What to make with lemon

Ingredients

• chicken breast — 500g
• eggplant — 2
• tahini — 2 tbsp
• garlic — 1 clove
• lemon — 1
• pita bread — 4

Method

1. Char eggplant whole under the grill or over a flame until collapsed and smoky, about 15 min.
2. Scoop out flesh, mash with tahini, garlic and lemon juice.
3. Season chicken and pan-fry or grill until cooked through.
4. Warm pita.
5. Serve chicken with baba ganoush and warm pita.

Ingredients

• barramundi fillets — 4
• mixed salad leaves — 1 bag
• lemon — 1
• cherry tomatoes — 200g
• olive oil — 2 tbsp

Method

1. Pan-fry barramundi skin-side down until crisp, flip briefly.
2. Toss salad with tomatoes and olive oil.
3. Serve fish with salad and a lemon wedge.

Ingredients

• fish fillets — 4
• frozen chips — 750g
• frozen peas — 2 cups
• lemon — 1

Method

1. Oven chips per packet.
2. Bake or pan-fry fish.
3. Boil peas, serve with lemon.

Ingredients

• chicken thighs — 600g
• lemon — 1
• oregano — 2 tsp
• garlic — 2 cloves
• pita bread — 6
• greek yoghurt — 1/2 cup
• cucumber — 1

Method

1. Cube chicken, marinate in lemon juice, oregano and garlic if time allows.
2. Thread onto skewers.
3. Grill or pan-fry, turning, until charred and cooked through.
4. Warm pita, make a quick tzatziki with yoghurt and grated cucumber.
5. Serve skewers with pita and tzatziki.

Ingredients

• white fish — 4 fillets
• lemon — 1
• dill — 1/2 bunch
• potatoes — 600g
• green beans — 300g
• butter — 40g

Method

1. Wrap fish with lemon, dill, butter in baking paper.
2. Bake 180°C 15 min.
3. Serve with boiled potatoes and beans.

Ingredients

• rice noodles — 250g
• chicken breast — 300g
• carrot — 1
• cabbage — 1/4 head
• soy sauce — 3 tbsp
• lemon — 1

Method

1. Soak noodles until soft.
2. Stir-fry chicken until cooked, add carrot and cabbage.
3. Add noodles and soy sauce, toss through.
4. Serve with a squeeze of lemon.

Ingredients

• chicken thighs — 800g
• piri piri sauce — 1/3 cup
• garlic — 2 cloves
• lemon — 1
• potatoes — 600g
• mixed salad leaves — 1 bag

Method

1. Mix piri piri sauce, garlic and lemon juice, coat chicken.
2. Marinate 20 min if time allows.
3. Grill or bake chicken 200°C 30-35 min until cooked through.
4. Roast or boil potatoes alongside.
5. Serve with salad.

Ingredients

• salmon — 4 fillets
• potatoes — 800g
• frozen peas — 2 cups
• butter — 50g
• lemon — 1

Method

1. Boil and mash potatoes with butter.
2. Pan-fry salmon 3-4 min a side.
3. Boil peas.
4. Serve with lemon.

Ingredients

• red lentils — 1.5 cups
• onion — 1
• carrot — 1
• cumin — 1 tsp
• chicken stock — 1L
• lemon — 1
• bread — 1 loaf

Method

1. Sauté onion and carrot with cumin.
2. Add lentils and stock, simmer 20 min until soft.
3. Blend until smooth, add a squeeze of lemon.
4. Serve with bread.