Roast garlic aubergine 'steaks' with sweet potato chips

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This recipe could easily serve two as a starter or make a big fat lunch for one. Very little preparation needed, tastes brilliant and costs just over £1.


YOU BUY:

300g sweet potatoes, cut into long strips.
1 aubergine, cut into 'steaks'.

 

YOU HAVE:

3 garlic cloves, chop them.
Salt, pepper, chilli (optional).
Oil.


YOU MAKE:

1) Make diamond shape cuts into aubergine steaks and fill gaps with salt, pepper, chilli and garlic. Rub with a bit of oil and leave 30 mins (or not - still tastes good).
2) Mix potatoes with oil, chilli and salt & pepper in a baking dish.
3) Place all items in a hot oven (200 C) for 30 mins.


YOU EAT:

1) With salad.
2) Without salad.


TIPS:

To save counting calories, bake aubergines in foil, with no oil. Rhymes with soil or to boil. 

Toasted pitta bread with garlic chickpeas

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The above words should be read in a 'Borat' type of accent, otherwise it doesn't make sense. Speaking of middle east, a nice hot pitta bread can love you looong time! This recipe can provide six small starters for working class or feed two hungry students.


YOU BUY:

Pitta bread.
Canned chickpeas, drain them.
A carrot, grate it.
A tomato, slice it.

YOU HAVE:


2 garlic cloves, chopped
Some flour
Salt and pepper
Oil.


YOU MAKE:

1) Coat chickpeas in salted/peppered flour.

2) Fry chickpeas, carrot and garlic in hot oil, until crunchy and brown.

3) Toast pitta bread and fill it with fried chickpeas and tomato.


YOU EAT:

1) With yoghurt.

2) With hummus.

3) With salad.

3-minute guacamole

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Did you know that guacamole in some south American sexy language means 'mashed avocado'?
I wonder where the name comes from.. Oh, perhaps because it is just mashed avocado. So try my sexy fruit!

This simple yet mouthwatering guacamole will get your guests asking for the recipe and your phone number.


YOU BUY:

2 ripe avocados. Ripe just means they're soft, either green or brown.

1 lemon, a squeeze

1 bread roll.

YOU HAVE:

1 clove of garlic, chopped

Salt & Pepper


YOU MAKE:

1) Mash avocados with fork or other sophisticated tool.

2) Squeeze lemon, add chopped garlic, tiny pinch of salt and pepper.


YOU EAT:

1) With bread.

2) With friends.


Ay carrammba amigos!