Cook with the Vikings and win a family ticket to watch them play (From Runcorn and Widnes World)

Have a go at a Vikings recipe and send us your pictures

9:37am Wednesday 13th March 2013 in News By Barbara Jordan

AS part of our Let’s Cook: Healthy Halton campaign, we want YOU to get cooking.

For the next six weeks we will be publishing the favourite healthy recipe of a Widnes Viking player.

All you need to do is have a go at copying the recipe yourself and send us your contact details, a picture of you with your dish, then complete the following tie-breaker in no more than 25 words: I would like to cook with the Vikings because...

The winner will be given the chance to cook the recipe with a Widnes Vikings player and also win a family ticket to a Vikings game, for a date to be confirmed.

Jon Clarke’s recipe for lemon and herb chicken kebab

Nutritional information: calories: 664.0kcal protein: 27.0g carbohydrate: 53.0g fat: 38.0g

Ingredients:

Boneless skinless chicken breast in two halves

2 tablespoons of olive oil

1 tablespoon of lemon juice

1-2 tablespoons of chopped fresh herbs, eg parsley, bay leaf, lemon balm

1 teaspooon of paprika

A quarter of a teaspoon of cayenne pepper

Sea salt

Black pepper

2 wholemeal pitta breads

Mixed leaf salad

Method:

Cut chicken breasts into 2cm cubes Mix the rest of the ingredients into a marinade. 

Add chicken to the marinade mix.

Seal and leave in the fridge for 1-2 hours.

Thread chicken on to skewers.

Keep the marinade to brush the chicken while grilling.

Grill for 5-10 minutes, turning frequently.

Serve as a snack with a green leaf salad and wholemeal pitta bread.

For low carb snacks, just serve with salad.

E-mail your entries to runcornandwidnesworld.co.uk or post them on facebook.com/runcornwidnesworld.

You can also read more on our Healthy Halton campaign at runcornandwidnesworld.co.uk

The closing date for competition entries is Friday, April 19 and the editor’s decision is final.

Usual Newsquest competition rules apply and for full terms and conditions see newsquest.co.uk/terms