Wednesday 13 July 2011

Baked Bean Pasty Vegetarian Version

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Add Curry spices of choice, cream butter to tone it down. Mushrooms and Onion to 1 can of Baked Beans of choice. Bung in what should be divided Pastry to make several Pasties. Use more all butter puff or shortcrust than needed as filling is quite copious.
 A delicous way to serve baked beans and dead tasty and cheap.

Saturday 28 May 2011

Baked Beans Bacon and Onion Pasty with All Butter Shortcrust Pastry

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ALL BUTTER Shortcrust Pastry which is cheaper to make but naughty to buy.
Baked Beans of Choice I like Tesco's own very nice but go off quickly.
Bacon used Value Cooking Bacon Pack did job surprisingly well but Bacon could be anything that does the job from Lardons to fancy types right down to dirt cheap.
1 organic onion chopped
Garlic Puree
Sprinkling of Red Chilli Flakes
Sprinkling of Red Chili Oil made of Olive Oil to add a touch of heat along with Red Chilli Flakes which theoretically could be hydrated beforehand in the Red Chilli infused Olive Oil.
 Cook up Onion and Bacon together evenly distributed so Onion takes on Bacon flavour, add in garlic puree.
Then plonk 2x small tins of Baked Beans of 1 standard tin of above into above and mix well and allow to cool.
Roll out pastry and fit into Baking container of choice I used a Pyrex Casserole Lid a bad choice but does job.
Pre cook pastry prick pastry and brush with beaten egg. If it shrinks don't worry, you are aiming for a fairly rough and ready pie but make it as fancy or precise as you like according to your likes.
 Let cook for 5 mins or till light golden.
 Plonk Bean Bacon and Onion Mixture flatly onto Pastry.
Then plonk elegantly the pie top and seal the edges. Pierce top to allow steam to escape.
Brush with beaten up egg so nice golden finish when out of oven.
Cook between 25-30 mins till cooked thoroughly let settle down for a few minutes, cut and enjoy!
 Serve with Green Salad or vegetables of preference. Cheese being added is also a good idea.
 COSTS
Pastry £1.50
Baked Beans 6 canx £2?
Bacon bits £1 or under Tesco
Eggs £3 for 12 Free Range and Large
 Veggie Version to work on also.
Electricity 
Portions 4x 3x depending but very filling and a fitting use of Baked Beans.



Wednesday 11 May 2011

GFM Grilled Crotin and Pear and Walnut Salad

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A lovely Sherry Vinegar Vinegarette, lovely lot of lettuce and or leaves of choice, Toast de walnuts, grill not over grill a whole Crotin, 1 Cheese per person. One beautiful tasty salad and quick to boot.



The original Chilli and Sweetcorn Soup

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Good Food Magazine's Chilli and Sweetcorn Soup Veggie or non Veggie as required

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 Basically Green Giant large can of Sweetcorn to which add  1 tsp coriandor add, chilli to taste, plonk in chicken or veggie stock, cook for 15 minutes and then take stick blender and puree for Sweetcorn bliss. Good foolproof recipe from Good Food Mag at it's best.



Five a Day Sweetcorn Salad with Salad Onions, Chunk Cucumber and 2 whole Baby Avocados

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Five a Day Sweetcorn Salad with Cucumber, Salad Onion and 2 Baby Avocados
 My Recipe
Cook Green Giant Can of 280g? of Sweetcorn, cook in microwave with chilli to taste (fresh), garlic (ditto) and butter!!, cook 7 minutes approx, when cooked,shove another lot of butter in, then add diced cucumber chunks 100g 2x baby avocados or avocado 2x 100g. With the Sweetcorn taking between 2x and 3x of 5 a day, plus Cucumber and avocado should take u to 5 a day with no pain.

Tuesday 22 February 2011

Puy Lentils and Pasta

Bubble and Squeek and Baked Beans

Waitrose Aberdeen Angus Beefburgers with Chilli simply divine and a bargain

The Vegetarian Eat Well Guide

Boiled Carrot Salad Claudia Roden


Boiled Carrot Salad Claudia Roden

Celery and Sweetcorn Salad 4 of 5 a day!


Celery and Sweetcorn Salad

  1. Green Giant Sweetcorn
  2. Waitrose Frozen Sliced Japeleno Chillies
  3. Garlic Puree Tesco
  4. Oil from jar of Roasted Peppers Tesco.
  5. Cook for 7 minutes with generous dollop of butter
  6. Whilst hot add more butter and add Celery which is washed destringed and finely diced,
  7. Add a wee bit of finely chopped raw onion
  8. Slather whole lot in Hellman's Mayonaise none of this low fat stuff please