Paella meal prep

Morning!

Seeing as I am eating out tonight (expect mouth-watering pictures) I still decided to make dinner for the rest of my family so they don't result to ordering a takeout or worry about dinner as they are all super busy. I cook most of the meals in my family as I'm the only one who has the time and I really enjoy it.

I decided to make paella as its super easy, anyone can cook it and we had seafood to use up in the freezer. Paella is the perfect dish to cook if you're having people round as its so simple yet so tasty and filling and you can always have it for lunch the next day if there is any leftover.

Here is my recipe:

Ingredients:
1 onion
4 cloves of garlic
400g Arborio rice
2 tsp smoked paprika
1 tsp of chilli flakes
1 tsp thyme
1 large pinch of saffron
1 pint of chicken stock (made with 3 chicken stock cubes)
150ml white wine (optional)
400g mixed seafood
lemon wedges and parsley to serve

Method:
1. place one tbsp. of flora cuisine (or oil of your choice) in a frying (or paella if you have one) pan. Add the sliced onion and cook until softened.
2. Next add the garlic and fry for another minute or so before adding the thyme, paprika and chilli flakes. Fry for another minute and then add the rice, fully coating it in the oil and spices. Meanwhile make up the stock by boiling the water and then adding the 3 stock cubes and pinch of saffron.
3. Once the rice is fully coated, which won't take long, stir the chicken stock and then add it to the pan. Then add the wine (if using) and turn down the heat until it is just simmering.
4. After 5 minutes add in all the seafood and then let the paella simmer for another 20 minutes, adding more water to the pan if needed.
5. Serve with lemon wedges and parsley and enjoy!

optional add-ins:
Peas
chorizo
chicken

Enjoy!

Love Charli x

Dinner: Sweet Potato, Kale and Chickpea Curry

Today's mission was to find a dish that used kale and sweet potato as these needed using up. The easiest and tastiest thing I could think of was in a curry as I needed a comforting dish to warm me up in this cold weather :( I've made lots of curries before and decided to experiment with these ingredients to come up with a delicious and super healthy vegetarian curry. It was so easy to make and completely went in one sitting!

serves 6

time: 10 mins prep, 30 mins cooking

Recipe:

Ingredients:

1 chopped onion

4 cloves of garlic

3 small sweet potatoes

1 packet of kale

1 tbsp medium chilli powder

1tsp cumin

1tsp turmeric

1 tsp chilli powder

1 tsp chilli flakes

300ml vegetable stock

1 can coconut milk

1 can chopped tomatoes

1 can chickpeas

Method:

1. Heat some oil in a pan (I used flora cuisine) and soften the onions. Next add the chopped sweet potato chunks and crushed garlic an fry for a few minutes.

2. Next add the turmeric, curry powder, chilli powder, cumin and chilli flakes. cook for a minute and then add the kale.

3. When the kale has wilted, add the vegetable stock, tomatoes and coconut milk. Turn down to a medium heat and stir occasionally for about 20-30 minutes. Meanwhile boil some rice or whatever you wish to serve with it and enjoy :)

Love Charli x