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Recipes & Articles by Phillippa Cheifitz

Marinated smoked haddock

Indian recipes

Salty cucumber, celery and mint lassi

Asparagus, baby marrow and mushroom salad

Shredded chicken, pawpaw and celery salad

15 minutes

Tomato recipes

Wholewheat pasta, ham and grilled tomato salad

10 minutes

Roast steak and potato salad with sour cream and chives

40 minutes

Mushroom recipes

Baked mushroom and cheese omelette with sorrel salad

20 minutes

Fish on a stick with shaved fennel and cucumber salad

5 to 10 minutes

Couscous recipes

Couscous with chicken and vegetables

Paella recipes

Paella

25 minutes

Pasta with vanilla bean and crème fraiche

Seared steak and asparagus salad with Chinese dressing

Seared steak and asparagus salad with Chinese dressing

By Phillippa Cheifitz

Difficulty Easy

Ingredients

2 thick tender-cut steaks, 300g each
Peanut oil
1 tablespoon coarsely ground black peppercorns
1 tablespoon coarsely ground coriander seeds
1 punnet salad onions
500 g thin asparagus, blanched
Baby spinach leaves

For the dressing, blend together:

1/4 cup hoisin sauce
1/4 cup rice vinegar
1/4 cup chicken broth
2 tabkespoon peanut oil
1 tablespoon crushed ginger
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
Salt and milled black pepper

Method

Moisten steaks with oil and coat with pepper and coriander. Sear the steaks over a high heat until dark outside, but rare inside.

Leave for 5 - 10 minutes before slicing thinly. Toss with dressing.

Moisten the trimmed whole onions with oil and sear in the same pan used for the steaks.

Wash and dry the greens and pile on individual plates. Top with the steak, onions and asparagus.

Butternut, carrot and ginger soup with roasted chickpeas

Lemon queen of puddings

Easy lamb shank pie

Recipes & Articles by Phillippa Cheifitz

Marinated smoked haddock

Salty cucumber, celery and mint lassi

Asparagus, baby marrow and mushroom salad

Shredded chicken, pawpaw and celery salad

Wholewheat pasta, ham and grilled tomato salad

Roast steak and potato salad with sour cream and chives

Baked mushroom and cheese omelette with sorrel salad

Fish on a stick with shaved fennel and cucumber salad

Couscous with chicken and vegetables

Paella

Pasta with vanilla bean and crème fraiche

Seared steak and asparagus salad with Chinese dressing

Seared steak and asparagus salad with Chinese dressing

Ingredients

Method