Recipes for weeknight dinners - 197 recipes
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Green vegetable soup
By parnships, If The Choux Fits
A healthy soup with broccoli and wild cabbage
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 medium yellow onion
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 carrot
- 4 cloves garlic
- 120ml dry white wine
- 2 – 3 medium heads of broccoli
- 750gr roughly chopped wild cabbage and/or spinach
- 4 tablespoons chopped fresh chives
- 1 1/2 littre organic vegetable stock
- 250ml milk (you can replace with double cream
- I just wanted to be lighter)
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice (1/2 lemon)
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
- crème fraîche or sour creme (to garnish)
Battered Chicken Goujons
By markrooney.esi
By no means an original dish, but what makes it different is my batter recipe
- 3-4 large fresh chicken fillets
- for the batter: plain flour
- paprika
- 1 egg
- diet coke
- dipping sauces
Home Made Jerky
By wackykitchen, wackykitchen.co.uk
Home made dried jerky
- Lean Minced beef
- Lean Minced Pork
- Lean Minced Turkey
- Paprika
- Salt
- Pepper
- Garlic
- Cayenne
- Powdered Ginger
- 5 Spice
- Clove infused oil
- lemon zest
- lime zest
Easy Jambalaya
By melbooth
A delicious Creole chicken, sausage, veg and rice dish- can be all cooked in one-pot, a great way of using leftover
- 50g margarine
- 1 white onion
- diced
- 1 celery stick
- diced
- 1 red pepper
- seeded and sliced into strips
- 2 garlic cloves
- crushed finely
- 1 red chilli
- finely chopped
- 1 tbsp Cajun seasoning
- ½ tsp Worcestershire sauce
- Pinch smoked paprika
- 180g long grain rice
- 1 tin chopped tomatoes
- 500ml chicken stock
- 4 cooked sausages
- sliced thickly
- 120g cooked chicken
- Salt
- pepper and sugar to taste.
Leek and Sweet Potato Soup
By angelajw8
A variation of the old fave Leek and Potato soup, this uses sweet potato and chilli
- 1 large leek
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1 sweet potato
- stock cubes to make 1 litre of stock
- chilli powder to taste
- seasoning
- herbs
- grated hard cheese to garnish
Welsh Cakes
By wackykitchen, wackykitchen.co.uk
Welsh cakes with a little adult twist
- 280g plain flour
- 150g granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoon baking powder
- orange/lemon zest
- 1 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 115g unsalted butter
- 100g currants
- 20g Glace Cherries
- 2 large eggs
- 2 tablespoons milk
- kirch or limonchello
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
Spicy Vegetarian Shepherd’s Pie
By lizdenial
A healthy vegetarian spicy alternative to the traditional shepherd's pie
- 350g quorn mince
- 500g fresh mash
- 1 red pepper
- finely chopped
- 1 onion
- finely chopped
- 1 clove garlic
- finely chopped
- 2 green chillies
- finely chopped
- 500g passata
- 1tbsp olive oil
- 1 tbsp dried mixed herbs
- Salt & ground black pepper
Greek giouvetsi
By parnships, If The Choux Fits
A traditional Greek dish of chicken and pasta baked in the oven
- 1 whole chicken cut in pieces
- 1 can chopped tomatoes
- 2 tbsp tomato puree
- 300 gr orzo (or macaroni)
- 1 onion finely chopped
- 40 ml olive oil
- 60ml white wine
- 2 bay leaves and oregano
- 150 gr feta cheese
- cream cheese (optional)
Spiced Carrot & Lentil Soup
By meadows
A delicious, spicy blend, packed full of iron and low fat to boot
- 2 tsp cumin seeds
- pinch chilli flakes
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 600g carrots
- washed and coarsely grated (no need to peel)
- 140g split red lentils
- 1litre hot vegetable stock (from a cube is fine)
- 125ml milk (warm milk first slightly to avoid it curdling when added to stock)
- Plain yogurt and naan bread
- to serve
Malaysian Style Spicy Chicken
By Vick11, Foodie
This recipe is delicious and easy to make using a jar curry paste
- 600g chicken meat (cut into cubes)
- 1 onion (chopped)
- 1 clove garlic (chopped)
- 1 large potato (diced)
- 2 bay leaves
- 3 tablespoon curry paste
- 1 tin coconut cream
- 1 tablespoon cooking oil
Chicken Parm
By robertljyoung
An easy meal that tastes incredible! Marinading in the dressing is the key
- 1 x Chicken breast
- Honey mustard dressing
- Bread crumbs
- Parmesan cheese grated
- Provolone cheese
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