Catch-up not ketchup (my food doesn't need it!)

Starting to teach myself Chinese has been taking up a lot of my time and attention. I'm loving it!!! I have found a great online source, thanks to my sister Roz, that is free to learn Chinese. There is a cost to learn other languages, but I recommend it. It is Live Mocha.

I have still been cooking, walking trails and training myself to run, but have neglected posting about it.

So here is a quick catch-up!

I made a lovely chinese steamed fish recipe. It was all made in one pot. You steam some greens first and just before they are done you add some fillets of your favourite fish with some chopped ginger, garlic and chilli pepper and steam until cooked (about 3-5 minutes)

I served ours with some left over pasta. The dish smelled great, but for some weird reason I was not able to eat it without gagging...... I told you it was a weird reason. I think it might have something to do with the texture. The flavour was great though.

Next I made some chicken chasseur. Another one pot recipe where you throw some browned chicken breast into stock with onions, mushrooms and spices. I served this with mange tout and some whole grain french bread. It was very yum yum and would definitely do it again, it would be a good winter meal served with some mashed potatoes.

I went on a walk around a lake....

and then made spicy mango chicken with rice pilaf. The chicken was AWESOME. I stuffed it with some hot mango salsa and glazed it with garam masala. The result was really fragrant and tasty. The rice could have used some extra veggies other than the onion that was in it.
It was quite hard to stuff the chicken breast because I am now only buying free range chicken products and so the breasts tend to be 'natural' size and so there isn't as much meat as the jumbo force fed chicken breasts.

Another walk through some tree trails....

Along country paths....

Through meadows.....

And I cooked 'fish o'leekie'. A good stodgy rice dish! The rice is cooked with some chopped leaks and then fish is added towards the end.
My guilty pleasure is white rice. I buy whole grain high fiber pasta and bread, but I do like my white rice. So, to increase the protein content I added some boiled egg and edamame.