Clare’s Satay Fake Away Skewers

Fancy a take away but want a slightly lighter version? then try my Fake Away Skewers. I love this  tasty, versatile peanut sauce not only as a dip for grilled satay skewers, but also for Stir Fried Rice or Noodles with Chicken and Peanut Sauce. The Satay sauce contains a little bit of heat, but you can cut back on this or eliminate it altogether if you wish. The sauce keeps for days in the fridge so make ahead of time for a simple go to sauce mid week. You also can thin the sauce with a little coconut milk, water, or chicken stock.

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Makes: 4 servings (main meal) 8 (starter)

Preparation Time: 30 minutes

Total Time:  50 minutes

Ingredients

• 4 Skinless / Boneless Chicken Breast Fillets
• 1⁄2 cup  peanut butter ( I used Almond Butter, reasons in week 6 Food & Activity Dairy)
• 3 tablespoons soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon grated fresh ginger
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon chilli paste / I clove of minced Garlic (Fresh can be unpredictable heat wise hence opting for the paste option)
• 1⁄2 teaspoon fresh chopped  coriander
• 1 cup water
• 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lime juice.

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PREPARATION

1/ In a small saucepan, combine the peanut butter, soy sauce, ginger, brown sugar, chilli, garlic and coriander. Stir in the water. Heat the ingredients over medium heat, stirring to combine. Do not let the sauce boil or it will separate. The consistency of the sauce should be pourable, like double cream. When the peanut sauce is hot, stir in the lime juice. Taste the sauce and add a little more lime juice if you like more acidity. The sauce will keep, covered in the refrigerator, for about 1 week.

2/ Then take the  chicken fillets and slice  into finger size lengths.  Thread onto skewers ( you can buy these in your supermarket or pick them up in your butchers.) then smother the chicken in your satay sauce, leave to sit for 30 minutes, place on a baking tray lined with baking parchment and grill, turning after 6-8 minutes and brushing with remaining sauce as you go.

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Tip: Soak the Skewer Sticks in water while you prepar all the other bits, this will help them not to burn under the grill

I served these with some sweet chilli Prawn Skewers and Brown rice for our Saturday Night ‘Fake Away’ I will add these recipes next week.

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❤ Clare with the Hair  ❤

Clare’s Prawn Fried Rice

I am a big fan of Fried Rice and this is one of my favourites, it is simple, like seriously simple to create but packs a real flavor punch and so much better than opting for the take out version, if you are not much of a cook, you will be able to create this and if you are a whiz in the kitchen you may tweak to create a whole different flavor. If you are not a fan of Prawn’s then add chicken,beef etc and for a fab veggie option add tofu, broccoli and or mushrooms.

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Makes: 4 servings

Preparation Time: 10 minutes

Total Time: 40 minutes

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Ingredients

250g of Brown Rice (I used the boil in the bag type, feel free to use the 2 minute micro version)

400g of Fresh water jumbo prawns

150g Baby Spinich

1 med white onion Peeled and diced

100g button mushroom sliced

3-4tbs coconut oil

1bs Chilli paste

1tbs Garlic paste

1/4tbs Cracked black pepper

2tbs Mirin

1/4tbs sugar

2tbs light Soya Sauce

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PREPARATION

1/ Place the rice in a pan of hot water and bring to the boil and cook per packet instructions, or as per microwave instructions. Once cooked set to one side.

2/ Cook the onion and mushroom in the coconut oil until soft 3-5 minutes, remove from the pan and set to one side.

3/ Garlic, Chilli, Mirin, Pepper, Sugar and soya sauce in the pan and add the prawns, cook for 1 minute, add the spinach, mushrooms, onions and rice and mix well, cook for 2-3 minutes and plate up.

4/ Fry eggs in 2-3tbs coconut oil and place o top of your Prawn fried rice.

Enjoy!

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Clare’s Super Quick Prawn Stir Fry

We are just beginning week two and we start with a nice easy meal that is quick to make but super tasty, this is one I go back to time and time again.  Here we have my Super Quick Prawn Stir Fry (again I am still not 100% so any details missing will be updated when I have the energy to do so)

Have you gone for your fast 40 minute walk yet? Do you like to exercise in the morning or the evening ? Monday is a great day to begin your weeks activity, if you start on Monday it drives you to move more for the rest of the week and you begin with a better quality of sleep at the start of the week.

Breakfast looks like this:

Lunch like this:

Dinner like this:

Clare’s Super Quick Prawn Stir Fry

Top tip: Again this is so versatile on the main meat, veg you add, this is super with beef, pork, chicken or tofu.

Please share with me how you are finding these meal’s, are they easy for you to make? Do you over cook for your lunch the next day? or to pop into the freezer for day’s time is not on your side.

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