Best Homemade Chinese Take-away

Somehow the taste of this dish reminds me of a delicious chinese noodle take-away dish that we used to get when I was a kid.

Best Homemade Chinese Take-away

Packet Stir Fry Veg (I used oriental stir fry from Woolies)
Green Chilli
Garlic
Crushed Ginger
Packet Bean Sprouts
Packet Exotic Mushrooms (You get from Woolies)
2 Eggs beaten
Packet Egg Noodles
Teriyaki Marinade Sauce
Soya Sauce
Cashew Nut Butter
Sweet Chilli Sauce
Fresh coriander or even better, Vietnamese Coriander (a really fab little herb that tastes like coriander, lemons and curry leaves all in one!)

Boil water and cook noodles according to instructions. Stir fry the veg, garlic and chilli in a wok with a little olive oil or sesame oil, add the ginger and a little soya sauce towards the end of the cooking time.

Take veg out of wok and keep aside. Add some more oil and when hot throw in the egg and cook like a mini omelette and then chop up. Throw in the cooked noodles and the stir fried veggies. Toss in some teriyake sauce, a little more soya, add a few teaspoons of cashew nut butter. Mix well and dish up!

Serve with some chopped coriander on top and a whirl of sweet chilli sauce. Ooooo yummmmy.

2010 Resolutions

Admittedly, I have not been great at updating this blog. I keep making the most delicious meals and then forgetting to photograph them and since one of my ideals is to at least show the meal produced from the recipe, getting too hungry to waste time grabbing the camera has meant that I simply do not post the recipe at all. Mmmm. May need to rethink.

Anyhow...here's to some foodie 2010 resolutions:

1. I will get a worm farm
2. I will start recycling properly
3. I will cut out as many processed and refined and chemical laden foods as possible
4. I will buy organic and pesticide free produce when possible
5. I will keep up the veggie garden as I cannot believe how rewarding this is - I just roasted a huge tray of delicious home-grown and entirely pesticide free tomatoes...with some garlic and basil...delicious! In fact I used this last night for dinner...a simple but sum-of-the-parts winner!


Prawn and Tomato Spaghetti

200g Uncooked prawns
Few cloves of garlic
1 Red chilli
5 Very ripe tomatoes or 2 handfuls cherry tomatoes
Lashings of olive oil
Dash of sugar
Handful of basil
Salt & pepper
Spag for 2

Fry the garlic and chilli in olive oil until yummy and sizzling. Toss in the prawns and fry for a few minutes. Throw in the chopped tomatoes (or as I used a few ladels of already roasted homegrown tomatoes. The riper the better!), some salt and black pepper and half of the basil. Add a dash of sugar (1 tsp max). Simmer for a few more minutes. In the meanwhile, you will have boiled the spag...drain and toss into the tomato pan. Throw in the remaining basil and toss together. Serve with a lashing of olive oil and freshly ground black pepper and maybe a little grated parmesan...mmm delic!

You might just lick the pan like I did!

By the way...If you don't like prawns then you can leave them out. I often just make up a tray of tomatoes, garlic, basil, olive oil, salt and pepper and roast for 40 mins or so and toss into some pasta with some more fresh basil - really really delicious.

PS: My favourite tomatoes are "heirloom tomatoes" - bought three trays of different types and these were by far the best - fleshy, juicy and real-looking...yum. The heirloom tomato is the one in the basket of veggies above from our veggie garden.