Ten Min Meals 2: Burger Omlet & Spicy Basamic Salad

Ten Min Meals: The Plan...

Just got home? Tired, hungry and lazy? Then these are the meals for you, fast prep/cooking time (most under ten min, no more than 15 total, less time than it’ll take you to go to the takeaway!) they're also work great if you're studying and don't need to procrastinate.

 

Spanish burger tortilla with hot balsamic salad. Serves 2, (or one really hungry person!)

Ingreedients

Half Yellow bell pepper; one quarter sliced lengthways, one quarter diced.

1 Pak Choi head (roughly chopped, about 2.5cm square)

One spring onion thinly sliced

One charlotte or small onion very finely chopped (if it’s much bigger than a charlotte, skip the spring onion and use in its place)

Half cup Quorn chicken pieces OR the same amount of lightly browned chicken breast cubed (this will add about 2-3min to cooking time)

Quarter of a cup of Quorn mince OR lightly browned good quality beef mince

2-3 Eggs (I use organic free range and they’re quite large, so I use 2 but if they’re a bit smaller, use 3)

25g Mozzarella

Pinch salt & black pepper

Pinch paprika

Pinch oregano

Pinch dill

Half tsp. Fiery fragrant hot sauce (see recipe;  to be honest it’s hard to beat this in this recipe, but if you must, use quarter tsp. Encola original hot sauce to quarter teaspoon tomato ketchup, not as good, but ok)

2.5tbs balsamic vinegar

1 tsp. wholegrain mustard

Pinch dark brown molasses sugar (normal works too, just less depth of flavour)

1 tsp. tomato ketchup

3 cloves of garlic.

Drizzle of sesame oil

1tbs olive/veg oil or a knob of butter.

Equipment:

Sharp Knife

Cup

Medium sized non-stick pan (you can use a normal pan too, just use slightly more oil/butter)

Chopping board

Teaspoon

Hand blender/fork/whisk

Grill

Microwave

Salad Bowel

Method:

1: prep all the veg as described above and defrost the Quorn/prep the chicken.

2: put a small 8” non-stick pan, add the oil or butter and begin to sortie the diced pepper, tomato ketchup, Quorn Mince & charlotte, stir occasionally until the onion is transparent, N.B. make sure you don’t use a high heat, as this will a, spoil the timing and b. burn the ketchup, so keep an eye on the heat!

3: Beat the eggs with an electric whisk (hand whisk or fork is fine but it takes longer), add 2 cloves of finely chopped garlic, the dill, oregano a little salt and pepper.

Stir the veg & Quorn in the pan, shake so it’s evenly distributed and pour over the egg mixture, place back on a medium high heat, and turn on the grill!

4: Place the salad veg in a salad bowel.

5: In a small jug or glass, mix the balsamic vinegar, sugar, sesame oil, mustard and hot sauce to make the salad dressing.

6: Sprinkle paprika and grated Mozzarella over the top of the burger tortilla (the surface should have begun to set, but still be a little undercooked) and place under the grill N.B. WARNING! TRY TO USE A SAUSPAN WITH A METAL HANDEL SO IT DOESN’T BURN UNDER THE GRILL, UT MAKE SURE YOU USE AN OVEN GLOVE OR CLOTH TO REMOVE FROM THE GRILL, DON’T BURN YOURSELF (like I just did) until the cheese has melted and the tortilla is cooked through.

7:Mix one tsp. of the dressing to the cup with the Quorn chicken Or chicken, stir vigorously and place in microwave on full power for 30seconds to a minuet, until the dressing coats/has been absorbed by the Quorn.

8:Mix the Quorn chicken into the salad veg, pour over the remainder of the dressing and toss.

At this point both the salad and tortilla should be ready to serve, half on each plate, a great light meal in ten min or less! (Let me know how long it takes you!)

Nutritious, delicious and stupidly fast!

Enjoy and stay safe in the kitchen! :)

Beaten Egg Fried Noodles, Singapore style.

Serves 2, prep time 15min.

Ingredients:

4 Free Range Eggs, beaten & Scrambled without milk but with a little black pepper & Salt.

300g fine rice noodles, prepared, either dried and reconstituted or fresh.

Pinch hot curry powder (see recipe or purchase alternative)

Pinch Chinese 5 spice ( see recipe or purchase alternative)

1 tbs groundnut oil

Small pinch salt

Dash of lime juice

Dash of coconut milk, reconstituted works well and doesn’t waste!

Equipment:

Wok

Measuring Jug

Whisk

Wooden spoon

Method:

Mix oil, curry powder, Chinese 5 spice, salt to the wok, heat gently on a low heat till though ally mixed, turn up to a mid-heat, add the noodles and lime juice and stir fry for 1 min until thoughally mixed, add the precooked egg, coconut milk and stir fry for 1-2 min,

Garnish with chopped coriander leaf and serve!

Take care in the kitchen and enjoy!

Chilli Nachos:

Serves 4 Prep time 10 min.

Ingredients:

1 bag Chilli Nachos, pref. not Doritos, to sweet, or normal nachos, open the bag, add a teaspoon of mild chili powder, 1 teaspoon of paprika, add to bag and shake)

1tsp paprika

2tsp chopped parsley.

2 pickled scotch bonnet chillies (see recipe, or use pickled jalapenos.

2 teaspoons of home-made Piri Piri sauce (recipe to follow shortly) or use fragrant hot sauce or purchased alternative.

1 ball of mozzarella

60g of home-made soft sour cheese with chives (recipe to follow shortly, or use sour cream & chive dip)

100g Salsa Verde: (see recipe or purchase)

100g Ad’s Special Guacamole or purchased alternative

Equipment:

Plates,

Knife

Chopping board

Grill

Spoon.

Method:

Place nachos on either one large plate or 4 small ones, grate mozzarella, sprinkle the Piri Piri sauce over the nachos, also sprinkle the paprika over the nachos followed by the mozzarella and place under a low grill for 2-3 min or until the cheese is melting.

Add a spoon of Guacamole, Salsa Verde, and sour soft cheese to each plate or all the edges of the large plate sprinkle a little paprika on the soft cheese and some chopped parsley on the nachos and serve.

Tricolour Salad Bagels:

Serves 2 prep time 5min.

Ingredients:

1 avocado

1 Red bell Pepper

Half Ball of mozzarella

2 bagels.

Equipment:

Knife, bread knife, chopping board, toaster.

Method:

Peel and thinly slice the avocado, also thinly slice the pepper and the mozzarella. Whilst you are doing this, lightly toast the bagels, on an open fire by preference, but a toaster is fine! Cut the bagels in half.

Layer the bagel, avocado, pepper and mozzarella, add a twist of pepper, a pinch of salt and a pinch of oregano, serve….As a snack or starter.

Enjoy, and take care in the kitchen!