Ishbel was going to make a sweet and sour last night but I couldn't face it so I had some mackerel fillets and as I am making a lot of smoothies at the moment I have lots of fruit and veg and then I remembered I saw this being made somewhere, I think it was on a Rick Stein show, and as it only takes about 5 mins to prepare
What you'll need:
A couple of Mackerel fillets, cooked -
You can quickly heat these under the grill or in a pan they only take a few moments either way - set aside
Half a cucumber shredded into long strips - use a potato peeler
Some strips of fresh mango - the mango should be ripe and ready to eat - put in the fridge for about an hour though to re-firm it and use the potato peeler as per the cucumber
juice of 1/2 lemon
2-3 tablespoons of soy sauce
Salt and peeper to taste
Handful of rocket leaves
Crusty bread for big croutons
Shred the Cucumber
Shred /slice the mango
and add to the cucumber
add some Rocket salad leaves
Prepare some crusty bread slices then
quarter the slices 
Heat a large pan, add some olive oil or good quality veg oil and add the bread
fry off on all sides to golden and crispy
Add the bread to the bowl with the cucumber, mango and rocket and mix in
Chop and add the mackerel and gently mix in to the salad without breaking up the pieces
Add the soy sauce and squeeze the juice of the half lemon over the bowl again gently mixing up.
Add salt and pepper to taste
Serve up and enjoy
You did manage to cook. Hope it went down easy. Wish I liked mackerel... don't tho.
ReplyDeleteHang in there, Tom. You have an entire team of fans behind you.
Barely Just my sweet xxx
DeleteTake a leaf out of the lovely Marilyn's book and swap the fish, shrimp or salmon I think would be excellent substitutes
Okay, you make it look so good that I will try it...but I'll replace the mackerel with shrimp or salmon, okay?
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you're cooking--and I hope your appetite is good so you can enjoy eating what you fix. According to my best friend who endured 3 full rounds of chemo before it finally did the trick, eating good food and enjoying it with family and friends is half the battle.
Lots of candles are flickering for you, Tom, and plenty of prayers and hugs making their way across the ocean.
Shrimp or Salmon sound like excellent substitutes Marylin and I have suggested Julia fallow your example.
DeleteAppetite isn't great, struggling to eat every day lost another stone (14lbs) just nibbling although I'm still working, left at lunchtime yesterday prepared a picnic and took the three babes, well 4 including our wee Jenny to a gorgeous park, spread the blanket had a picnic and then a few hours of fun great afternoon xxxx
How did you know that I needed a recipe for mackerel?
ReplyDeleteSorry the chemo is getting you down, hope you feel more perky soon :)
It's that special connection we have my sweet, what little hair I have left at the back of my head was prickling so it must have been you sending a vibe or it was just more of it falling out and gently tickling on the way down my collar, no I think it was our connection
DeleteHope you enjoy xxxx
Bump in the road my sweet, I'm sure I'm over it now xx