up the cauliflower.


Sauté the onions in oil for a couple of minutes.


Grease the baking dish. Arrange eggplant slices on the bottom of your baking dish as the first layer. Lay the potato slices over eggplant.


Then squash slices.


Arrange cauliflower evenly over squash.


Cover with green zucchinis.


Then add the rest of the veggies over the top.


Mix eggs and sour cream together and poor over the veggies. Bake at 450F for until the top layer becomes crispy and all the layers of veggies are cooked all throughout.


Serve hot with fresh bread.

Friday, September 10, 2010

Banana Bread


Banana bread is easy and quick to make, and it makes a great breakfast or a snack. I could really go for some banana bread now, I wish I had some left.


INGREDIENTS
  • 3 or 4 ripe bananas, smashed
  • 1/3 cup melted butter
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 1 egg, beaten
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • Pinch of salt
  • 1 1/2 cups of all-purpose flour
  • 3/4 cup crushed walnuts

Preheat the oven to 350F (175C). Mix all the ingredients together and pour into a greased loaf pan. Bake for 1 hour. Test with a toothpick to see if the loaf is done. If the dough sticks to the toothpick, let it cook a while longer.