Spinach stir fried

Finally the season for spinach is here!! Because my husband's favourite way of eating spinach is the Hungarian style főzelék, i.e. in sort of a thick pureed soup, I've cooked it that way most of the time.

On this occasion, I've cooked my portion separately and simply since I'm getting signs of lactose intolerance.

Spinach stir fried
Serves 2 or 1 x 2 meals

Ingredients
200gm Spinach, fresh with stalk
1 clove garlic, minced
1/2 piece of dried chilli, flaked
cooking oil
seasoning :- salt or soy sauce, pepper
toasted sesame seeds, for garnishing

Method
1) Wash and dry spinach thoroughly. Set aside.
2) Heat a little oil in a wok. Sauté garlic & chilli flakes until fragrant.
3) Quickly throw in the spinach and stir fried until wilted. Add seasoning and cook for just a few seconds and dish up.
4) Garnish with toasted sesame seeds, and eat while it is hot!

Quick Pork & Noodle soup

A rather quick noodle soup for when the days you want something really simple.

Quick Pork & Noodle soup
4 pax

Ingredients

Soup base
1 inch ginger, bashed
1 stalk spring onion, bashed
1 garlic, bashed
a little oil
Root vegetable (I used parsley root, celery root)
1.5 litre water
salt, to taste

Noodle
4 pkts x 60g pho instant noddle
2 sachets seasoning from instant noodle

Protein
200g Pork liver, sliced thinly
200g Minced pork, seasoned and form into meat balls

Garnish
toasted sesame
spring onion , chopped

Method
1) In a soup pot, saute bashed garlic, ginger and spring with a little oil for a few minutes. Peel and chop up root vegetable in small pieces for faster cooking. Add water to the soup pot and the root veg., Let it boil and simmer til root veg. is soften.

2) Prep. protein. When soup base is ready, throw in the meat balls to cook. When it is cook, start putting in the noodles. and liver. Be careful not to overcook the liver.

3) Serve immediately  sprinkle with toasted sesame and spring onion.

Happy Easter!