Ecclefechan

This was my dinner last night...jerk chicken with rice and beans, mmmhhmmmm! It's a bit of cheats recipe really, which i should get round to making properly from scratch one day, but it's so easy, quick and tasty that i can't resist! I just use Walkerswood Jerk Seasoning mixed with some natural yoghurt to marinade the chicken in before grilling it; that way you get the nice browned (or blackened!) bits and it's slightly healthier. Then just cook the brown rice until it's nearly done and add in kidney beans. When it's all ready, drain and add a mix of water, chicken stock cube and coconut powder to help bring the rice together and give it some flavour.

Tonight i'm trying something completely new and different as the first step in the 52 recipe challenge. Inspired by Colour it green, i'm going to try and cook 52 new recipes through the year, or one every week. I'm a couple of weeks behind but i think i'll catch up ok as i've got a few i want to try out already! I'm going to try and do one out of each cookbook we own as well, to get a bit of variety in there. I'll post about each one with the recipe and how it, quite literally, went down. Can't wait!


I always get a Sainsbury's magazine when there's a new one in and i think they're brilliant food mags. I love the recipes and articles they have in them and how everything's presented to the reader. One of my new favourite regular pieces is the thing above- a selection of 7 recipes starting with one basic recipe. I like the idea of taking one thing and simply changing it slighty to give a variety of different outcomes. Plus they look really interesting and appealing. I'm looking forward to trying some of them out!


Note to self: Ecclefechans are amazing!