For the BBQ…
Chicken stick kebabs
2 large chicken breasts
1 onion
1/2 cup Soy sauce
2 tsp Sesame oil
2 Tbsp minced garlic
1tsp ginger
Wooden skewers
In a large bowl, combine soy, sesame and garlic. Cut chicken into strips and add to the marinade. Stir well, cover with glad wrap and marinate in the fridge for a few hours or overnight. Place a ¼ cup bicarb in a small open container in the fridge to absorb the garlic odour from the marinade. Soak skewers in water for 20 mins. Cut the onion into 8 pieces, so you have little squares. Thread the chicken onto the skewers, skewing each strip of chicken several times. It goes on a bit like a fan. Skewer on the onion however you like. Capsicum would be nice too. Cook on the BBQ til firm and cooked through. Serve with potato salad and garden salad or whatever you like.
Alternative marinade…Sprinkle in some taco seasoning mix with the diced/sliced chicken. Just enough to coat. You dont need to marinate it for any amount of time.
This dip is great for nibbling on before lunch
Spinach Cobb Dip
As much as I hate frozen foods, frozen spinach seems to work better than fresh. The spinach looks awful, but beleive me you wont even know its in there. If you are using fresh then you need to slice it very finely and wilt it in some boiling water and drain really well.
1 pkt frozen spinach, thawed (about 1 cup of frozen spinach after squeezed)
1 carton light sour cream
1 pack light philly
2 or more cloves garlic, crushed
1/2 packet french onion soup mix, add more to taste if needed
1 cobb loaf
Slice the top off the cobb and hollow out the middle. Place the cobb and the middle peices of bread on a baking tray and bake in the oven until crisp. You could also cut up some french bread too toast as there never seems to be enough cobb. Place the spinach into a colander and squeeze the heck out of it. Set aside. In a bowl beat the sour cream and philly with an electric mixer until smooth. Stir in the garlic, and soup mix. Pour this into the hollowed out cobb and serve with the crusty bread pieces and if you like some carrot and celery sticks. Once all the dip is scooped out you then get to rip up the cobb loaf, its the best bit!
Cookies and Cream
For low potassium version, use gingersnap biscuits and instead of shaved chocolate use crushed biscuits. The shaved chocolate should be ok as long as you know your limits! I know this is fattening, but hell…what else can you eat? lol
ingredients
2/3 cup brandy
1/3 cup sugar syrup
16 choc-chip cookies
1 cup cream, whipped sweetened with icing sugar
1/2 cup shaved chocolate
method
Combine brandy and sugar syrup in a bowl and stir to combine.
Soak biscuit’s one at a time in the brandy mixture; add a teaspoon of whipped cream to the base of the biscuit, then sandwich together with another soaked biscuit. Assemble biscuits side by side on a serving platter.
Using a spatula, cover the top and sides of the biscuit log, then garnish with shaved chocolate.
Serve immediately.