Recipe Cajun Blackened Chicken on Salad Bed

Cajun Blackened Chicken on Salad Bed
Sandy Bigara 

2 Chicken Breasts butterfly-cut and tenderised 

Cajun Spices

Salt to taste

Fenugreek Sprouts

Spring Onion

Greek Pesto (Basil/Feta/Rocket/Olive)

1 Carrot

1/4 Cucumber

Rocket

1/2 round of Feta

Olive Oil

Garnish:
1) Fry up fenugreek sprouts and spring onion with a table spoon of Greek pesto in a little Olive oil. Take the hot garnish out of your frying pan and place in a small Ramekin to steam. 

2) Dust your butterfly chicken in Cajun Spices, salt and drizzle with olive oil. Fry on high heat until blackened on either side.

3) Place washed rocket onto the serving dish, and using a shredder/peeler shred the cucumber and carrot and place onto serving dishes. 

3) Place Chicken on the bed of Salad, smear a tablespoon of Peppadew Pesto over the chicken, and spoon the hot garnish on top of that. Crumble a small amount of Feta on top and Serve immediately. 

Recipe Butternut Soup & Home Made Flat Bread

Butternut Soup & Home Made Flat Bread

Sandy Bigara

Butternut Soup
2 Butternuts cut into 3- 5cm cubes, but with skin still on them
1 Tbsp Cinnamon
1/4 tsp Salt
1/4 cup Fresh Cream
1/4 cup Fresh Milk
1 Tbsp Sugar

1) Cut up the butternut and boil in salty water (leave the skin on but wash them first!) 

2) When the Butternut is cooked, (soft enough for a knife to slide through) blend the soup with a Kenwood hand held mixer. I used the Baby Mu-lee adapter and then the smoothie adapter for a finer soup. 

3) Add Cream, Milk, Cinnamon and Salt to the pureed soup - add more milk to make it thinner if required.

4) Serve! 


Home Made Flat Bread
250g Self Raising Flour
1/4 pack of yeast
1 tsp Sugar
1/5 tsp Salt
1 Egg
1 Tbsp Pesto (I used the GREEK Pesto from EverFresh)
Splash of milk
handful of baby tomatos cut in half
1/4 round of Feta
palmful of Cheddar grated
(Cheddar for the top if you like a nice cheesy topping to your flat bread)

1) Put Flour, Yeast, Sugar, Salt Pesto and Cheddar into a deep mixing bowl and mix well. 

2) Add Egg and mix, add milk and mix manually until the dough forms a round ball that can be shaped. You may need to dust it with a little flour because it sticks to your hands. 

3) Turn it out onto a sheet lined with baking paper and press it out into a flat bread shape (we had an oval shape) keep it about 1cm thick. 

4) Crumble feta over the top, press the tomato halves all around the edge and place some in the middle. 

5) Bake at 180C for about 15 minutes and then add a sprinkle of cheddar to the top and grill for another 3 - 5 mins. Just keep an eye on it!

Serve hot soup and steaming hot bread together... 

Recipe Fresh Strawberries & Cream Mousse

Fresh Strawberries & Cream Mousse
Sandy Bigara

1 tub Bulgarian yogurt
1 ramekin of fresh cream - whipped until stiff peak - set aside.
6 frozen strawberries - stalks removed.
2 teaspoons sweetener (I used Xylitol)
100's & 1000's

Liquidise yogurt, sweetener and strawberries until smooth. Fold in whipped cream. Spoon the mousse into ramekins (makes 4) and top with 100' & 100's (or any cake toppers)

Please note: The Photograph is not my own, but most closely resembled what I made. The photo comes from a blog with Tonnes of gorgeous recipes! Please click on the following link and visit HEALTHY RECIPES BLOGS for more recipes and tips for healthy cooking :)  

Recipe Mediterranean Inspired Roti

Mediterranean Inspired Roti
Sandy Bigara

Filling:
2 tablespoons Everfresh's Greek/Basil pesto
1 large leek chopped
1/2 Head broccoli
1 small onion
1 ramekin full raw shoots
1 small potato - mashed

Roti (or a thicker pancake)
Hummus

Topping:
Crumbled Feta
Rocket

Method:
1) Fry up onion, leek, broccoli and shoots in a small pot with a dash of olive oil. Add pesto when the veg looks softer.
2) In a separate pot cook the potato and mash it. Add the mash to the veg pot.
3) Smear 1 tablespoon of hummus onto a warm roti, top with hot veg, followed by fresh crisp rocket salad, crumble feta over the rocket and serve.
The taste will be warm, rich and flavourful thanks to the gorgeous pesto (you can use whichever pesto you love - just be generous!) Our two small children gobbled theirs up with lots of 'yummy' and 'wow nice!' comments from them. All in all, a nice tasty vegetarian option - and also a non-curry roti option for those who do not enjoy hot spicy foods. I will make this again!

HELP! Missing In Sydney

"Hi Everyone, could all my friends in Australia, New Zealand, Asia and America please share this photo. This is my brother Jonathan and we haven't heard from him for 5 months now. The last time anyone heard from him he was in Sydney. Also anyone that knows someone that is Traveling or lives in these places could they please share too. It would be very much appreciated, thank you :-)"

Kate Ansell


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Regards,

Sandy Bigara
www.sandybigara.com

The Barefoot Music Festival And My Latest Track

I'll be performing tomorrow at the SPCA PMB Barefoot Music Festival - try to pull in if you can! There will be some amazing performers and I will be on at 11am xx The aim is to raise fund for our furry friends and make some epic music as well! 

