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Stuffed Aubergine - (Egg plant if you’ve STILL not elected a President!)
We had a small box of minced Beef in the freezer from a previous recipe. So with this thawed and the addition of an Aubergine each and some Chilli Cheese slices we came up with this.
Ingredients:-
250g Minced Beef
1 Tin of Kidney Beans
1 Onion sliced
2 Cloves of Garlic grated
1 tin of chopped Tomatoes
½ a tube of Tomato Purée
2 teaspoons of Chilli powder
2 whole Chillies chopped ( Deseed if you prefer it mild )
Oil
Salt and Pepper
Method:-
(1) Cut the Aubergine in half length ways and hollow out. Leaving some flesh inside the shell.
(2) Fry the Onions, Garlic and Chilli powder and add Salt & Pepper to taste.
(3) Add the Aubergine flesh, Kidney Beans, Minced Beef and tin of Tomatoes then allow to simmer.
(4) Add the Tomato Purée.
(5) Add the Chillies.
(6) Simmer on a low heat.
(7) Lightly Oil the Aubergine casings and pop them in the oven at 180c on a try.
(8) When the Chilli has reduced and your Aubergine cases have roast bun at still firm enough to hold a filling, spoon the Chilli into the cases.
(9) Add a layer of Chilli Cheese and place under the grill to melt the Cheese.
(10) Garnish with a little fresh Parsley for colour.
We served ours with herbed new Potatoes and a little salad. Even Smooh the cat enjoyed a little Chilli!
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We don’t do takeaways generally. Cost and the enjoyment of cooking ourselves make them a bit pointless. But sometimes we just fancy something snacky. The box of Chicken Drummers were loitering in the reductions, so…..
Ingredients:-
1 box of Chicken Drummers
1 tub of Buttermilk
Plain (Gluten free in our case) Flour
Chilli flakes
Garlic Salt
Onion Salt
Hot Paprika powder
Mixed herbs
Salt and Pepper
Method:-
(1) Season the Chicken with the dressing mix excluding the Flour and let it take on the flavours.
(2) Place in a bowl in the Buttermilk and refrigerate for a least 2 hours.
(5) Coat the Chicken in the seasoning mixture.
(6) Roast at 180C for about 30 minutes.
We had crispy coated Onion Rings using the same seasoning - deep fried, Potato Wedges, home made Gluten free Garlic bread, home made Coleslaw, home made Marie Rose sauce and a dressed Salad.
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Yes you read it right STANLEY KNIFE! It's just a tip. (But it's the tip that matters!)
When I worked in the butchers shop we generally asked if folk wanted their Pork rind scored. Geoff my grumpy old collegue used to offer this advice to those ladies who declined " Well if you want good crackling ask hubby to get the Stanley Knife out when you get back" - a bit sexist, but he was old!
Why a Stanley Knife? Well in the butchers shop we had the ability to sharped our knives right to the tip. At home you often find that the long edge of your knife is shape but the tip is quite hard to sharpen. A DIY type of knife blade is ground at the right angle for the steel it is made from and although they are intended to be thrown away when they are blunt, a new blaide is excellent for scoring the rind on Pork.
Rub a bit of Mustard powder, salt and oil into the cuts and start your roast off at 220C then turn it down. Fail safe crackling. BUT if your meat has been frozen you might still end up with shoe leather regardless!
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We had some left over Chicken, vegetables and mash Potatoes. To me that spells Bubble N Squeak. But that’s a bit boring really isn’t it?
So we blitzed a quarter of a Giant Yorkshire Pudding to make Gluten Free “Bread Crumbs”, Used a glass the press the Bubble N Squeak into disks and crumbed them!
Served with home made Marie Rose sauce as a bit of a dressing, jacket spuds and a bit of veg we had a very substantial meal for about £1 each!
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We had some of Susan Rimington's Kebda sauce left over from yesterdays virtual trip to The Yemen in the fridge. ( http://www.eatwellonuc.org.uk/index.php/recipes/153-yemeni-kebda ) With the addition of a couple of Carrots and Onions we've just had a pretty spectacular roast Chicken casserole.
We had ours with Mustard mashed spud and Red & Green Cabbage. It’s a Bubble and Squeak gig with the left over Chicken, mash and veg tomorrow, nothing goes to waste here!
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We've had quite a few fairly complicated dishes recently. Generally within our £4 budget. But sometimes we just fancy something simple. It was my turn to cook the other evening and we had a leftover Turkey Drummer, so I threw this together. It's not "Big & Clever" but it did the trick on a warm evening.
Ingredients:-
- A Turkey Drummer cut into chunks with the ligament quills removed
- 2 hard boiled eggs
- Salad of your choice
- Grated Cheese
- Mayonnaise
- ¼ of a cooled giant Yorkshire Pudding (Gluten free in our case) broken up
Method:-
(1) Made your salad with the Salad, Turkey, halved boiled Eggs and Mayonnaise.
(2) Dress with the Yorkshire Pudding and Grated Cheese.
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