Lychee and peach dessert - simple and fabulous!

This dessert is very easy to make, but there is NO need to tell anyone that! It consists of a can of lychee nuts and a can of sliced peaches in syrup. I know that this sounds very simple, but it is luscious to eat!

Ingredients:
1 can of lychee nuts (565 gm) - drained (Fig 1)
1 can of natural sliced peaches in syrup (825 gm) - drained (Fig 1)







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Preparation:
Pour the liquids into a container - (Fig 2).









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Put the lychee nuts into a food processor together with the sliced peaches - (Fig 3).








Fig 3










Process these ingredients until they form a rough texture but are not yet completely smooth - (Fig 4).






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Transfer into a bowl and refrigerate until it is cold. It is now ready to eat - (Fig 5).










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The syrups, if retained make a fabulous cold drink - (Fig 6)!







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Spaghetti with mushrooms and a dash of cream.

A very simple recipe to produce a quite filling main course for 2 people. It can easily be increased by doubling or trebling the amounts of ingredients in the recipe.

Ingredients:
Step 1
1 tablespoon of vegetable oil
1 brown onion
Step 2
1 x 200gm packet of cup mushrooms - (Fig 1) - (other mushrooms can ofcourse be added, and this will add to the flavour of the total dish)








Fig 1

1/2 a vegetable stock cube
salt and pepper - to taste
approximately 20 ml of pouring cream (35%)

Step 3
spaghetti - (Fig 2)

Fig 2

Preparation:
Step 1
Place the oil in the saucepan and dice up the onion. Gently fry the onion over medium heat until it becomes translucent - (Fig 3).

Fig 3

Step 2
Add the mushrooms that have been de stalked and sliced up or quartered - (Fig 4).

Fig 4

Cook using gentle heat until the mushrooms are tender, and then add the salt and pepper and a dash of cream - (Figs 5,6,7).

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Step 3
Mean while, boil a large saucepan of salted water, and add enough spaghetti for two people - (Fig 8).

Fig 8

When the spaghetti is al dente, remove it into a strainer - (Fig 9); place on a plate, and add the mushrooms - (Fig 10) - the result is really nutricious and delicious!

Fig 9

Fig 10

Soy marinated chicken thighs - a simple dish for main course.

This simple recipe produces tasty chicken thigh pieces in a hurry! Buy a packet of chicken thighs (Lilydale; Home brand; organic) at the supermarket that have been de boned and de skinned - there are normally 5 - 7 chicken thighs per packet (depending on the size of the chickens) - this will feed 3 people. It is important to cut off any excess fat before marinating the chicken pieces.

Ingredients:
Step 1
1 packet Lilydale chicken thighs - (Fig 1)







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4 tablespoons soy sauce - (Fig 2)
4 tablespoons sweet soy sauce or Ketchup Manis - (Fig 2)
2 tablespoons mirin - (Fig 2)
a few grinds of white pepper









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Preparation:
Step 1








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Un roll each chicken thigh and cut it into 8 pieces - (Fig 3, 4, 5). Do exactly the same with the remaining chicken thighs.






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Fig 5







Put the chicken thigh pieces into a non reactive dish, and immerse in the sauces - (Fig 6, 7).





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Cover the dish with plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator and allow to marinate for at least 30 minutes.
Step 2
At the end of 30 minutes, remove from the refrigerator, and place the chicken thigh pieces and the marinade in a heated frypan over low-medium heat - (Fig 8)



















Fig 8


Pan fry for 2 minutes then turn over each piece (Fig 9). Pan fry the other side for approximately 3 minutes. The longer the chicken thighs are pan fried, the drier they become. The total time of 5 minutes produces well cooked pieces that are not dried out.

Fig 9

Step 3
Put these thigh pieces on a plate - (Fig 10) together with some of the remaining sauce and serve with a salad or chip potatoes. These chicken pieces are really tasty!








Fig 10

Light soy sauce can be used if you require a more subdued flavour (Fig 11).