Thursday, September 21, 2006

Lunch Thursday 21 September - Tortilla and Broccoli Salad


Tortilla and Broccoli Salad
I seemed to have loads of eggs at the moment. I bought 2 dozen quail's eggs at Waitrose during my extravaganza. I also bought 6 duck eggs while I was there. Not sure what got me buying so many "non-standard" eggs, I guess a reaction against my local Islington Sainsbury's as they had stopped stocking both quail & duck eggs.

Anyway, I also had 6 chicken eggs in the fridge, so I decided to make a big tortilla.

Tortilla
1 large onion, chopped (about 200g)
3 cloves garlic, crushed
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 teaspoon fresh rosemary, chopped
400g new potatoes, boiled and sliced
80g Spanish olives, sliced (mine were jalapeno stuffed)
25g anchovies, minced
6 large free-range, organic eggs, beaten

Fry the onions and garlic in the olive oil in a large non-stick frying pan until golden. Add the cooked, sliced potatoes and rosemary and mix well, but be careful not to break up the potatoes too much. Add the olives and anchovies and mix again.

Finally, pour over the beaten eggs and cook over low heat, shaking pan from time to time, until eggs are largely set with just a few wet patches on top.

Pop under a pre-heated grill until eggs are set on top. Allow to cool and cut into wedges.

Can be eaten hot or at room temperature.

Makes 4 servings

Nutrition Data per serving
Calories (kcal) 283.9
Carbohydrate (g) 19.1
Protein (g) 16.1
Fat (g) 16.6
Fibre (g) 2.5


Broccoli Salad
200g broccoli, steamed until tender
2 small sweet orange peppers, deseeded and sliced (about 45g)
2 ribs celery, sliced fine (about 80g)

Toss the veggies together. Make a dressing of:

juice 1/2 lemon
1 tablespoon hemp oil
1 teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon mustard
1 clove garlic, crushed
salt & pepper to taste

Pour over veggies, mix gently and leave to stand for 30 minutes. Add

1 fat, vine ripened tomato, chopped (about 150g)

Line a plate with about 100g leaves (here is a mix of radish greens and romaine). Pile to salad on top and serve with the tortilla slices.

Salad Nutrition Summary
Calories (kcal) 277.6
Protein (g) 11.8
Carbohydrate (g) 21.4
Fat (g) 16.4
Fibre (g) 10.0

Total Meal Nutrition Summary
Calories (kcal) 561.5
Protein (g) 27.9
Carbohydrate (g) 40.5
Fat (g) 33.0
Fibre (g) 12.5