Give me your fave simple recipe........
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Give me your fave simple recipe........
Looking for some easy,fairly simple recipies for quick meals.
Love spagetti and potatoes,all suggestions appreciated.......
cheers
paul....
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Love spagetti and potatoes,all suggestions appreciated.......
cheers
paul....
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Grilled tuna+cheese sandwich:
tuna mayo + swiss cheese sandwich, butter the outside of the sandwich and then throw in a sandwich press until golden brown MMmmmmm
I'd add some finely diced spring onion if Ive got any too
Or was you talking more meal?
tuna mayo + swiss cheese sandwich, butter the outside of the sandwich and then throw in a sandwich press until golden brown MMmmmmm
I'd add some finely diced spring onion if Ive got any too
Or was you talking more meal?
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Salmon fillet
crush some lemon thyme and olive oil to make a dressing
salt + pepper
cover salmon fillet in dressing
wrapped in parma ham
little more olive oil on top
in the oven 220C for about 7 mins.
crush some lemon thyme and olive oil to make a dressing
salt + pepper
cover salmon fillet in dressing
wrapped in parma ham
little more olive oil on top
in the oven 220C for about 7 mins.
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For quick & easy rice uncle bens microwave rice is amazing
http://www.unclebens.co.uk/UncleBens...Fried_Rice.htm
http://www.unclebens.co.uk/UncleBens...Fried_Rice.htm
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open tin pour into pot - heat on medium till bubbling - Spaghetti.
Peel potato skins, cut into halves - boil in pot till soft - Potatoes.
Bet you'll eat like a king tonight.
Peel potato skins, cut into halves - boil in pot till soft - Potatoes.
Bet you'll eat like a king tonight.
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boil flavoured rice (Vegetable rice sort of thing)
chop some veg... onions, peppers, mushrooms... fry in a wok, add some mince, oxo cube, soy sauce, anything else you like for flavour really.... fry until cooked (usually about as long as the rice takes...)
Drain the rice when cooked, rinse through with cold water - until the water runs clear. Leave to fully drain - drop in wok and cook through until the steam stops coming out so much...
Serve and eat.
start to finish - 20 mins
chop some veg... onions, peppers, mushrooms... fry in a wok, add some mince, oxo cube, soy sauce, anything else you like for flavour really.... fry until cooked (usually about as long as the rice takes...)
Drain the rice when cooked, rinse through with cold water - until the water runs clear. Leave to fully drain - drop in wok and cook through until the steam stops coming out so much...
Serve and eat.
start to finish - 20 mins
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Step 3: Choose meal from list offered.
Step 4: Wait 30mins to 1hr and enjoy.
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Step 2: Call out "I'm getting a bit peckish babe!"
Step 3: Choose meal from list offered.
Step 4: Wait 30mins to 1hr and enjoy.
Step 5: Pay for meal by going on PC to let her watch "I'm A Celebrity...."
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Toad in the hole - Colmans packet job, 4 sausages, some spuds mashed, bobs your uncle.
For real flavour in the mash, heat up in the mirowave the following - 1/4 pint of milk, desert spoon butter, and desert spoon of Philadelphia, salt, pepper. Heat til its all melted, then pour into the mashed spuds - stops them going cold, and tastes great. Add chives for extra taste.
For real flavour in the mash, heat up in the mirowave the following - 1/4 pint of milk, desert spoon butter, and desert spoon of Philadelphia, salt, pepper. Heat til its all melted, then pour into the mashed spuds - stops them going cold, and tastes great. Add chives for extra taste.
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Put pasta on.
Chop 6 garlic cloves roughly. Snip 6 rounds of salami into little pieces, vaguely 1/2in square.
Fry garlic in olive oil for a minute or so. Remove. Fry salami for even less. Remove. Drain salami oil. Drain pasta, mix all in with 1 tbsp olive oil, fresh grated black pepper.
Just about a meal, if you're not starving.
