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Pad Thai Nicki Style #Worldfoods

Author Nicki CawoodPosted on 2 Comments

As part of the Global Taste Team run by the lovelies from Worldfoods I am exploring many different flavours and recipes (and enjoying every minute of it!). This week the suggested recipe was Pad Thai and can be found at the bottom of this post. Worldfoods are keen for us to experiment and so I raided my veg box and here we go, Nicki’s Pad Thai.

Ingredients:

2 large chicken breast

Courgette

Mushrooms

Chives

Beansprouts (you can get these from Tesco, but I use the ones from my Riverford veg box, fresh, crunchy and with a slightly nutty flavour)

Piquillo pepper (thinner than a normal pepper and sweeter)

Mushrooms

1 bottle WORLDFOODS Thai ‘Pad Thai’ Noodle Sauce

Fine egg noodles

Lime – cut into wedges

Dry Roasted peanuts (crushed)

Method.

  • Stirfry together in a little oil the chives, chicken, sliced peppers, courgette and mushrooms
  • When nearly cooked throw in the beansprouts for a further 2-3 minutes on a high heat.
  • Add the WorldFood Pad Thai sauce and turn to a low heat to simmer.
  • Serve with “just cooked” fine egg noodles and top with crushed roasted nuts and lemon wedges (save one wedges to drizzle a little juice over the noodles. And enjoy!

Pad Thai, by May Foong

 Serves 2-3 people

 Ingredients:

100g (or any combination of) Prawns / Chicken / Tofu

20g Chives, cut into 2” length

100g Bean sprouts

80g Flat rice noodles (information here: http://bit.ly/qU8WIl you can substitute with other noodles if you wish)

1 bottle WORLDFOODS Thai ‘Pad Thai’ Noodle Sauce

2 tbsp cooking oil

*Optional – add eggs (within the stir fry or as an omelette), spring onions, fish sauce, extra chilli pepper into the stir fry

Garnishing:

Pounded roasted peanuts

Coriander

Lime wedges

Chilli flakes

Sugar optional (palm sugar traditionally added in Thailand)

 Cooking Instructions:

1. Blanch the noodles in boiling water for 3 minutes untill semi-soft. Drain and set aside.

2. Heat flavourless oil such as groundnut oil in a wok and pan fry the prawns until they turn pink, and set aside.

3. Pour in WORLDFOODS Thai ‘Pad Thai’ Noodle Sauce and bring to boil.

4. Add in the noodles and prawns and toss gently till well mixed.

5. Plate up the noodles and prawns, and add the chives and bean sprouts.

6. Garnish with roasted peanuts, chili flakes and lime wedges.

7. Enjoy!

 

If preparing the dish for children you might want to omit all chilli from the dish, depending on their taste.

 

In Family Time, Food, General

A Fruity Friday Feast – Breakfast with Princes

Author Nicki CawoodPosted on 265 Comments

If you are on Twitter you’ll have seen lots of fruity tweets with the hashtag #Princesbrekkie – several families have been chosen to receive a Princes fruity hamper to help us incorporate more fruit into our diets, starting with breakfast. The best of it is… it couldn’t be easier!

Breakfast time can be busy (and stressful!) but it really is the most important meal of the day. We decided to use some of our fabulous fruity treats for a buffet-style breakfast where we could explore!

Ready to dive in!

 

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As you can see the fruity experiment was a huge success. Lots of tasting and mixing, fruit with toast, fruit on porridge (Kieran served Daddy a dish with different types), fruit on it’s own or with yogurt…. all washed down with lovely fresh fruit juices.

Any left up fruit has been chopped up and we are having fruit salad for pudding tonight so we will definitely be reaching our five portions a day target! Clearly incorporating fruit into our breakfast doesn’t have to be hard, or difficult. We will definitely be doing it more often.

Thumbs up to Princes!

COMPETITION CLOSED

Princes have generously offered to send one of my readers a fruity box of their own.

The Princes breakfast box includes a set of six bowls and six tumblers, table placemats, an alarm clock, a colouring book to entertain the kids, a relaxing candle for the mums, money-off coupons and, of course, a range of Princes canned fruit – including grapefruit segments, peach slices, pear halves, fruit cocktail, pineapple chunks and mandarin segments – and Princes pure juices.

To be in with a chance of winning simply leave a comment telling me your favourite fruit and leaving me a way to contact you.

**This giveaway ends on the 11th October and the winner will be chosen via a randomiser program.

NO ENTRIES AFTER MIDDAY WILL BE ACCEPTED

***If I can’t get hold of the winner by the 18th October, a new winner’s name will be pulled.

CONGRATULATIONS TO J STOKES (CONTACT DETAILS PROVIDED).

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