Recipes for weeknight dinners - 197 recipes
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Fluffy yorkshire puddings
By wackykitchen, wackykitchen.co.uk
Get fluffy risen yorkshire puddings every time
- 150 ml water
- 1 large egg
- 25ml butter
- salt and pepper
- self raising flour
Pronto Pork
By dawnandgraham
pork medallions in a creamy sauce
- 1 Pork Loin
- Olive oil
- 500ml tub of creme fraiche
- wholegrain mustard
- Veg to accompany it
Vegetarian Sausage & Cheese Potato & vegetable bake
By lizdenial
This is a favourite with my friends & family, even the meat eaters among them
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 red onion (chopped)
- 2 cloves garlic (crushed)
- 1 red pepper (cut into small chunks)
- 1 yellow pepper (cut into small chunks)
- 1 courgette (cut into chunks)
- 20 cherry tomatoes (halved)
- 4 large closed cap mushrooms (cut into chunks)
- 4 vegetarian Lincolnshire sausages (sliced)
- 500g Charlotte new potatoes (sliced)
- 50g Cheshire cheese (grated)
- 3 tbsp tomato puree
- 1 tbsp mixed dried herbs
- salt
- black pepper
Pilgrim's Choice Farmhouse Baconless Egg Pie
By sally9
I don’t have a large enough baking tray so I lined my lasagne dish with foil and lightly greased the foil
- Recipe for Pilgrim’s Choice Farmhouse Baconless Egg Pie
- October 16, 2013 by sally92013
- Baconless Egg Pie to feed 2-4
- I x small pack of frozen pastry, mine was 360gms
- A few mushrooms
- 3 x vegetarian sausages
- A few Cherry tomatoes
- 4 x eggs
- Pilgrim’s Choice Cheese (I used the Farmhouse Vintage Cheddar) - I cut 3 slices from the end and them cut these into small bits about 1/4″ ( you could grate the cheese but you would then have to wash the grater!)
- salt, pepper, flour for dusting, margarine or butter to grease the dish or baking tray
Easy Quick Crispy Skin Baked Potatoes
By wackykitchen, wackykitchen.co.uk
Get Perfect baked potatoes fluffy warm, with the baked flavour and a crispy but not burnt skin suitable for eating
- 4 large potatoes
- Salt
- Pepper
- Butter
- oil
Chicken and Chorizo Paella
By Al.E
Put the oil in a pan and heat
- 2 cloves of Garlic, sliced finely
- 1 Onion, chopped
- 1 Carrot, chopped
- Parsley, chopped
- 70g Chorizo, chopped
- 2 Chicken thighs (or breasts), chopped
- 1 tablespoon Oil
- 1 teaspoon Smoked Paprika
- 1 Red Pepper, chopped
- 1 tablespoon Tomato Puree
- 1 Chicken Stock Cube
- 300g Paella Rice
- 750ml Boiling Water
- 100g Frozen Peas
- Salt and Pepper
Malaysian Style Spicy Chicken
By Vick11, Foodie
This recipe is delicious and easy to make using a jar curry paste
- 600g chicken meat (cut into cubes)
- 1 onion (chopped)
- 1 clove garlic (chopped)
- 1 large potato (diced)
- 2 bay leaves
- 3 tablespoon curry paste
- 1 tin coconut cream
- 1 tablespoon cooking oil
Ultimate Roast Potatoes
By wackykitchen, wackykitchen.co.uk
Make the tastiest fluffy roasted potatoes the easy way
- Maris Piper potatoes
- Salt and Pepper
- Oil
Pasta cakes!
By picasso4321
Pasta cut out into cupcake sized circles, with delicious mince tomato pasta sauce, layered in between with creamy r
- This would make a great snack for kids, or work as appetisers too. Very versatile delicious pasta snack.
Crabcakes
By jacqroberts68
Crab patties fried in breadcrumbs
- 2cm/1in piece fresh root ginger, peeled
- 1 red chilli, seeds removed
- 250g/9 oz white crabmeat
- 1 tbsp roughly chopped fresh coriander
- 2 spring onions sliced
- breadcrumbs
veggie mushroom strog
By pixiejoy72
a creamy, luxurious mid week pick me up, meat free, gluten free, deeeeelishious!
- splash of good olive oil
- 1 onion, chopped
- 75g button mushrooms
- 150g white closed cup mushrooms, sliced
- 150g large flat mushrooms, sliced
- Or the mushrooms you prefer.
- 1 clove garlic, finely diced
- 2 tsp ground paprika (I like the hot one)
- 3 tbsp dry sherry - try and get the best you can afford
- 1 tbsp tomato purée
- 2 tsp Dijon mustard
- squeeze of lemon juice
- 150ml half fat crème frâiche
- 2 tbsp chopped fresh flat parsley.
- Basmati rice:
- Follow pack instructions :)
- just make enough up for 4 people.
Tandoori Chicken
By Al.E
Cut deep incisions into the chicken flesh with a small, sharp knife
- 1.75kg chicken drumsticks, skinned
- pinch salt
- 2 lemons, juice only
- 500g plain yoghurt
- 3-4 tbsp tandoori spice mix
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