Nasi Goreng

We use cooked rice for this - either cooked ourselves and then cooled or one of those microwave pouches of cooked rice. You could use whatever veg takes your fancy in this. We tend to use either strips of lean pork or chicken and prawns in ours.

Ingredients (serves 2):

cooked rice

2-3 chicken thighs, diced

handful of prawns

1 onion, chopped

1 large clove of garlic, chopped

4 spring onions, chopped

1 chilli, chopped

1cm piece ginger, minced

1 green pepper, chopped (optional)

1 courgette, chopped (optional)

6 mushrooms, sliced (optional)

1/2 cup frozen peas

1/2 tea sp curry powder

1/4 tea sp ground coriander

1/4 tea sp ground cumin

sesame oil

soy sauce

1 egg

• In a little sesame oil fry the onion, garlic, mushrooms and peppers for a couple of minutes, then add the chilli, ginger and spring onions.
• Brown the chicken pieces in a separate pan and then add them to the veg. At this stage you can also add the curry powder, coriander and cumin.
• Continue to fry the chicken and vegetables for another couple of minutes until the chicken is cooked through.
• At this stage add the prawns, peas and a splash of soy sauce.
• Beat the egg and make a plain omellette. Cut it into strips and set it aside.
• Add the cooked rice to the chicken and veg and season to taste and then add another splash of sesame oil. Stir everything well and make sure the rice is hot.
• Garnish with the omelette strips and serve.

Caesar salad

This is our version. We've not added anchovy fillets here but you could.

Ingredients (serves 2):
A couple of handfuls of cos and romaine lettuce
1 cooked chicken breast, diced
2 rashers of smoked bacon
4 quails eggs
croutons
caeser dressing (bought or homemade)
shaved parmesan

• Mix the sliced cooked chicken with the lettuce leaves
• Grill the bacon and cut it into bite sized pieces before adding to the salad
• Meanwhile, cook the quails eggs in boiling water for one minute, then remove the pan from the heat and leave to stand for one minute
• Remove the eggs from the water. Peel them carefully and slice them in half
• Add the halved quails eggs, croutons, parmesan and dressing to the salad
• Eat whilst the bacon and quails eggs are still warm
  

Smoked salmon, parsley and cream cheese omelette

This made a really nice Sunday brunch dish. A glass of champagne would finish it off nicely!

Ingredients: (makes 2 omelettes)

3 large eggs

a handful of parsley, chopped

a slice of smoked salmon, cut into small pieces

a tbl spoon of cream cheese

black pepper

butter

2 English muffins

• In a jug or bowl mix the omelette ingredients together: eggs, salmon, cream cheese and parsley. Season with black pepper and stir well.
• Heat a knob of butter in a non stick pan and pour in half of the egg mixture. Cook the omelette for a minute or two (according to how you like it) and fold in half towards the end of cooking.
• Meanwhile, toast an English muffin to serve alongside.

Hangover breakfast

Quite disgusting to look at but a perfect all in one breakfast if you're feling a little delicate.

Ingredients (serves 2):

3 eggs

1 small white onion, sliced

1 medium sized cooked potato, cut into slices (prick it with a fork and blast in the microwave for 5 minutes or so first if you don't have any cooked potato leftovers)

4 rashers of streaky bacon

a handful of grated cheddar (or sliced if you can't be bothered to grate)

black pepper

butter or olive oil

tomato ketchup (optional)

pot of tea (necessary)

• Butter or oil a non stick pan before placing it on the heat. Once hot, place the onion and potato slices in one layer to cover the bottom of the pan. Cook for approximately 3 minutes and then turn over for another 3 minutes
• Meanwhile, beat the eggs and season with black pepper
• Pour the eggs on top of the potato and onion mixture and swirl the pan slightly to ensure the egg mixture covers the bottom of the pan
• Pre heat the grill to a medium heat
• After a couple of minutes sprinkle the grated cheese on top and then place the bacon rashers on top of the cheese (you can pre grill the bacon rashers for a couple of minutes first if you like them crispy)
• Place the pan under the grill until the bacon is cooked and the egg mixture is set
• Slide it on to a plate and add a good dollop of ketchup on the side

In our house a pot of tea would be necessary to gulp alongside it.

Chinese omelette

Ingredients (makes 2 omelettes):

3 eggs

cooked peeled prawns

shitake mushrooms, sliced

3 spring onions, sliced

splash of soy sauce

1 clove of garlic

pinch of dried chilli flakes

1/2 tea spoon of chinese 5 spice

1. fry the mushrooms, spring onions, chilli and garlic until the mushrooms are just soft, add the soy and chinese 5 spice for the last minute or two


2. beat the eggs and pour half into an omelette pan


3. once the omelette is almost cooked, heap half of the the cooked prawns and mushroom mixture on one side then fold over the omelette


4. continue to cook for a few minutes until the prawns are warmed through


5. repeat for 2nd omelette