Pete's Recipe Book

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Ahhhh, yes. Of course! Thanks pete!
 
Thanks all for making this thread exceed 100.000 hits! Not bad in 8 months.....long may it continue!
Pete
 
I love your recipes I tried a Half syn cake but wasn't great do u have any other pudding ideas for me please? I love cakes x
 
Pete’s Key Lime Chicken

Pete’s Key Lime Chicken
Serves 2

Ingredients

1 Cup of Lime Juice (ff)
1 tsp dried tarragon
1 tsp garlic salt
1 tbsp. virgin olive oil (1Heb)
1 tbsp. fresh ginger, finely chopped
1 tbsp. honey (2.5/2=1.25 syn per person)
2 Limes, juiced (ss) (sff)
2 chicken breasts (s) (ff)
100mL water
Salt & Pepper

Option
* ½ onion, sliced thinly (s) (sff)
*100g rice (ff)
*Cup of frozen peas (ff)

Method

Put all the ingredients except the chicken in a bowl & mix, nick the flesh of the chicken to allow the marinade to soak in and marinate the chicken for as long as possible in a plastic bag, with the marinade, for up to 24hrs if possible.

Place the chicken in an oven-proof dish, cook at 180C for 15 mins, turn over and continue for a further 15 mins or until the chicken is cooked.

* Cook the onions until soft & heat the peas, prepare the rice as per instructions on the packet, mix with the onion & peas, timing it so that the rice is cooked & finished for the same time as the chicken.

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Pete’s Cherry Ice Cream

Pete’s Cherry Ice Cream

Serves 2

Ingredients

1tsp vanilla essence
4tbsp sweetener
175g Muller light “vanilla-chocolate sprinkles & black cherry under layer” yogurt (ff)
175g “be good to yourself” natural Normandy fromage frais (ff)

Method

Empty the tub of yogurt, fromage frais, sweetener & vanilla essence & mix well.
Place in a sealed container and freeze for 30 mins, remove and mix to prevent ice crystals forming & return to the freezer, repeat every 30 mins for 2 hrs. if you want soft ice-cream or 3-4 total hours for hard.

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Pete’s Brazilian Mushrooms

Serves 2

Ingredients

½ lime juice (ss) (sff)
½ tsp paprika
½ tsp cumin
½ tsp coriander
½ tsp dried chilli flakes
½ tsp mixed spice
1 garlic clove , passed through a garlic press (sff)
1Tbsp extra virgin olive oil (1x Heb)
150g button mushrooms (s) (sff)

Method

Add all the ingredients into a large glass bowl, mix together, add the mushrooms and marinate for at least 10 mins.
Tip into a small saucepan and cook until the mushrooms are going coloured, mixing all the time. Serve as a starter or as a main meal with other ingredients.

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These look tasty...must try so many of your recipes
 
Hi M Louise H.
I usually use either 1tbsp tomato puree (free) or 1tbsp cornflower (3.5 syns divided by how many people it's to serve, i.e. 3.5/4= 0.8 syn per person)
 
Pete's leek Lasagne

Pete’s Leek Lasagne
(Based on the Hairy Bikers “skinny beef lasagne”)
Serves 4
Ingredients
1 Knorr “rich beef” stockpot+ 300g hot water for stock
1tbsp tomato puree (s) (sff)
1 handful of dried oregano
2 onions, (s) (sff)
2 bay leaves
2 large leeks (s) (sff)
2 celery sticks, finely chopped (s) (sff)
2 carrots (s) (sff)
2 garlic cloves, finely sliced (sff)
1tbsp cornflower (3.5 syns/4=0.8syn per person)
150g button mushrooms, quartered (s) (sff)
180g reduced fat cheddar (4 Hea/4= 1Hea)
375 skimmed milk (1Hea)
400g tomatoes (s) (sff)
500g lean beef mince (ff)
Grated nutmeg
Salt & Pepper

