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Irish Examiner
an hour ago
- Lifestyle
- Irish Examiner
Sarah Butler: Feed the whole gang with these fabulous, fast family favourites
Looking for quick, delicious meals the whole family will enjoy? These two recipes are perfect for busy weeknights when time is short but appetites are big! First up is our Harissa Chicken Pasta—a creamy, comforting dish ready in just 25 minutes. Juicy chicken, sautéed veggies, and pasta come together in a bold, smoky harissa sauce with a little heat and lots of flavour. Topped with melty parmesan and fresh basil, it's a guaranteed midweek winner that reheats beautifully for lunch the next day. For a weekend treat or a fun fake-away night, try the Homemade Spice Bag. This crowd-pleaser is loaded with crispy chicken goujons, golden chips, and colourful peppers, all tossed in a punchy spice mix. Kids will love helping in the kitchen—whether it's stirring the batter or shaking the final mix—and you'll love knowing exactly what's going into dinner. Both dishes are easy to prepare with ingredients you most likely already have at home. Whether you're feeding picky eaters or spice lovers, these recipes can be adapted to suit eveyone's tastes. Fast, flavourful, and family-approved—these meals are sure to become regulars on your dinner table! Harissa Chicken Pasta recipe by:Sarah Butler A quick and flavour-packed dinner that's ready in just 25 minutes. An ideal midweek meal it's easy, satisfying, and full of bold, smoky flavour. Servings 4 Preparation Time 10 mins Cooking Time 15 mins Total Time 25 mins Course Main Ingredients 4 chicken breasts 2 tbsp olive oil 40g butter 1 small red onion, thinly sliced 1 red pepper, thinly sliced 3-4 cherry tomatoes, halved 1 garlic clove, minced 2 tbsp harissa sauce 1 tsp tomato purée 100ml pasta water (reserved from cooking) 1 tbsp crème fraîche 100g grated parmesan Handful of chopped basil Salt and pepper, to taste 200g pasta (any type) Method Cook the pasta according to the packet instructions. Reserve 100ml of the pasta water before draining. Heat 1 tbsp olive oil and 20g butter in a large pan over medium heat. Season the chicken breasts with salt and pepper, then pan-fry until golden and cooked through. Remove and set aside. In the same pan, add the remaining oil and butter. Cook the onion, pepper, tomatoes, and garlic for 2–3 minutes until softened. Stir in the harissa sauce and tomato purée. Pour in the reserved pasta water and bring to a simmer. Stir in the crème fraîche and parmesan until melted and smooth. Add the cooked pasta and shredded chicken to the pan. Toss everything together until well-coated. Stir through the chopped basil. Taste and season with salt and pepper. Serve hot and enjoy! Sarah's secret This dish reheats really well so make extra for lunch the following day. Homemade Spice Bag recipe by:Sarah Butler If your family loves a good take-away treat, this Homemade Spice Bag is the perfect way to bring that magic to your own kitchen - packed with golden crispy chips, tender chicken goujons, and colourful stir-fried veggies. Servings 4 Preparation Time 15 mins Cooking Time 20 mins Total Time 35 mins Course Main Ingredients 3 chicken breasts, cut into strips (goujons) 4 large potatoes, peeled and cut into thick chips 600ml sunflower oil (for deep frying) 1 red pepper, sliced 1 green pepper, sliced 1 white onion, sliced For the spice bag seasoning: 2 tbsp Chinese five spice 2 tsp chilli powder 1 tsp garlic powder 1 tsp ginger powder 1 tsp Aromat (or substitute with a pinch of extra salt and MSG if preferred) 1 tsp cinnamon 1 tsp sugar For the batter: 200g plain flour 100ml buttermilk 100ml sparkling water 1 tsp baking powder Method Combine all spice mix ingredients in a small bowl. Set aside. In a large bowl, whisk together flour, buttermilk, sparkling water, and baking powder until smooth. Heat 1 tbsp of sunflower oil in a pan over medium heat. Stir-fry the sliced peppers and onion for 2–3 minutes until just softened. Set aside. Boil the cut potatoes in salted water for 8 minutes. Drain and pat dry thoroughly with kitchen paper. Heat the oil in a deep pot or deep fryer to 180°C. (Tip: Drop in a piece of bread—if it sizzles and rises quickly, the oil is ready.) Carefully fry the dry chips until golden and crispy. Remove and drain on kitchen paper. Lightly coat the chicken strips in flour. Dip into the batter, then gently lower into the hot oil. Fry in batches for 4–5 minutes until golden and cooked through. Remove and drain on kitchen paper. In a large mixing bowl, combine the cooked chips, chicken, peppers, and onion. Sprinkle the spice mix over the ingredients and toss everything until well coated. Sarah's secret Make a second spice mix and put it away, ready for another day to save time!