Chop 6 garlic cloves roughly. Snip 6 rounds of salami into little pieces, vaguely 1/2in square.
Fry garlic in olive oil for a minute or so. Remove. Fry salami for even less. Remove. Drain salami oil. Drain pasta, mix all in with 1 tbsp olive oil, fresh grated black pepper.
Just about a meal, if you're not starving.
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Stick your chosen pasta into a pan. Throw in a can of Campbells Mushroom Soup. Add a can of tuna. Add some water. Boil until the pasta is to your taste.
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Cup a' Egg:
get an egg, crack it into a cup and microwave for about 1 minute, the last 20 seconds being done in intervals.
good sprinkling of S&P.
eat - enjoy.
Cup a' Egg n' Cheese:
get an egg, crack it into a cup and microwave for about 1 minute, the last 20 seconds being done in intervals.
good sprinkling of S&P, with cheese .
eat - enjoy.
Leftover Curry in garlic Pita Bread Halves:
cut pita's in half, toast, then fill with microwaved leftover curry & rice.
Quite literally, Delicious.
get an egg, crack it into a cup and microwave for about 1 minute, the last 20 seconds being done in intervals.
good sprinkling of S&P.
eat - enjoy.
Cup a' Egg n' Cheese:
get an egg, crack it into a cup and microwave for about 1 minute, the last 20 seconds being done in intervals.
good sprinkling of S&P, with cheese .
eat - enjoy.
Leftover Curry in garlic Pita Bread Halves:
cut pita's in half, toast, then fill with microwaved leftover curry & rice.
Quite literally, Delicious.
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Pasta with spicy sausage:
Put any sort of pasta in pan of boiling water, cook and drain. Skin pack of Sainsbury's Toulouse sausages, break into bite sized pieces and fry in some olive oil, until browned. Add glass of white wine, pinch of chilli flakes, spoonful of Dijon mustard, small carton of cream and some chopped basil, bubble for 5 minutes. Add cooked pasta, season and serve. 15 minutes, tastes great.
This and other simple recipes courtesy of Nigel Slater's book Real Food
Put any sort of pasta in pan of boiling water, cook and drain. Skin pack of Sainsbury's Toulouse sausages, break into bite sized pieces and fry in some olive oil, until browned. Add glass of white wine, pinch of chilli flakes, spoonful of Dijon mustard, small carton of cream and some chopped basil, bubble for 5 minutes. Add cooked pasta, season and serve. 15 minutes, tastes great.
This and other simple recipes courtesy of Nigel Slater's book Real Food
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Originally Posted by paulr
My problem is getting the rice right so its not soggy.
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What's known as Orange Spaghetti in our family:
Get some decent sausages cooking under the grill
Measure out enough pasta for the number your're cooking for (I use pasta twists but any shapes will do).
When the pasta is nearly done, start frying a roughly diced onion in a large frying pan or wok in a little oil
Drain off the pasta and add to the onion which should be about cooked by now
Add tomato sauce and HP Sauce into the pasta and onion - guess the amounts of each by sampling
Once you're happy with the amount of sauce, chuck in some grated cheese and stir
Serve up with the sauages added on top.
Lush
Get some decent sausages cooking under the grill
Measure out enough pasta for the number your're cooking for (I use pasta twists but any shapes will do).
When the pasta is nearly done, start frying a roughly diced onion in a large frying pan or wok in a little oil
Drain off the pasta and add to the onion which should be about cooked by now
Add tomato sauce and HP Sauce into the pasta and onion - guess the amounts of each by sampling
Once you're happy with the amount of sauce, chuck in some grated cheese and stir
Serve up with the sauages added on top.
Lush
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Get the pasta on
chop up a red and a green pepper
throw it in a bowl and chuck in a tin of tuna
add Heinz salad cream and mix to taste
add a small tin of sweetcorn
and the pasta.
a bit of pepper
Eat what you can and have whats left for lunch next day
chop up a red and a green pepper
throw it in a bowl and chuck in a tin of tuna
add Heinz salad cream and mix to taste
add a small tin of sweetcorn
and the pasta.
a bit of pepper
Eat what you can and have whats left for lunch next day
#21
My Spag Bol:
Finely chop one onion
Chop up a punnet of mushrooms
Add both to a very large saucepan and heat.
