Recipes

[Jojo]

Ems could make her own recipe book with all these.

I'm on dinner duty tonight. At the minute i'm thinking Chicken its the only thing i can cook that i have yet to burn.

lol, why thanks Katy - if you need a hand with anything, just shout.

[Perdita]

Here is a simple and healthy Chilli Con Carne recipe for anybody who likes minced beef:

Ingredients for 1 person:

100 g of lean minced beef
45 g of kidney beans, canned and drained
½ clove of garlic
½ onion
½ green pepper
1 tsp of olive oil
1 small tin of chopped tomatoes (200g)
1 tsp of tomato puree
½ beef stock cube
1 tsp chilli powder
¼ tsp of drinking chocolate
½ tsp of mixed herbs

Heat the olive oil in a non-stick saucepan and cook the onion until slightly softened. Add the garlic and diced pepper and cook for another few minutes. Add the minced beef, brown and then drain off excess fat. Stir in all other ingredients, adding more or less chilli powder to your taste. Cover and cook for 20 minutes. Serve with 60g of brown rice (uncooked weight); use plain white rice if you prefer but then it is not so healthy. Enjoy.

[Perdita]

I make this for special occasions like Xmas etc. Not so good for Weight Watchers people ( ) but simply delicious:

Beetroot Soup with Dumplings
(for ca. 4 people) (tbs – tablespoon)

150 g beetroot (fresh)
1 onion
2 tbs oil
750 ml (¾ l) vegetable stock
1 tbs cornflour
2 tbs water
1 tbs raspberry-redcurrant jelly
150 g crème fraîche classic
100 g cream cheese spread
salt
freshly ground pepper
1 spring onion
ca. 150 g ricotta or mascarponi (Italian fresh cheese)


Wash, peel and cut beetroot into small strips. Peel and finely chop onion. Heat oil in a saucepan.
Gently fry onion and beetroot strips in oil. Add stock and simmer on low heat for 15 minutes.
Mix cornflour with 2 tbs water, add to soup whilst stirring, bring to the boil. Add jelly, crème fraîche and cheese spread, re-heat soup, season with salt and pepper.
Clean spring onion and cut into small rings. Ladle soup into soup bowls. Using two teaspoons, form ricotta or mascarponi into small dumplings, add 3-4 dumplings to each soup bowl and sprinkle with spring onion rings before serving.

[Abigail]

Has anybody got a recipe for chocolate choc chip cookies to roll out?

I used an American recipe yesterday and it was in cups so I had to guess what it was in grams. It went spectacularly wrong. I put too much sugar in so I added a bit more margarine then I didn't have enough flour so I put more in and it just ended up a mess. I put it in the fridge to harden. Cut the shapes out, put in the oven and they didn't rise up, just out so they all ran together. They tasted a bit funny as well.

[JustJodi]

Has anybody got a recipe for chocolate choc chip cookies to roll out?

I used an American recipe yesterday and it was in cups so I had to guess what it was in grams. It went spectacularly wrong. I put too much sugar in so I added a bit more margarine then I didn't have enough flour so I put more in and it just ended up a mess. I put it in the fridge to harden. Cut the shapes out, put in the oven and they didn't rise up, just out so they all ran together. They tasted a bit funny as well.

JB I am an American,,, next time you have a problem with an american recipe e mail me sweetie and I will help u with it ...JJ

[Bryan]

damn! was hoping someone had posted a birthday cake recipe here!

i've looked on so many sites, and each one is telling me something different!

basically on Thurday I've got to make my friend a birthday cake.

I have that roll on icing to go on top, just need a recipe for a sponge cake and filling. Anyone got a special recipe that they can recommend?

[Hollie-x]

A dead basic, plain sponge is 4oz to every... damn... I think 1 egg.So 4oz sugar, butter, flour & 1 egg Then I just use a butter cream and jam filling.

I think anyways. I shall have a look and see if I can find anything for you

[Hollie-x]

Does anyone know of any good healthy vegetarian dishes? I'm usually stuck with Quorn stuff and TBH it gets kinda boring after a while. I know there's plenty I could do, but I wondered if there was any reccommendations.

[miccisy]

damn! was hoping someone had posted a birthday cake recipe here!

i've looked on so many sites, and each one is telling me something different!

basically on Thurday I've got to make my friend a birthday cake.

I have that roll on icing to go on top, just need a recipe for a sponge cake and filling. Anyone got a special recipe that they can recommend?

Just to let you know. If you are putting icing to cover the cake you will need to marsipan it too. Icing by itself will dry out the cake and you will not be able to cut though it unless you are going to ice it the morning it is needed.

NB. My mum is a baker and that is the only reason i know this

[pookie1968uk]

A dead basic, plain sponge is 4oz to every... damn... I think 1 egg.So 4oz sugar, butter, flour & 1 egg Then I just use a butter cream and jam filling.

I think anyways. I shall have a look and see if I can find anything for you

yes thats the recipie for a victoria sandwich cake, but its 4oz mix to 2 eggs not 1. if its for a decent size birthday cake it might be better to do 8oz SR flour, sugar, and butter, and 4 eggs.
can never go wrong with that recipie though.