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Lay the bacon, mushrooms and tomatoes on a foil-lined tray

  • 4 rashers good-quality lean unsmoked back bacon
  • 4 brown-cap portabello mushrooms
  • 12-16 cherry tomatoes on the vine, room temperature
  • 6 tsp olive oil
  • 2 slices bread cut on the diagonal
  • 2 good-quality free-range pork sausages, minimum 86% pork
  • 2 free-range, omega-3 rich eggs, room temperature
  • few drops cider vinegar
  • 1 cup Baked beans
  • 1 large potato
  • Cake tin
  • small mason jar
  • Potato ricer or garlic press
5/5 (2 Votes)

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You can substitute the salmon for tuna here

  • 160 g salmon, processed/canned
  • pinenuts
  • 25 g breadcrumbs
  • 1/2 egg, beaten
  • 200 g pasta
  • 250 g jar of pasta sauce
  • 1/2 lemon, zested
  • small handful of chopped parsley
  • grated cheddar cheese
5/5 (1 Votes)

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This started off life as a reworking of Coronation Chicken, that mixture I can't help liking, against all contempor...

  • 1 mango (cut into approx. 1cm cubes)
  • 1 spring onion (finely chopped)
  • 1 - 2 red chillies (or to taste) deseeded and finely chopped
  • juice of 2 limes (to taste)
  • 1 cold cooked chicken breast (cut into chunks)
  • 1 little gem lettuce (sliced or shredded)
  • 1 large handful fresh coriander (chopped)
  • 1 teaspoon groundnut oil
  • 4 drops toasted sesame oil
4.8/5 (28 Votes)

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Have your daily does of comfort with this pie recipe!

  • 250g Butcher's Selection Lean Beef Steak Mince or Lean Beef Steak Mince
  • 1 small onion, peeled and finely chopped
  • 1 tbsp. tomato ketchup
  • 100ml beef stock (made with half a stock cube)
  • 1 tbsp. brown sauce
  • Half 400g pack Fresh Tastes Carrot and Peas
  • 2 level tsp. corn flour
  • 300g Maris Piper, Desiree or King Edward potatoes (peeled weight), cut into even-sized pieces
  • 300g Sweet Potatoes (peeled weight), cut into even-sized pieces
  • 2 tbsp milk
  • 15g butter
  • 15g grated Cheddar cheese
  • Trimmed Fine Beans, to serve
4.8/5 (7 Votes)

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Mum doesn't follow a recipe for this as she knows how to make it off by heart

  • olive oil
  • 2 large or 4 small onions
  • 2-3 carrots
  • 3 garlic cloves
  • at least 1kg minced beef
  • seasoning
  • worcester sauce
  • basil
  • oregano
  • double concentrate tomato puree
  • 2x400g cartons chopped tomatoes
  • 2 beef stock cubes
  • several mushrooms
  • spaghetti
4.7/5 (15 Votes)

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This time I decided to cook chicken in fenugreek leaves after a successfull trial with Fish

  • 1 kg Chicken (washed and medium pcs)
  • 30 gm Kasoori Methi ( Fenugreek leaves)
  • 2 or 3 Green Chillies
  • 2 tablespoons of Ginger Garlic Paste
  • 6-7 tablespoons of Oil : Sunflower oil
  • Medium Size Onion: 1 no.
  • Spices:
  • Cummin Whole(Jeera): 1/4 teaspoon
  • Cinnamon (Darchini): 1/4 of a stick
  • Cardamom (Elaichi): 3 small one
  • Clove (Labongo/laung): 3
  • Bay leaves (Tejpata) : 3
  • Black pepper : 2 table-spoon
  • Coriander powder (Dhaniya): 1 table-spoon
  • Turmeric powder (Halud/Haldi): 1 tea-spoon
  • Water
  • Salt to Taste
4.5/5 (71 Votes)

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Cook pasta

  • pasta
  • bacon
  • chopped onions
  • chopped garlic
  • milk
  • beaten egg
  • parmesan cheese
  • salt
  • pepper
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Put a large fryng pan on a high heat with the butter and olive oil

  • 2 large leeks, thinly sliced
  • 2 handfuls of chestnut mushroom, sliced
  • 4 chicken breasts, sliced into small bite sized pieces
  • Salt and pepper
  • Olive oil
  • Knob of butter
  • Glass of white wine
  • Bunch of fresh parsley, chopped
  • 500ml single cream
  • 1 lemon
5/5 (1 Votes)

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Moong is a protein powerhouse, low in calories and high on fibre

  • 1 cup Split green gram dal or Yellow moong dal
  • ¼ cup parboiled rice
  • 1 cup Jaggery powder – I always use powder, see notes on how to break the Jaggery into pieces
  • ¼ cup Cashew nuts
  • ¼ tsp Cardamom pods
  • 1 cup Grated coconut
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 cup whole Milk
  • 2 tbsp Ghee
  • 3-4 saffron strands
  • 1 tsp rose essence – optional
4.6/5 (9 Votes)

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Paneer is like a chicken for vegetarians

  • For The Koftas:
  • Crumbled Paneer-2 cups
  • Bread slice-2
  • Red Chilli Powder/lal mirch-1/2teaspoons
  • Salt- to taste
  • Chopped Coriander Leaves/dhaniya -2tablespoon
  • Chat Masala Powder-1/4 teaspoon
  • Oil-For Deep Frying
  • For The Gravy:
  • Butter/Makkan-3 tablespoon
  • Tomato/ tamatar-3
  • Onion/ Pyaz-2
  • Garlic/ Lehsun -5 cloves
  • Ginger/ adrak-a small piece
  • Garam Masala-1/2 teaspoon
  • Red Chilli Powder/ lal mirch -1 teaspoon
  • Turmeric powder/ haldi-1/4 teaspoon
  • Clove/ laung-1
  • Cinnamon/dal chini-a small piece
  • Coriander Leaves/ dhaniya-2 tablespoon
4.5/5 (55 Votes)

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