Those thirty-minute one-dish meals should not always taste the same. Salt and pepper are wonderful condiments, but there is more a cook can experiment with. Spices as well as herbs make a meal special and distinct. Different countries’ cuisines all have their particular seasonings. There is Italy with plenty of garlic, oregano and olive oil. India with curries, garam masala and cayenne. Germany with bay leaves, juniper berries and capers. Mexico has such variety of peppers that every meal tastes not like the one before.
More exciting even is to create your own flavor combinations. This makes ordinary one-dish meals so unique even if the cook is not a trained chef.
I came up with the following the other night. All my meals take really only thirty minutes to get on the table and to photograph. I am still working on taking better pictures, but again, nothing counts more than the good nutrition the meal provides.
This is a plate containing polenta topped with ground turkey, garbanzo beans spiced with Ancho chilis made nutritionally superior with toasted sesame and sunflower seeds. The latter giving the meal a nice crunch because everything else is soft. A green salad and a glass of wine appropriately partnered the dinner.
Polenta is easy and quickly prepared. Stir one cup of organic corn meal into two cups of cold water. Stir continuously until boiling, let it boil for a while, then cover until ready to serve. I used a second pot for this one, which did not detract from the time it took to prepare the fare.
The Ancho chili turkey was a bit too spicy even for my taste. It was cooled with a couple of spoons of yogurt.
Yogurt, milk or coconut milk extinguish the heat in fiery food.
I encourage you to experiment. You will love it and enjoy your creations and so will your family because it really tastes good. For more info visit : http://www.bodyiqonline.com/
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