To hear my latest offering on Soundcloud, a golden-oldie romantic 'jazzy' number - click HERE :) 

To see the poster and information for the SPCA PMB Barefoot Music Festival, click HERE

09.00 - 09.30      Di Veness

09.40 - 10.10      Summer du Preez

10.20 - 10.50      Gareth Mare

11.00 - 11.30      Sandy Bigara

11.40 - 12.10      Quinton Tarr

12.20 - 12.50      Byron Love

01.00 - 01.30      Marcelles Raman

01.40 - 02.10      New artist

02.20 - 02.50      Super Llama

03.00 - 03.30      Undivided Roots (or Steve Fataar)

03:30 - onwards  Steve Fataar, FireTree...

Have a safe Saturday night and  a wonderful Sunday everyone! 

South African Doctors To Be Told Where To Work

"President Jacob Zuma has quietly signed into law sections of the National Health Act that can prevent doctors and other health professionals opening private practices where they choose to."

"There are about 70000 dieticians, specialists, GPs, physiotherapists and occupational therapists who would all need certificates to open a new practice in private. The department is not geared for this kind of [action]." As of April 2016, any Health Professional without a 'certificate of need' will face up to 5 years in prison."

http://www.timeslive.co.za/thetimes/2014/05/23/docs-to-be-told-where-to-work

So, being the end of May, there are roughly 22 months to go.

70,000 people will need certificates in that time.

That equals 3182 approvals per month.

With 20 working days per month that would be 159.1 certificate approvals per day.

Does anyone think that the Health department can do this? Can they actually do this in time? Or will there be a mass exodus of Health Professionals leaving South Africa?

I foresee chaos. I do believe that young Doctors will leave this country, I also believe that it will deter young learners from following a career in medicine. It affects family practices. There will be bribery and corruption as Doctors with financial backing... will be 'certified' to work from more affluent areas... 

I hope from the bottom of my heart that Government see's the error here and rectifies it by amending this law. I think their sentiment is alright, but this is most definitely not the way forward. 

Fluoride is in the same category as Arsenic, Lead and Mercury

This is HUGE news and no one is talking about it. The Lancet, the world's oldest and most prestigious medical journal, recently published a report classifying Fluoride as a dangerous neurotoxin. The report puts Fluoride in the same category Arsenic, Lead, and Mercury. 

We are literally being mass medicated with a dangerous chemical that disrupts the health of our brains, especially in children. Many of us have suspected this for a long time, but it is insane to see the worlds top medical journal confirming it. 

Don't believe what I have written here. Read the report for yourself and share with everyone you know. 
http://download.thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/laneur/PIIS1474442213702783.pdf?id=baak8dkBlaiXPhJTjuTsu 

CNN has disclosed the same: 
http://edition.cnn.com/2014/02/14/health/chemicals-children-brains/ 

And Harvard have recently published a study proving that fluoride lowers IQ in children: 
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/features/fluoride-childrens-health-grandjean-choi/ 

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=725062794192709&set=a.488358504529807.114722.488353241197000&type=1&relevant_count=1 

With thanks, via Higher Perspective on Facebook. 

Glenwood Village Music in Durban

I wanted to send out a very BIG thank you to the guys at Glenwood Village Music. 

The day before my show JUST YOURS launched in February, my one and only microphone just stopped working! In a panic I tried to get it fixed but the situation didn't look good!

 

In my hour of need, the amazing team at Glenwood Village Music kindly allowed me the use of a Rode S1 Condenser Microphone 

 

To John Chamier and the team at Glenwood Village Music - Thank you and thank you again. 

 

How to find them!

Shop 101/102,

Glenwood Village Centre,

Cnr Moore & Hunt,

Durban,

Kwazulu-Natal,

Za

 

Website: http://www.bothners.co.za

 

No. (031) 202-7755

 

Fax (031) 202-2878

 

Fluoride Proven to be a Dangerous Neurotoxin via Higher Perspective

Higher Perspective shared the following link and had this to say about it:

This is HUGE news and no one is talking about it. The Lancet, the world's oldest and most prestigious medical journal, recently published a report classifying Fluoride as a dangerous neurotoxin. The report puts Fluoride in the same category Arsenic, Lead, and Mercury.

We are literally being mass medicated with a dangerous chemical that disrupts the health of our brains, especially in children. Many of us have suspected this for a long time, but it is insane to see the worlds top medical journal confirming it.

Don't believe what I have written here. Read the report for yourself and share with everyone you know.
http://download.thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/laneur/PIIS1474442213702783.pdf?id=baak8dkBlaiXPhJTjuTsu

CNN has disclosed the same:
http://edition.cnn.com/2014/02/14/health/chemicals-children-brains/

And Harvard have recently published a study proving that fluoride lowers IQ in children:
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/features/fluoride-childrens-health-grandjean-choi/

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=725062794192709&set=a.488358504529807.114722.488353241197000&type=1&relevant_count=1

Via Higher Perspective on Facebook.
Regards,

Sandy Bigara
www.sandybigara.com