Wednesday 6 February - Greek Style

Decided on some chicken kebabs tonight, and the meat was just marinaded in a drop of olive oil, some lemon juice and some garlic for a while, before being threaded on skewers and grilled.

I remembered a rice dish that George and I invented last summer, and haven't made since, and this went alongside (albeit with less fat than when we cooked it previously)

Some pine nuts, sultanas and vermicelli were seperately fried in some ghee, and put to one side.

Then onions and garlic were browned in the fat, along with some saffron, the nuts etc added  back, along with some soaked basmati rice, and double the volume of water and a chicken stock pot.

This was gently cooked until the water was absorbed and the rice was fluffy.

To go alongside this, a large bowl of greek salad - tomatoes, cucumber, red onion, cos lettuce, olives and feta, dressed with chopped dill and some olive oil and a squeeze of lemon.

As teenaged boys were lurking around looking hungry we also whizzed up some hummous from tinned chickpeas.

Cooked far too much rice as usual, something I really must work on, but it was fine cold, and rice is much loved by the chickens!

For once both boys cleared their plates too!