Just a note – I haven’t made this recipe yet, so I may make adjustments once I have made it on the weekend. Keep your eyes peeled! Ingredients 1 onion, diced 1 cup celery, diced 1 cup carrots, diced 2 cups sliced mushrooms 40g plain flour 2 tsp chicken stock powder 1 cup water 1 cup evaporated milk the meat from bought 1 roast chicken, shredded handful fresh parsley, chopped salt and pepper 1 sheet puff pastry Directions Preheat the oven to 200C. Melt a bit of butter in a saucepan and seal the chicken. Once sealed, put on a...
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This recipe is very easy to make and the cooked patties freeze really well so that you can use them on sandwiches or in wraps. Ingredients 400g chicken mince 2 cups grated vegetables (sweet potato, carrot, zucchini work really well) 1/2 cup chopped fresh coriander 3-4 tbs soy sauce 1 inch piece of ginger, grated 2-3 cloves of garlic approx. 1/2 cup bread crumbs (if necessary) flour to coat Directions Place all ingredients (except flour) in a bowl and massage together until well combined. Form small patties and coat with flour. In a heated fry pan with olive oil, cook...
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Mum and I have made this recipe before and substituted marinated artichokes which were also delicious. Obviously, they don’t need to be pre-cooked! If using marinated artichokes I would suggest cooking the artichokes, spring onion, bacon and chicken together for about 30 minutes, instead of one hour. Ingredients 6 chicken breast fillets 1 lemons, halved 2 globe artichokes 5 bacon rashers, rind and excess fat removed, chopped 1 bunch spring onions, stems trimmed to 10cm lengths and halved lengthways salt and pepper 1 lemon, extra, cut into wedges to serve Green harissa 1 bunch fresh coriander, chopped 1 tbs ground...
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This will serve two as a quick meal with minimum clean up. You could use any kind of pesto or salsa verde, whatever takes your fancy. The chicken and vegetables will end up flavoured with the pesto and it is really delicious. If you don’t feel like doing a lot of washing up, eat it straight off the alfoil! Ingredients 2 chicken breasts, trimmed 1 carrot, peeled and sliced 1 zucchini, sliced 2 or 3 squash, quartered 1 leek, sliced 1 or 2 potatoes, peeled and diced pesto Directions Preheat the oven to about 180C. Cook the potato in the...
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This was a recipe I made up last night with what I had on hand. It was really delicious served with steamed vegetables and hot crusty bread to mop up the juices. Ingredients 8 drumsticks 4 rashers of bacon, sliced 250g mushrooms, cleaned 4 cloves garlic 1 onion, cut into eight 6 -8 baby potatoes, cut in half 1 tbs tomato paste 2 cups red wine 1 cup chicken stock 1 tbs cornflour 2 sprigs of rosemary 5 sprigs of thyme salt and pepper Directions Preheat oven to 200C. Place potatoes, onion and mushrooms in the base of a large...
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