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One-pot cabbage & beans with white fish
By leigh-anne
This cabbage stew is based on a peasant dish from south-west France, called garbure, which is served with everythin
- small knob of butter
- 5 rashers smoked streaky bacon, chopped
- 1 onion, finely chopped
- 2 celery sticks, diced
- 2 carrots, diced
- small bunch thyme
- 1 Savoy cabbage, shredded
- 4 tbsp white wine
- 300ml chicken stock
- 410g can flageolet beans in water, drained
- For the fish
- 4 fillets sustainable white fish, such as hake, about 140g/5oz each, skin on
- 2 tbsp plain flour
- 2 tbsp olive oil
Pot Chicken
By Catherine B
Pot Chicken: Aquitaine Fine French delicacies await you in Aquitaine
- 1 large chicken
- 8 carrots
- 5 turnips
- 1/2 stick of celery
- 4 large leeks
- 1 onion with three spice cloves inside
- thyme and bay leaves
- Salt flour
- Pepper Mill
Honey mustard chicken pot with parsnips
By leigh-anne
For an easy, warming family casserole on a budget, this one-pot ticks all the boxes
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 8 bone-in chicken thighs, skin removed
- 2 onions, finely chopped
- 350g parsnips, cut into sticks
- 300ml vegetable stock
- 2 tbsp wholegrain mustard
- 2 tbsp clear honey
- few thyme sprigs
- flat-leaf parsley, to serve (optional)
One-pot lentil chicken
By leigh-anne
This all-in-one meal makes a brilliant guilt-free supper, and if you are really hungry - just add potatoes
- 1 tsp vegetable oil
- 2 rasher lean dry-cure back bacon, trimmed and chopped
- 2 large bone-in chicken thighs, skin removed
- 1 medium onion, thinly sliced
- 1 garlic clove, thinly sliced
- 2 tsp plain flour
- 2 tsp tomato purée
- 150ml dry white wine
- 200ml chicken stock
- 50g green lentils
- ½ tsp dried thyme
- 85g chestnut mushrooms, halved if large
Basquaise Chicken
By Catherine B
Aquitaine Fine French delicacies await you in Aquitaine
- 2 chicken thighs
- 1 small pepper rouge
- 1 small pepper coaxial small pepper vert
- 1 box of tomatoes pelees2 small oignons
- 1 case of olivesel oil and poivreherbes of Provence
Slow Cook Shredded Beef
By Mummy Expert: Emma, Mellow Mummy
See my Honey Mustard Bread Rolls that can accompany this dish
- 1kg beef roasting joint
- 2 crushed garlic cloves
- 2 tbsp tomato puree
- 2 tbsp Bovril
- 1 tbspn Maille wholegrain mustard
- 2 tbsp brown sugar
- A dash of black pepper
- 1 Knorr Beef Stock Pot
- 2 tbsp hot water
Sweet Potato Pie
By mydsgirl
Rosy's famous sweet potato pie!
- 225 g sweet potato, peeled and cubed
- 1/2 bulb garlic, top sliced off
- 1 red onion, quartered
- 1/2 red pepper, deseeded and cut into large slices
- 1 1/2 tbsps olive oil
- 1 sprig fresh rosemary
- 1 1/2 sprigs fresh basil
- 1 1/2 tomatoes, halved and deseeded
- 210 g ready-rolled puff pastry
- 1 egg, beaten
- 30 g cheddar, grated
Gnocchi and Tomato Bake
By mydsgirl
It's a nice change to pasta or potatoes and is available in most supermarkets
- olive oil
- 1/2 onion, chopped
- 1/2 red pepper, deseeded and finely chopped
- 1/2 garlic clove, crushed
- 200 g can of chopped tomatoes
- 250 g pack of gnocchi
- handful of basil leaves, torn
- 35 g mozzarella, torn into chunks
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