T-BONE STEAK with GARLIC PRAWNS and BOILED ROSEMARY POTATOES
Do you have any idea what it feels like to live in the middle of nowhere?
Do you?
Like right smack in the middle of nowhere. As in there is Kakuma, then the next big towns are 2 hours away in either Lodwar or Lokichogio and even those are not really big towns. I don’t see how a place can be called a big town and they do not even have a supermarket. Lodwar does have one of those mini markets though!!
What does this mean???
- I have no decent place to shop for groceries and
- There are NO RESTAURANTS
That the nearest almost decent restaurant is about 2 hours away in Lokichogio. Now this is not one of those places you just hop into a matatu and go! You need to organize for transport with the office and get police escort to actually go there and spend a few hours then come back to “nowhere”. It’s really not interesting.
So…what is a girl to do when she feels like a fancyish restaurant meal? CIY 🙂 LOLS Cook It Yourself.
This is one of those meals that you find in those high end Nairobi restaurants, and you end up being charged a minimum of 800-1000ksh for! I believe this cost me like Ksh 200 maximum.
The Kyuk (Kikuyu) in me actually did the math; the T-bone steak costs about 380 per Kg I have mine sliced into about 8 pieces so that’s 48/=, the prawns cost around 700 for 500gms I used about 80 gms that’s 112 plus 1 potato 20/= that’s 180 plus 20/= for spices and oil. VERY ECONOMICAL, hehehhe.
Anywho this was a very tasty meal and healthy too if I am to say so myself. I felt like I was in a very fancy restaurant when I ate it so it’s great for when you want to eat out but are too lazy to leave your house and you will save tons of cash too and you can use that to buy a drink. I bet you will LOVE it. HAPPY COOKING!!!
NB: was a bit selfish this time only made a meal for one but you can multiply the ingredients if your serving more.
Ingredients
- 1 t-bone steak
- 2 teaspoons garlic
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- A handful of prawns
- A tablespoon of chopped dhania (coriander)
- 1 large potato cut into quarters
- ½ teaspoon rosemary Garlic salt or aromat or ground garlic (optional)
- Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
Mix 1 tablespoon olive oil, 1 teaspoon garlic, salt and pepper in a bowl. Apply this mixture evenly on the T-bone steak and marinate for at least 20 minutes (the longer the better.
Put water in a sufuria (pot) and add the rosemary, salt, ground garlic or garlic salt (if using aromat or garlic salt do not add the salt) and the potato and boil till the potato is cooked through but still firm.
Meanwhile, place the already marinated steak on a pan and cook too your liking,3-4 minutes on each side for rare-medium. Longer if you want it more cooked. Once cooked place on a plate and cover with foil to keep warm.
Wipe the pan down Put the remaining olive oil in the pan and once hot put in the garlic, cook for about a minute then add the prawns. Toss around the pan make sure they are all covered in the garlic oil. Cook for about 2 minutes till the prawns begin to turn pink Add the dhania, toss around for a minute and remove
To plate place the potatoes on one side and place the steak right next to them. Put the prawns on top of the steak. Take the oil remaining in the pan and drizzle over the potatoes.
OOOOH it will taste soooooo GOOD!! HAPPY EATING!!!
https://www.themothershipvillage.com/t-bone-steak-with-garlic-prawns-and-boiled-rosemary-potatoes/
Sweet Chilli Veg and Salami Omelette
I saw this recipe in the April issue of Good Food and I thought “OOOOHHH” interesting. The issue came with all sorts of toppings but thought I’d try this one beacuse it had the least calories. I think what I liked most about it is how quick it came together, in less than 10 minutes I had a meal on my plate and a quite filling one at that. I think this would make a good hangover meal or on one of those nights when you just cannot be bothered to cook or even a lazy Sunday afternoon. Well hope you’ll like it. HAPPY COOKING!!
OOOH and please forgive me for the poor quality photos :-/
Ingredients
- 150g pack of stir fry vegetable mix
- 2 teaspoon soy sauce
- 2 teaspoon sweet chilli sauce
- ¼ teaspoon each of cinnamon, cloves and white pepper
- 2 eggs
- 2 slices of salami, diced
- 25 g grated cheddar
Instructions
Cook the stir fry veggies with 1 tablespoon of olive oil in a large pan or wok on high heat for about 2 mins
Add the salami. Add the spices, soy sauce and sweet chilli sauce.
Meanwhile, whisk the eggs in a bowl and cook in another large pan.
Tip the veggies mixture onto the surface of the omelet before it completely sets then sprinkle the cheese on top
Roll up then drizzle with sweet chilli sauce
Work very fast so as to avoid over cooking the egg like I did
Vanilla Pound Cake
So one of my colleagues, Josephine, just graduated with a masters a couple of weeks back. When she came a few colleagues from her unit decided to throw her a small party. One of my colleagues asked me to make a cake but due to time constraints and a bit of laziness I decided to make a simple pound cake. I reduced the amount of sugar that was used in the original recipe and still felt it had a tad bit too much sugar but most people who ate it said that the amount of sugar was just right. Well you be the judge. HAPPY BAKING!!!
Ingredients
- 1 ¾ cups of sugar
- 1 cup of butter
- 5 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla essence
- 3 cups of flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 cup of milk
Instructions
Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius
Mix sugar, butter, eggs and vanilla in a large bowl.
Beat with an electric beater on low to mix all the ingredients well. Then beat on high for about 5 mins Put the beater on low, add the flour and baking powder, alternating with the milk.
Spoon the batter into a greased baking tin Bake for 1 hour. Cool, dust with icing sugar. HAPPY EATING
https://www.themothershipvillage.com/vanilla-pound-cake/
