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This is very versatile it can be served as a main course with a salad for a light, healthy summer time meal or it can be served as a appetizer, or as part of a buffet style meal along with other dishes. I have made this a few times now both as a main and also as part of a BBQ when I had 40 people over, it is always received well. I have listed the weight below as 1kg and I feel this would serve 4-5 as a main with a nice green salad and some crusty bread and about 10 as an appetizer or as part of a buffet style meal.
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Ingredients
Salmon
Cooking spray or olive oil
1kg Salmon fillet
1/2 Lemon, juice of
1 Tablespoon olive oil, extra
Ground sea salt
Ground black pepper
Coriander sprigs, for garnish (optional)
Lemon wedges or spirals, for garnish (optional)
Coriander/Cilantro Mango Salsa
1 Mango, peeled, pitted and diced
1 Large avocado, peeled, pitted and diced
1/2 Cup finely diced red pepper
1 Red onion, finely chopped
2 Tablespoons finely chopped coriander/cilantro
1 Tablespoon lemon juice
2 Tablespoons balsamic vinaigrette dressing
1 Tablespoon honey
Method
1. Make salsa first by combining lemon juice, dressing and honey in a screw top jar, shake to combine.
2. Combine dressing with remaining ingredients in a glass bowl, refrigerate until needed. Salsa can be made up to 2 hours ahead of time and stored in the fridge.
Salmon
1. Pre-Heat oven to 190 degrees Celsius.
2. Place salmon in an oven proof dish, that has been lightly greased with either cooking spray or oil.
3. Brush salmon with olive oil, squeeze lemon over salmon, Sprinkle with ground sea salt and pepper.
4. Bake for 30-35 Min’s or until fish flakes easily, cooking time will vary depending on thickness of the salmon.
5. Remove salmon from pan, allow to cool for 15 minutes. Either serve now, lukewarm, or refrigerate salmon for at least 2 hours to chill. Will last longer but chill no more than 24 hours. (I have done both and both are equally nice.)
To Serve: Place salmon on a serving platter, Spoon small amounts of salsa over, garnish with lemon and coriander sprigs. Serve remaining salsa in a bowl on the side.
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This is another recipe which is lower in carbs than most, I have said before I have been trying to cook lower carb meals recently as per my hubby’s request. This fine by me as it gives me a chance to eat a bit lighter as well. I like to mix it up and not cook low carb every night as I prefer to throw in some starchy carbs 1-2 times a week for balance. This is a very light refreshing meal with the mango salad and is probably more of a summertime dish but we have had some mild weather here again so it was a nice dish that did not over heat the house to much. This dish contains approximately 17g of carbohydrates per serving and 42g protein, if you want to add some carbs to make this more filling just toss some rice noodles in with the salad.
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Ingredients
1 Tablespoon sesame oil
12 Chicken drumsticks
1 Cup water
1/2 Teaspoon chicken stock granules
2 Tablespoons honey
2 Tablespoons rice wine vinegar
1 Teaspoon 5 spice powder
6 Cloves garlic, crushed
50ml Soy sauce
Mango Salad
1 Mango, peeled and sliced into thin strips
4 Green onions, sliced thinly
1 Cup loosely packed coriander leaves
180g Snow peas, halved
1 Large cucumber, seeded, sliced thinly
11/2 Cups bean sprouts
Lime and Vinegar Dressing
60ml Lime juice
60ml Rice vinegar
1 Tablespoon peanut oil
Method
1. Heat the tablespoon sesame oil in a deep frying pan, cook chicken, in batches, until browned all over about 7-8 Min’s. (Do not skip this step, chicken will not brown with sauce and you will end up with unappealing looking legs on your plate.)
2. Meanwhile, combine remaining chicken ingredients in a jug.
3. Return chicken to pan with stock mixture, bring to the boil, reduce heat, simmer, covered, about 25 Min’s or until chicken is cooked through.
Salad
1. Combine all the salad ingredients in a bowl, mix the ingredients for the dressing in a jug pour over salad greens and toss through.
To Serve: Divide chicken and salad among serving plates, drizzle chicken with remaining pan juices if desired,
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