Easy English Eating

O to the M to the actual G. This deliciousness is THE BEST. I was merrily browsing through Pinterest for the millionth time this week, knowing that I had some strawberries to use up when this little minx caught my eye. I can take no credit for the invention of it, but I am very very grateful for the wonderful Chef in Training for sharing such a brilliant recipe.

I have never made choux pastry before and was fairly terrified by the prospect but it was surprisingly easy.

Being English I used custard rather than vanilla pudding and cream, but that worked just fine. Just make sure you put it in the fridge to firm up a bit otherwise it will puddle all over the plate.

For the full recipe visit Chef in Training - and leave them a comment to say how wonderful they are for coming up with such a lovely way of using up strawberries.

Strawberry Nutella Eclair Cake

Today has been a hot day in our little corner of Kent. The sun has struggled a bit, but did make a breakthrough just in time for dinner.

I had a bit of a blow out on lovely fresh produce from Waitrose yesterday and was keen to make something fresh and healthy, but also filling. After spending waaaaaaaaaay too much time reading blogs yesterday I found a lovely recipe for Chicken Curry Salad on the Amazing Paleo Blog.

I have toyed with the Paleo diet, but there are parts of it that I find too restrictive, so I tend to play about with the recipes until I make something that (hopefully) is delicious.

With this Chicken Curry Salad as inspiration, I decided to create my own super-quick Coronation Chicken Salad. If I do say so myself , it was bloody lush - and made loads - serving 5 for dinner with leftovers for lunch tomorrow :)

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Coronation Chicken Salad

1 x cooked chicken, cold
2 x handfuls red grapes
1/2 pack fresh mango chunks
2 x tsp mild curry powder
50g (ish) slivered almonds
Lots lovely green salad

Remove all the chicken meat off the bone. It is much easier to do this with your hands than fiddling about with a knife, but this may not be everyone's thang. I discarded all the skin and gave this to the dog.
Add the grapes, mango and almonds to the chicken.
Add the mayonnaise and sprinkle on the curry powder.
Mix everything together so that all the chicken is coated. Use a spoon for this bit if you must.
Nicely present some salad in a ring and then dollop the chicken mixture into the middle so it looks all fancy.