Showing posts with label Lunch or Easy Dinner. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lunch or Easy Dinner. Show all posts

Friday, January 28, 2011

Lunch or Easy Dinner: Sausage Rolls

Sausage Rolls

These sausage rolls ofter too many choices like starbux!

They could be made as:
a) Large sausage rolls (like mine) for dinner
b) Small sausage rolls for nibbles
c) One large sauage roll which could be cut at the table for dinner (somewhat like a meatloaf)
d) Small sausages wrapped in bacon rather than pastry
e) One large meatloaf covered in bacon



Ingredients:
1 Sheet Pastry
800g Pork Mince
1 Onion, Finely Diced
2 Sprigs Thyme
1 Tablespoon Olive Oil
2 Large Carrots, Grated
1 Tablespoon Lea and Perrins Sauce
1 Tablespoon Sweet Chili Sauce
2 Tablespoon Tomato Sauce
2 Eggs
1. Preheat oven to 180C.

2. Place olive oil in a saucepan and add onion and thyme. Saute onion until transparent and put aside to cool down.

3. Combine carrot, mince, sauces, eggs and cooled down onion together in a bowl.

4. Cut roll out pastry sheet to make wider then cut in half down the middle lengthwise.

5. Spoon out a row of mixture close to both lengthwise edges.

6. Roll both rows in the remaining pastry to form two pastry covered rolls.

7. Cut rolls into individual sausage rolls, place on baking paper lined tray, brush with a little milk and bake for 15 - 30 minutes (depending on size) until golden brown.

Saturday, January 8, 2011

Lunch or Easy Dinner: Chicken Burgers

Chicken Burgers


Mum used to make these for Weston and I when we were little. These chicken rissoles are great with some tomato relish however I love them in a bun with some satay vegetables. I use the same satay sauce as for my Noddle Stir Fry. If making your own Noddle Stir Fry sauce is to much of an effort on a cruisey Tuesday night, peanut satay is readily available in the refrigerated section at your supermarkert (or Moore Wilsons).

Ingredients:
300 Grams Raw Chicken Minced
1 Small Onion finely chopped
4 Tablespoons Crushed Pineapple
½ Teaspoon Chicken Stock Powder
2 Tablespoons Chopped Parsley

1. Dry toasted Breadcrumbs to bind.

2. Mix all ingredients together in food processor.

3. Make into Rissoles.

4. Fry rissoles until cooked thoroughly through and crispy on both sides.

5. Serve in buns with vegetables (such as satay vegetables) / or relish and lettuce



The satay vegetables are easily made by adding onions, chopped carrots, broccoli, mung bean sprouts, etc. as well as "Noodle Stir Fry Sauce" and sauteing for a few minutes (this will be posted in a latter post).




Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Lunch or Easy Dinner: Slowcooker Pumpkin and Kumera Soup

Slowcooker Pumpkin and Kumera Soup



Ingredients:
½ Pumpkin, Peeled, Deseeded abd Cut into small chuncks
1 Large Kumera, Peeled and Cut into small chunks
2 Large Onions, Diced
1 Tablespoon Sweet Chili Sauce
Dash Balsamic Vinegar
2 Teaspoons Mild Curry Powder
2 Teaspoons Chicken Stock Powder
4- 6 Rashers of Bacon

Place all ingredients in slow cooker, fill with water until vegetatbles just not covered and cook on slow for about eight hours or until all ingredients are soft and break up a little when lightly stired.

To remove excess liquid remove lid and cook on high for a further hour (or manually heat over the oven in a heavy based pot).

Sunday, July 18, 2010

Lunch or Quick Dinner: Easy Peasy Pasta

Easy Peasy Pasta


This is a recipe that my mother used to make us when we were little. It is always a little messy and flings onto the table, no matter how carefully you eat it. It is essentially white sauce with cheese and a few other bits which are normally lying around the pantry.

Ingredients:
200 g Fresh Fettuccine
30g Butter
2 Tablespoons Flour
1 Cup Milk (perhaps more)
1/2 Cup Cheese, Grated 
½ Red Onion, Chopped
2 Spring Onions. Sliced
4 Rashers Bacon, Grilled and Chopped
5 or 6 Mushrooms, Sliced
¼ - ½ Teaspoon Wholegrain Mustard
Pepper and Salt


Method:
Cook pasta as directed by packet. Drain, leaving a little water in the bottom of the pot.

Melt butter in a heavy based saucepan, add flour and stir (making roux). Continue to stir for about 2 minutes to insure the flour is cooked and avoid it tasting bitter.

Add about ½ cup of milk and stir. Add whole grain mustard, bacon, red onion and mushrooms. Add the rest of the milk, enough still is a runny consistency.

Add pasta to sauce and toss. Season with salt and pepper to taste.

Serve in bowl with the spring onions sprinkled on top.