SALADS SALADS SALADS

My efforts to be healthy and still enjoy my lunch...why risk ruining a day with a bad meal!!

I got a massive selection of all sorts of veg and got roasting-

Aubergine

Courgette

Red Onion

White Onion

Slice thickly, about 1.5cm thick and add oil, salt and pepper and whole garlic cloves and roast for 30 mins. Let them cool /leave them in the fridge over night then make up your salad.

For this one I added the following-

Green olives- not stones!!

Cherry Tomatoes

Cucumber

Red Pepper

Green lentil- pre cooked, you can buy them in tins.

I added a good quality ham and made a dijon lemon and olive oil dressing, added salt and pepper and was well away!! Healthy...happy days.

TIP: Don't add the dressing until you're about to serve, no one like a soggy salad!!

A nice close up...honestly it tasted good!

Another variation- including all the roasted veg-

Aubergine

Courgette

White Onion

Yellow pepper

Asparagus (this is a good one to add, don't think I did for this one but...)

Then add-

Lettuce

Mozzarella

Ham

Then finish it off with pesto.

ACTUALLY FIT!

Livin the dream!!

Cala Bassa

More edible flowers- a very decorative salad.

Really ripe red tomatoes, mozzarella, black olives, white onion, avocado with lemon, dijon vinaigarette.

The pad.

Another night cooking for a load of veggies....

Loads of roasted aubergine- the best and easiest way to fill them up.

Tomato & Vegetable Pasta
 To make this for 4-6 people or 4 with leftovers for lunch.

1x white onion or red - whatever you prefer.

3 x cloves of garlic- crushed then finely sliced.

1 x deep red ripe red pepper

1 x courgette- use potato peeler to get the ribbons (and always add 2 mins before serving so they're still crisp) or just slice into chunks and roast then add later on.

Big load of black olives

1 x tin plum tomatoes 

Big squirt of tomato puree

Rock salt & fresh black pepper

Big table spoon of sugar or squirt of ketchup

Big glug of red wine

Sprinkle of white pepper.

Cook on medium heat for at least 45mins- do onions, garlic red pepper in a load of olive oil first for 10/15mins with salt and pepper then add the rest of the ingredients- I prefer to roast the aubergine or whatever veg you're going to add, it always tastes better.

Make sure you try the sauce the whole way through so that it come out rich enough and sweet enough.

More beach.

(think this might have been a sauce from another night but its a similar variation of it)

Team effort.

Hard day.

What pasta for 22 looks like.

Mix it all in and obviously garnish with edible flowers- loads of black pepper and then a shit load of parmesan.

And a little parsley garnish.

Garlic parsley butter baguette

Enough for a whole baguette-6-8 people

1/2 of a pack of butter

2 big sprinkles of rock salt in a pestle and mortar

2 gloves of garlic roughly chopped

Big handful of parsley

Then pestle away until smooth.

The gorgeous bride to be <3

Some of the holiday crew...love these pics so much!!

Family shakey face...

More NYC Fishy Stuff

Hugo coming ready with the beers.

Few beers.

From Williamsburg to Manhattan 

Williamsberg pier...love these guys.

Union Square farmers market

Oysters 

Calamari with chorizo and cheesey creamy sauce..next level fit.

Super spicy chilli on an oyster

The view from the apartment, lucky :-)

Lobster roll with mayo :-)

Big old lobster dinner

Saskia loving it.

I was loving this!! Garlic scallops -massive smiley face!!!

Ace hotel- so nice, amazing food and coffee!!