I made this sauce last night and served with with steak (of course!). Stuart calls it Steak and Diane, but I don’t think he knows about Jack. Serves 2. Ingredients 2 pieces quality steak 1 cup red wine a few sprigs of fresh thyme and rosemary 3 cloves garlic 8 button mushrooms brown sugar 2 [...]
Serves 4. Delicious served on it’s own or with grilled steak or chicken. Ingredients Salad 8 small new potatoes 6 cups mixed salad leaves 1 medium cucumber, diced 3 tomatoes, diced 1/2 cup walnuts, toasted 20 black olives 150g blue cheese Dressing 2 tbs olive oil 1 tbs walnut oil 1 tbs sherry vinegar salt [...]
Serves 2, delicious served as a light meal with a side salad. Ingredients 3 small(ish) sweet potatoes, halved lengthways 4 bacon rashers, rind removed and diced 4 spring onions, chopped 4 cloves garlic 1/2 long red chilli, chopped finely 2 tbs sour cream salt and pepper tasty cheese, grated Directions Preheat the oven to 220C. [...]
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 [...]
This is delicious served warm with butter, cream cheese or ricotta. Ingredients 1/2 cup bran cereal 1/2 cup rolled oats 1 cup wholemeal self raising flour 1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed 1/2 tsp mixed spice 1 cup chopped dried fruit 1 cup milk Directions Preheat oven to 180C and grease and line a loaf [...]
Ingredients 750g lean lamb 3 red capsicums, halved, deseeded (different colours if you prefer!) 1 large brown onion, halved, cut into wedges 1/2 cup olive oil 2 tsp grated lemon rind 2 tbs lemon juice 4 garlic cloves 3 tsp dried oregano leaves 2 dried bay leaves, crumbled salt and pepper natural yoghurt, pita bread [...]
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 [...]
Ingredients about 2kg of pumpkin, peeled and diced 2 medium onions, sliced 6 cloves garlic, sliced 1 1/2 tbs ground cumin about 3 cups chicken (or vegetable) stock Directions Place the onions in a big pot and cook with a bit of oil or butter for a few minutes, then add the garlic and cumin [...]
This is a male friendly recipe which my boyfriend managed to make last night (without too much assistance!). We served it with lamb marinated in lemon, rosemary and garlic and steamed vegetables. Ingredients 3 or 4 potatoes, peeled and sliced into 5mm discs 1 medium onion, sliced 3 or 4 field mushrooms, cleaned and sliced [...]
I came up with this idea last night and although it is pretty simple, it was really delicious. I haven’t mastered making perfect little pastry cups though, guess that comes with practice! Ingredients shortcrust pastry (use the bought stuff) cream or chocolate sauce or yoghurt strawberries or fruit salad or mango or tinned fruits lemon [...]