Prawn Pesto Pasta

• Ingredients:
  
  
  - 1 pkt spaghetti ( boil with some olive oil, drain and set aside)
  - 1/2 Kg prawns (de-vein,wash and set aside)
  - 5-6 cloves chopped garlic
  - some pepper,sea salt taste
  -a cup of sliced button mushrooms
  - 2 tbspn olive oil
  
  
  Pesto sauce;
  
  
  2-3 handfuls of sweet basil leaves
  1 clove of garlic
  2 tbspn shredded parmesan cheese
  1/2 cup olive oil
  1-2 tspn lemon juice
  1 handful of toasted pine nuts
  
  
  For the pesto sauce, Pound all the ingredients except for the Parmesan cheese into a paste or you can also use a food processor. Then add the cheese and mix well. The paste shouldn't be too smooth.
  
  
  
  
  Methods:
  
  
  1) Pour 2 tbspn of olive oil into a cooking pot and fry the chopped garlic till fragrant. Add in the prawns, sea salt,pepper and mushrooms. Once the prawn is cooked, add the boiled pasta and mix well. 
  
  
  2) Pour the pesto sauce over and mix well.Garnish as shown in the pix below with some roasted pine nuts, cherry tomatoes & parsley. Serve warm.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Note: Since you already add in the sea salt into the pasta, you don't need to add any salt in the pesto sauce.Hope you'll enjoy this simple and delicious recipe!

Easy Overnight Oats with Strawberries and Yogurt.

Overnight oats have been making a huge wave lately as it is not only so easy to prepare which doesn't require any cooking process but also healthy and nutritious! I tried making overnight oats twice already for my breakfast and I must say I'm already in love with it. Gone are the days where I dread at the thought of having to cook my oats and having to wait a while longer for it to cool down before I can actually have em. Now, all I need is to throw all the ingredients in a glass jar with lid and keep it in the fridge and my oats are ready to serve in the morning. You can heat it in the microwave oven if you want it warm. I love having mine cold. Here are the recipe:


1 cup rolled oats
1 cup almond milk
1 tablespoon Chia seeds
1 teaspoon raw honey
1 lil pinch of seasalt
some yogurt (optional)
some chopped strawberries

Method

1) Pour the rolled oats, almond milk, seasalt, honey and chia seeds in the glass jar and mix it well using a wooden spoon. Cover the lid and refrigerate overnight.

2) When serve, pour some yogurt on top of the oats and top it up with some chopped strawberries. Easy peasy. Great for busy working adults and school kids where time is very limited in preparing healthy and nutritious breakfast.

P.S. If you can't find almond milk, you can also use cow's milk.

Spicy Chicken Scezhuan

I learn to cook this recipe from my beloved Dad. He's a really good cook & an expert when it comes to Chinese dishes as he used to assist my mum at their Chicken Rice stall when he was well. Every time I visit my Dad at the stall. he will cook this dish for me using beef slices which is my favorite dish of his. You can also replace chicken meat with beef slices. Hope you'll love this easy, quick recipe.

P.S. You do not need to use salt in this recipe as all the sauces use in the ingredients already contain salt in them.


Ingredients:

500 gm chicken fillet- sliced
10 cloves garlic- chopped
1 large onion- chopped
11/2 inch of ginger- slice thinly
some curry leaves
1 red capsicum- sliced
4-5 dried chillies- cut into halves, soak in water to remove seeds and drain.
1 tbspn coarse black pepper
3 tbspn sweet soya sauce
1 tbspn light soya sauce
1 tbspn dark soya sauce
1 egg
1 tspn cornflour- mix with a lil water
Optional- 1 tbspn chilli paste (if you want the dish to be more spicy)
1 tbspn sesame oil
2 tbspn olive oil

Methods;

1) Heat the pan with olive oil and sesame oil and fry the dried chillies & curry leaves till fragrant then add onions, chopped garlic& ginger and sautee for a minute

2) Add the chicken meat and fry till the meat is cooked. Add all the sauces, pepper &chili paste(optional) and keep stirring till the chicken meat turns brown. Add in the sliced red capsicum and cook for a minute longer. Add a lil water if the gravy is too. Pour the cornflour mixture and stir constantly till the gravy becomes thick in consistency. Lastly, break an egg in the gravy and stir it for a min and turn off the heat.

3) Serve hot with warm rice. I served this dish with brown rice and blanched broccoli as shown in the pix below as it was a hit with my family members!