When the fridge is empty.

Hello Yes Chef fans!
                              Ever opened the fridge to find that you have next to nothing in it? Not that it happens in our kitchen but sometimes at home we find that there is nothing inside. One of the perks of being in the catering industry is that you often eat at work. One of the downsides is that you never have any food in the house!
We posted a picture today of a returning favourite among clients today of a blue cheese, walnut and honey mustard dressing salad. This recipe is a prime example of how to solve the problem of having nothing in the fridge at home. Not that this recipe was born out of necessity, but it illustrates how items that you often wouldn't imagine going together can and often do work in perfect harmony with one another.

This situation actually arose for this particular blogger not too long ago. Lunch time came around, the belly began to rumble and the though of food filled the brain. Upon inspection of the food stocks within the house it became very apparent that there were limited options! Mostly vegetables and sauces. A little bit more rummaging around led me to the conclusion that Asian cuisine was the most likely of routes to take for this meal.
Red peppers, broccoli, carrot, green beans, mushrooms, ginger, garlic and some onions all found their way onto the chopping board and into the pan. Luckily, there appears to be an abundance of Asian style sauces in the house which made for a very simple but authentic tasting sauce in which to cook it all. Fish sauce, oyster sauce, sesame oil, soy sauce, coriander powder mixed together is a basic but tasty mixture. Flushed with initial success at having created a palatable dish from next to nothing the horror dawn as I realised there was nothing to go with it. One final scramble through the cupboards proved fruitful and a packed of noodles was found at the very back.
Two minutes in boiling water then added to the wok to soak up some flavour and they were good to go. Very tasty it was too.
Have any of you ever thrown something together when it seemed like the fridge was bare? Let us know and share your story and photos.

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Diet gone out the window already?

Hello Yes Chef fans!
                               We hope that you have been working hard so far in the New Year and that things are going well for you all. Things have been all go since Christmas and have not shown any sign of stopping. We are of course very thankful for this as it shows that all or hard work is paying off and that the service we provide, if we don't say so ourselves, is the best cartering in Dubai!
We have a great deal of new projects happening that are keeping us very busy also so we would like very much to progress with those over the course of the year. We, like many other, feel that 2013 is going to be a very progressive and very prosperous year. This now brings us on to our new topic. Diets. Of late and in recent years there has always been a new, 'fad diet,' that people dive into and quite shortly after as they either can't stand the food or are actually depriving themselves of the things in life that they want and or need in their diets. If you are a fan of our Facebook page (which we highly reccomend you become!) you wuld be aware of our superfoods suppliments list that we have been publishing. We are doing a top ten but we see no reason why we can't carry on with this after tha to provide you with top tips and information on not just superfoods but general healthy eating habits and meals. We always believe in starting as you mean to carry on so adding a healthy aspect to your diet is a great thing to continue.
The thing we find most about diets is that they are very restrictive. The word implies to us that you will be embarking on a very unhappy, tasteless and boring food regimine. You have a diet already, it's what you eat every day so to put yourself on a diet seems like a bit of a silly thing to do! We always reccomend that you shouldn't go on a diet, but to change your diet and your eating habits. Instead of cake for desert, fruit can suffice but if you MUST have cake, don't have an extra large piece. You don't need to be a rocket scientist to achieve good results with your weightloss, not with the flavours of your food.
We try to post as many great recipes that relate to eveything that we do as much as we can. Again you don't need to have super kitchen skills (which if you are reading and paying attention to our knife skills section on our Facebook page you will) to create great food. There is already too much stress in our daily lives to allow it to filter through to the things we eat. Food should be about being relaxed, enjoying it and it making you feel better. Not like you have a vendetta against your taste buds and waistline!
We are always available to answer any questions that you have about food or dietry requirements so make sure you get involved with us on all our social media outlets or speak with Scott directly.
We look forward to working with you over the next year and helping to make you happy and healthy.

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