leek and potato soup

serves 4 - 6

This is a classic homely winter soup! Quick to make. (30 mins)

Baked Chicken with aubergine courgette and tomato ragout

Serves 4

"Chicken breasts are quickly seared, then baked on mediterranean vegetables for a great one pot dish. For convenience, you can make the ragout well in advance, but for best results, bake the chicken breasts just before serving"


This recipe was taken from Gordon Ramsay's fast food. The meal was served on its own, but was still very filling.

Ramsay said this meal would serve 8, but for us it served 4 [hungry] adults!

Highly recommended.

menu for the week

Monday - Baked Potatoes and tomato salad

Tuesday - Cauliflower Cheese Soup

Wednesday - Sausage and Tomato bake

Thursday - Trout and broken potatoes

Friday - Spinach and ham tart served with baked creamy leeks

Saturday - Chicken and mushrooms cooked in a bag

Sunday - Leek and potato soup

Home made burgers in sesame baps

Nut burger recipe came from Rose Elliot's book.
I changed the breadcrumbs in the recipe to crackers which were chopped with fresh parsley. The burgers were pressed and put in the fridge.
Very nice - also nice cold.

Pan fried curried cod

Taken from the ministry of food.

A very fast and simple recipe. The Cod is just rolled in curry powder and then fried.

very tasty.

Vegetarian Enchiladas

Used a recipe from the Dodo book:
3 peppers chopped
1 onion fried slowly
1 bag Quorn mince
mixture of cheddar and mozarella cheese
1 can of chopped tomatoes
El Paso Enchilada kit (used the tortillas and the spice and one half of the tomato paste
Method
fry onion, add peppers fry for a while . Add mince and spice and tomatoes and a little cheese. Spoon into tortillas in a dish. Cover with tomato paste and rest of cheese . Cook for 10 minutes.

American Blueberry Pancakes

menu for week 2

Monday - American Blueberry Pancakes

Tuesday - Vegetarian Enchiladas

Wednesday - Home made Burgers in Sesame Baps

Thursday - Parsnip and Ginger Soup

Friday - Mediterranean Roasted Vegetables and Coriander Couscous

Saturday - Baked Chicken with Aubergine, Courgette and Tomato Ragout

Sunday - Baked Cod wrapped in Bacon with Rosemary

Lentil and Spinach Soup

Cooking time 30 minutes (fast)

Effort involved: Just chopping vegetables. One pan. minimal washing up.

Serves 4 (as a main); 6 - 8 as a starter.



This was a delicious meal by jamie oliver. The recipe was taken from the ministry of food cookbook (above).

It was fairly simple rustic style soup.

The topping suggestion was natural yoghurt. The taste of the yoghurt seemed to compliment this soup extremely well.

Overall a fairly painless, but yet impressive meal to make. Well worth the effort!

Christmas Savoury Strudel

Ingredients include filo pastry, cashew nuts (chopped) and onions, garlic, mushrooms, wine,tinned tomatoes cooked until almost dry. The filo pastry is layered with the cashew nuts several times then the mixture is put on the top and the whole is rolled up like a swiss roll and cooked in the oven. Everyone loved the tastes and the rosemary roasted potatoes from J Olivers at Home book went well with it. This is a must for Christmas week!

Sausage and mash with onion gravy

Serves 4

Cooking Time - 45 minutes

Taken from Jamie Oliver's "Jamie at home"





This meal steals the onion gravy from the bubble and squeak recipe in Jamie Oliver's "Jamie at home" book. The sausages are slow cooked in the oven on a bed of onions, instead of frying them. The onions are then used to make the basis for the onion gravy after the sausages are cooked.

Chicken and Leek Stroganoff

Serves 4

Cooking Time - 30 minutes

Taken from Jamie Oliver's ministry of food

Menu for the week

Monday - Chicken and Leek Stroganoff

Tuesday - Sausages and Mash with Onion Gravy

Wednesday - Christmas Savoury Strudel

Thursday - Lentil and Spinach Soup

Friday - Crunchy Raw Courgette Ribbons and Mackerel

Saturday - Tomato, Basil, Ricotta Risotto

Sunday - Pan Fried Curried Cod