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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
3.4/5 (118 Votes)

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This is a delicious recipe an very easy to make for a weeknight dinner

  • 150g fresh tagliatelle (spinach flavour)
  • 1 tin crabmeat (170g)
  • 50g chopped bacon
  • 4 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 handful chopped parsley
  • 2 tablespoon lemon juice
  • 1 clove chopped garlic
  • 100ml white wine
3.3/5 (142 Votes)

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Spicy onion chickpea balls in a warm pitta

  • 1 onion
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • 300g chickpea's drained from a can (or soaked overnight)
  • 100g fava beans (broad beans)
  • 1 teaspoon cumin
  • 1 teaspoon ground corriander
  • 1 teaspoon paprika
  • 1 egg
  • 1 teaspoon dried herbs
3.4/5 (47 Votes)

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Deliciousely grilled Portabello mushrooms in a buttery sauce

  • Portabello Mushroom
  • I can't believe its not butter
  • Salt
  • Pepper
  • George Forman Lean Mean Grilling Machine
3.3/5 (132 Votes)

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Better than your standard potato salad, full of flavour and texture as well as visually impressive

  • Maris Piper Potatoes
  • Red and White onions
  • Chives
  • Red Peppers
  • Mayonaise
  • Dijon Mustard
  • HP Brown Sauce
3.7/5 (115 Votes)

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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.
3.3/5 (122 Votes)

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A rough version of Louisiana Creole dish Jambalaya which doesn't cost much

  • 2 sausages (or the same amount of chorizo sausage from lidl)
  • 1 chicken breast
  • 1 onion (white or red)
  • 1 can chopped tomatoes
  • 1 clove garlic
  • 1 or more of the following
  • red pepper/ green pepper / handful of mushrooms
  • 0.5 cup rice (literally, measure it in a tea cup)
  • 1.5 cups chicken stock (hot water and chicken stock cube)
  • 1 tsp worcester sauce
  • 1 tsp chilli powder
  • 1/2 tsp of black pepper
3.8/5 (51 Votes)

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A warm hearty salad for the autumn time, scale down for a starter or served with warm crusty bread as a midweek sup...

  • 1 Sweet potato.
  • 1/2 bagSalad leaves.
  • 8 Mixed cherry tomatoes.
  • 25g Butter.
  • 2tbsp Maple syrup.
  • 1tsp Balsamic vinegar.
  • Salt/Pepper.
3.3/5 (111 Votes)

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Preheat the oven to 130C

  • 3 medium onions, thinly sliced
  • 6 large potatoes, peeled and thinly sliced
  • 1 bunch thyme, leaves picked
  • salt and black pepper
  • 1 lamb shoulder
  • 1 garlic bulb, peeled and separated into cloves
  • 568ml chicken stock
3.7/5 (94 Votes)

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Honey and soy glazed salmon with roasted veg

  • 2 SALMON FILLETS (£2 FROM LIDL)
  • 1 TBLSP SOY SAUCE
  • 2 TBLSP HONEY
  • COURGETTE, CARROT, ONION, PEPPERS
3.7/5 (94 Votes)

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Spicy, curried baked beans

  • 2 cans baked beans, 2 large onions, cumin seeds, oil, fresh coriander, salt, pepper, red or green chillies, butter, pitta bread.
3.7/5 (61 Votes)

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I don’t have a large enough baking tray so I lined my lasagne dish with foil and lightly greased the foil

  • Recipe for Pilgrim’s Choice Farmhouse Baconless Egg Pie
  • October 16, 2013 by sally92013
  • Baconless Egg Pie to feed 2-4
  • I x small pack of frozen pastry, mine was 360gms
  • A few mushrooms
  • 3 x vegetarian sausages
  • A few Cherry tomatoes
  • 4 x eggs
  • Pilgrim’s Choice Cheese (I used the Farmhouse Vintage Cheddar) - I cut 3 slices from the end and them cut these into small bits about 1/4″ ( you could grate the cheese but you would then have to wash the grater!)
  • salt, pepper, flour for dusting, margarine or butter to grease the dish or baking tray
3.3/5 (100 Votes)

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