Prawn and Rice Noodles

You know how sometimes you just get a craving for something out of the blue? And you just can't rest / enjoy another meal until you've had it? 

Well that was me last week. 

All I wanted was some Singapore Noodles with Prawns.....and I don't even eat prawns! 

Ridiculous I say, but none the less, took up the challenge and set about making this recipe for Prawn and Rice Noodles I had floating around my recipe folder. 

You will need:

250g rice vermicelli noodles

5 spring onions, thinly sliced

2 tspns crushed garlic 

300g medium green prawns, peeled and deveined, with the tails removed

1 medium tomato, diced

2 cups roughly shredded wombok (Chinese cabbage)

1/4 cup Hoi Sin Sauce

2 tbspns soy sauce

1 egg, lightly beaten

Place noodles in a heatproof bowl and cover with boiling water. Set aside while you prepare the rest of the dish. 
Heat a wok or fry pan over medium-high heat and spray with cooking oil. 
Add eschalots and garlic. Stir-fry for 1 minute or until softened. 
Add prawns. Stir-fry for 3 minutes or until prawns are just pink. 
Add tomato and wombok. Stir-fry for 1 minute or until heated through.
Add noodles, hoi sin, soy and season with salt and pepper. Toss to combine. 
Add egg. Stir-fry for 1 minute or until egg is cooked and Ta-Da! 


Just like that, you have created a delicious dish that people will think came from the local chinese takeaway, not from your very own kitchen!

This recipe made enough for Mr B and I to have a GIANT bowl each...but in reality it would easily make 4 normal sized meals. 

Craving satisfied. 

Happy Wednesday everyone!!!

Mrs B xx

Mushrooms stuffed with Prawns and Chorizo

Seeing as Valentines Day fell on a Tuesday this year and Mr B and I both had to work I wanted to do something really special in the evening....movies? drinks? a special dinner followed by a decadent dessert and a swanky gift? You betcha baby!

After much pondering and many mind changes I decided to cook Mushrooms stuffed with Prawns and Chorizo with Cheese Crisps and a Creamy Garlic Potato Bake - all of Mr B's favourite things!


It looks impressive, tastes delicious and is actually pretty easy!

All you need is:

1/2 cup grated cheese
4 large mushrooms
2 tspns crushed garlic
14 prawns peeled and de-veined
50g thinly sliced chorizo
2 tbspns balsamic vinegar
4 tbspns thickened cream

Now the first step is to remove the stems from your mushrooms and place them on an oven tray. Cook them at 150C for around 20 mins.

Heat a fry pan over medium heat and spray with a little bit of oil. Place the cheese into the pan in small piles, you can do 2 bigger ones or 4 smaller ones, just make sure they are evenly placed.

Allow the cheese to cook and bubble away for a few minutes. Once it looks nice and golden try and flip it over. Once both sides are nice and golden, remove from the pan and place on some absorbent paper.

Place the chorizo in the pan and cook for 3-4 mins. While it's cooking take 10 of the prawns and chop them up. Leave 4 whole for decoration later.

Add the chopped prawns to the pan with the garlic and cook for 2-3 mins or until the prawns turn a pale pink colour. Remove from the pan. Your mushrooms should be out of the oven by now.

Place the whole prawns in the pan with the balsamic and cream. While they are cooking fill the mushroom cups with the prawn and chorizo mixture. Once the whole prawns are cooked, pour the sauce over the mushroom cups, top with a cheese crisp and then with the whole prawns.

And most important enjoy!!

I hope you all had a lovely Valentines Day, however you chose to celebrate it

Mrs B x

Mediterannean Style Prawns

Ok so personally I have major issues with most seafood, but seeing as OH loves it so much, occasionally I'll cook him a treat (and I usually end up with a little treat for dinner myself!). OH was given a seafood cookbook for Christmas and lately he seems to be going through a prawn phase so I found a recipe I liked the sound of and decided to give it a go tonight (also possibly due to the fact that I had some Quorn spinach and cheese schnitzels in the freezer I was dying to try!)


I know that is a huge serving, but seeing as he doesn't get home cooked prawns that often, he likes a big serve when he finally gets the chance!

So for these lil babies (which OH has informed me were very very nice) you will need:

250g cooked, de-veined and shelled prawns.
3 spring onions thinly sliced
1 tspn crushed garlic
1 tin of tomato supreme (or about 1 cup of tomato passata)
1/2 cup dry white wine
1 tspn crushed / wet mediterannean herbs
salt and pepper to season
Couscous to serve

Cook the spring onions and garlic in a fry pan over medium heat for 2-3 mins.
Add wine and simmer for another 2-3 mins or until it has reduced by half.
Stir through tomatoe supreme and mediterannean herbs. Season with salt and pepper.
Simmer mixture for about 5 mins or until mixture has thickened.
Add prawns and stir through until well coated in the sauce. Cook for a further 2 mins - you are basically just heating the prawns up here.
Serve with couscous.

Now OH only got one meal out of this recipe, but as you can see it is massive so I reckon it would do two normal people!

And on a side note - my Quorn spinach and cheese schnitzel was freakin awesome. It was absolutely delicious and is officially my new favourite vegetarian freezer meal. I always have a box of vegetarian burgers or something in the freezer coz on Fri or Sat night once a week we have an 'easy' tea which usually involves steak and chips for OH and something vegetarian and chips for me! I had been on a kick with the Sanitarium Not Burgers, but they have officially been shafted now! I know the portion sizes are a touch small (but thats really not a bad thing) and they are a bit pricey but they are so worth it, I can't wait to try the rest of the range now.

Happy Monday peoples!

Em x