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    Connie's Recipes

    Salmon fish pie (cauliflower puree substitute)

    Salmon fish pie (cauliflower puree substitute)

    A good way to get more vegetables into your daily diet is by thinking of alternatives ways to substitute them in and perhaps 'hiding' them in meals. So I decided to make a fish pie but instead of making a white sauce, I thought I would steam and blend cauliflower into a puree and use this as the base for the sauce and it was delicious. I have done the same with macaroni cheese before - by replacing the white sauce with cauliflower puree.

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    Slow cooked beef brisket stew

    Slow cooked beef brisket stew

    As the cold weather approaches, heartwarming meals like soups, casseroles and anything hot is ideal for this time of year and what better than a slow cooked beef stew. With this recipe, I used the brisket cut as it's one of the juiciest parts of the meat and packed full of flavour and perfect for slow cooking.

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    Wonderfully moist hidden courgette chocolate cake

    Wonderfully moist hidden courgette chocolate cake

    Such a surprisingly easy recipe for a wonderfully moist and healthier chocolate cake.  It's a great way for treating the kids whilst getting one of their 5 a day in. Courgettes are wonderfully easy to grate (much easier than carrots) and help keep the cake moist.

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    Creamy chicken pasta in 10 minutes

    Creamy chicken pasta in 10 minutes

    This meal could not be any easier, quicker or tastier, particularly if you are short for time. 

    Ingredients (to feed a family of 5)

    4 chicken breasts

    160g spinach

    200g mushrooms, sliced

    1 onion, sliced

    3 cloves garlic, crushed or finely chopped

    150ml single cream and couple of spoonfuls of creme fraiche (you can use either/or)

    Prep time: 5 mins

    Cooking time: 10 mins

    Put some pasta on the go whilst you then prep and cook the rest of the meal.

    Chop up the chicken into chunks or strips and mix with potato or cornflour.

    Heat up a couple of tablespoons of olive oil in a pan, add onions and garlic and cook for a 1-2 minutes.  Add the chicken and cook for around 3 minutes stirring as you go. 

    Add mushrooms and cook until the chicken is thoroughly cooked. 

    Once pasta is cooked, drain and pour straight into the pan with the chicken and stir in the spinach until wilted. Add seasoning if you wish.

    On a low heat, pour the cream into the pasta and mix together.

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    Tender chicken, spinach and pea curry

    Tender chicken, spinach and pea curry

    A healthy, homemade yet ever so tasty meal to satisfy your curry cravings. This is a great dish if you have fussy eaters as rather than serving spinach leaves onto your little ones plate, the spinach is blitzed down and all blended as part of the sauce.

    Prep time: 15-20 mins

    Cooking time: 60 mins

    Ingredients

    4 chicken breast, cubed

    1 large onion, finely sliced

    3 cloves garlic, crushed

    1cm thick ginger, crushed

    200g spinach leaves, blitzed

    bowl of peas, defrosted

    1 tbsp cornflour/potato flour

    1 tbsp tomato puree

    Dried spices - 3 tsp garam masala, 3 dried coriander, 1/2 tsp tumeric, 1 tsp cumin seeds, 1 tsp ground cumin, 2 tsp mild chilli powder.

    1 red chilli (optional)

     

    Marinade the chicken breast with some olive oil, cornflour/potato flour and season with salt and pepper if you wish.

    Heat olive oil in a pan and add the onions, garlic, ginger and gently fry and cook down until onions are translucent. 

    Add the dried herbs to the onions, stir for a couple of mins.

    Add the chicken breast to the same pan and brown the meat. 

    Pour in the blitzed spinach leaves, tomato puree, chilli and add 30ml of water. You may season to taste if you wish. 

    Put lid over pan and simmer on a low heat for around 45 mins.

    Add peas and simmer (without lid) on low-medium heat for a further 10-15 to thicken sauce.

    Serve with rice and our cucumber yoghurt

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