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Top rated Weeknight dinners recipes
Suchismita Majumdar

By Suchi, Kitchen Karma
This easy to make pasta makes for a quick weekday dinner! And satisfying it is too!
- Ingredients: (Serves 6)
- 300g (11oz) spaghetti
- Salt and freshly ground pepper
- 4 table spoon olive oil
- 50g (1 and 3/4 oz) very fine fresh brown bread crumbs
- finely grated zest and juice of one lemon
- 1 large shallot finely chopped
- 4 cloves garlic, crushed
- 1 red chilli, halved, deseeded, and finely diced
- 300g (1oz) shelled, cooked king prawns
- 6 large ripe tomatoes, halved, deseeded, and roughly chopped
- 1 large bunch of flat-leaf parsley, chopped
- Freshly grated Parmesan cheese, to serve
Easy Chilli Con Carne

By Vick11, Foodie
This recipe is very simple to made using mainly ingredient fron te store cupboard
- 450g Lean Minced Beef
- 1 onion (chopped)
- 1 tin red kidney beans (drained)
- 1 tin chopped tomatoes
- 1 tin oxtail soup
- 1 teaspoon chilli powder
- 1 clove garlic (chopped)
- 1 red pepper (diced)
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
Sarah's quick Kipper Kedgeree

By ribs
It's a quick and easy budget using mainly store cupboard ingredients that will satisfy hungry mouths and not cost t...
- 2 smoked kippers
- 450ml/16fl oz boiling water
- 25g/1oz butter
- 1 onion, finely chopped
- 1 tsp curry powder
- 225g/8oz basmati rice
- 110ml/4fl oz double cream
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 4 eggs, hard-boiled, peeled, roughly chopped
Spicy Sausage Paella

By Vick11, Foodie
This is a very easy and healthy dish to make
- 1 cup Paella rice
- 2 large carrots (grated)
- 1 onion (chopped)
- 4 pork thin sausages
- 4 tablespoon olive oil
- ½ cup frozen peas
- 10 green olives
- 10 black olives
- 1 tin chopped tomatoes
- 1 clove garlic (chopped)
- 3 cup chicken stock ( stock cube)
- 1 level teaspoon red paprika
- 1 lemon
- Sat and pepper
Tomato Salsa

By vaishsengupta, Of Cloves and Capers
A wonderful dip made in minutes
- Tomatoes finely chopped - 3 or 1 tin
- Onion - 1 finely chopped
- Olive oil- 1 tsp
- Coriander powder- 1/2 tsp
- Pepper- 1/4 tsp
- Garlic paste- 1/2 tsp or 1/2 tsp slices
- Chilli powder- 1/4 tsp
- Salt- to taste
Crabcakes

By jacqroberts68
Crab patties fried in breadcrumbs
- 2cm/1in piece fresh root ginger, peeled
- 1 red chilli, seeds removed
- 250g/9 oz white crabmeat
- 1 tbsp roughly chopped fresh coriander
- 2 spring onions sliced
- breadcrumbs
Tofu and Black Bean Noodles

By m0ss0pm0ss0p
Put noodles on to boil
- 1 onion,sliced
- 1 clove garlic, chopped
- Small piece ginger, chopped
- 1 chili, chopped
- 1/4 yellow pepper,diced
- handful frozen tofu
- 2/3 button mushrooms
- peanuts
- 2 spring onions
- 1 nest noodles
- Szechuan pepper
- Sesame oil
- 1 tbs Light Soy Sauce
- 1 tbs Black Bean Paste
- Water
Cowboys Casserole

By elaine
A simple and tasty one pot recipe
- 8 thick or 16 thin sausages, can be plain or flavoured eg Lincoln or Cumberland
- 4 slices of bacon, smoked preferably
- 2 x 425g cans of baked beans
- Dash of Worcestshire Sauce
Pronto Pork