The Sun
3 days ago
- Business
- The Sun
Salmon Raises $88 Million To Grow Its Business In The Philippines, Sets Up A $150 Million Nordic Bond Framework Agreement For Scaling Up
MANILA, PHILIPPINES - Media OutReach Newswire - 17 June 2025 - Salmon Group Ltd ('Salmon'), a leading emerging markets financial services firm, operating a financing company and BSP-regulated bank in the Philippines, announces the completion of a $88MM fundraise to double down on its commitment to bring cutting-edge financial services and simplify access to credit across Southeast Asia. The funding transaction consists of the $60MM drawdown under a 3-year $150MM Nordic bond framework agreement and $28MM of new equity raised from blue-chip US institutional investors, Antler Elevate as well as existing shareholders of Salmon. The list of existing investors of Salmon includes International Finance Corporation, the sovereign wealth fund of Abu Dhabi ADQ/Lunate, Northstar, Back in Black Capital and prominent Filipino investors. The equity round was led by Spice Expeditions, LP ('Spice'), a venture capital firm focused on global financial services. Spice was founded by Nick Huber, who was a partner at Ribbit Capital prior to launching the firm in 2024. The bond transaction marks the first-ever Nordic bond issuance by a technology firm out of Southeast Asia. At $88MM of combined funding the transaction is one of the largest recent investments in the Philippines financial technology industry, propelling Salmon to the top ranks of challenger banks in the Philippines. Commenting on the transaction, Pavel Fedorov, Co-founder of Salmon, noted that 'Salmon is on a mission to revolutionise banking in Southeast Asia. For too long the legacy banks in the region provided sub-standard product, service and customer experience, and the Philippines is the case in point of this. At Salmon, we believe in the quality of our technology and proprietary AI solutions to bring customers better products, of which the most empowering is access to credit. Even though Salmon is only two and a half years old, today we have one of the highest-rated financial service applications in the Philippines (rated 4.8/4.7 in App Store/Google Play), are present both online and at 3,000+ locations across the country and offer four consumer credit products that unlock access to better lives for millions. The 8.88% deposit rate offered by our BSP-regulated bank is the highest in the Philippines as we pass cost efficiencies of our tech-centric model and limited branch infrastructure directly to bank depositors. With successful closing of this transaction and with the strength of Salmon's one-of-a-kind team, we will be taking Salmon to leadership positions in the financial services industry across Southeast Asia. We are grateful to new and existing investors for their trust and support of our vision.'
Finextra
4 days ago
- Business
- Finextra
Salmon raises $88 million to grow business in the Philippines
Salmon Group Ltd ('Salmon'), a leading emerging markets financial technology firm operating a financing company and BSP-regulated bank in the Philippines, announces the completion of an $88MM fundraise to double down on its commitment to bring cutting-edge fintech and simplify access to credit across Southeast Asia. 0 The funding transaction consists of a $60MM drawdown under a 3-year $150MM Nordic bond framework agreement and $28MM of new equity raised from blue-chip U.S. institutional investors, Antler Elevate, as well as existing shareholders of Salmon. The list of existing investors includes the International Finance Corporation, the sovereign wealth fund of Abu Dhabi ADQ/Lunate, Northstar, Back in Black Capital, and prominent Filipino investors. The equity round was led by Spice Expeditions, LP ('Spice'), a venture capital firm focused on global fintech. Spice was founded by Nick Huber, who was a partner at Ribbit Capital prior to launching the firm in 2024. The bond transaction marks the first-ever Nordic bond issuance by a technology firm out of Southeast Asia. At $88MM of combined funding, the transaction is one of the largest recent investments in the Philippine financial technology industry, propelling Salmon to the top ranks of challenger fintech players in the country. Commenting on the transaction, Pavel Fedorov, Co-founder of Salmon, noted: 'Salmon is on a mission to revolutionise banking in Southeast Asia. For too long, the legacy banks in the region have provided sub-standard products, service, and customer experience, and the Philippines is a case in point. At Salmon, we believe in the quality of our technology and proprietary AI solutions to bring customers better products — the most empowering of which is access to credit. Even though Salmon is only two and a half years old, today we have one of the highest-rated financial service mobile apps in the Philippines (rated 4.8/4.7 in App Store/Google Play), are present both online and at 3,000+ locations across the country, and offer four consumer credit products that unlock access to better lives for millions. The 8.88% deposit rate offered by our BSP-regulated bank is the highest in the Philippines, as we pass cost efficiencies of our tech-centric model and limited branch infrastructure directly to bank depositors. With the successful closing of this transaction, and with the strength of Salmon's one-of-a-kind team, we will be taking Salmon to leadership positions in the financial services industry across Southeast Asia. We are grateful to new and existing investors for their trust and support of our vision.'
