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Pan-fried lemon sole with caper and parsley dressing
By jeves
Put the potatoes in a small pan of boiling salted water and boil for 10-12 minutes, or until tender, then drain
- 4 fillets lemon sole
- 2tbsp plain flour, seasoned
- 1tbsp groundnut oil
- 50g (2oz) butter
- 2tbsp nonpareilles (small) capers, rinsed
- 2tbsp flat-leaf parsley, chopped
- squeeze lemon juice
- For the potatoes
- 250g (8oz) new potatoes, halved if large
- 15g (½oz) butter
- 50g (2oz) watercress, stalks removed
- lemon wedges, to serve
Savoury Italian Tart
By AngelaH
Grease a baking sheet and lay on it the ready rolled pastry sheet
- 1 x Ready rolled puff pastry sheet
- Tomato puree
- 5 cherry tomatoes, halved
- Half a red, green or yellow pepper, diced
- 1 ball mozzarella, sliced
- 50g salami, sliced
- Half an onion, thinly sliced
- Mixed herbs
Peas Pulao ( Pilau rice with green peas)
By Joydeep Pal, Joydeep's World of Food
Peas Pulao is a very nice and aromatic rice dish
- 500 gm Basmati Rice
- 200 gm Green Peas
- 1-2 tablespoons of Oil : Ghee (preferred)/Sunflower oil
- Spices:
- Cummin Whole(Jeera): 1/4 teaspoon
- Cinnamon (Darchini): 1/4 of a stick
- Cardamom (Elaichi): 3 small and 3 big
- Clove (Labongo/laung): 3
- Bay leaves (Tejpata) : 3
- Cumin powder (Jeera): 1 tea-spoon
- Turmeric powder (Halud/Haldi): 1/2 tea-spoon
- Water
- Salt to Taste
Garlic Chicken & Bacon Lasagne
By angellea69
1/2 a Healthy Extra A & 2
- Fry Light spray
- 1 medium onion, finely chopped
- Handful of mushrooms, chopped
- 2-4 cloves garlic, crushed
- chicken breast, cut into pieces
- 4 slices of bacon, fat cut off and chopped
- 1.5 small cartons of pasatta
- 2tsp mixed herbs
- lots of black pepper
- several dried lasagne sheets
- sachet of Asda Instant White Sauce mix
- (9.5 syns + 1 HE A, for the milk used)
- 85gm reduced fat Cheddar cheese, grated
- (1 Healthy Extra)
Swede and Bacon Gratin
By mumjd, Yet another blogging mummy!!!
Swede is often ignored for recipes and just served on the side mashed
- 350g swede
- 2 cloves of garlic
- 300ml milk
- 30g margarine
- 2tbsp plain flour
- Salt and pepper
- 3 rashers smoked bacon
- A handful of grated cheddar cheese
Leek and Potato Soup
By Fay
Heat the butter in a large pan and then add chopped leeks and onion and cook gently until softened
- 2 tbsp of butter or olive oil
- 2 chopped leeks
- 1 small finely chopped onion
- 350g/12 oz floury potatoes
- 2 vegtable stock cubes
- ground pepper
Portabella burger
By bmast
great vegetarian alternative to a burger
- 1 bun
- 1 portabella mushroom
- balsamic vinegar
- spinach
- onions
- vegetable oil
- blue cheese
7 Hour Slow-Roast Shoulder of Lamb
By meadows
Preparation Time: 24 hrs Cooking Time: 6-7 hrs
- 1 shoulder of lamb, weighing about 2.5kg
- 150ml (5 fl oz) olive oil
- 1 bunch fresh thyme
- sea salt and black pepper
- 1 garlic bulb, plus extra sliced cloves for marinating
- 8 medium onions, peeled
- 50ml (1 cup) balsamic vinegar
BACON bean con carne
By EMMA FINERTY
Add the chopped onion with the oil into the pan over medium heat and fry for 5 minutes
- 415g Heinz baked beans
- 2 tbsp oil
- 1 Onion, chopped
- 500g Mince beef
- 4 strips of bacon
- 2 tbsp tomato puree
- 400g Can diced tomato
- Cheese
Tomato and Smoked sausage pasta
By robynemclaughlin
Chop all vegtables fiinely and add to a pan with oil in it
- FOR TOMATO SAUCE
- 1 carrot
- 1 stick of cellary
- 1 onion
- 1 pepper (red)
- half a dozen tomatos
- Pasata
- Tomato puree
- le inperins
- Stock cube
- water
- FOR PASTA
- 500g any type of pasta
- Smoked sausage
- choritzo
- (chicken is an added extra)
Harlequin roll
By Le Roy
Wash, seed and cut the peppers and onion into very thin strips (do not mix)
Crab, Corn and Pepper Rice Salad
By Karina23
Combine all ingredients in a large bowl, quick and simple
- 15 crab/seafood sticks, chopped
- 200g canned sweetcorn
- 1 red pepper, diced
- 2 boiled eggs, chopped
- 2.5 cups of boiled white rice
- 0.5 cup of mayonnaise
- Salt and pepper to taste
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