Ajuangs Kitchen

To make the stuffing, place 1/2 cup of cream cheese into a bowl, add 1/2 a cup of arugula, 1 tbs of lemon shavings, 1 clove of crushed garlic, salt and pepper to taste. Slice the chicken breast into half without slicing all the way through.  Stuff the chicken and close it up (I used dental floss but toothpicks will work as well). Heat olive oil at medium heat and add the chicken. Cover with a smaller lid than the pan but big enough to cover the chicken.


Cook each side for about 10 minutes until it becomes golden brown.  Pour your favorite red or white wine into the pan and add corn flour and stir with the left over chicken juices to make the gravy.

This healthy recipe is easy to cook and very filling. The first step is to prepare the stuffing. I opted for ground chicken which I prepared by placing crushed garlic cloves and diced onions in a hot pan with olive oil. After the onions soften, add tomatoes and stir then add salt and pepper and an assortment of spices. I opted for onion powder, paprika and cayenne pepper . You want to spice this up generously because the pepper is pretty tasteless. Add the ground chicken (or whatever meat you choose) and cook in medium to high heat until dry. Even though i prefer my vegetables slightly cooked when it comes to ground meat, I find it easier to fry my vegetables before I add the meat, its a lot easier to work with that way.

Bring water to a boil, cut the pepper, remove the core then place into the boiling water and continue to boil for five minutes. Dry the pepper with a paper towel and stuff with the meat and top with mozzarella cheese. place in an oven at 200 Degrees for 15 minutes and serve. 

This recipe was taken from an assortment of recipes. In a bowl mush 3 very ripe bananas, add one egg, 1/4 cup of vegetable oil, 1/2 a cup of sugar (or apple sauce if you want to avoid sugar completely) and mix. Add 1 teaspoon of powdered cinnamon, 1/4 tsp of nutmeg, a pinch of salt, 3/4 tsp of baking soda, 1 tbs of Vanilla essence and mix.  Add 2 cups of peanut flour (or 1 cup peanut flour and 1 cup wheat flour if you’re not quite ready to go full on gluten free). Add 1/3 cup of cocoa and mix. Fold in 3/4 cups of chocolate chips. Place in baking tin and bake at 180 for about 40-45 minutes.

I have to confess, it doesn’t taste as good as regular banana bread, but if you’re on a diet and need a treat without breaking your diet. It’s especially good if you want to have that chocolate fix without breaking your diet. Avoid the sugar and wheat if you want to stick to your diet. I have to warn you though, the banana taste is lost in between the peanut aftertaste and the heavy chocolate taste. It is still surprisingly sweet.

Thanks to pre-cooked lasagna noodles making lasagna is now a tad bit easier. The noodles have their instructions on how to get them ready but i like to put them in hot water 5 minutes before i use them and they are ready to go.

To make the sauce, fry onions and garlic in olive oil, add tomatoes and cook till soft. Add the ground beef, mix and cover and cook in medium to low heat until all the water evaporates. Pour in a mixture of warm water (about a quarter cup), tomato paste and desired spices(cayenne, paprika e.t.c). Bring to a boil and cover for 5 minutes under low heat then add fresh coriander(dhania).

For the cheese, place in a bowl one egg, ricotta and cottage cheese and mix.  Then in a casserole dish (or baking pan) place sauce on the bottom, add pasta then beef sauce then the cheese. Repeat for as many layers as desired. The final layer should be covered with sauce and then a layer of mozzarella cheese. Place in in the oven and cook at 200 degrees C covered for about 25 min, then uncovered for another 25 min.    

Place one cup of fresh juice in a blender, add one cup of spinach, two mangoes and 1/4 cup of mint in a blender and blend. The trick to making a good smoothie is to begin by putting the liquid in first, helps the motor's work a little easier and your blender last a little longer. The end result is really good.
You could also replace the mango with an avocado for variety and still get an amazing tasting smoothie.

There is something about trying a new complicated recipe that is exhausting, this is one of those recipes. The roulade has become my new dessert recipe because it requires no butter and little to no flour. The recipe is adapted from cooking channels recipe. Unlike the chocolate roulade my suggestion with this is that you begin with the lemon curd because the final product needs to be chilled for a while before it gets to the right consistency. Another thing that makes this recipe exhausting is the flour has to be sieved three times and then a fourth time into the mixture, this takes time. The jam is optional and I opted out of it but the contrast alone would make the presentation much prettier. This is a special occasions recipe because of the work involved, will not be making it on the regular, the result however is good, especially for those who do not love the black forest option.