The Bain Capital debate

I don't know why the hoi polloi put up with this kind of racket. Too busy watching 'reality TV' to pay attention to what's really happening, I suppose.

The Bain Capital debate

PIP Breast Implants - Privatised Profit and Socialised Loss

So what's new? We privatise the profit and we nationalise the debt. We know that; that’s not new. However, now we privatise breast implants made from bedding material and nationalise the proper medically approved ones.

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PIP Breast Implants - Privatised Profit and Socialised Loss

Selling - How to Recognise Buying Signals

Selling - How to Recognise Buying Signals

 Knowing how to spot customers’ buying signals, is a great asset to sales staff, and it’s simply a case of tuning into your customers’ emotions.  More info.

Scottish Independence - Is It About Legality, Timing, Wording or Freedom?

Scottish Independence - Is It About Legality, Timing, Wording or Freedom?

Haddock and Broccoli Pie with Healthy Cheeseless Cheese Sauce and Quinoa Topping

Frozen haddock fillet

This recipe uses my Healthy Cheeseless Cheese Sauce.  I did a blog at Hubpages about this.  You'll get it here.  It's a variation of the Tuna and Broccoli Pie with Healthy Cheeseless Cheese Sauce and Quinoa Topping blog.

'Variety is the spice of life' - they say.
 
Ingredients:

100g of Broccoli florets chopped into 1" pieces.
1fillet of haddock

Uncooked broccoli with haddock fillet lurking below

Cheeseless cheese sauce as per recipe here.
Cooked and seasoned quinoa as per recipe here.

Method:

Put the raw, defrosted haddock fillet, into a microwavable dish, with the raw broccoli on top.  Microwave it for about 5 minutes.  Until the fish is cooked (it breaks apart to the touch).

Then smother the broccoli and fish with the Cheeseless Cheese Sauce.  Get the recipe here. 

Cover this with a cooked spicy quinoa topping.  Get the recipe below - or here.

Spicey Quinoa Topping

Cooked quinoa

Ingredients:

½ a cup of dry quinoa
1½ cups of water

Method

Put these two ingredients into a saucepan and bring it to the boil, and then immediately turn the heat down as low as possible to simmer for 10-15 minutes.  The quinoa absorbs all the water.  Take it off the heat.

Add to the cooked quinoa:

½ teaspoon of Fajita seasoning or Cajun mix
¼ teaspoon of ground turmeric (for colour)
1 tablespoon of olive oil or rapeseed oil

Coat the quinoa in the seasoning and oil and sprinkle it over the Cheeseless Cheese Sauce. 

You can give the dish a whirl in the microwave and lightly brown the topping under the grill to make it crunchy if you like things piping hot.  But remember that the more you heat this healthy food, the less healthy it becomes.  You can protect the essential oils in the rapeseed oil (omegas 3 + 6) by simply adding it last - i.e. after the cooking process.

Spicey Quinoa Topping

Broccoli and Basil in sunlight

Spicy Quinoa Topping

I use this recipe as a garnish or a topping for a variety of dishes like:

Tuna and Broccoli Pie Cheeseless Cheese Sauce and Quinoa Topping







Ingredients:

½ a cup of dry quinoa
1½ cups of water

Method

Put these two ingredients into a saucepan and bring it to the boil, and then immediately turn the heat down as low as possible to simmer for 10-15 minutes.  The quinoa absorbs all the water.  Take it off the heat.

Add to the cooked quinoa:

½ teaspoon of Fajita seasoning or Cajun mix
¼ teaspoon of ground turmeric (for colour)
1 tablespoon of olive oil or rapeseed oil

Coat the quinoa in the seasoning and oil and sprinkle it over the dish. 

You can give the dish a whirl in the microwave and lightly brown the topping under the grill to make it crunchy if you like things piping hot.  But remember that the more you heat this healthy food, the less healthy it becomes.  You can protect the essential oils in the rapeseed oil (omegas 3 + 6) by simply adding it last - i.e. after the cooking process.

Healthy Cheeseless Cheesy Broccoli

Add 1 cup (6 fluid oz) of water to these dry ingredients and give it a whirl in the microwave for 3-5 minutes.

Here's another way I use my Healthy Cheeseless Cheese Sauce.  You'll get the recipe here.

I've chopped up about 150g of broccoli and chucked it in along with the quinoa flakes, mustard powder, ground turmeric and seasoning. 

Add the yoghurt,lemon juice and canola/rapeseed oil to this

I've given it a 3 minute whirl in the microwave at the porridge stage.  3 minutes won't destroy too much of the vitamins in the broccoli but if you want to keep the broccoli raw, just add it along with the 'uncooked ingredients'.  You'll get that sort of info at my Hubpages blog here. 

Cheeseless Broccoli Cheese in minutes

I'd leave my broccoli uncooked if it were fresh out of the garden, but this is supermarket stuff, so I cook it lightly just in case there's dodgy bacteria present.

Tuna and Broccoli Pie with Healthy Cheeseless Cheese Sauce and Quinoa Topping

 This recipe uses my Healthy Cheesless Cheese Sauce.  I did a blog at Hubpages about this.  You'll get it here.

Ingredients:

100g of Broccoli florets chopped into 1" pieces.
100g of tinned tuna fish with the brine drained off
Cheeseless cheese sauce as per recipe here
Spicy quinoa topping as per recipe below

Method:

Put the broccoli and desert-spoon of water into a microwavable dish.  Microwave it for 2-3 minutes.  Then spread the tuna chunks on top of it.

Smother the broccoli and fish with the Cheeseless Cheese Sauce.  Get the recipe here. 

Cover this with piping hot cooked spicy  quinoa topping.  The recipe follows:


Spicy Quinoa Topping

Ingredients:

½ a cup of dry quinoa
1½ cups of water

Method:

Put these two ingredients into a saucepan and bring it to the boil, and then immediately turn the heat down as low as possible to simmer for 10-15 minutes.  The quinoa absorbs all the water.  Take it off the heat.

Add to the cooked quinoa:

½ teaspoon of Cajun Spice
¼ teaspoon of ground turmeric (for colour)
1 dessert-spoon of olive oil

Coat the quinoa in the seasoning and oil and sprinkle it over the Cheeseless Cheese Sauce

You can give the dish a whirl in the microwave if you like things piping hot.  And you can lightly brown the topping under the grill to make it crunchy, but remember that the more you heat this healthy food, the less healthy it becomes.

One Deranged Person and One Gun Is All It Takes

A man in County Durham, England has shot and killed three women and then committed suicide. It's a terrible tragedy, and the debate about gun-ownership has sparked off again. I'm suspicious of anyone who wants to own a lethal weapon of any kind, and especially if they're the kind who also harbour political ambitions. Read more.
One Deranged Person and One Gun Is All It Takes

It's Not the Economy Stupid - It's the Land

It's Not the Economy Stupid - It's the Land