Recipe: Baked Prawns with tomato, feta and olives

Baked prawns with tomato, feta and olives ready to serve! 

The first recipe on my blog! I’m very excited to share my cooking experiences with everyone. Previously, I was a terrible cook. Well, that is not exactly the truth. The truth is that I just never cooked! After a trip to the US recently I experienced some amazing new flavours, even tested my skills at The New Orleans School of Cooking, and learnt a lot about how food impacts upon everything from the economy, to the lives of farmers, and how food, cooking, and engineering has changed over time at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History. These experiences, as well as my previous interest in nutrition and diet, have started my love, passion and understanding of the value of cooking. Here is a recipe that I actually first saw pop up on my instagram account on @theultimatefitspo’s page. I changed it slightly and it turned out a success! This recipe is very healthy, incorporating a number of food groups. It has no added sugar, whole grains, vegetables and is incredibly tasty!! Serves 4.

Ingredients:

·      1 can of crushed tomatoes 

·      1 tablespoon of olive oil

·      1 lemon 

·      1 onion 

·      2 tablespoons of parsley (chopped finely)

·      3 cloves of garlic (grated)

·      Pitted kalamata olives (about a handful) 

·      1 block of feta cheese from the deli (about 150g)

·      Peeled prawns (as many as you would like)

·      Brown rice and quinoa

·      Ground pepper

·      Pinch of salt

Method:

1.     Preheat the oven to 200 degrees Celsius.

2.     Finely dice the onion and grate the garlic.

3.     In a large fry pan on medium heat, add the olive oil.

4.     Add the onion and cook for 3-5 minutes until soft.

5.     Add garlic and cook until fragrant (about 30 seconds).

6.     Add the can of tomatoes and reduce the heat for 5 to 8 minutes while stirring.

7.     Chop the parsley and the feta.

8.     Stir the parsley, feta and prawns through.

9.     Add salt and pepper.

10.  Cook for about 5 to 8 minutes or until prawns seem cooked.

11.  Pour into a dish, place the olives on top and then bake in the oven for 8 minutes.

12.  I use the 90 second brown rice and quinoa pack so put this in the microwave just before the 8 minutes is up.

13.  Remove the dish from the oven, squeeze lemon juice on top.

14.  Serve on top of brown rice and quinoa!! Yummy!