Easy Peri-Peri Salt Recipe

Just like your favourite chain brand of peri-peri salt, but at a fraction of the price!

I ran out of the peri-peri salt I'd been buying, so being quite a resourceful person, with (I think!) a fairly good palate, I went to the kitchen and tinkered about with the ingredients that were on the jar, comparing the flavour to the last few grains of peri-peri salt I had left...

I had looked online for a peri-peri recipe, but they all seemed to have additional ingredients to what I was trying to create.

Easy Fajita Spice Mix (Gluten Free) and Chicken / Beef Fajitas Recipe

Delicious with Chicken or Beef and Peppers!

Want to knock up your own tasty fajita spice mix in seconds, and know what's in it?

This is my delicious fajita spice mix, similar to commercial brands which you simply sprinkle over your chicken (or beef) strips and stir in just before you cook it - no need to marinate, and you just stir together the spices. It couldn't be more simple, and you know what's in it!

If you don't have onion powder or garlic powder, no problem, you just grate fresh garlic and onion onto the chicken (or beef) and stir in before you add the spice mix, and it tastes just as great either way!

This makes enough to make a generous serving for four people (using 640g chicken cut into 1/4 inch strips, 3 red/orange/yellow peppers, and two small-medium onions - see below for instructions how to use). Easy to double (or more) and store. This quantity makes about 5 x 15ml tbsp, so if you make a big batch, just measure this out for a 4 person serving.

Jamaican Curry Powder

This is an authentically flavoured Jamaican Curry powder, perfect for dishes like 'Curry Goat'

The curry powder itself is mild, and you add the heat to the curries with chillies - namely scotch bonnet chillies!

The main ingredient which denotes it as a Jamaican curry powder, is the allspice (also known as pimenton), a fundamental flavouring in many Jamaican dishes.

This will make approximately 135g of curry powder (using 15ml tablespoon measures), and for example, you'd use approximately 1/2 tbsp per person for curry goat at approximately 10 calories per 1/2 tbsp.

Cachumber (Indian Tomato, Onion and Cucumber Salad) and Chaat Masala (Spice Mix)

Simple, quick, fresh and delicious...

A healthy North Indian snack, which can be served as an appetiser or starter, with poppadoms and pickles, and also great as an accompaniment to Indian dishes, such as my tandoori chicken, or chicken tikka.

There really is nothing to it, other than a bit of chopping and a quick stir!

Serves 4-8 depending on course.

Calories per serving: 43 calories if served between four people, 21 calories if served between eight.

Char Siu Pork - From Scratch

Ever fancied having a go at making your own Char Siu Pork?

Well, there's no reason not to because it's really easy - you just marinade, then bake (or grill/barbeque).

Even better, you can make a big batch, eat some freshly cooked (well, you have to at least taste it - and if you're feeling civilised, maybe serve it with some stir-fried pak choi and steamed rice, sprinkled with a few sliced spring onions - and if you want to be totally decadent you could reduce the marinade to a syrupy consistency, and drizzle over the hot sliced pork, or even just serve straight from the oven, because you can!) then slice the remainder and freeze. You can then easily add it to Chinese dishes, stir fries, my Spring Rolls (the skinny version, or the gluten free version) or my healthy Singapore Noodles/Chow Mein etc. (straight from the freezer) as well as having the benefits of being able to choose whether to make it authentically, make a low fat version, or even make it gluten free if you need to (which it won't be the majority of the time if you buy it pre-made, or buy a pre-made marinade).

Well, let us pontificate no further, and get onto how to make it, as you need to marinate it for a day first!