Hello everyone. I want to share this great menu with you - my boyfriend made it last week for my Mum for (British) Mother's Day and it is so delicious and so low in points! I haven't put the points values because I think you work them out differently in the States from how we do here, but it's really easy to work them out. Here goes:
1. Sesame prawn toasties (from the Millennium cookbook if anyone has that...)
4 medium slices bread.
100g (3.5oz) peeled, ready-to-eat prawns.
1 tsp sherry
1 tsp oyster sauce (optional)
150g (5.5oz) cottage cheese
pinch of salt
1 tsp sesame seeds
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1. toast bread on 1 side
2. combine prawns (chop them if you like), sherry, oyster sauce, cottage cheese and salt.
3. spread mixture on untoasted side of bread.
4. sprinkle with sesame seeds.
5. grill toasties.
6. cut each slice into 4 triangles and serve!
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2. Barbecue chicken wings.
As many chicken wings as you like, skinless. Remove the little fatty part so you have the meat part.
For the marinade: equal parts of tomato ketchup, clear honey, soy sauce. Mix them all together.
Put the whole lot in a big bowl, make sure the wings are covered in marinade, cover, and put in refrigerator for at least an hour.
Take them out of the fridge, give them a stir, put them in a roasting dish and cook them in the middle of a medium oven until they're done. Yum!
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3. Chilli chicken skewers (more Thai than Chinese, but still...)
(makes 8 skewers)
4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
1 each yellow and orange pepper, deseeded
1 medium red onion
16 button mushrooms
16 cherry tomatoes
(For the marinade)
2 red chillies, finely chopped.
2 tbsp lemon grass, finely sliced.
2 tbsp mint leaves, roughly chopped.
1 garlic clove.
6oz olive oil.
4 tbsp fresh lemon juice.
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1. soak 8 wooden skewers in cold water for at least an hour. Cut each chicken breast into 6 chunks. Cut each pepper into 12 pieces and the onion into 8 wedges. Mix marinade ingredientes and add chicken, prepared vegetables, button mushrooms. Marinate for 1 hour at room temperature.
2. Preheat the grill to high. Meanwhile, skewer chicken and vegetables, starting and finishing with a mushroom. Each skewer will have 3 chunks of chicken, 3 pieces of pepper, 2 wedges of onion, 2 tomatoes and 2 mushrooms. Grill for 20 mins, basting with the marinade and turning every 5 mnutes.
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4. Dessert! Lime bananas...
This is soooooo easy - take 1 banana per person and slice lengthways and crosswise to make 4 slices. Squeeze fresh lime juice all over it. Grill for 5-10 minutes, or until cooked through. Serve with something yummy - I like low-point toffee ice cream or yoghurt, but whatever rings your bell will do!
lots of love,
Lolly
xxx
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