Curried Orange Lime Carrot Soup

Curried Orange Lime Carrot Soup

-1 tablespoon olive oil
-2 onions chopped
-4 cups carrots peeled and chopped
-1 cup sweet potato
-1 clove of garlic
-3 teaspoons red Thai chili paste
-juice and zest 1 lime
-juice and zest of 1 orange
-900ml broth
-1 can coconut milk
-1/2 teaspoon chili powder
-1 teaspoon fresh ginger
-cilantro to garnish

-in a large pot cook onions on medium heat in olive oil until transparent then add garlic.  Add broth, carrots and sweet potato and allow to simmer, once soft add Red Thai curry paste and chili powder, zest and juice of the lime and the orange and ginger.  allow to simmer and add coconut milk.  Once cooked purée and top fresh cilantro.

BBQ Sweet Potato Bake

BBQ Sweet  Potato Bake

-2 large sweet potato chopped
-1 red pepper chopped
-2 onions chopped
-2 cloves of garlic chopped
-3 ribs of celery chopped
-1 tablespoon chili powder
-juice of 1/2 an orange
-1 cup beer
-1 cup of broth
-1 teaspoon of thyme (fresh)
-1 cup of BBQ sauce. (I used a chipotle)
-salt and pepper

Chop all vegetables and place in a casserole dish.  Preheat oven to 400.  Mix all ingredients together. and cover with a lid.  Allow to cook for 45 minutes.

This had incredible flavour.

Crispy Citrus Chicken

My children loved this meal.  The ate have the chicken between the two of them.

Crispy Citrus Chicken

-1 whole chicken
-1/2 onion
-1/2 orange
-3 cloves of garlic
-2 tablespoons soften butter
-1 teaspoon chili powder
-1 tablespoon fresh thyme
-1 handful of fresh thyme sprigs
-1 teaspoon rosemary
-salt and pepper

Wash the chicken and loosen the skin from the chicken.  Stuff half an onion, 1 clove of garlic, salt ans pepper and the sprigs of the thyme and lemon inside the chicken, add the orange at the end, so yo ucan see the orange.

Rub

Mix the softened butter with 2 cloves of garlic finely chopped, 1 teaspoon chili powder, 1 tablespoon of fresh thyme chopped, 1 teaspoon fresh rosemary, 1/2 teaspoon salt and pepper.  Rub the chicken with this mixture and rub it underneath the lifted skin.

Preheat the oven to 375 and cook for 1 hour and 10 minutes.  Make sure it is cooked and then serve.

Salmon in a Dill Orange Rum Sauce

Salmon in a Dill Orange Rum Sauce

-1 piece of salmon (about 1.5 pounds)

-fresh dill

-orange slices

-juice and zest of half an orange 

-orange slices

-salt and pepper

-1 oz of dark rum

Place the salmon in a pan.  Cover with fresh dill.  Squeeze the orange juice over and orange zest.  Then pour the rum over.  Add slices of orange.  Salt and lots of fresh pepper.  Bake at 425 for 10-15 minutes.

Carrot, snow peas, orange pepper and orange slices salad with sesame oil dressing

I'm trying to stay healthy and encourage vibrant colours with my kids food choices.  

I made a delicious fresh salad.

Carrots, Snow Peas, Orange Pepper, Red Onion, Salad with Orange slices 

and a Sesame Oil Lime Dressing

2 large handfuls of snow peas end removes and sliced

2 medium carrots sliced

1/2 red onion minced

1/2 orange pepper sliced finely

2 oranges cut and sliced so that sections are removed

Sesame Lime dressing

-1/2 teaspoon sesame oil

-1/4 cup olive oil

-juice of two limes

-1/2 teaspoon soya sauce

-1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

Combine all ingredients and make dressing.  I would have added

cilantro and bean sprouts if I had some.  Allow dressing to sit with salad 

for a 10minutes to allow flavours to infuse and top with 

sesame seeds or sunflower seeds.

Orange, Beet and fennel Salad

I made this salad before going up North, so it marinated all night before we ate it.  It was light, refreshing and people who hate beets would love it.  The beets took on a fresh orange flavour.


Teresa's beet salad 


-2-3 oranges cut and removed from sections
-1 fennel bulb chopped
-3 golden beets boiled until cooked, then peeled and sliced
-onion chopped


Salad dressing


-2/3 cup olive oil
-1/3 cup white balsamic vinegar
-1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
-2 tablespoons maple syrup
-juice of 1 lime and squeeze juice of oranges section that will be discarded
-salt and pepper

Boil beets for about 30 minutes (until you can pierce with a fork).  Let cool and peel.  Slice orange, and cut out from sections, (save to squeeze juice out of scraps to add to salad dressing) In a bowl add fennel, oranges, beets, and pour salad dressing over top and let sit.  You can eat salad as is or serve over baby spinach, salad greens etc.