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A hearty, healthy and warming soup perfect for Autumn evenings

  • 500g chicken stock
  • 150g straight to wok medium noodles
  • 150g silken tofu
  • 4 bok choy leaves and stalks
  • 3 medium shiitake mushrooms
  • 3 baby corn
  • 1 red chilli
  • 1 piece of ginger, about the size of your thumb
  • 1 clove garlic
3.5/5 (132 Votes)

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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)
3.5/5 (98 Votes)

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Chicken salsa wraps with a side of salad

  • Old El Paso Soft Flour Tortillas Kit (contains 12 tortillas)
  • 2 Chicken Fajita Mix
  • Mild Salsa sauce
  • Sweet Leaf Carrot Salad
4/5 (1 Votes)

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This is a delicious, fruity and quick Spiced Lamb Casserole

  • 300g Diced Lamb
  • 1 tsp Flour
  • 1 tsp Ground Coriander
  • 1 tsp Ground Cumin
  • 2 Onions, diced
  • 1 Large Carrot, diced
  • 1 tbsp Tomato Paste
  • 2 Cloves of garlic, crushed
  • 700ml Chicken Stock
  • 12 Dates, roughly chopped
  • 1tbsp Cranberry Sauce
  • Handful of Coriander
3.5/5 (136 Votes)

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A delicious quick evening meal

  • 1 chopped onion
  • 1 chopped potato
  • 450g peeled and chopped carrots
  • 1tsp ground coriander
  • 1.5L Veg stock
  • Fresh coriander (if required)
  • Salt and pepper (personal taste)
3.5/5 (121 Votes)

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Quick and easy to throw together and sit down on a cold night

  • 12 beef meatballs
  • 1 red pepper diced
  • 1 courgette diced
  • 1 red chilli deseeded, chopped fine
  • 2 cloves garlic chopped fine
  • 1 red onion diced
  • 6-10 mushrooms quartered
  • 1 tin 400g chopped tomatoes
  • 100g tomato puree
  • 1/2 tbsp smoked paprika
  • 1 tbsp thyme
  • 1 tbsp sage
  • 1/2 tbsp dried cumin
  • 2 slices bread for breadcrumbs
  • Chinese 5 spice to coat meatballs
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 150g grated cheese
  • salt & pepper to season
3.4/5 (177 Votes)

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A vegetarian wonder with cucumber pickles, buttered mushrooms and wilted spinach, shared from the blog http://whisk...

  • 125g canned butter beans
  • 1 small carrot, grated
  • 5 pitted black olives, chopped
  • 1/2 tsp mixed dried herbs
  • 1/2 tsp smoked paprika
  • 1/2 tsp white pepper powder
  • 1 tsp extra-hot chilli powder
  • 1 tsp salt (or less if you don’t like salt)
  • 1 pinch mixed spice
  • 1 medium onion, finely diced
  • 1 clove garlic, minced
  • 1/4 cup panko or dried breadcrumbs
  • Cornflour, to dust
  • Vegetable oil, for frying
3.5/5 (56 Votes)

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Rinse the can of chickpeas and blend in a food processor or chopper with the garlic, cumin, virgin olive oil, lemon...

  • 400g can chickpeas
  • 1/2 tsp ground chilli
  • 1/2 tsp ground cumin
  • Pinch of pepper
  • Some water to taste, so that the hummus isn't dry
  • Garlic clove, peeled and chopped
  • 2 tbsp lemon juice
  • 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • For the crudites:
  • carrot
  • pepper
  • celery
  • cucumber
  • Rye crispbreads
3.9/5 (75 Votes)

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This is such a quick an easy dish and can be made using leftovers

  • 250g day old rice
  • 2 medium eggs
  • 1 tablespoon fish sauce
  • 1/2 tablespoon mirin
  • 1/2 tablespoon sesame oil
  • A handful of finely diced or pulled ham
  • Vegetables of your choice. I used:
  • 1/2 courgette, diced
  • 3 shiitake mushrooms
  • 5 bok choy leaves
  • 3 ears of baby corn
  • 4 snap peas
  • 8 chives
3.4/5 (128 Votes)

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Almond cookies

  • 125g butter, softened
  • 75g light muscovado sugar
  • 150g caster sugar
  • 1 egg, lightly beaten
  • 1 tsp almond flavoring
  • 225g self-raising flour
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 200g chopped almond
3.4/5 (122 Votes)

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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
3.4/5 (149 Votes)

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This hotpot recipe is very easy and tasty

  • 750g/1½lb lean beef cubes
  • 2 tablespoon cooking oil
  • 50g/2oz plain flour (with salt and pepper)
  • 2 onions (sliced)
  • 500g/1lb potatoes (peeled and sliced)
  • 2 celery stalk (sliced)
  • 1 carrot (cubed)
  • 100g/4oz swede (cubed)
  • 30ml dry sherry
  • ½ teaspoon mustard
  • 1pich of ground nutmeg
  • 3 bay leaves
  • ½ teaspoon rosemary (chopped)
  • 1 teaspoon thyme (chopped)
  • 350mls beef stock
  • 15g/½oz butter + 1 clove chopped garlic
3.4/5 (201 Votes)

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