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Thai Noodle Salad

chopsticks2.jpgI made a Thai Noodle Salad or the BBQ last week and it seemed to go down very well, with everyone asking me for the recipe. So i thought to post my review on the fruit infusion water bottle i promised you guys last week, but i changed my mind and I’d post it here…

There are no exact measures you just need to choose the quantities based on how many you are planning to feed. Use pressure cooker reviews and the noodles as your guide.

Noodles
Cashew Nuts
3 Limes
Beansprouts
Mangetout and Sugar Snap Peas
2xtbl Soy Sauce
King Prawns
Fresh Coriander
1 Red Chilli
1xtbl Sesame Seeds
1xtbl Sesame Oil
Spring Onions
Lloyd Grossman – Yellow Thai sauce – or any Yellow, Green or even Red Thai sauce of choice.

  • Marinate the prawns in a little lime juice, chopped coriander, and grated lime zest and a little chopped chilli.
  • Chop the Spring Onions.
  • Chop some Coriander. ( use amount to taste )
  • Segment a Lime or two.
  • Blanch the Mangetout and Sugar Snap peas in boiling water for a few minutes or until cooked to the required amount and then cool down under cold water.
  • Finely slice the Mangetout and Sugar Snap Peas length ways.
  • If you are using dry noodles then cook in boiling water for 3 minutes – or follow packet instructions – and then rinse under cold water. A little tip, while the noodles are simmering use chop sticks to seperate them while in the pan and make sure none are sticking together. chopsticks seem to do the job much better than anything else.
  • Put a little sesame oil into a hot wok and let heat up and then put the cold noodles in.
  • Add the Soy Sauce and stir through the noodles and cook for a minute.
  • Mix in some of the beansprouts, some of the Mangetout, some of the Peas and all the cashew nuts and cook for another 2 minutes.
  • Pour the noodle mix into a bowl.
  • Heat a small amount of the Thai sauce in the microwave; about half a cup depending on the quantity of noodles. This is the most important step as you do not want to drown everything in the sauce, you are using it like a dressing.
  • Pour the sauce over the noddles and mix in well.
  • Add the Coriander, spring onions, the rest of the Mangetout, and the rest of the beansprouts to the noodles.
  • Stiry Fry, BBQ, or cook on a griddle, the Prawns and then add to the noodles.
  • Sprinkle the sesame seeds and the lime segments over the noodles.
  • Use your hands and give the mixture a final mix up… and then serve and enjoy!


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    Fifteen

    As part of our extended Wedding Anniversary celebrations, my parents had so kindly given us the money to treat ourselves to a weekend away. As we had gone camping last weekend we had decided to hit london this weekend; so we booked a table at ’s Fifteen Restaurant for the Friday night and stayed at the Hotel Russell.

    We ate in the Trattoria part of the restaurant which was lovely. The food was gorgeous and the service excellent. We started with some Antipasti and the I had “Tagliatelle with zucchini, pancetta, chilli, garlic, mascarpone, thyme and parmigiano” while Victoria had “The lightest potato gnocchi with Isle of Wight tomatoes, fresh basil, buffalo mozzarella and parmigiano”… both were stunning!

    For main Victoria had “Fillet of wild sea trout with marinated zucchini, Sicilian cherry tomatoes, lemon crème fraiche and samphire” and I had “Seared Calves Liver…”. Both were again stunning. The Liver was so delicate and just melted in the mouth.

    The whole evening was just lovely.

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    Cheese-cake?

    Went to a barbeque on Saturday after the World Cup match, so I made a little something to keep in theme… It’s a White Chocolate and Lemon England with Rasberries and Strawberries sat on a Chocolate Hob Nob base…

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    Organic Milk

    Plastic Milk Bottles Supermarkets have done a pretty good job with all the variations of milk. You can usually identify the different ‘strengths’ with little effort. As a general rule being colourblind I’m against colour coding of any kind, but milk bottle tops doesn’t cause me a problem. Ok, some of the supermarkets use different colours, so you need to be careful which shop you bought your milk from but not really an issue. It’s a little like in ‘t old days when most people colour coded salt and vinegar crips in blue and cheese and onion in green, but one crisp maker did it the other way…
    Anyway, my real beef is with Organic milk – what happened to colour coding? They all appear to have white tops… at home we have Full Fat milk for the kids, Semi Skimmed for me, and water (skimmed) for Victoria. Now when I open the fridge I just see a sea of white bottle tops and I have to read the label… jeesh! Ok, I can live with accidently using Full Fat but I might accidently pour water on my Shreddies…

    Sticker on the lid to the rescue!See Also: best multimeter

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    Exports from the North

    It’s that time of year again. As we get ready for bonfire night over the weekend, we had a moments panic when we realised that we hadn’t imported our must haves; Black Peas and Parkin. With only 2 days to go and Black peas need soaking overnight, we had to get some in the post today. Thankfully… father to the rescue and our supply should be with us with a day to spare!

    Life would be so much easier if I could go to any shop and actually buy things from up north! You’d think Asda would have them!

    Ask for “Black Peas” and you get the response; “Black Eye Peas?”… ask for Parkin and you’re asked; “Long or Short Stay?”

    You’ll notice no direct wiki link either for those terms – like that’s going to work! You’ll notice no pictures either! What is the world coming too?

    See Also: What do you miss?

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