Courgette and Lemon spaghetti

The group found this recipe and thought it would be perfect for a warm summers day.

To make enough for four you will need:

400g Spaghetti

2 lemons (zest only)

3 large courgettes

bunch of parsley

70g Grana Padano (grated)

5 garlic cloves (finely chopped)

pinch of crushed chillies

olive oil

 

First we measured out the spaghetti and put it on to boil.

We then grated the courgettes, zest the lemons and chopped the garlic.

We then fried the garlic in a little oil, then added the courgette, chillie flakes and lemon zest and cooked for 3-4 minutes.

We then drained the spaghetti and added the cooked courgettes and mixed well.

We served this with parsley and some of the Grana padano.

Everyone enjoyed the spaghetti and was surprised at how tasty it was for such a simple recipe.

Prawn Cocktail

Today the group wanted to make Prawn cocktail. When looking at recipes we saw a few using avocado and the group really liked this idea.

We did some research and found that avocado is a really good source of potassium and lots of vitamins.

Everyone really liked the idea of putting the prawn cocktail in the avocado, so the avocado became the bowl!

The group agreed that the flavours worked well and made for a fresh, light starter.

Blueberry cakes

The group found a recipe for light and fluffy blueberry cakes. To make twelve of these you need:

85g Blueberries
1Tbsp of granulated sugar
85g Butter
225g self raising flour
85g Caster Sugar
1 medium egg (beaten).

First we washed the blueberries and mixed in a bowl with the granulated sugar.

Then for the cake we put the flour in the bowl and rubbed the butter in- like you would for a crumble topping.
We then added the caster sugar and mixed.
Afterwards we made a well in the mix and added the egg. We then mixed until the ingredients became a dough.

We then divided the dough into twelve to roll into balls and put a few blueberries on top.

After spacing them out on the baking tray we put in the oven at 200

Degrees for about 12 minutes.

Fresh from the oven...

..And ready to eat.

They were lovely and light, which was perfect after a filling lunch.

Homemade Burgers

This week the group made burgers from scratch.

We spoke about how making food from scratch is much better than eating processed food. The group noted that if you make food from scratch you know exactly whats in it and avoid chemicals like preservatives.

The group decided to make sweet potato chips instead of regular chips. This is because we discussed the nutritional value of sweet potato chips and found that they are much better for us than normal potato chips.

Peeling the sweet potato.

Making the sweet potato chips proved quite difficult as sweet potato is such a hard vegetable.

Cutting the sweet potato into chips.

When making the burgers we kept it simple, using lean beef mince, very finely diced onion, garlic and seasoning.

We made beef patties and put a cube of cheddar cheese in the center of the patty. This is so the cheese can melt in the middle of the burger as it cooks.

To compliment the burgers we added lettuce, tomatoes and gherkins.