Surprise your Dad this Sunday by offering to cook and producing this low fat stunner in minutes.

Ingredients

1 can "lite" coconut milk
3 tbsp soy sauce
1 tsp brown sugar
2 tsp chilli powder
1 tsp grated ginger or pinch of dried ground ginger
2 tsp garlic puree
250g skinless, boneless chicken breast, cut into 1-inch pieces
1 red pepper, de-seeded and chopped
200g mushrooms, sliced
1 celery stalk, chopped
2 bunches spring onions
100g Leaf Spinach chopped

Step by step

- Place coconut milk in a saucepan or wok.
- Add soy sauce, sugar, curry powder, garlic ,ginger and chili powder, and stir.
- Gradually bring to a boil over a medium heat.
- Add chicken pieces, red pepper, mushrooms, celery and spring onions.
- Cover and cook for 5 to 6 minutes.
- Stir in Spinach and simmer for 5 minutes more.
- Serve with Basmati rice or whole grain rice

Common blunders

Don't forget to put the rice on to boil when you add the chicken pieces to the mix.

Points for style

Strawberries marinated in 2tbsp balsamic vinegar and served with low fat fromage frais or meringues would be a great low fat dessert to finish the meal.

Enjoy with a nice flinty, chilled crisp white wine

Important meat cooking tips

Total cooking time for chicken is 11 mins and as its in small pieces they will cook through. Do always check that meat is cooked though by fishing out a bit and cutting it through to check no pink is left - same applies for stir fried etc.

Unless truly rotten (the smell alone would be a vital clue in that case ) 90% of bacteria will be on the surface of the meat - if you rinse all meat under the cold tap briefly before cooking then you can reduce the numbers before you start cooking.

Always use separate chopping boards for meat and veg or if you only have one rinse, wash and rinse again between doing meat and veggies.