Thursday, October 27, 2011

Rice dish One


1 chicken breast (cut into small pieces)
½- 1 cup cooked rice
½ red onion
½ cup of peas
½ carrot cut into match sticks size pieces
½ roasted red pepper- SEE MY WAY
1 tbsp soya sauce
Dash garlic salt
Pinch pepper
½ tbsp Bacon bacon/veg oil
Water



Heat the bacon fat/oil, cook the onions until soft, and add the carrots and chicken. Add the soya sauce and peas. Add the red pepper, garlic salt and pepper, Add a little bit of water and then add cooked rice. Mix together, dish and serve

This serves one

MY WAY (I wash, cut into ¼‘s and hold over the gas ring until black all over the outside. Dip into iced water and wipe away blackened skin)

Rice dish two

Smoked sausage (I slice at an angle)
3 cups of cooked rice,
1 cup chopped fresh mushrooms
1 onion chopped
1 cup peas
Good dash of seasoning salt
Roasted yellow pepper
1/3 cup of chicken stock/stock cube in water
Oil/dripping



Heat oil/dripping, cook onions until soft add mushrooms and peas. Add the sausage and heat through. Add the chicken stock and rice and mix well







Monday, October 24, 2011

Cola slow cooked beef

1 can of diced tomatoes
1 spaghetti sauce mix
1 large onion diced
1 cup of coke
1 Teaspoon of garlic salt mix
2 teaspoon of oil
Beef (amount for your family)

To a Crock pot/slow cooker add the can of tomatoes including juice. Add the coke, spaghetti mix, onion and garlic salt.
In a pan heat oil and sear the beef on all sides.
Place in Crock pot and cook on low for 7-8 hours.  


Tasty Tatters

5/6 potatoes washed and dried then cubed and dried again....(place on tea towel and pat dry and shake as much moisture out as possible)
1 tbsp of oil
good dash of onion powder
good dash of garlic salt

Preheat oven
line an oven tray with parchment paper

In a bowel Mix oil, potatoes and seasoning ( you can you any seasoning.i.e celery salt, paprika, seasoning salt)
place potatoes on parchment paper and cook at 370/400 degrees until soft and browned..normally around 30 minutes

Bread Machine Pita breads

1cup, plus 2 Tablespoons warm water
3 cups of flour….(I use all purpose)
1 tsp salt
1 tbsp vegetable oil
1 ½ tsp sugar
1 ¼ tsp yeast





Put water and oil in bread machine; add the flour, salt, sugar and yeast .Select the dough setting/cycle on the bread machine

Turn the kneaded dough out onto a lightly floured surface and divide into 8 pieces. Form each piece into a ball, tucking edges under. Cover and let dough rest about 10 minutes. With a rolling pin roll each piece from the center to the edge, into a 6- to 7-inch circle. Cover dough with a towel and let rise for 30 minutes.
Preheat oven to 500 degrees. Place 2-3 pitas on a rack, (I use the grill/broiler top) and place directly on oven rack. Bake for 4-5 minutes until puffed and golden.
Remove from oven and immediately cover with a damp kitchen towel until soft.

Stovies
 

Stovies to me is a hearty Scottish filling meal, which is also a comfort food.
This is NOT the prettiest dish, but very tasty

5/6 potatoes sliced
Left over roast beef, chopped up
1 onion - diced
1 - 2 cup left over gravy/1 - 2 cup of beef stock…can you more, depend on how moist you want the dish
1 table spoon of beef dripping/ or oil
Salt and pepper

Par boil the potatoes
Fry the onions in the dripping/oil until they are soft, add the chopped up beef.
Add the par boiled slice potatoes and add gravy/beef stock.
Leave to simmer for around 30-40 minutes…until cooked all through and liquid has be absorbed
Give a really good mix and serve.

I use leftover gravy as well as stock