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I have a love/hate relationship with fish.  I adore eating it and it's often my first choice when eating out, as it's a food I often crave, especially a thick white fluffy piece cooked to perfection and eaten on a warm Summer's afternoon - think crisp white wine, billowing  lace curtains and Nina Simone in the background and you have my idea of heaven.  My problem....I don't like cooking it.

Actually, I'm petrified of cooking it.

Phew...a lot has been happening in my little world of late. 

For one thing, I just moved house this past weekend.  I've only moved 5 minutes away, but my new home has air-conditioning.....hallelujah!

On top of all the packing, culling and cleaning amidst the 30-40 degree heat we've been experiencing, in a non-air-conditioned house (feeling sorry for me yet?), I've not been well.  So my packing has been interrupted with little naps on the couch and lots of moaning.

So needless to say I have been shoveling anything green into my mouth for the past few weeks in the form of juices, salads and dinners stuffed full of vegetables, and this little flavour packed dish has been one of my absolute favourites!

Would you believe that once upon a time I was a vegetarian.  I actually forget this little fact about myself as I'm now such a lover of meat.  Smoother a perfectly grilled piece of steak in bernaise sauce and I'm your friend for life.

However for many years I would turn my nose up to any and all meat.

These days, I tend to eat red meat maybe 2 times a week, however chicken is steadily getting a more regular apearance in my diet.  Always concerned about dry, tasteless chicken, I'm constantly on the lookout for new recipes.  Quick, simple and tasty new recipes actually, and here's one I think you might like...I did!

Crisp radicchio.  Smooth and creamy ricotta.  Salty savoury beef....oh what a dish!

Whip it up in a matter of minutes and you too could be enjoying this yummy mid-week meal.