This makes a good lunch or supper dish and is a great way of using up meat and vegetable oddments you have lurking in your fridge.Feel free to swap ingredients to suit what you have available. If you wish to make a Vegetarian version just swap the bacon for a vegetarian food of your choiceIf
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This is an easy to make curry recipe with golden rice. I made this on the hob and this can be done using just one ring if that is all you have. Two rings will make it quicker but the purpose of this recipe is also to help out those who are struggling with just
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This lovely Gala pie is made easy and you can vary the ingredients as you wish. Add stuffing mix in with pork mince or sausage meat, sage, chopped onion, herbs and spices as you wish-the variations are many.You can make this from Lorne Sausage-frozen item or you can skin some sausages. Ingredients 110g lard 280ml
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This is not something you see much of today but I recreated this from a memory in the 1980s when I had a frozen one. Really cheap to make and no special equipment is needed. This is the “cook from scratch version” but if you prefer to make some shortcuts using premade sauces, ready-cooked chicken,
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Ingredients 1 kilo chicken pieces of your choice 1/2 teaspoon each of cumin, sumac, ground coriander, paprika, salt, turmeric, oregano, and olive oil 2 tbsp of olive oil 1 more tbsp of olive oil 1 chopped onion 3 garlic cloves, a pinch of fresh ginger 2 green chili 2 cups of rinsed long grain or
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Ingredients 1/2 teaspoon each of black pepper, paprika, cinnamon powder, sumac, ground coriander, cumin 750g of beef cubes 1 onion 3 garlic cloves 1 tin of chopped tomatoes 3 tins of kidney beans 1 cup of boiling water 1 tbsp of vegetable stock seasoning and salt to taste Method Turkish Beef and Bean stew 1.)
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Slow Cooker Recipe: I had a recipe for this a while ago and this is and if it’s version (if I’ve got it is going in). I also upped the ingredients from recipes I’ve seen because I was lucky enough to get a cheap 1kg gammon so wanted to make enough to freeze leftovers for
I’ve just made a store cupboard meal. The beef could be replaced entirely with lentils or dried soya if you prefer a Vegetarian version. It is very cheap for those watching their money. This recipe made 5 generous servings of spaghetti bolognese in my pressure cooker. This can be made on the hob in the
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I bought some cooking bacon the other day which I knew was actually 3 pieces of gammon. As a result, I didn’t buy any cold meats this week as I intended to cook this instead. Easy to do and superior quality. Last night I cooked 2 of them in my Home Made Hay Box. https://www.patsfood.org/home-made-hay-box/
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Using up some mince I made 8 pasties last night. I already had some homemade shortcrust pastry in my freezer so thought it was time to make use of it. Ingredients The filling is 125g approx minced beef 1 small/medium onion 2 carrots 2 small/medium potatoes A bit of a red pepper salt and pepper