Name: Plantain Salad
Ingredients: Sunflower oil for deep-fry; 1 Plantain; peeled and sliced; Good handful roughly chopped parsley; 4 tb Extra virgin olive oil; Half a lemon; juice of; Salt and freshly ground black pepper

The will of natural man is the worst part about him. The worst thing he has, the greatest enemy he has, is his own heart and will. It is the corrupt will of a man that keeps him under the power of his sins, and keeps him off the power of an ordinance that would procure his everlasting good. I speak it the rather to dash that dream of wicked men, when they do ill, and speak ill, yet (say they), “my heart is good.” No, truly, if thy life be naught, thy heart is worse. It is the worst thing thou hast about thee… The deceitfulness of the heart is above all; the masterfulness of the heart is beyond all that we can conceive. A man may discern a man’s life, “but the heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure.” The will of man is uncontrollable, it will stand out against all reasons and arguments, and nothing can move the will except God work upon it.

Thomas Hooker

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
		Ready stead, Emp	1	servings

INGREDIENTS

		Sunflower oil for deep-fry
1		Plantain; peeled and sliced
		Good handful roughly chopped parsley
4	tb	Extra virgin olive oil
		Half a lemon; juice of
		Salt and freshly ground black pepper

INSTRUCTIONS

1 Heat the oil in a heavy-based saucepan. Fry the plantain in the oil until
crisp and golden. Drain well on kitchen paper.
2 Combine with the parsley, olive oil, lemon, salt and freshly ground black
pepper.
Converted by MC_Buster.
Per serving: 696 Calories (kcal); 55g Total Fat; (67% calories from fat);
2g Protein; 57g Carbohydrate; 0mg Cholesterol; 7mg Sodium Food Exchanges: 0
Grain(Starch); 0 Lean Meat; 0 Vegetable; 4 Fruit; 11 Fat; 0 Other
Carbohydrates
Converted by MM_Buster v2.0n.

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