… Spinach, Chickpea & Feta Parcels
It was two more van moves. Then the van to return and then some cleaning in the old flat. Then some sorting in the new house. I have chosen a bedroom on the second floor and begin to regret it after carry on my stuff up two flights of stairs. I have an unbelievable amount of crap.
About eight o’clock I get a call from my mum to say she is coming tonight instead of tomorrow when she had been indenting to come. This means there is one more for dinner tonight (it will be a late one). It also gives me and Gavin a reason to try to get as much sorted out as possible before my mum gets here.
I start to cook at about 23:30. There was very nearly a very large disaster. I had a box of kitchen things I would need for the two meals I was to cook in the new house today, so that I didn’t have to get all the kitchen stuff unpacked. I forgot to put the tin opener in that box. I need a tin of chickpeas for this meal and I have no tin opener. I look (or sort off look) in every kitchen box (there are lots of them). I fail to find it. I am at the point of switching the chickpeas to butter beans as I have a tin of butter beans with a ring pull. The tin opener is found just in time.
As I start to cook I am worried that my filo pastry is a bit dry. It is and one of my filo parcels tears.
The parcels are made very quickly. They’re on the hob for a bit and then in the oven (the top one obviously).
I make Greek salad an awful lot. There are a few interesting twists with this one. The cucumber, onion and mint are left to marinate with oil and lemon juice. This gives the cucumber and onion a very slightly pickled feel. The olives and almonds are gently fried off in a pan which really releases their flavours.
I am meant to chop the tomatoes and the lettuce and add these to a serving platter first. I forgot the lettuce and so this gets a bit tucked in around the edges at the end.
This is a lovely meal. The salad is great and has given me ideas for a few twists on my normal Greek salad. The filo parcels are lovely and fun to eat. I know I’ve said it before but … one of my favourites.
First meal at the dining table in the new house. And I have to say the lounge/dinning room is looking very respectable considering we have only moved in today.
That’s it now. I will have to take a break from making any 15 Minute Meals for a while. I’m having a minor operation tomorrow and so I don’t think I’ll be able to cook at speed or a little while. Hopefully only a few days.
Who with: Mum and Gavin
How Long: Fourteen minutes forty seven seconds
