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[bilsat]

Fridays Dinner...............

Pete’s Beef Stroganoff
Serves 4
Ingredients
400g Sainsbury’s extra lean casserole steak, sliced into strips
2 onions, sliced (s)
2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
150g button mushrooms (s)
1tsp paprika
1tbsp Worcester sauce
1 Knorr herb stock pot
1 Knorr beef stock pot made into 250g stock
1 pack of Schultz garlic, mushroom & cream sauce (4.5 syn/4=1.125 syns each)
350mL skimmed milk (3syn/4=0.75 syn each)
300g long grain rice
1 chilli, finely chopped & de-seeded (s)

Method

Place the beef into the freezer for 30-45 mins to stiffen it, remove & slice into thin strips, cook dry in a frying pan until browned, remove & set aside.

Spray the frying pan with Fry Light and sweat the onions, chilli & garlic, add the button mushrooms & cook for a few minutes, add the Knorr Herb stock pot, mix well until the herbs are infused.

Add the beef, mix well, and add beef stock. Make up the sauce mix as per the instructions on the packet and when it starts to thicken, add to the beef & mushrooms, mix well add the paprika, (At this point you could place ingredients in a slow cooker and leave to slow cook.) seasoning & cook for 20-30 mins.

Measure the amount of rice required, add 3 times the amount of water, add rice & cook for 20 mins, or until the water has gone, removed when cooked, place in a sieve & place the sieve on the saucepan and cover with a lid, allow to steam for a few minutes, until the beef is ready.

Serve on a bed of rice.

( I found that I couldn't taste the Paprika so I increased the amount to 1tbsp but that's my personal taste, start with 1tsp and add if required!)

 

[Walter Bishop]

Pete - all looks a-m-a-z-i-n-g!

 

[bilsat]

Saturdays Supper, a vegetarian meal!................


Pete’s Moroccan mushrooms & Couscous (V)

Serves 4

Ingredients

1 Cinnamon stick
1tbsp Ras-el-hanout
2 Red onion, finely chopped (s)
2 Garlic cloves, sliced
12 semi-dried apricots, chopped small (s) 6 syns/4=1.5 syn
1tsp cumin
1tsp “runny honey”
200g Couscous
250g button mushrooms, cut in half (s)
410g Chopped Tomato’s (s)
410g Chick Peas

Method

In a large frying pan sprayed with Fry Light, cook the onion, garlic, cinnamon stick & cumin together for 5 mins to colour the onions, add the mushrooms, tomato, chick peas & runny honey, add the Ras-el-hanout and mix, cook for 20 mins.

In the meantime boil 400mL of water, add to the Couscous, mix the chopped apricots, cover with Clingfilm and set aside for 10 mins, remove the Clingfilm and fluff up, plate up with the mushrooms, remove the cinnamon stick and disregard, season and serve.

(sharp eyed members will spot that the onions aren't chopped but sliced but I decided to change the recipe after cooking it!)

 

[bilsat]

Better pic of Yesterdays beef Stroganoff and with peas added............

 

[bilsat]

Sundays Dinner, with and without gravy.....................

Sundays Supper, Ham Salad...................

 

[Jaq]

I am definately making this!

 

[bilsat]

Mondays Dinner......................


Pete’s Chicken, Potato & Cauliflower Curry

Serves 2
Ingredients
1/2tsp Cinnamon
1/2tsp Chilli powder
1/2tsp Turmeric
4 Coriander seeds
1tsp Cumin seeds
1tsp Curry Powder
1Tbsp sweetener
1 Onion (s)
4 Garlic cloves
2 Cardamom pods
2 chillies, deseeded (s)
1cm ginger
1Red pepper thinly sliced (s)
250g Cauliflower cut into florets (s)
200g Chicken stock
150g Potato, cut into small cubes
325g Chicken thigh fillets, deboned & de-skinned
410g Chopped tomato (s)

Method

Part-boil the potatoes and cauliflower, (5 mins), drain and set aside.
Cook the chicken in a dry pan until browned, set aside.
Crush the cardamom, cumin & coriander seeds & add to the other spices in bowl.
In a food processor chop the onion, ginger & chillies, then fry in a frying pan until soft. Add the spices & mix to colour the onions, add the peppers, cook for 2 mins.
Add the pre-cooked potato, cauliflower, chicken, tomatoes & stock, bring to the boil then simmer for 30-40 mins until the stock has thickened.
Serve with rice, sprinkle with coriander leaves if required.

Supper................................

 

[bilsat]

Here is the latest idea for a Christmas recipe............


Pete’s Filo Apple Pies
Makes 36 (1.55 syn each)
Ingredients
Jus Rol filo pastry 6 sheets (each sheet is 6 syns but is cut into 6=1 syn)
Sainsbury’s bramley apple sauce 475g jar (use 1tsp per portion=10g= 0.55 syn)
Cinnamon

Method

Heat the oven to 180c; line a baking tray with baking parchment. Working quickly, place six filo sheets on top of each other and cut in half, then cut each half into three strips lengthways giving you 36 pieces, keep covered with a damp cloth until ready to use, lay out and spray with Fry Light, place 1tsp of the apple mixture at the bottom of the strip, sprinkle with cinnamon, fold diagonally to enclose the ingredients and form a triangle, press down and fold again until you reach the end, seal the edge down with a pastry brush dipped in water. Repeat until all 36 are made.
Place on a tray and spray with Fry Light and bake for 12-13 mins or until golden in colour, serve while warm.

