Noodles with Prawns

Ingredients

• 12 prawns, peeled, tails left intact
• 1 tsp peanut oil
• 1 birds eye chilli
• 450 g noodles
• 2 tsp sesame oil
• 1 tsp grated ginger
• 8 spring onions, quartered
• 200 g baby bok choy, quartered
• 2 tspsweet chilli sauce
• 1/4 cup oyster sauce

Speedy chicken noodle soup

Ingredients

• 100 g medium rice noodles
• 800 ml chicken stock
• 2 cloves of garlic, peeled and crushed or finely grated
• 4 thick slices of unpeeled root ginger (2–3mm each)
• 300 g chicken breast or thigh meat, very thinly sliced
• 2–3 tbsp fish sauce (nam pla)
• juice of 1 lime or ½ lemon
• 4 spring onions, trimmed and sliced at an angle
• 4 tblsp roughly chopped coriander

Very fast red prawn curry

Ingredients

• 2–4 tsp red curry paste
• 2 (400ml each) tins of coconut milk
• 25 0g raw, peeled tiger prawns or king prawns
• 1 tblsp chopped basil
• 2 tblsp fish sauce (nam pla)

Salmon with Soba Noodle Sushi and Cucumber Salad

Ingredients

Salmon marinade

• 1 salmon fillet (between 4-5oz)
• 4 star anise
• 0.25 cup light soy sauce
• 1-2 teaspoon of palm sugar
• 2 tblsp sesame oil
• 1 inch piece of ginger peeled and thinly sliced

Garnishes

• sweet soy sauce
• sprinkling of spring onions cut on the diagonal
• slice of pickled ginger
• a little chopped coriander

Soba noodle sushi

• 5 oz dried soba noodles
• 1.50 tblsp rice vinegar
• 1.50 tblsp sesame oil
• 2-3 scallions (green and white part finely sliced)
• small bunch of coriander finely chopped
• coarse salt to taste
• 1 sheet of nori
• 1 slice of red pepper finely chopped

Cucumber salad

• 0.25 to ½ cucumber (peeled seeded and julienned)
• 1 tsp sugar
• 0.25 cup rice vinegar

Salmon with Soba Noodle Sushi and Cucumber Salad

Ingredients

Salmon marinade

1. 1 salmon fillet (between 4-5oz)
2. 4 star anise
3. 0.25 cup light soy sauce
4. 1-2 teaspoon of palm sugar
5. 2 tblsp sesame oil
6. 1 inch piece of ginger peeled and thinly sliced

Teriyaki Salmon with Noodles and a Peanut Dressing

Ingredients

1. 2 tblsp dark soy sauce
2. 1 tblsp chinese rice wine
3. 1 tblsp honey
4. 1 tblsp dark brown sugar
5. juice of 1 lime
6. 1 tsp sesame oil
7. 1 large chilli (finely chopped)
8. 2 garlic cloves (peeled and minced)
9. 6 skinless salmon fillets
10. sesame seeds, toasted in a dry frying pan
11. 6 spring onions (thinly sliced)

• for the crunchy peanut noodles (recipe for 4 people):

1. 400 g rice vermicelli noodles
2. 5 spring onions (sliced finely diagonally)
3. a handful of salted peanuts (roughly chopped)

• for the peanut sauce (recipe for 4 people):

1. 1 tblsp sunflower oil
2. 1 clove of garlic (finely minced)
3. 1 small thumb sized piece of ginger (finely minced)
4. 1 small chilli (de-seeded and finely chopped)
5. 200 ml coconut milk
6. 3 tblsp soy sauce
7. juice of 1 lime
8. 3 tblsp crunchy peanut butter

Beef and Cheddar Casserole

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for the baking dish
• Kosher salt
• 3 cups wide egg noodles (about 5 ounces)
• 1 1/2 cups sour cream
• 1/2 cup freshly grated Parmesan
• 12 ounces ground beef
• 1 red bell pepper, seeded and chopped
• 1 bunch scallions (white and green parts), finely chopped
• 1 tablespoon tomato paste
• 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
• One 14 1/2-ounce can petite diced tomatoes
• 2 cups grated Cheddar