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1 heaped tablespoon rock salt
4 small chicken breasts
a generous handful of flat leaf parsley leaves
12 large mint leaves
zest from 2 lemons left to sit in 1 tsp rock salt
2 large ripe tomates, finely chopped
4 tablespoons  extra virgin olive oil
300g green beans, trimmed

Put the heaped tablespoon of salt in a huge pot of water and bring it to the boil.  While boiling, add the chicken breasts, then bring back to the boil.  As soon as it comes back to the boil, cover with a tight fitting lid and remove from the heat .  Leave covered for half an hour.  Yes, it stays OFF the heat source.

Roughly chop the parsley and mint, then place in a bowl with lemon and salt,  tomato and extra virgin olive oil.  Allow to sit while the chicken is poaching (at least 10 minutes).  Steam or blanch the beans only until they are a bright green.  Drain and divide among 4 serving plates.

Remove the poached chicken and thickly slice against the grain.  Arrange on top of the beans, then spoon over the tomato sauce.

Serves 4 (this is a small meal size for our family, and would have been better suited to three people.)

Taken from Marie Claire Fresh + Fast and changed slightly for my own pantry limits.

…with my new cookbook.  Yeah, yeah, yeah, gimme a break!

Normally I’m one of those people who gets distracted by the shiny, colourful cover of the cookbook and  purchases it never to make anything from it, because ultimately, the damned thing sucks.  But hey, they look fab on my bookshelf!

Last week I bought another new, shiny (shiiiny…) and colourful cookbook.  I started looking through the pages and REALLY liked what I saw, so while I was out, I purchased a few necessary items.  The last few days I have been trying out some recipes and, so far,  they are AMAZING!

All the family have loved the food so far.. even our normally noncommittal 22yr old son reported “That chicken fucking ROCKED!” (Yeah, I gave up trying to get him not to swear…. it was a little hypocritical to try, don’t you think?  LOL)

Simple fresh ingredients, fast to prepare and extraordinarily tasty.

The book is Marie Claire Fresh + Fast.  You need it…. trust me.

I have some interesting information for those of you who are about to turn 50.

You are about to receive a surprise from the Australian Government.

No, it isn’t a birthday card from the Prime Minister or the Queen.

It’s a Bowel Cancer Screening Test Kit.

NOICE!