Off to Scotland!

I know I am a couple day behind on posting lasts week Meal from around the world. But better late than never.

And this meal defiantly lasted. We had a bunch of leftovers.

While doing some research on what to make for this weeks Around the world dinner, I found an interesting recipe for scotch eggs which are in the movie Brave. This was a great opportunity to watch a great movie and a great mess in the kitchen.

So the meal consisted of Scotch Eggs and Shepard's pie and beer bread muffins

They look like little dragon eggs

What a yummy new food. I would never thought to make this! Tastes like breakfast.

Yummy Yummy Shepard's pie.

This was quite a yummy meal and we made enough sheapards pie to feed a family of four! But I'll never turned down left overs. 

Heres the link for the scotch eggs! Its a really easy recipe. 

And here is the Shepards pie recipe. I did use beef instead of lamb and ketchup instead of tomato best.

Next Weekend in New Zealand!

Jamacian me Happy!

Week two of my 22 dishes from around the world. This week is Jamaica. while I doing research Steve was skeptical about the meal. But it all worked out and he enjoyed it and he said we could have this meal again one day.

Some of the ingredients I bought.

Jamaican Jerk Chicken

Can't be to careful.

• 4 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1/4 cup fresh lime juice
• 2 habanero stemmed, seeded, coarsely chopped
• 3 garlic cloves, roughly chopped
• 2 tablespoons fresh thyme
• 1 tablespoon minced peeled fresh ginger
• 1 tablespoon (packed) dark brown sugar
• 1/2 tsp of All spice
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt plus more
• 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

Combine all ingredients and puree. I use the ninja and it did a marvelous job. Set aside about 1/4 cup of the now pureed goodness so you can use while the chicken is actually cooking. 

add the below ingredients below to the remainder puree Jerk seasoning. 

• 2 tablespoons distilled white vinegar
• 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil

Cut the chicken into cubs and place in a freezer sized bag pour the pureed Jerk seasoning onto the chicken and let marinade.

Before I cook the Chicken, I want to create the sides. Tonight we are having Rice and Peas. (which is rice and kidney beans) and Fried plantains. Yum and YUM.

Rice and Peas

This was an interesting go at the recipe i pulled from the website. I tweaked it a bit. 

• 2 cups of rice
• 1can of kidney beans (do no rinse)
• 1 Can of coconut milk
• Pinch of salt
• 2 sprigs of fresh thyme
• 3/4 water
• 1 uncut Habanero

Add all the ingredients in a pot and bring to a light boil and then let simmer for 20-30 mins are until rice is tender. Make sure not to puncture the habenero. You are not using for the heat you are using to get some extra flavor.

Once the rice is just about done get those plantains cooking.. I used Coconut oil in order to fry them. I thought it was fitting. Heat up the oil and start frying. keep a close eye on them don't let them burn. 

Before

After

I let the chicken marinade for about 4 1/2 hours. Though over night would be best. Once the chicken has marinade place on skewers and Prepare the grill. In my case its an indoor grill we received for Christmas!! 

Cook the chicken completely. you can you either uses the extra sauce and slather in on while the chicken is cooking or as a dipping sauce!

 

Before

After

This dinner was an amazing succsess. We both really enjoyed that flavor they pair very well. The rice had a sweetness to it from the cocunt milk and the heat of the chicken! We will definitely be making this again. 

Next week Scotland!

PB & B Oat Pancakes!

This morning I was in the mood for pancakes but not in the mood for something I would regret eating. I'm currently on the path to lose an additional 30 pounds. WOW! So instead of using the box of Bisquick i decided to work of a recipe i found off the one and only Pinterest.

So i made some PB & B Oat pancakes. 

Ingredients 

1 Banana
2 Eggs
1/2 cup of Oat Flour ( we just put some oat in the the ninja to make some oat flour)
1/2 Tsp of Cinnamon
splash of Almond extract or Vanilla
1/4 cup of Applesauce
some globs of Peanut butter. personal preference to how peanut buttery you want your pancakes. 

after adding all the ingredients you may need to add more oat flour to get a more pancake batter consistency 

First Flip... Looking Good!

Since the Peanut butter doesn't mix in completely you get these yummy surprises in the pancakes.

Breakfast was a Success. the batter only made about 9 cakes. which was plenty for the two of us! The cakes are denser than a normal cake due to the oat flour.

Put a little syrup on them and ENJOY!