Business Wire
4 days ago
- Business
- Business Wire
Salmon Raises $88 Million to Grow Its Business in the Philippines, Sets up a $150 Million Nordic Bond Framework Agreement for Scaling up
MANILA, Philippines--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Salmon Group Ltd ('Salmon'), a leading emerging markets financial services firm, operating a financing company and BSP-regulated bank in the Philippines, announces the completion of a $88MM fundraise to double down on its commitment to bring cutting-edge financial services and simplify access to credit across Southeast Asia. The funding transaction consists of the $60MM drawdown under a 3-year $150MM Nordic bond framework agreement and $28MM of new equity raised from blue-chip US institutional investors, Antler Elevate as well as existing shareholders of Salmon. The list of existing investors of Salmon includes International Finance Corporation, the sovereign wealth fund of Abu Dhabi ADQ/Lunate, Northstar, Back in Black Capital and prominent Filipino investors. The equity round was led by Spice Expeditions, LP ('Spice'), a venture capital firm focused on global financial services. Spice was founded by Nick Huber, who was a partner at Ribbit Capital prior to launching the firm in 2024. The bond transaction marks the first-ever Nordic bond issuance by a technology firm out of Southeast Asia. At $88MM of combined funding the transaction is one of the largest recent investments in the Philippines financial technology industry, propelling Salmon to the top ranks of challenger banks in the Philippines. Commenting on the transaction, Pavel Fedorov, Co-founder of Salmon, noted that 'Salmon is on a mission to revolutionise banking in Southeast Asia. For too long the legacy banks in the region provided sub-standard product, service and customer experience, and the Philippines is the case in point of this. At Salmon, we believe in the quality of our technology and proprietary AI solutions to bring customers better products, of which the most empowering is access to credit. Even though Salmon is only two and a half years old, today we have one of the highest-rated financial service applications in the Philippines (rated 4.8/4.7 in App Store/Google Play), are present both online and at 3,000+ locations across the country and offer four consumer credit products that unlock access to better lives for millions. The 8.88% deposit rate offered by our BSP-regulated bank is the highest in the Philippines as we pass cost efficiencies of our tech-centric model and limited branch infrastructure directly to bank depositors. With successful closing of this transaction and with the strength of Salmon's one-of-a-kind team, we will be taking Salmon to leadership positions in the financial services industry across Southeast Asia. We are grateful to new and existing investors for their trust and support of our vision.' About Salmon Salmon Group Ltd. operates a BSP-regulated bank (the Rural Bank of Sta. Rosa Laguna), and SEC-licensed lending companies in the Philippines. The company is on a mission to build the best credit-led technology-centric bank in Southeast Asia with the Philippines representing its first market of operation. Founded in July 2022 by banking and technology veterans Pavel Fedorov, George Chesakov and Raffy Montemayor, Salmon uses AI-enabled technology and a proprietary credit engine to offer consumer credit (Salmon Credit, Salmon Installment, and Salmon Cash Loans), providing differentiated simplicity, quality of service and convenience to its customers. Salmon's mobile application is rated 4.8/4.7 in App Store/Google Play – one of the highest ratings for a financial services app in the Philippines; 92% of Salmon customers recommend its services to their friends and family. In 2024, Salmon's BSP-regulated bank on the back of the strength of its consumer loan portfolio launched a Salmon time savings deposit, which at 8.88% offers one of the most appealing deposit rates across the Philippines.
Daily Mirror
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Corrie confirms 'nightmare' drug storyline with 'devastating consequences'
Coronation Street bosses have revealed that they will be tackling the difficult topic of drugs by showing how they can affect the lives of young people who indulge Coronation Street is set to air a shocking new drug storyline next week, and the consequences for the youth of Weatherfield will leave viewers stunned. In dramatic scenes set to air on Monday June 23, Aadi Alahan throws a wild party at number 7. What begins as a harmless midsummer bash quickly spirals into chaos with "disturbing" consequences. When Bernie Winter calls the teens out for being boring, Aadi decided to get rid of his sensible image by inviting his friends over for a night to remember. However, this party takes a dark turn when troublemaker Brody Michaelis brings a bottle of LSD to the party in the hopes of making a quick profit. When Aadi catches him selling the drugs, he is furious and kicks Brody out. But the situation only escalates when Summer Spellman convinces Aadi and Nina Lucas to try it, claiming she took LSD while in America. After this dangerous brush with peer pressure, Aadi divides the LSD into three drinks. Summer and Nina take theirs, but before Aadi can drink his, he's distracted. When he returns, the drink has disappeared — and there's a big possibility someone else gulped it down without knowing what was in it. Meanwhile, Lauren Bolton flees the party after starting to feel unwell and soon finds herself in a terrifying situation. The exact details of her ordeal are being kept tightly under wraps, but a teaser from ITV describes it as a "nightmare" scenario. The official promo trailer for the episode shows Summer and Nina breaking into Roy's darkened café while high. When the sound of sirens fills the air, they huddle together in panic. It's clear something has gone horribly wrong, and the entire Weatherfield community will soon be facing the consequences of the teens' actions. This is not the first time Summer has found herself in a dangerous situation because of drugs. In 2017 she was dared to smoke Spice by Simon Barlow, and collapsed after going through with it. That incident nearly cost the girl her life, and led to serious legal trouble for her the Barlow family and her legal guardians. Now it seems the teen has decided to risk it all for another hit, and this time is bringing Nina down with her. Elsewhere on Coronation Street, DS Lisa Swain is set to become more protective of Kit Green after several clashes with him in the workplace. Actress Vicky Myers told The Mirror: "I think after what has happened with Tinker, Lisa really feels like she is this protector. "She sees something in Kit that reminds her of herself but equally, she frustrates him and he does her. She knows not everything he does is above board and it doesn't sit well with her."
