Friday 30 December 2016

Chicken chasseur spaghetti


Ingredients
1 chicken fillet, chopped
3 slices bacon, chopped
70g spaghetti
Half tin of chopped tomatoes
Half an onion, chopped
1 beef stock cube
1 tsp worcestershire sauce
Dried parsley
Dried basil

1. Fry the chicken, onion and bacon

2. Dissolve the stock cube in 250ml water and pour over the chicken, bacon and onion

3. Bring to the boil and add the spaghetti and worcestershire sauce.

4. Add the tomatoes and simmer until sauce starts to thicken

5. Stir in the parsley and basil and serve

Serves 1

Saturday 24 December 2016

Feta and cranberry triangles


Ingredients
270g pack of filo pastry
200g feta cheese, crumbled
5 tbsp cranberry sauce

1. Preheat oven to 200°C / 400°F / gas 6. Grease 2 baking trays

2. Mix the cheese and cranberry sauce together

3. Open out the filo pastry sheets and cut in half (across the width) then cut each half into 3 equal strips.

4. Take 2 strips of pastry and lie on top of each other on a board

5. Put a spoonful of the cheese mixture on one end of the strip and fold the corner over to make a triangle shape

6. Now fold that over, and continue along the strip until it is all wrapped up into a neat parcel

7. Brush with milk and place on a baking tray.

8. Repeat with the rest of the strips, then bake for 15 minutes until pastry is golden and crispy

Monday 12 December 2016

Pork, apple and vegetable bake


Ingredients
1 pork chop, cut into smaller chunks
1 sweet potato, chopped
1 carrot, chopped
1 apple, chopped
2 tbsp olive oil
Dried basil
Dried thyme
Poppy seeds

1. Preheat oven to 200°C / 400°F / gas 6

2. Fry the pork and sweet potato for 10-15 minutes

3. Put the olive oil, basil, thyme and poppy seeds in a bowl and mix

4. Add the carrot and apple and mix to coat them then put them in a baking tin/dish

5. Do the same with the pork and sweet potato and pour any remaining oil over all of the ingredients

6. Bake for 25 minutes, stirring halfway through

Serves 1