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… Spinach, Chickpea & Feta Parcels\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n

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It was two more van moves.\u00a0 Then the van to return and then some cleaning in the old flat.\u00a0 Then some sorting in the new house.\u00a0 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.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

About eight o\u2019clock I get a call from my mum to say she is coming tonight instead of tomorrow when she had been indenting to come.\u00a0 This means there is one more for dinner tonight (it will be a late one).\u00a0 It also gives me and Gavin a reason to try to get as much sorted out as possible before my mum gets here.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I start to cook at about 23:30.\u00a0 There was very nearly a very large disaster.\u00a0 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\u2019t have to get all the kitchen stuff unpacked.\u00a0 I forgot to put the tin opener in that box.\u00a0 I need a tin of chickpeas for this meal and I have no tin opener.\u00a0 I look (or sort off look) in every kitchen box (there are lots of them).\u00a0 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.\u00a0 The tin opener is found just in time.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

As I start to cook I am worried that my filo pastry is a bit dry.\u00a0 It is and one of my filo parcels tears.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The parcels are made very quickly.\u00a0 They\u2019re on the hob for a bit and then in the oven (the top one obviously).<\/span><\/p>\n

I make Greek salad an awful lot. There are a few interesting twists with this one.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 The olives and almonds are gently fried off in a pan which really releases their flavours.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I am meant to chop the tomatoes and the lettuce and add these to a serving platter first.\u00a0 I forgot the lettuce and so this gets a bit tucked in around the edges at the end.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This is a lovely meal. The salad is great and has given me ideas for a few twists on my normal Greek salad.\u00a0 The filo parcels are lovely and fun to eat.\u00a0 I know I\u2019ve said it before but \u2026 one of my favourites.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

First meal at the dining table in the new house.\u00a0 And I have to say the lounge\/dinning room is looking very respectable considering we have only moved in today.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

That\u2019s it now. \u00a0I will have to take a break from making any 15 Minute Meals for a while.\u00a0 I\u2019m having a minor operation tomorrow and so I don\u2019t think I\u2019ll be able to cook at speed or a little while.\u00a0 Hopefully only a few days.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Who with:<\/strong>\u00a0 Mum and Gavin\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

How Long:<\/strong>\u00a0Fourteen minutes forty seven seconds\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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