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iammumtoone

Whats your favourite recipe?

It can be anything, something you cook most weeks or something you save for special occasions. Sweet or Savoury.

iammumtoone

Mine is egg less chocolate cake. I am not very good at making traditional cakes but this one always seems to work.

(ingredients are odd quanities as I halved the original)
187g plain flour
187g castor sugar
1/3 tsp salt
1tsp bicarb soda
22g cocoa
90ml vegetable oil
1 tbsp vinegar
1 tsp vanilla exract
250ml cold water

sift flour, sugar, salt, bicarb, cocoa together straight into cake tin
Make three wells
Pour oil into one, vinegar into second, vanilla into third
Pour water all over
Stir well with fork
Bake at Gas 4 approx 30 mins

Sometimes I make in tin, sometimes I do in bowl and work quickly to get into tin.

ariarnia

My go to would be coronation chicken.

I know it sounds odd but it's great with rice, on potatoes, in a butty, for lunch or dinner (not so great for breakfast).

My 'healthy' recipe is:

Cooked shredded or diced chicken (often leftover roast)
Mango chutney or diced fresh mango or marmalade
Curry powder (any you've got in the cupboard)
Sultanas
Dry or fresh chopped apricots
A dash of Cinnamon
Natural greek yogurt or quark

Mix it all up and stick in the fridge for about half an hour before using. Keeps about 3 days refrigerated in an air tight container.

It's about ratios so it's a bit of trial and error to get the mix you like and it's very very important to remember that the curry get stronger as it rehydrates.

You can also add flaked almonds, grated carrot, celery, diced apple, halved grapes.

caronc

Lentil soup

250g bacon or gammon
250g red lentils
1 medium onion
2 carrots
stalk of celey
2 medium potatoes peeled
1 bay leaf
2 litres water
salt/pepper
chopped parsley

Chop veg finely, bung in pan with everything else bar the parsley and pepper. Cook gently until lentils are virtually dissolved. Remove & discard bayleaf. Remove bacon, take fat off and chop finely add back to pot. Check seasoning & add salt /pepper to taste. Add parsley before serving.

Simple but oh so good!

rosie383

Spaghetti and spinach

Cook spaghetti. Drain ( keeping some of the cooking water).
In the pasta pot, chuck in washed spinach and put the lid on for a few minutes so it wilts a bit.
Put spaghetti back in along with a good splash of the water, a good glug of cream and lots of parmesan.
Salt and pepper and enjoy.

Our favourite one pot, 10 minute meal.

bouicca21

Pork belly slices
Bit of oil to fry onion and garlic
2 Chopped onion
2-3 cloves Minced garlic
2 Chopped pepper (any colour)
1/2 pint water
Beef stock cube
2 tbs tomato sauce or better tomato paste or better still sun dried tomato paste
1tbs soy sauce
1 tbs Worcester sauce
2 tbs brown vinegar
Cayenne
2-3 tsp made mustard
1 -2 tbs brown sugar depending on taste

Put pork in oven to make some of the fat run
Make sauce
Discard any fat from the pork, pour over sauce, cook on medium heat for about 45 minutes.
Serve with salad and a nice bread.