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Slow Cooker Chicken & Mushrooms In Wine Sauce

By Dee
A slow cooked chicken dish that will melt in the mouth
- 3 cups Sliced Mushrooms
- 1 large Onion, chopped
- Garlic (optional). If using - to own taste
- 21/2 - 3 pounds Chicken pieces - skinned
- 3/4 cup Chicken Broth
- Tomato Purée
- 1/4 cup Dry Red Wine
- 2 tbsp quick cooking Tapioca
- 11/2 tsp Dried Basil
- 2 tsp sugar
- 1/4 tsp Salt
- 1/4 tsp Pepper
Indian Chicken Curry

By wendymcc
A personal creation using the spices of India
- 1 Large Onion
- 4 Garlic Cloves
- 1 Piece of Ginger (2inches)
- 6 Chillies green & red (vary to taste)
- 1 Tsp Turmeric
- 1 Tsp Paprika
- 1 Tsp Garam Masala
- 1 Tsp Hot Chilli Powder
- 1 Tin Chopped Tomatoes
- 400g Cooked Chicken Breast
- 6-8 Potatoes (Boiled)
- Salt to season
- 1 Tbsp oil for frying
- 1 Litre Boiled Water (from kettle)
Three Cheese Macaroni

By WillieG
Sauce: Melt butter in saucepan
- 225g macaroni
- 125g smoked streaky bacon
- 50g unsalted butter
- 50g plain white flour
- 600ml semi skimmed milk
- 100g red leicester cheese (grated)
- 100g double gloucester cheese (grated)
- 100g English cheddar cheese (grated)
- ½ teaspon English mustard
- 1 tomato (sliced)
- 3 tablespoons breadcrumbs
- Nutmeg shavings
Turkey Stew

By Shazz
Turkey and Vegitable Stew
- Stew
- Turkey/Chicken
- Lentils (soaked overnight)
- 1 Tin Chicken Soup
- 1 Tin Scotch broth
- 2 Chicken Cubes
- 1 Vegetable Cube
- Mixed Vegetables (Frozen or Tinned)
- Salt/Pepper/Herbs to taste
- Fill with Water to ¾
- Dumplings
- Suet
- Water
Curry Chicken with Mango

By Mimilafee sur son blog Mimilafée avec amour
Clean the leeks and remove 3/4 of the green
- - 500 g chicken breasts
- - 1 large mango (or 1 tin)
- - 2 thin leeks
- - 1 small fresh chilli, mild
- - 10 cl of coconut milk
- - 10 cl of water + 1 cube chicken (no fat)
- - 2 tablespoons oil
- - 3 tablespoon curry
- - 1 teaspoon cornstarch
- - salt
Stir fried Garlic Beef with Oyster Sauce

By Miss Friday's Feast, Miss Friday's Feast
Start by marinating the beef in a dish with the oil, soy, oyster sauce, MSG, garlic, ginger and green chillies – ...
- 1 fillet steak, sliced thinly
- 5 tbsp Oyster sauce
- 2 tbsp garlic oil
- 2 tbsp light soy sauce
- 1 tsp of monosodium glutamate
- 2 cloves of garlic, peeled and grated
- Knob of ginger, peeled and grated
- 2 green chillies, finely chopped
- 2 spring onions, finely chopped
- Large handful of fresh bean sprouts
- Half a green pepper, roughly chopped
- Handful of dried mushrooms, soaked and drained
- 2 nests of egg noodles (thick)
Tender chicken "poule au pot" casserole

By CoccinS , blog Coccinet
Chop the onion. Clean and scrape the carrots and swedes
- 2 chicken cutlets
- 2 swedes
- 3 carrots
- 1 leek
- 1 yellow onion
- 1 tsp Espelette pepper
- salt & pepper
- thyme, bay leaf
Prawn & Broccolli Pasta

By lynnmc1
Prawns & broccolli with bacon and onion in a creamy sauce
- 250g Prawns, 4 rashers Bacon (diced), 1/2 onion, 1/2 clove garlic, small broccolli (few florets), vegetable stock, double cream, pasta of your choice (penne I like), salt and pepper to season
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
Vegetable Supercurry

By imposter88
Tasty and super-healthy veg-fest
- 1 tbsp red or green Thai curry paste
- 1/2 can coconut milk
- 500ml vegetable stock (reduced salt if possible)
- 1 aubergine, diced
- 100g spinach, chopped
- 2 onions, chopped
- 75g red lentils
- 1 red + 1 yellow bell pepper, chopped
- 1/2 tin garden peas
- cooked brown rice + mango chutney or greek yoghurt to serve
Bulgur Wheat Salad

By meadows
Idea for a meal on its own or as a side dish
- 110gms (cooked) Bulgur Wheat (A bit wet following pack instruction, would use less water or cook like rice in microwave cooker)
- 1/2 yellow pepper chopped (or your choice of colour)
- 2-3 Spring Onions chopped
- Small tin of chickpeas drained & rinsed (I would actually use a large tin)
- Peppered Mackerel, Tuna etc. (Your Choice)
Pike in ginger parcels

By Forot gilles
The day before: Remove the fish bones from the pike fillet
- 1 fillet of pike
- 1 'bouquet garni' (a little bundle of herbs, thyme, bay leaf and sage)
- 1/2 a bottle of dry white wine
- 3 carrots
- 1 leek
- 1 green cabbage
- 30g of grated ginger
- 1.5 tsp of potato starch
- 250ml of cream
- Salt and pepper
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