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Jerk chicken

By Tillytee1
Healthy spicy jerk chicken
- 4 chicken pieces, preferably chicken breast
- (...you can also use fish or whole plantains)
- For the sauce:
- 2 onions (chopped)
- 1-1½ scotch bonnet chillies (halved and seeded)
- 3-4cm of root ginger (peeled and chopped)
- ½ tsp ground allspice
- Small bunch fresh thyme (leaves only, no stalks)
- 1 tsp freshly ground black pepper
- 120ml/4fl oz white vinegar
- 120ml/4fl oz soy sauce
Wild boar stew

By Little Miss Parsley
The night before, peel the carrots and cut them into slices
Coconut vegetable curry

By smuz90
Very easy and quick curry to serve on brown rice
- 200g frozen mixed vegetables
- 1 leek
- 100g cauliflower
- 1 can coconut milk
- 1 tsp curry paste
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- soy sauce
Italian Spaghetti Bolognese

By whatsfortea
One of those classics dishes
- Lean Steak mince (1 pack)
- Courgette
- 1 onion or leek
- Mushrooms
- Tin of chopped or cherry tomatoes
- Red/Yellow or Orange Pepper
- 2 cloves of garlic
- Basil, oregano, black pepper, sugar
- Tomato puree with chilli in it
- splash of Worcester sauce to taste
- Jar of tomato-based pasta sauce
- Spaghetti
- Salt
Steamed fish with ginger & spring onion

By Wackyjacky
Take an Asian approach to low-fat cooking - steam fish with pak choi, mirin, garlic and soy and serve topped with c
- 100g pak choi
- 4 x 150g fillets firm white fish
- 5cm piece ginger, finely shredded
- 2 garlic cloves, finely sliced
- 2 tbsp low-salt soy sauce
- 1 tsp mirin rice wine
- 1 bunch spring onions, finely shredded
- handful coriander, chopped
- brown rice, to serve
- 1 lime, cut into wedges, to serve
Pulled Pork and Pittas

By kerbear1985
Put the pork into an oven tray
- 1 large joint of pork, such as a hand of pork.
- For the marinade
- 2 tbsp honey.
- 2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce.
- 2 tsp smoked paprika.
- 2 tbsp olive oil.
- 1 whole bulb of garlic, crushed by hand.
- Plenty of fresh thyme.
- Plenty of fresh rosemary.
- 2 big pinches of salt.
- 1 big pinch of pepper.
- 330ml bottle American pale ale.
- Homemade pittas, to serve
Veggie burgers with turnip

By smuz90
Cook beans and rice in the pressure cooker for 12 minutes and drain
- 1/2 turnip
- 1 carrot
- 1 cup brown rice
- 1 cup black eye peas
- oats
- bread crumbs
- salt
- pepper
- 1/2 tsp turmeric and paprika
- 1/2 tsp garlic and onion powder
- 1/2 tsp dried parsley and oregano
- 1/2 tsp Dijon mustard
- 1/2 tbsp tomato puree
Sausage and Mash

By mteo
Preheat oven to 200c, peel and chop the potatoes in to even sizes
- 8 Sausages
- 5-6 large potatoes
- 1 onion
- Butter
- Milk
- Gravy Granules
- Your choice of vegetables
lemon chicken

By Ryan wintle
put the chicken into a large bowl and season with salt
- 4 small boneless skinless chicken breasts about 125g 4 oz. each cut into strips.
- juice of one lemon
- 2 tsp. of olive oil
- 4-6 tbsp. Demerara sugar
- salt
- green salad to serve
Salmon en croute with pesto and ground almonds

By Pinky Blondie
Preheat the oven to 200 ° C
- 2 salmon steaks
- 8 tbsp pesto
- 8 tbsp almond purée
- coarse salt
- Mixted seeds (pumpkin seeds, pine nuts, sunflower seeds ...)
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
Chicken and prawn paella with a kick

By whatsfortea
Easy but tasty
- Fresh or cook from frozen chicken breasts
- Cooked and de-veined prawns
- Green peppers
- Mushrooms
- Arborio rice 80g per person
- Chicken stock pot
- Oregano
- Black Pepper
- Garlic powder
- salt
- Paprika
- Chilli powder
- White wine
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