Salmon Gravlax Open Sandwich

Salmon Gravlax Open Sandwich

Salmon Gravlax is a dry marinade that is simple, easy and brings out great flavours in the salmon

All you need is:

Thin slices of fresh salmon

3T white sugar

3T salt

mix the sugar and salt together and use this to coat the salmon.

Refrigerate for 2-3 hours

Wash off the dry marinade with water.

 For the open sandwich I used,

1 slice french bread stick

1 leaf of fancy lettuce

sliced cucumber

sliced tomato

cream cheese

radish cress

Remember you can use any sandwich ingredients you want :)

This is just an idea from what I used

p.s : sorry about the bad photo quality from my phone :(

Britt :)

What I ate for Dinner!

Stir Fry Beans with Chili

Get your greens with this yummy meal!

I love green vegetables because they are full of essential vitamins.

Personally, I love to have chili in my diet when I'm sick or it has cold weather because I feel like they warm me up as they have a big kick on the palate. :)

If you would like the recipe, feel free to leave a comment :)

Focaccia Bread! (Italian Flat Bread)

Ingredients:

10g Fresh Yeast
150ml Lukewarm water
225g Strong Flour
5g Salt
15ml Olive oil
+ extra for glazing
Flaky sea salt and crushed garlic for topping.

1. Mix yeast with water, leave for 10minutes

2.  Mix Flour and Salt In large bowl.

3. Add Yeast liquid and oil to flour mixture.

4. Knead for 10minutes until dough is smooth, elastic and very soft.

5. Place the dough in a lightly oiled bowl and cover with plastic wrap.

6. Prove in a warm place until doubled in size (1-1/2 hours).

7. Roll out the dough and shape it to fit into an oiled, round pie dish (25cm).

8. Allow the dough to rest and rise for 30 minutes.

9. Using fingertips, press dimples all over the dough.

10. Cover with a clean tea towl.

11. Allow the dough to double in size in the warm area.

12. Brush the dough with olive oil and sprinkle with sea salt and garlic.

13. Bake at 200 Degees Celcius for 20-25mintues in an oven. Spraying cold water into the oven when baking.

14. Cool on a wire rack so that the base doesn't become soggy.

** I added Olives and Rosemary to my topping before baking.

First Chocolate Fantasy Competition.

This was actually last year, but I thought I'd Share some pictures of my practice desserts.

Please note I had no training before this and no professional equipment or anything.

If you have any comments or tip feel free to comment! :)

Farmers Market Haul!

So today I went to my local farmers market,

I love to go there every Sunday
I like to walk there to get some early morning Sunday fitness in :)

I was originally only after some sage for the garden , but I was tempted by some fresh fruit and veges!

I purchased, some fresh plums, cherry tomatos, onions and courgettes.

oh I also got the sage, can't wait to plant it.
The sage was $2
Plums and courgettes $3.90
Onions 1kg - $2
sage plant - $2
(all NZ$)

so pretty cheap shop overall :)

What I eat for breakfast!

So this is my usual and most favourite breakfast meal.

A Strawberry flavoured smoothie :)

Ingredients:
1 cup frozen strawberries
1 cup soy milk
1/2 cup low fat yogurt

I put all of these ingredients in a blender and that's all you have to do!

So easy! and tastes so yummy :)

A few facts about strawberries
-Strawberries have a high vitamin C contents and contain some dietary fiber which helps with bowel movements.
-Strawberries are low in calories. 19 calories per 100g