Aromatic Rice Salad

This is a recipe which has been developed over the years, not sure if I have got it quite right yet but it is very tasty and goes well with barbecue, fried foods or even just with a salad. Smells great. You could try adding some finely diced green/red peppers, tomatoes, cucumber, spring onions or whatever takes your fancy.

You will need:-

1 cup of rice (I use a mixture of basmati and long grain)
2 cloves of garlic finely chopped
1 inch approx of fresh ginger finely chopped
1 handful of fresh coriander
1 handful of fresh parsley
1 handful of sultanas
1 handful of salted peanuts (but you could use any type of nut whether salted or not for an alternative flavour)
3 tablespoons of soy sauce
1 tablespoon of olive oil
1 tablespoon of lemon juice

What to do with the ingredients

1. Cook rice, drain and leave to cool.
2. Put garlic, ginger, coriander and parsley into a food processor, when herbs are finely chopped mix with the rice. Add the peanuts and sultanas and mix well.
3. Mix together the soy sauce, lemon juice and olive oil and pour over rice. Mix well. Serve garnished with some fresh coriander or parsley.

Ex Mother-In-Law's Lemon Pie

My ex mother-in-law had lots of weird and wonderful concoctions and this was one of the better ones, a nice dessert for any occasion

Things you will need:-
8" Flan or pie dish
1 450g tin of condensed milk
1 large egg, beaten
1 lemon (juice only but you may want to add some zest to give it extra zip)
1 packet of Marie biscuits (if you can't get hold of these then digestive or nice will do)
2oz low fat margarine or butter (melted)

Step 1
Crush all the biscuits in a large bowl then add the melted butter, mix well and put butter biscuit mix in flan or pie dish and smooth out to cover bottom of dish, firm down with the back of a spoon.

Step 2
Mix together the condensed milk, beaten egg and juice from the lemon (if you want to use zest you can add it to mixture at this point or alternatively sprinkle over top at end).

Step 3
Pour condensed milk mixture into flan base you now have two options, you can either put the pie in the fridge and leave to chill for an hour or so, or if you prefer a firmer pie you can put it into an oven on medium heat (gas mark 4) and cook for 30 minutes

Step 4
Eat and enjoy!

For a deeper pie or if using an 11" flan dish you need to double up the condensed milk and add another egg, ingredients for base will remain the same.

Yummy Mango Chutney (spicy +++)

For a nice accompaniment to salads, cooked meats, fish etc when you want it spicing up try this simple to make Mango chutney;

Simply put all the following ingredients in a food processor and you have yourself a chutney that will keep for approx a week;

1 small mango roughly chopped
4 cloves of garlic
4 red chillies
1 tablespoon of mustard seeds
Salt and pepper to taste
Fresh coriander to garnish