Method

Slice the leeks halfway through, to the centre, cut the ends saving for later, cook for 5 mins or until they are soft, remove and chill, open out & dry on a kitchen towel, set aside.
Pre heat the oven at 200c.In a large pan cook the beef, any remaining leeks, chopped onion, garlic, carrot & celery. Cook for 10 mins, add mushrooms, and cook for 5 mins more. Add the beef stock, tomatoes, puree & oregano. Add 1 bay leaf. Season well with lots of pepper, Simmer for 20-30 mins, until the liquid has been cooked out, remove the bay leaf & disregard.
In a bowl mix the cornflower with 3tbsp of the milk, to a smooth paste. Cut 1 onion into quarters & place in a saucepan with a bay leaf, & bring to a simmer for 3 mins, remove from the heat and leave to infuse for 10 mins. Remove the onion & bay leaf, discard, reheat & add the remaining milk, cornflower & 1tbsp of the cheese, mix well and heat until thickened, season with the nutmeg, salt & pepper.
In an oven-proof dish add the mince mix to cover the base, add a layer of the leek “sheets” then repeat until the dish is full, finish with a leek layer, pour the white sauce over then add the cheese, cook at 200c for 30 mins until bubbling and the cheese has melted.

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Pete’s Butternut Squash Curry (Revisited)

Serves 2

Ingredients

1 Onion, finely chopped (s) (sff)
1 Chilli, finely chopped (s) (sff)
1 Garlic clove, sliced (sff)
1 Knorr “herb” stockpot
1 Knorr Chicken stockpot, made into stock with 500mL water
1” Cube of ginger, finely sliced
1tsp cumin
1tsp coriander
1tsp turmeric
1tsp garam masala
1tsp Hot Madras curry powder
1tbsp Sweetener
250g Pre-cooked chicken, cubed (s) (sff)
350g Butternut Squash, cut into cubes, not peeled (s) (sff)
400g Chopped Tomatoes (s) (sff)

Method

In a large saucepan sprayed with Fry Light cook the onions, garlic, chilli & ginger until soft.
Add the butternut squash, tomatoes, sweetener, and cook for 20 mins, add the herb stockpot and allow to infuse.
Add all spices except the garam masala, chicken stock & bring to the boil, cook for 5 mins then remove from the heat, using a hand blender reduce to a liquid, add the chicken & simmer for 15 mins, add the garam masala & continue simmering for a further 5 mins, serve with rice.

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Made this Last Night...Was Delicious!
 
Hi Supervixen.

Enjoy the peanut curry! We are having today as well, can't go for more than one week without having it!

Pete
 
bilsat said:
Pete’s Key Lime Chicken
Serves 2

Ingredients

1 Cup of Lime Juice (ff)
1 tsp dried tarragon
1 tsp garlic salt
1 tbsp. virgin olive oil (1Heb)
1 tbsp. fresh ginger, finely chopped
1 tbsp. honey (2.5/2=1.25 syn per person)
2 Limes, juiced (ss) (sff)
2 chicken breasts (s) (ff)
100mL water
Salt & Pepper

Option
* ½ onion, sliced thinly (s) (sff)
*100g rice (ff)
*Cup of frozen peas (ff)

Method

Put all the ingredients except the chicken in a bowl & mix, nick the flesh of the chicken to allow the marinade to soak in and marinate the chicken for as long as possible in a plastic bag, with the marinade, for up to 24hrs if possible.

Place the chicken in an oven-proof dish, cook at 180C for 15 mins, turn over and continue for a further 15 mins or until the chicken is cooked.

* Cook the onions until soft & heat the peas, prepare the rice as per instructions on the packet, mix with the onion & peas, timing it so that the rice is cooked & finished for the same time as the chicken.

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This is now going on my food list for next week ... Looks amazing thank you
 
Wow thanks for this post, I have printed some of your recipes out to try as I love trying new recipes so I don't get bored with the same meals :)
 
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