This particular recipe is inspired by a love of the restaurant Bills, and the amazing healthy meals they offer. This restaurant is particularly close to our hearts as it started up in Kitty's hometown of Lewes - and fortunately carried on to set up one in our uni town of Exeter.
I made this particular meal for my parents and their friends (I need their money) as an alternative to a beefburger on the barbecue, but the Halloumi can equally be grilled for the same smokey flavour.
As this serves 4, use it as an excuse for a night in with friends. Get everyone to contribute a couple of pounds to help create this scrumptious treat. Think of the bargain - a whole meal for the same price of a tequila shot (minus the hangover and the overwhelming regret tomorrow).
If you have spare avocado and sweet chili sauce, mix together (to taste) to make homemade Guacamole dip for the next day. Make sure you refrigerate the avocado overnight in some Tupperware to stop it getting too brown. Great with chopped up carrot sticks and celery as a snack. Leftover humus can be used similarly - try toasting the remaining burger buns, making them into soldiers and dipping them in as well!
If you're stuck with a lot of unused Greek yoghurt - as it tends to be used sparingly and is only sold in large pots - use it to make a healthy breakfast mixed with plain muesli and a drizzle of honey.
I've looked up the pricing (in bold next to ingredients) on Tesco's website to give you an idea of how you could budget the meal. Enjoy!
Ingredients (Serves 4)
- Sweet potatoes (about 1 between 2 people depending on the size) £1 per kg
- 4 seeded burger buns £0.65 for 6
- Chili-flavoured halloumi cheese (don't worry if you can only find plain) £2.20 for 225g
- 2 avocados £1.80
- 2 red peppers £0.60 each
- Humus £1.00
- Greek yoghurt £1.10
- Sweet chilli sauce (if only plain cheese used) £1 (optional)
- Lettuce (in some form) £0.49 each
Total amount: £9.14
Amount pp: approx. £2.30
Recipe
- Preheat oven to 200 degrees
- Wash up and chop sweet potatoes into vaguely chip-like shapes (don’t bother peeling them)
- Wack them on an oven tray and lightly brush them with oil (emphasis on the light)
- Add seasonings (wee bit of salt and pepper) and shove them in the oven for about 45 minutes
- Chop up the peppers into quarters, season them and add them to another shelf in the oven (they should be done by about the same time as your chips, but keep checking them in case of fire)
- I'd recommend checking after 20-30 minutes and swapping them around (depending on the sogginess levels of the chips)
- Lay out the rest of the burger ingredients on the table so people can DIY their own creations and so that your one fussy friend doesn't complain
- Fry the Halloumi in a shallow saucepan until crispy and brown, this shouldn't take more than a minute for each side -depending on how hot your hob is
- Make sure you keep the Halloumi hot -specifically if you are super-efficient and manage to get everything done before the veggies are cooked (stop showing off and go do some coursework
- Once you get to eating this masterpiece, layer all the ingredients in and pray that you manage to take at least 2 bites before it all starts falling out again (I would recommend a good squish before attempting this to beat all the ingredients into submission)
- Bon appetit!
Complimentary tune: Cell Block Tango - Chicago a strange one but a great one from the movie-musical
Tip of the day: Go for a gossipy walk or an adventurous bike ride before eating this veggie feast - food always tastes better when it is deserved.
---C
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