By dawnandgraham
pork medallions in a creamy sauce
- 1 Pork Loin
- Olive oil
- 500ml tub of creme fraiche
- wholegrain mustard
- Veg to accompany it
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)
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Baked Beans
- 50g each of
- Pinto beans
- Canallini beans
- Kidney beans
- Borlotti beans
- Black beans
- 1 tin Plum tomatoes
- 1 onion
- 1 pepper
- 1 tablespoon chilli powder
- tamarind extract
- 1/2 teaspoon mustard
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- 1/4 teaspoon allspice
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Tolly Jambalaya
- 200 g bite sizes pieces of left over meat (chicken, chorizo, beef, ham, sausage etc). Alternatively, meat can be cooked specifically for the recipe, but will add to the preparation time.
- 500 g of easy-cook long grain rice
- raw vegetables as available - eg onion, pepper, courgette, carrot, celery (I usually use at least two different veg to help towards the 5 a day)
- Tin of chopped tomatoes
- Tin of sweetcorn
- Tin of chopped pineapple pieces
- 200ml Passata
- 1/4 tube of tomato paste
- Dash of Worcestershire Sauce
- Salt and Pepper to taste
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Egg-Fried Rice
- 1 egg
- 2 tsp sesame oil
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
- 200g long-grain rice (uncooked weight), cooked and left to go cold
- 100g frozen peas, defrosted
- 4 spring onions, finely chopped
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Mixed Sprouts Paratha- Indian Flat...
- Mixed sprouts- ½ cup
- Curry leaves -5-8
- Garlic- 8 cloves
- Green chilles-4-5
- Onion -1 medium size
- Ginger- ½ inch piece
- Salt to taste
- Asafoetida- a pinch
- Turmeric powder- ½ teaspoon
- Garam masala- ¼ teaspoon
- Whole wheat flour- 1 cup
- Oil to make parathas
- Water as needed to knead
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Valentines Butterfly Chicken
- 1 Chicken Breast Fillet
- Beetroot vinegar
- Peri Peri Sauce
- 50g flour
- lemonade
- 1 egg
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Sheperd's pie, Rogan Josh style
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
- 4 cloves
- 2 bay leaves
- 2 green cardamom pods, 1 black cardamom pod
- 2 dried red chillies
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
- 2 garlic cloves, chopped
- 3 onions, 2 finely chopped and 1 sliced
- 1 tsp salt
- 500g boned leg of lamb, diced
- 1½ tbsp ginger and garlic paste
- 200ml stock or water
- 2 tsp red chilli powder
- 2 tsp ground coriander
- 2 tsp ground cumin
- 700g lean lamb mince
- 2 tbsp tomato purée
- 25g plain yoghurt
- ½ sweet potato, finely diced
- 100g celeriac, finely diced
- 100g turnip, finely diced
- 2 tsp chopped fresh coriander leaves and stalks
- For the potato topping
- 200g floury potatoes, peeled and quartered
- ½ tsp ground turmeric
- pinch of salt
- 25g butter
- 15g cheddar, grated
- For the spice mix
- 3 green cardamom pods
- 2 star anise
- 2cm piece of cinnamon stick
- 1 tsp fennel seeds
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Easy Quick Crispy Skin Baked...
- 4 large potatoes
- Salt
- Pepper
- Butter
- oil
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Chorizo pasta
- 1/3 of a chorizo sausage
- Pasta to serve two as per pack instructions
- 1 tbs green classic pesto
- Handful chopped green olives
- Handful chopped sundries tomatoes
- Tin of chopped tomatoes
- Some fresh basil
- 1 ball of mozerella
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- Salt and pepper
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chicken red thai curry
- 2 x chicken breasts
- 3cm a knob of ginger peeled roughly chopped
- half a red chilli more if you like it HOT
- 2x cloves garlic
- 2 sticks of lemon grass ripped up
- a bunch of fresh corriander
- 2x teaspoons of tomato puree
- 2x tablespoons of soy sauce
- 2x teaspoons of fish sauce
- 2x red peppers out of a jar
- tin of coconut milk
- small amount of veg oil
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Perfect Fish Pie with Mashed...
- Fag of spinach
- Selection of fish (smoked haddock, cod, prawns, salmon) or fish of your choice approx 2lb
- Cornflour
- Milk
- 2lb potatoes
- Butter
- Cheese optional
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sausage pasta
- 2 carrots
- 1 celery stick
- 3 spring onions
- 1 tsp fennel seeds
- 1 tsp oregano
- 1 fresh chilli
- 4 good quality sausages (80% pork content)
- 1 tin of chopped tomatoes
- 4 tbsp of balsamic vinegar
- 2 garlic cloves, basil leaves
- pasta for 4
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