Here it is, my quick and easy, eco-friendly, locally sourced, low cost, low waste dinner … and it’s low fat too.

Lemony Chicken Stir-fry

Ingredients – this is what I used…

One chicken breast – cut into strips (mine was from my local butcher who rears his own stock – limited packaging and low mileage)

1 red/green pepper – chopped (an outgrade because of its uniform colour, often found in bumper packs in supermarkets, low cost)

4 small red onions – chopped (home grown)

1 garlic clove – finely chopped (home grown)

2 tbsps frozen peas (full of vitamins as flash-frozen with hours of picking, no wastage as use only what you require)

2 small lemons – zest and juice (supermarket outgrade due to small size – found in bumper packs – low cost)

Olive Oil

Soy sauce (labelled with a Count On It label, to ensure I use it up in time and avoid wastage)

1tsp cornstarch

Preparation

In a small glass bowl mix soy sauce, lemon juice and lemon zest with cornstarch. Add chicken pieces and coat with marinade. Cover and refrigerate for 15 minutes.

Heat oil in a large pan, fry garlic, add chicken (reserve the marinade), followed by red onions and red/green pepper. Stir-fry for about 4 minutes, until chicken browns.

Add marinade and cook until sauce is slightly thickened.

Serve with rice or noodles.

A perfect dish for all of the family that’s not only healthy, it also saves you time, money and waste in the kitchen too. The kids will love it because it’s sweet and colourful, you’ll love it because it only takes about 30 mins (eat your heart our Jamie Oliver).

And if you want to hear how I got along, listen here to my first live on-air cooking session with Jonathon Lampon on BBC Radio Leicester. It was fabulous fun. Let me know what you think.

It starts from 1.08

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p00c077f/Jonathan_Lampon_12_11_2010

I’m really excited to say that tomorrow, Friday 12th, I will be Jonathon Lampon’s guest on his BBC Radio Leicester ‘Foodie Friday’ show. As the Queen of Easy Green™, I will be cooking one of my specialities, a quick, easy, time and money saving dish. I’m not saying what my dish is yet, other than it uses locally sourced meat, homegrown vegetables, frozen leftovers and misshapen supermarket vegetables and it tastes delicious.

I’ve never cooked on air before, so I’m a little nervous, hopefully it’ll all go well and Jonathon will enjoy what I rustle up.

As the Queen of Easy Green™, my aim is to show other busy mums like me that cooking fresh, tasty food in the kitchen can be quick, convenient and save them time, money and waste, if they have the right tools and know a few tricks.

On the show tomorrow I’ll also be talking about how we can all reduce unnecessary waste by using our freezer more, storing food correctly and how Count On It® labels and other kitchen accessories can also help us get more value from our food – whilst saving us time, something we could all do with more.

To listen live, visit http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/bbc_radio_leicester

After the show, I’ll pop up the recipe, so if you want to give it a try, everything you need to know will be here.

Speak soon

Lyndsey

Here I am at the East Midlands Food and Drink Festival ready to meet my public. What a weekend, despite the rain, wind, flooding etc, the event was really busy and we got to meet loads of different people, all with a love of good food. Count On It went well, obviously as a brand new product we had to sell the concept, but we had a great conversion rate – for every 2 people we spoke to, one purchased. We also made some good commercial contacts, small local producers who wanted to put Count On It labels onto their product, to encourage repeat purchasem, nursing home managers who wanted to use it in their kitchens and Pampered Chef, who believed it complimented their product range. For all enquiries, contact me at lyndsey@count-on-it.co.uk.