When mushies/onions are cooked, add a standard portion of extra lean beef mince.
When mince is no longer pink, drain the lot in a colander down the sink to get rid of the remaining fat. Replace in saucepan.
Put back on heat and add 1 jar of Ragu Original or equivalent.
Add quarter of a bottle of cheapo vin rouge.
Add large tin of diced tomatoes
Add several Bay leaves
Add 6+ large cloves of garlic (after crushing obviously)
Add 1 beef Oxo cube
Add a large portion of mixed herbs.
Add some concentrated tomato paste
Add more mixed herbs
Raid the spice rack and add basil, rosemary, tarrogon, oregano and thyme. At least a teaspoon full of each.
If you aren't seeing anyone the next day, at 3 more cloves of garlic
Add another quarter bottle of the cheap red plonk. Add more of the above spices.
Get a handful of spaghetti and add to pre-boiled spaucepan of water. Add a pinch of salt.
When spag water is boiling, cook for another 10-12 minutes.
Serve.
Finely chop one onion
Chop up a punnet of mushrooms
Add both to a very large saucepan and heat.
When mushies/onions are cooked, add a standard portion of extra lean beef mince.
When mince is no longer pink, drain the lot in a colander down the sink to get rid of the remaining fat. Replace in saucepan.
Put back on heat and add 1 jar of Ragu Original or equivalent.
Add quarter of a bottle of cheapo vin rouge.
Add large tin of diced tomatoes
Add several Bay leaves
Add 6+ large cloves of garlic (after crushing obviously)
Add 1 beef Oxo cube
Add a large portion of mixed herbs.
Add some concentrated tomato paste
Add more mixed herbs
Raid the spice rack and add basil, rosemary, tarrogon, oregano and thyme. At least a teaspoon full of each.
If you aren't seeing anyone the next day, at 3 more cloves of garlic
Add another quarter bottle of the cheap red plonk. Add more of the above spices.
Get a handful of spaghetti and add to pre-boiled spaucepan of water. Add a pinch of salt.
When spag water is boiling, cook for another 10-12 minutes.
Serve.
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A tuna sauce for pasta.
Heat virgin olive oil in pan .
Add a crushed clove garlic
Once the garlic has sweated down -Dont allow to burn!
Add some anchovy fillets
You might want to add one dried chilli at this point
Add 4 cans tinned roma tomatoes
Crush these and allow to reduce.
Season to taste.
Add some finely chopped fresh parsley- I put in a whole bunch,whole capers and black olives.
Finally add a tin of Tuna -drain oil or brine before adding.
Just let that heat through.
Serve over el dente pasta with a full bodied red wine.
**** out!
Heat virgin olive oil in pan .
Add a crushed clove garlic
Once the garlic has sweated down -Dont allow to burn!
Add some anchovy fillets
You might want to add one dried chilli at this point
Add 4 cans tinned roma tomatoes
Crush these and allow to reduce.
Season to taste.
Add some finely chopped fresh parsley- I put in a whole bunch,whole capers and black olives.
Finally add a tin of Tuna -drain oil or brine before adding.
Just let that heat through.
Serve over el dente pasta with a full bodied red wine.
**** out!
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Here's a great one I saw Antonio Carluccio do with fresh tuna and porcini mushrooms. I make this regularly.
Let a good handful of porcini soak in about 2 cups of water for about 15 mins.
Remove and save the liquid.
Fry some chopped pancetta in olive oil in a frying pan, add about 1 clove of finely chopped garlic (don't let it burn), then add a tin of chopped tomato, some chopped fresh tuna (not tinned!), and the mushrooms. Season with just salt, then cook for about 6-7 mins, after which time, add some of the porcini stock, and reduce for about another 6-7 mins. Adjust seasoning if neccessary.
