Mia's Makings

If you are suffering PTAS (post take away stress) or have overindulged on naughty treats, this may be the meal for you. If you on the other hand enjoy tasty and satisfying food, move along to find another recipe. Sometimes you can have both. This is not one of those occasions. Don't get me wrong, it isn't a bad dinner, just not great. Instead it is one of those that tells you in every single bite how good it is for you, boasting with its smug healthiness and you end up wanting to slap it off the plate. If only it had been a taste sensation, what a winner it would have been. Sadly, that wasn't the case.  Perhaps I brought it all on myself, by not following the original recipe, which in all fairness looked amazing. It was a baked risotto with cod, posted by someone super health conscious on Pinterest. At least he claimed the recipe to be super healthy with its fish and vegetables. I did however decide to go one step further and swap the arborio rice for blitzed parsn

Today I had a hankering for something Asian, something really healthy. Venison is a kind of meat that is hard to beat and when served with only vegetables, it is as healthy as it can get. To make it more interesting, I opted for various textures on the plate and the result was a tasty combo. The small Japanese feast featured teriyaki venison, steamed vegetable dolmas and crunchy garlic pak choi. Although there were plenty of flavours on the plate, a drop of sweet chilli sauce is never wrong and it helped this meal another step up the taste ladder. It also looked quite nice when served in a little bowl, lending a bit of colour to the otherwise green & brown display. It wasn't a complicated feast to arrange, but time consuming, so nothing that I'd knock up if I was short of time or very hungry. All the parts of this meal were things I had cooked before, although the dolmas were stuffed with mince last time. In preparation for today, I had scanned Pinterest for a

I fancied fish today, but as we splashed out on a take away a couple of days ago, it had to be something really healthy. No rice or creamy sauce, although I wanted it to look like rice and creamy sauce. Time to call in the magician, in other words... fetch the food processor from the shed and get the yogurt out from the fridge. Rice is something I absolutely love, but I tend to over-eat, so I try to avoid it if it isn't strictly necessary. In this case the salmon was the star of the show and the rice was only something to serve with. That meant I could safely swap it for blitzed vegetables. Even so, I wanted a tasty rice to go with the tasty fish. A snoop in the fridge drawer resulted in a few parsnips, carrots and a chunk of cabbage. That would do nicely. To make it even more interesting, I decided to add some leek and a red pepper. As much colour as possible to make it tempting looking meal. As for the sauce, I half cheated today. No, it wasn't a shop bought sauc