Picture to follow, making these for this Thursday's Xmas party at SW.....
they should look like this!( Pete's samosas)

See if you can find apple sauce with les cal then this jar=11 Kcal per 10g

Watch out for a similar jar at Sainsbury's

"Bramley Apple sauce by Sainsbury's" =6.5 syns per 100ml (420mL jar)
the original "Sainsbury's Bramley apple sauce"=5.5 syns per 100g
(475g jar)

 

[bilsat]

Here are the first pics of the Filo Apple Pies

 

[bilsat]

Made my version of the "One pan chicken roast" from the SW mag Jan/Feb 2012....................

I used, chicken thigh's,carrots, red onions, onions, leeks, parsnip, garlic and herb stock pot instead of the chicken stock, sprinkled with jerk seasoning.

 

[Louise24]

Bilsat - all your food looks amazing! Have a fab christmas xx

 

[bilsat]

Thank You!
A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all.

I thought I was the only person who cooked any food and put pictures on this site!
Where is everyone?
Please put your Christmas pics on!!
Pete

 

[bilsat]

Yesterdays Dinner.....................


Pete’s Salmon & Vegetable

Serves 2

Ingredients

2 Salmon Fillets
1 broccoli stalk (s)
1 cup of frozen peas (ss)
8 small salad potatoes
1tbsp “runny Honey”
1tbsp light soy sauce
1 lemon, use the rind & sliced thinly, also the juice (s)
Salad
Lettuce, carrot, tomato, onion, red pepper & celery (s)

Method

Place the salmon in a dish; tip the soy sauce over the salmon followed by the runny honey, cover in Clingfilm and place in the fridge to marinate.

Pre-heat the cooker to 180c, remove the salmon from the dish and place on a piece of tinfoil to form a “loose parcel”, add some of the marinade, sprinkle with chopped dill and add sliced lemon pieces along the length of the salmon, grate the rind of the lemon across the salmon, loosely wrap and place in a oven-proofed dish, and place in the cooker for 25 mins or until the salmon is cooked (the salmon will start to go a lighter shade and flake easy).

Cut the potatoes in half and cook in salted water for 20-25 mins. When cooked, drain in a sieve and cover.

Cut the broccoli into florets and place in a saucepan of salted boiling water along with the peas, bring to the boil and cook for 5 mins until “Al Dente”, remove and drain.

Plate up the salmon, removing the lemon and liquid, add the potatoes, broccoli & peas, add lemon juice if required. Serve with a side salad.

 

[bilsat]

Just made these for Christmas.....................

Just waiting to test them!.......


Pete’s Xmas Pakoras


Ingredients

1 Red Onion, finely chopped (s)
1 Egg
125g Instant Mash
½ cup frozen peas (ss)
1tsp turmeric
1tsp chilli powder
1tsp garam masala
1tsp cumin
2tbsp hot curry powder

Method

Pre heat the oven to 200°C/Gas 6.

Chop the peas & onion in a small food blender until quite fine.

Tip 125g of Instant Mash into a mixing bowl, add the spices, egg & mix together, add the peas & onion, season with salt & pepper, add hot water and mix to a slightly loose mix.
Stand for 2 mins add more water if now too stiff.

Line a baking tray/wire rack with baking paper to prevent sticking, using two tablespoons form” small scone” size amounts and place on the tray.

Spray with Fry Light and bake for approximately 15 mins, remove from the oven, spray again with the Fry Light.

Return to the oven for a further 10-15 mins until browned, remove & leave on a wire rack, allow to cool.

Allow to cool slightly so that the pakoras firm up.

 

[bilsat]

Christmas day dinner.................
Monster piece of chicken breast, covered with smoky bacon, roast potatoes, onions, carrots, parsnip, pigs in blankets (SW ones) stuffing balls (SW ones) also red cabbage, side salad & fruit but no more room on the plate!

 

[magiiickal]

Hong Kong style noodles

Free on extra easy

Brocolli
Onion
Mushrooms
Red pepper
King prawns
Spaghetti
Chicken oxo cubes

If you take out the prawns, it's free on a green day

 

[Joanne24]

Looks delicious!

 

[bilsat]

Todays Dinner, Chicken & Potato Curry.................


Pete’s Chicken & Potato Curry

Serves 2
Ingredients
1/2tsp coriander
1/2tsp turmeric
1 onion
1tsp garam masala
1tsp cumin seeds
1tbsp sweetener
2tsp curry powder
2 birds-eye chilli (s)
2 garlic cloves
2cm ginger root, grated
250mL “Knorr” chicken stock pot
250g waxy salad potatoes cut in half
325g chicken thigh fillets, de-skinned, cut into small pieces
410g tin of chopped tomatoes (s)

Method

Blitz the onion, ginger, chilli & garlic in a mini blender, mix to a coarse paste.

Part boil the potatoes then drain & set aside.

Prepare the chicken, removing any fat, cut into small pieces and place in a bowl, add the blitzed ingredients & mix, Cover with cling film and marinate for at least 1hr.

In a frying pan, sprayed with Fry Light, add the cumin seeds until they start to spit, add the curry powder, turmeric, coriander, tomatoes, and sweetener, mix then add the chicken & cook for a few mins.

Add the potato, stock pot, mix well, bring to a boil then simmer for 20mins, add garam masala, cook for a further 5 mins, serve on a bed of rice & a side salad followed by fruit!

 

[*Emsie*]

Trying to get back on the straight and narrow with filling sw meals!
Salmon burgers(from costco=free) 1 wholemeal roll(hex) sw chips and salad/beetroot/pickled cabbage/salsa and ex light mayo (1 syn)

 

[bilsat]

yesterdays meals.........................

Christmas food clear out Potato Skins, Brie cheese, sausages, boiled bacon, egg & beans!.....!

Slight variation recipe from tthe SW book Extra Easy "meals in minutes" Ham and egg noodle salad.......