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quick and easy meal ideas needed asap!!
hi isabel is 2yrs now and i;m worried i've got into a bad habbit at meal times, as in we have the same dishes week in week out! i dont think she's a fussy child but i'm not a great cook so any simple meal ideas would be grately appreciated!!
thanks x
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Warm the beans up then add the cheese and stir til it's melted. Dairylea slices are a good one to use. It goes with anything, toast, mash, sausages, pasta, chips. The choice is yours.
Chop up lots of fresh tomatoes, tom puree, herbs, mushrooms, peppers and onions. Garlic too if you want.
Put it all in a pan and it will slowly mush down (But not too much)into a sauce. I put either chicken or mince with it and pasta or rice.
I do cheese sauce with cauliflower or cod
I do have a couple of recipes for kids fruity curry or sweet and sour chicken for kids. Also chilli con carne for kids if you want me to post them?
thanks
kas xx
Serves 4
225g/8oz Carrots
225g/8oz Onions
1 Garlic clove
225g/8oz Eating Apples
1 tbsp Lemon juice
1 tbsp Olive oil
1 tbsp Mild curry powder
2 tbsp Turmeric
450g/1lb Diced chicken
25g/1oz Plain flour
600ml/1pint Water
55g/2oz Sultanas
1 tbsp Mango chutney
•Peel the carrots and dice them quite small.
•Peel the onions and roughly dice.
•Peel the garlic and finely chop
•Peel and core the apples, then cut into quarters and dice. Leave them in the lemon juice so they will not go brown
•Put the onions in a saucepan with the olive oil and cook over a moderate heat until soft
•Add the garlic, carrot, curry powder and turmeric and cook for a further 10mins or until the carrots are soft
•Add the chicken, stir all the ingredients together and cook for about 5 mins to seal the chicken.
•Mix the flour and water together until smooth then sieve into the mixture
Chilli Con carne
Serves 4
175g/6oz Onions
1 tbsp Olive oil
450g/1lb Minced beef
½ tsp Chilli powder
A pinch Dried oregano
115g/4oz Tomato puree
1 x 400g can Baked beans
175g/6oz Patna rice
•Peel and chop the onions. Heat the olive oil in a saucepan and fry the onion and the mince together until the meat is browned and the onion softened. Add the chilli powder and oregano and cook for 1-2mins. Just cover with water, put the lid on and cook gently for 25mins
•Add the tom puree and baked beans and cook for a further 25-30mins, removing the lid and turning the heat up for the last 5 mins
•Meanwhile cook the rice in boiling water until tender, about 15-20mins. Strain the rice in a colander, rinse with boiling watee and drain well again
•Can be served with tortilla chips
No I got it out of a book I borrowed from the library. I take recipes from it and then adapt them to my family iykwim
meant to say I have one for home made chicken meatballs? I us the same recipe for home made beef burgers
thanks again
kasxx
Don't feel bad, I am only just learning how to cook these meals properly.
Not a clue!!! thats why I use long grain lol!!!
I might do a thread just for recipes so no-one misses them
im sure niamh will like it too
YOU might want to keep tasting it as I added the chilli it said and it was pretty bland. Next time I will prob add more