Holiday Goddess 2025 Aquarius Recipe
When devising these astrological recipes, I tend to think of ingredients that are associated with the signs, colours, ruling planets, dining styles and countries and cuisines ruled by that sign. But why not think of kitchen gadgets, tools and methods of cooking?
But I got to thinking about the elements: Aquarius is an air sign. We are now in the Age of Aquarius and guess what the kitchen tool du jour happens to be… the air fryer. In contrast to the microwave, air-fryers circulate the hot air around the ingredient, cooking from the outside in.
It’s new, it’s innovative, it’s technological and it uses air, and of course electricity to run it – what could be more Aquarian? Even (Gemini) chef Jamie Oliver has done a TV series on air fryers. The idea is that you can have fried foods, but they do not need much oil. Try these healthy, vibrant, fresh tasting fritters.
Mexican style corn, cheese and courgette fritters with avocado salsa fritters
Ingredients
1 courgette, grated, then pressed to extract as much liquid as possible
1 pack (225g) halloumi, grated
1 tin (160g) sweet corn, drained
2 tbsp of picked green jalapeños or rajas (which are mild green poblano chilli strips in tins)
2 eggs, whisked
1 tbsp sea salt
handful chopped fresh coriander
Avocado salsa
1 small red chilli, roasted
1 avocado, diced
2 limes, juice of
1 tsp sea salt
handful chopped fresh coriander
Steps:
1. Mix together the grated courgette, halloumi, sweet corn, jalapenos. Add the whisked eggs, and salt. Add the coriander, leaving some for garnish.
2. For the avocado salsa, roast the red chilli (roasting chillis makes them milder and gives a charred flavour) on the stove top until the skin is slightly black. Scoop out the avocado and dice. Add the lime juice. You can also add the zest. Add the salt and coriander.
3. To cook, with a large tablespoon, drop the mixture onto the air fryer rack in the drawer. Cook in batches in the air fryer at 200ºC for 9 minutes.
