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Healthy lunch for the week ahead – Butternut Squash Cous Cous

23 Sunday Mar 2014

Posted by Fiona in Food, Recipes

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Butternut Squash Cous Cous

Butternut Squash Cous CousI don’t know about you but lately I’ve been getting pretty lazy when it comes to preparing a lunch for myself. Throughout the winter months I managed to survive on spending relatively little by buying soup and splitting it between two days (thank you Tesco finest) however it’s Spring now and I want to be a bit more adventurous with what I eat without dipping into the bank balance too much!

Therefore I decided I would try and make something nutritious, delicious and cheap that would last me a few days and hopefully I wouldn’t get too bored of. I’ve really been enjoying butternut squash lately, especially since Craig made an incredible butternut squash and chorizo soup (I’ll have to put the recipe up here!) so I wanted to make something with it in and thought about making a cous cous dish.

After searching a few different websites I came across this one from house and garden magazine recipes section:http://www.houseandgarden.co.uk/recipes/main-courses/giant-couscous-butternut-squash  – I have now fallen in love with this recipes page, mostly because I just love looking at the food styling but also because the recipes really are so varied and use a wide range of ingredients. This recipe in particular didn’t seem too hard to make and although butternut squash can be a tad expensive, the recipe creates 4 servings so you make good use of it. Here is what you need  to make butternut squash cous cous:

INGREDIENTS

  • 1  lemon
  • 750g (1½lb) butternut squash (I just used 1 butternut squash which was plenty)
  • 3tbsp olive oil
  • 1 large onion, chopped (changed for a red onion)
  • 1 clove garlic, crushed
  • 250g (8oz) giant couscous (used normal cous cous as Sainsburys didn’t have the big stuff)
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • Grated zest of 1/2 lemon
  • 1/2 long red chilli, chopped (didn’t use but would recommend)
  • 20g (¾oz) fresh flat-leaf parsley, chopped (didn’t use as Craig packed spinach into my bag instead of parsley so that’s my excuse)
  • 4tbsp mint leaves, chopped
  • 2 little gem lettuces, shredded
  • 100g (3½oz) pine nuts, toasted
  • 60g (2oz) golden raisins (I used 2 small bags of mixed raisins, nuts and pumpkin seeds which worked really well instead)
  • 1/4tsp ground allspice
  • vegetable stock

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Take time to dine at Bincho

20 Sunday Oct 2013

Posted by Fiona in Film, Food

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Bincho, embassey ces, enokibacon, healthy food, Japanese food, japanese tapas, Old Compton Street, open grill, rice dishes, sake, sweet pepper

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Bincho Old Compton Street

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Five years ago now, oh god where does time go, I signed up to be an activity leader for Embassey Ces summer school. It involved a lot of taking students on tours around London- informing them about facts and historical figures (I’m pretty sure I made a few up!), showing them dance moves at discos and other exciting events like performing a Jack the Ripper Tour! I lived in central London in the university accommodation for the whole summer and although I worked ridiculously long hours for less than the minimum wage, I absolutely loved it and formed some of the best friendships. One bond of friendship which blossomed from this exciting summer was meeting Jen and Marta, who became my two embassy buddies in crime. Marta didn’t even live in the accommodation during the summer but I usually forget because she was around so often. We bonded over lots of things, from moaning about the crazy hours and airport pick ups we had to do, to some of the behaviour of the students, however, we all found common ground and passion in our love of food. We used to receive meal tokens and we would sometimes save them up and go all out at lunch buying coffee republic milkshakes and humongous baguettes from upper crust. These meal tokens were definitely the perks of the job. Continue reading →

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