Easiest Ever Peanut Sauce

This is by far the thing that, when I quickly mix it up for friends, gets a ‘Omg what did you put in that?’ response.

It’s simple, you probably have all of the ingredients right now and it is incredibly tasty.

I love to serve it on noodles and green veg with an egg, but it’s also delicious with rice and any vegetables - left over, frozen, whatever you have. It’s a great bowl to whip up and top with left over meat (or a store-bought BBQ chicken, if that’s your thing) and it works well as a marinade for things like BBQ skewers or even tofu.

Easiest Ever Peanut Sauce - Natalie Zee

All you need is;

- 1 heaped teaspoon of peanut butter
- About 1 teaspoon of sweet chilli sauce
- The juice of half an orange
- A big pinch of curry powder
- Enough boiling water to make a paste (just a dash works)

Mix it all together and you’re done!

Adding the ingredients to an almost-finished jar of peanut butter is a great way to use up the rest of the jar too - just mix it in the jar.

And it’s delicious made in a big batch and used for the week!

Let me know if you try it.

Easiest Ever Peanut Sauce - Natalie Zee

Let me know if you try it! (and what you serve it on…)

Nat x

GRAPEFRUIT & ORANGE SALAD

Disclaimer - this is NOT my recipe!

This beautiful, amazing, delicious salad is very much inspired by (/an idea totally copied from) a beautiful cafe I absolutely love in Seddon (in Melbourne’s inner west) that I have missed frequenting SO much over the past 2 years of lockdown/travel limits/having a child who was for a large part of that time not really into sitting still long enough for me to enjoy it.

That cafe is Common Galaxia.

(at the time of writing this their web site was down so I’ve linked to Mr Yum to view their menu and order online).

This cafe, pre-little-man, was my go-to for people coming to Melbourne that I’ve known forever online and wanted to share a meal with, and this was my go-to dish. Now, this interpretation is delicious but does not match the sweet ruby grapefruit CG always seem to have, the beautiful sourdough they always serve alongside and their perfectly poached eggs I always add on top. If you can get there to try the real thing, I recommend that.

If you can’t, here’s the little salad I’ve been making to fill the gap…

INGREDIENTS

- 2 Oranges, peeled, pith removed and roughly cubed
- 1 Grapefruit peeled, pith removed and roughly cubed (juice from waste reserved)
- 1 large bunch of rocket, washed
- 6-8 radishes (depending on size and how much you like them!)
- 1/2 a small red onion, finely sliced
- 2 small avocados peeled, seed removed and roughly cubed
- 1 large handful of almonds, toasted and roughly chopped
- 2-3 cubes of marinated feta + oil for dressing


METHOD

1. Toss the red onion with the reserved grapefruit juices and set aside.

2. Spread the rocket on a large plate and top with oranges, grapefruit, radishes, onion and avocado.

3. Top with almonds and break apart the feta and sprinkle on top.

4. Finally, dress with marinated feta oil (or olive oil, salt, pepper and a little lemon juice).

SO delicious.

At home, I’ve been serving this alongside pieces of salmon with plenty of lemon over everything when we’re tired of pasta but still want something delicious on the weekend. It goes beautiful as Common Galaxia serve it for breakfast with poached eggs and thick toasted sour dough. It’ll be a lovely addition to our BBQs (alongside the Ottolenghi salad I make on repeat and everyone requests) when the weather is warm and it’s safe to have people over again and honestly, it’s just delicious alone.

It’s just yum.

Let me know if you give it a try!

Nat x