Add spaghetti which you've cooked in plenty of salted water, chuck in a handful of grated paremsan, black pepper, toss together and serve.
Let a good handful of porcini soak in about 2 cups of water for about 15 mins.
Remove and save the liquid.
Fry some chopped pancetta in olive oil in a frying pan, add about 1 clove of finely chopped garlic (don't let it burn), then add a tin of chopped tomato, some chopped fresh tuna (not tinned!), and the mushrooms. Season with just salt, then cook for about 6-7 mins, after which time, add some of the porcini stock, and reduce for about another 6-7 mins. Adjust seasoning if neccessary.
Add spaghetti which you've cooked in plenty of salted water, chuck in a handful of grated paremsan, black pepper, toss together and serve.
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Quick & easy one that I do :
Cook up some pasta
Drain
Put back in saucepan and crack an egg into it
Stir vigorously while heating until pasta is coated in cooked egg
Add a tin of tuna in sunflower oil
Add "some" peas
Heat until peas are cooked
Serve & enjoy.
Alternatively Mashy Cheese
Cook spuds until soft
Slice up an onion and add to the spuds
Add some cheese or Dairylea triangles
Mash well
Sprinkle grated cheese on top.
Serve & enjoy.
Cook up some pasta
Drain
Put back in saucepan and crack an egg into it
Stir vigorously while heating until pasta is coated in cooked egg
Add a tin of tuna in sunflower oil
Add "some" peas
Heat until peas are cooked
Serve & enjoy.
Alternatively Mashy Cheese
Cook spuds until soft
Slice up an onion and add to the spuds
Add some cheese or Dairylea triangles
Mash well
Sprinkle grated cheese on top.
Serve & enjoy.
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1 tin of Heinze bakbed beans, microwave to taste.
Four slices of farmhouse bread, lightly toasted.
Gently fry two large farmhouse eggs.
Add copious amounts of butter to the toast. Place on plate.
Carefully place beans over toast, avoiding too much sauce.
Place the two large eggs on top of the beans.
Squeeze a huge dollop of ketchup onto the eggs.
Add several pinches of pepper to the eggs.
Serve.
Four slices of farmhouse bread, lightly toasted.
Gently fry two large farmhouse eggs.
Add copious amounts of butter to the toast. Place on plate.
Carefully place beans over toast, avoiding too much sauce.
Place the two large eggs on top of the beans.
Squeeze a huge dollop of ketchup onto the eggs.
Add several pinches of pepper to the eggs.
Serve.
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Originally Posted by paulr
Steve...with onions and loads of chilli powder,yes sir.
My problem is getting the rice right so its not soggy.
My problem is getting the rice right so its not soggy.
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This thread is getting a bit gay - barely one womans input, and you can see everyone getting really excited about there cooking (flails arms around like new gay guy on coronation street).
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Originally Posted by prodriva
Try this method, works for me everytime (works best with basmati rice). Bring the rice to the boil with plenty of water dont bother with specific amounts. Keep testing the rice by munching a few pieces and when it gets to just a slight 'bite' to it take it of the heat and drain into a collander. Leave the rice in the collander and place it under the cold tap and rinse it quickly. Now place the collander on top of the pan you used to boil the rice with some water in the bottom of the pan (not too much) put the pan lid over the top of the rice and let it steam for a good 5-10 mins. Its good to use a pan thats about the same diameter as the collander so that the lid as a reasonable chance of holding the steam in. After about 10 mins try the rice and it should be nice and fluffy and not sticky at all.
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cook some bacon, grate some cheese whilst toasting some muffins, sprinkle some cheese on the muffins and grill for 30 seconds, put the bacon on top and cover in cheese grill for further 1 minute and wala. toasted cheese and bacon muffin, VERY filling for what they are too.... makes a mess of the kitchen grating all the cheese etc