Chocolate cookies

Ingredients

1 cup shortening
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 cup packed brown sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 - 2 cups chocolate chips

Method

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Cream together the shortening and both sugars. Then add eggs, vanilla, flour, baking soda and salt. Once the shortening, sugar, eggs, vanilla, flour, baking soda and salt mixture is all creamed together, add the chocolate chips. Mix together, well. Drop cookie dough by teaspoonful’s onto ungreased cookie sheets and bake for about 9-12 minutes or until golden brown

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Cajun chicken pasta

Ingredients

(Serves 2)
1 Large Red Onion
1 Red Pepper
1 Green Pepper
1 Glove of Garlic ( For extra flavour add 2)
1 Chicken Stock Cube
375mls Double Cream
2-4 Chicken Fillets
Cajun Spice
Mozzarella (optional)
Basil
Penne Pasta Shells (any pasta will do, but penne works best)

Method

Heat some oil in a large frying pan, a wok is better.
Boil the pasta and leave to simmer, while cooking.
Ct the chicken into cubes and cook in oil until there is no pink.
Chop the onions and garlic then add with chicken. Cook for about 5-10 minutes until chicken is cooked.
Add Cajun, the more the better. I usually add about 1/4 of a spice jar.
Add the cream and chicken stock cube, stir. And leave to simmer until cream thickens.
Sprinkle some basil, and some mozzarella (small sprinkle) I think it tastes nicer with mozzarella but that is my own taste!
Once sauce has turned thick ad smells too good not to eat, sieve the pasta and mix in with the sauce, and serve.
Wella!
(This recipe also works well with rice)

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A nutty chicken curry

Ingredients

1 large red chilli, deseeded
1/2 finger length piece of root ginger grated
1 clove garlic
coriander
1tbsp oil
4 skinless, chicken breasts cut into chunks
5tbsp peanut butter
150ml chicken stock
200g Greek/plain yoghurt

Method

1. Finely slice 1/4 the chilli
2.mash the ginger garlic and coriander to make a chunky paste add a little water if needed
3.heat oil, brown chicken for 1min
4. Stir in paste for another min
5. Add peanut butter, stock and yoghurt
6. Bring to boil
7. Cook for further 10mins till chicken is cooked and sauce is thickened
8. Stir in rest of chilli

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A tasty chicken curry

Ingredients

2 chicken breast
1 onion
1 tin of coconut milk
hand full of spinach
half pint of water
curry powder
1 sweet potatoes

Method

1.dice chicken to moth size pieces
2.part cook the chicken.
3.dice up onions and sweet potatoes and add to a wok
4.add two spoon full of curry powder into the sweet potatoes and onions.
5.add half pint of water and the coconut milk to the wok and put on simmer.
6.after 10 min add the part cooked chicken
7.leave to simmer until sweet potatoes are soft.
Then dish up and enjoy :)

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Tandoori salmon

Ingredients

50g of cream cheese
Salmon fillets (cut into chunks)
2 tbsp tandoori paste

Great served with couscous

Method

1. Mix the tandoori paste and cheese together in a bowl
2. Place the salmon chunks in the bowl, coat thoroughly and leave to marinate for 5-10 minutes
3. Carefully thread the chunks of salmon onto skewers and put under a medium grill for 8- 10 minutes or until the salmon is cooked through

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Pesto fish

Ingredients

Fish fillets...either cod, salmon, tuna...about the size of your hand
jar of green or red pesto.
Couple of slices of bread, made into bread crumbs
strong grated cheese - about 125g (or whatever you've got)

Method

Place fish pieces on a will oiled baking tray

mix together half the jar of pesto (or all of it, depending on how many pieces of fish you are using - one jar will do approx 4 pieces) with the breadcrumbs and the grated cheese

spread generously on top of each fish piece

bake in the oven for about 20 mins, at 180...or until golden brown.

Serve with salad, crusty bread or new pots

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Fish pie

Ingredients

500g of cod/coley/haddock
500g of salmon pieces
white sauce (either make your own, or buy it ready to make)
potatoes
cheese
mustard powder
peas
prawns (optional)

Method

Boil the pots until tender

if the fish is frozen (usually cheaper to buy if it is)..Then defrost...

Make the white sauce, adding half a teaspoon of mustard powder, or more to taste...season with salt and pepper...add the fish to it, stirring gently so it doesn't break up (you need about 2cm chunks of fish)...let it simmer gently for about 20 minutes to let the flavours infuse...add the peas for the last 5 mins...pour into an oven baking dish...cover with the mash, sprinkle with cheese and bake in the oven for about 30 mins on 180c

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How to cook a fish

Ingredients

1 whole fish or bit of fish or whatever
1 lemon
anything else you want to add, garlic onion etc, cayenne pepper is good if you want to spice it up

Method

1 Slice lemon and arrange it around the fish and add any extra ingredients you want
2 wrap fish and lemon etc in foil
3 Put it in the oven until the fish goes flaky

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3 ways with pasta sauce

Ingredients

1 jar of tomato pasta sauce of your choice (mushroom, garlic etc)
Large handful of frozen quorn mince or lamb/beef/chicken
Handful of frozen veg
2 potatoes
Handful of grated cheese
Dried pasta shapes
Tin of tuna

Method

This is a way of making one jar of pasta sauce last to make four tasty and reasonably healthy meals... Most importantly it is CHEAP!

Tuna pasta bake (for 2)
1. Boil 2 portions of pasta until al dente
2. Mix in half of the pasta sauce
3. Drain the tuna and flake it into the pan
4. Stir
5. Transfer to an oven proof dish and top with grated cheese
6. Place in a preheated oven and bake until the cheese is bubbling and crispy

Bolognese:
1. Brown two portions of the mince
2. Add the rest of the pasta sauce
3. Bubble until cooked through
4. Serve half with a baked potato and cheese or on top of pasta

Cottage pie (Using the other half of the Bolognese sauce)
1. Pour the remaining Bolognese sauce into a pan
2. Add a beef stock (oxo) cube and a cup of boiling water
3. Add a handful of frozen vegetables
4. Simmer until vegetables are cooked through
5. Place in ovenproof dish
6. Top with mashed potato (and grated cheese if liked)
7. Place in a preheated oven until cheese is bubbling and crispy

And VOILA! Four evening meals for less than £4! I know these meals are not authentic but they do the job and can still be considered 'proper food' even when money is tight!

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