Posts Tagged Lemon

Lemon Garlic Chicken with Coriander (Ainsley Harriott)

Posted 5 February 2012 by
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This recipe for lemon, garlic and coriander chicken is the first of a few healthy recipes that I’ll be sharing from Ainsley Harriott’s Low Fat Meals in Minutes. The recipe uses ground coriander as well as a small amount of fresh coriander (aka cilantro), but they are both easily substituted with spices/herbs of your choice. :) The lemon chicken is really delicious, and according to the book works out at just 195 calories a portion (plus whatever you decide to serve it with). Good for all of you trying to eat healthily, it’s low-calorie and low-fat because the chicken is marinated mostly in lemon juice.

A piece of chicken roasted in lemon juice, garlic and coriander

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Lemon Hummus

Posted 11 January 2011 by
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I suppose it’s the time of year when we all start trying to eat a little more healthily, whether as part of a new year’s resolution, or just to offset some of the damage done during the Christmas period. I am on the lookout for healthy recipes, not always my favourite thing!

So, I have my homemade pita bread, what else do I need? A little homemade (lemon) hummus, that’s what. Or houmous. Or, to give it its full title, ḥummuṣ bi ṭaḥīna (it means literally “chickpeas with tahini”). There are thousands of recipes for hummus out there and it’s hard to find a “definitive” one. As long as you have chickpeas and tahini in there, I think you’re ok. Speaking of which, I learned today that if you have a jar of tahini on the shelf for a long time, it goes kind of… hard. A bit tricky to work with. It needed some elbow grease to get it into a spoonable texture.

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Lemon Curd

Posted 9 December 2010 by
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How can you not love lemon curd? It’s tangy, sweet, fruity, creamy — it’s like summer in a jar. I was so excited to make homemade lemon curd for the first time and, although it seems like it might be complicated, it was really quite easy. There are, of course, many recipe variations out there, with different proportions of lemon, sugar and eggs. Some (yes you, Delia), include cornflour, which seems a bit bizarre to me. I used The Pink Whisk’s recipe for Super Zingy Lemon Curd.

A teaspoonful of yellow homemade lemon curd

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Lemon Curd Pocket Cookies

Posted 24 November 2010 by
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After nutella pocket cookies, lemon curd pocket cookies! Since the recipe for the nutella pocket cookies was to make 48 cookies, I had a ton of cookie dough left over. Sadly, there was not a huge amount of nutella left, so I decided to fill the rest with lemon curd.

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Spaghetti with Lemon, Goat’s Cheese and Thyme

Posted 19 November 2010 by
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This is a quick, simple pasta dish: cheesy, lemony comfort food. I adapted the recipe from In Erika’s Kitchen (mostly just added thyme). If you like a refreshing, citrussy pasta dish, this is great. It would probably be particularly nice in the summer-time.

A plate full of lemon, goat's cheese and thyme spaghetti

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