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Grilled Chicken with Asian Salad |Cooking on Video

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Cooking in front of a video camera for the first time for MyBahrain.ME was really stepping out of my comfort zone, but pleased to say… I survived! The MyBahrain.ME team did a wonderful job putting this cooking video together which I would like to share with you.
The recipe Grilled Chicken with Asian Salad is quick and easy to prepare (also very delicious) and in this video I use some of my favorite kitchen tools… a ridged grill pan and julienne peeler. The listed ingredients for the recipe demonstrated are at the end of the video… enjoy.

You also might like to try the Miso Marinated Grilled Salmon, also cooked using a ridged grill pan or the julienne peeler to help make this spicy Thai Green Papaya Salad called Som Tam.

Miso Marinated Grilled Salmon
Green Papaya Salad
salads

Dad’s Summer Salad

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Dad's Summer Salad

Dad was a great man for the frying pan, he loved a good old fry up and made the tastiest Irish Potato Bread ever. He wasn’t a man for salads but during the summer months you would find him busy in the kitchen, putting together this simple yet tasty salad… which I call, Dad’s Summer Salad.Boston Lettuce-Tomato-Spring Onion-Egg

Ingredients are few and the salad is best made with the soft buttery leaves of Boston lettuce. One of my essential kitchen tools when making salads is a salad spinner, takes all the work out of drying washed lettuce leaves. Use the freshest eggs possible and if you manage to get eggs from happy hens, even better. There is no need to make a salad dressing, juice released from the chopped tomatoes is enough to lightly coat the salad ingredients when tossed together. Best to choose fully ripened tomatoes. It really is that simple and a perfect salad if you are watching the calories… although we never made it for that reason.

Summer Salad with Brown BreadServe Dad’s summer salad on top of thick slices of home-made wholemeal bread for a quick-lunch or use this salad as a filling for making salad sandwiches, using the freshest sliced white or brown bread. I often serve salad sandwiches along with some sweet treats for afternoon tea and they have always gone down a treat. This salad is fresh and light and made from memories of warm summer days, produce from the garden or farmers markets, eggs from happy hens and of course Dad’s recipe… can only taste the best.

Dad’s Summer Salad

Ingredients:

  • I Boston lettuce head, torn or cut into bite sized pieces (weighing about 160g)
  • 2 large ripe tomatoes, roughly chopped
  • 1 or 2 spring onions (white and green part), finely sliced
  • 3 hard-boiled eggs, shelled and roughly chopped
  • fine sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, to season
  • slices of home-made wholemeal bread, to serve

How to make:

Add the lettuce, tomato and spring onion into a salad bowl, gently toss together. Next, add the eggs and a light seasoning of salt and black pepper. Again gently toss until just mixed. Over mixing will make the salad look very messy as the eggs will break down further. Serve at once with some wholemeal brown bread. Serves 4

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In My Kitchen June 2014

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In My Kitchen June 2014-Chocolate Bark

The most gorgeous assortment of swiss chocolate bark from Läderach was in my kitchen, but now it’s most likely sitting on my hips. For a time I was in chocolate bliss and loved the milk chocolate florentine and the white chocolate with pistachio, caramelized almonds and candied fruit… in fact they were all divine. Thanks hubby, delicious choice.

Once again joining Celia from Fig Jam and Lime Cordial who runs a monthly theme “In My Kitchen“, where bloggers showcase some of their kitchen favorites.

IMK_June-5387In my kitchen we use lots and lots of freshly ground black pepper and would not be without my pepper mills. Love this cute metal spice mill which I picked up from a spice bazaar in Istanbul. Have you ever tried a black pepper mill in a kitchen shop and bought it because you were so impressed how easily it ground peppercorns? Got home, filled your new pepper mill and then found, it just didn’t grind the black peppercorns (even when adjusted) like the one in the shop. Check out the size of your peppercorns, you many need to look for smaller black peppercorns, this usually solves the problem.

IMK_June-5362Brought some color into my kitchen with this purple tea caddy, filled with a blend of White Ayurvedic and Samurai Tea from Teavana, a specialist tea shop in Bahrain City Center. It’s such a feel good tea, with ingredients of cinnamon, clove, lemongrass, coconut and papaya , to name a few. And having grown up in Ireland… we love a nice cup of tea.

IMK_June-5365Used for brewing special teas, love my hand-made Japanese cast-iron tea-pot (also from Teavana), embossed with cherry blossoms. Possibly drawn to this particular flower as our family home in Ireland had a cherry blossom tree. In full bloom it was quite spectacular to see. The cherry blossom symbolizes beauty and eternal love and of course spring time.

mango-bee pollen-cardamom podsMango season means lots of mangos in our kitchen and with our hot temperatures, Mango Lassi is a very refreshing summer drink. Bee pollen is a new ingredient that I started using and add some to smoothies we make. If you have any culinary uses for bee pollen, do let me know? Cardamom is one of my favorite spices and always found in my kitchen.
IMK_June-5395Sitting on top of the kitchen dresser and keeping an eye on all kitchen activities is this chicken, unfortunately no organic eggs from this one. Kind of ugly in a cute sort of way.

IMK_June-5409Last week I got to make some fresh pasta at an Italian cooking class and as a result have taken out my neglected pasta attachments. Intend putting them to good use, probably will have a pasta making day and make some extra for the freezer.

Do you have any special treasures in your kitchen?

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In My Kitchen Post for the month of May 2014