Tonight I managed dinner in under 30 minutes but no, it wasn’t one of Jamie Oliver’s, I am sorry to say. This was super simple for a change. I didn’t feel like I was tying myself in knots trying to beat some kind of record. But I will go back to Jamie Oliver because it is a challenge and his food is truly delicious. The man knows his flavours.
Middle Eastern Prawn Salad
serves 4
Ingredients:
Lebanese bread rounds
Olive oil
Salt & pepper
24 raw peeled prawns, tails intact
2 tsps Moroccan spice
Mixed salad leaves
Cucumber – thinly sliced
1 red onion
1/2 cup fresh mint leaves
200g plain yoghurt
2 tbsp lemon juice
2 tsp extra olive oil
Method:
Brush both sides of the bread with olive oil and place on an oven tray. Cook in a 200°C (360°F) oven 5 minutes on each side.
Place prawns in a bowl with 1 tbsp olive oil and the spice. Toss to coat.
Cook prawns in a little olive oil for 2-3 minutes.
Mix the yoghurt, lemon juice and extra olive oil in a bowl for the dressing. Season it.
Combine salad leaves, cucumber, sliced red onion and chopped mint in a large bowl.
Top with prawns and drizzle with the dressing.
Serve with the warm Lebanese bread.
Wonderfully easy to prepare and I can taste the slight spicyness on my palate now! A lovely change from the Indian/Malayaian/Thai prawn dishes I oft tend to make
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I love Thai prawns but it is nice to experiment a little with other flavours. Easy meals are good but tonight I have another Jamie Oliver one lined up so let’s see how that goes.
Suzanne
Find Jamie Oliver quire, quite deceiving. There is this nice country boy brought up on pub food – and, somehow, in the simplest of ways he does get it all right, or better than right, with that deprecating smile
! Do tell us after, won’t you 
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Have a look at my latest blog post. I made it! Exactly 30 minutes but Jamie made a drink as well, which I didn’t. I have another one of his meals to make tonight and I will let everyone know how that goes.
Suzanne