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\u2026 King Prawns & Sun-dried Pan Bread<\/span><\/h4>\n

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I did not cook a 15 Minute Meal on Monday.\u00a0 I went out for a meal for my friend, Ed\u2019s, birthday.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Over the course of two days I went to four supermarkets and two smaller shops in an attempt to get the large raw shell-on king prawns required by the recipe.\u00a0 I failed.\u00a0 The best I could do was large(ish) raw pealed king prawns.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I\u00a0think doing the fish dishes is going to be the biggest challenge with this book for a number of reasons.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I really like eating fish and shellfish.\u00a0 I don\u2019t eat enough fish and I certainly don\u2019t cook enough fish.\u00a0 This means that I will be less confident with the fish dishes, simply because I am not as practiced at cooking with fish as I should be.\u00a0 The two fish dishes I have chosen so far are testament to this.\u00a0 They have been easy ones.\u00a0 The first meal I cooked was the Mighty Mackerel dish.\u00a0 Mackerel is a forgiving fish.\u00a0 Other than literally burning it, you can\u2019t really overcook mackerel.\u00a0 In fact having a crispy, slightly charred, skin adds to the flavour.\u00a0 I have cooked mackerel quite a lot on the beach over an open fire \u2013 it\u2019s easy.\u00a0 This meal was prawns and in fact it was only the four king prawns that required cooking.\u00a0 Again you can\u2019t really go too wrong here.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Getting the fish is also going to be a challenge.\u00a0 Some of the fish will not always be available in the supermarket and I am only really able to get to a fishmonger on a Saturday and even then only sometimes.\u00a0 I also have a habit of going to the supermarket quite late in the evening.\u00a0 Very often I am there after the fish counter has been shut down.\u00a0 I think I am going to have to be more organised with the fish dishes otherwise when I get to the end of the project I\u2019ll be left with all the dishes where the ingredients are harder to source.\u00a0\u00a0 What I think I\u2019ll do is have a shopping list for two or three different fish recipes, go the fish counter first and depending on what I can get, this will determine the rest of my shopping.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

So I cooked this meal for my very good friends Jeff and Lori as well as Gavin.\u00a0 Jeff leads the church I go to.\u00a0 I say cooked.\u00a0 This meal actually involved very little cooking.\u00a0 This meal did involve making bread.\u00a0 A very quick flat bread, cooked in a frying pan.\u00a0 You make the dough in a food processor and mine was a bit wet.\u00a0 The first attempt at rolling failed.\u00a0 I had to add some flour, kneed it a little and then it worked well.\u00a0 I would say I lost a minute here.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It was mainly chopping salad placing prawns on the salad and making the Marie Rose sauce.\u00a0 You cook the flat bread in a frying pan \u2013 turning once. Toast the seeds and quickly cook the raw king prawns.\u00a0 That\u2019s all the actual cooking involved.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I loved this dish.\u00a0 Everyone did.\u00a0 It looked great and felt good and fresh and healthy.\u00a0 This is the second time I have cooked bread in a 15 Minute Meal and again I am delighted at what can be achieved in such a small amount of time.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This was a quick meal.\u00a0 14 minutes exactly.\u00a0 I would have done it in well under fourteen minutes if I didn\u2019t have problems with the dough.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I have meals booked in for every night for the rest of the week up to Saturday.\u00a0 A mixture of cooking at home and at other people\u2019s houses.\u00a0 No doubt I\u2019ll do one on Sunday as well.\u00a0 I think this project is beginning to take over my life a bit!<\/span><\/p>\n

How much:<\/strong> \u00a38.56.<\/span><\/p>\n

How long:<\/strong> Fourteen minutes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Who with:<\/strong> Jeff, Lori, Gavin.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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