Spicy veggie pasties

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Pastry
1 onion chopped
3 potatoes chopped
1tbspn veg oil
1 clove of garlic
1 tbspn coriander
1 tspn of cumin
1 carrot chopped
1 can of chick peas

• Boil potatoes and carrots together.
• In a large frying pan, brown the onions with the oil, then add the garlic, coriander and cumin.
• Add the potatoes, carrot and chick peas into the frying pan and mix together.
• Allow to simmer for 10 -15 mins.
• you can leave the mixture chunky or you can place the mixture in a food processor and blend together.
• Cut pastry into circles, fill 1/2 circle with mixture then use egg wash to seal and close up. cover the top with egg wash and then top with sesame seeds.

cook in oven at 400F for 10 minutes, then at 350 F for 20 mins.
Excellent served with baked beans.

Stromboli

Ingredients

1/2 lb of ground beer or turkey
1 can Pillsbury pizza dough or french bread.
1/4 cup of tomato sauce
Garlic
onion
green pepper
4 oz grated cheese

• Brown the ground beef, then add in garlic, chopped onion and pepper to taste.
• mix in tomato sauce and allow to simmer for 5-10 mins
• meanwhile roll out the pizza dough on a cookie sheet.
• once the meat is ready, place it all over the dough, top with grated cheese, then roll it up into the Stromboli shape (a huge sausage.)
• Bake in the oven at 400F for 15-20 mins until golden brown.

carrot, orange and coriander soup

Just made this wonderfully easy soup today. Apparently they use it a lot on diets ?! who knew! I am sure you could adapt it by adding what every you have, but really it tasted so good like this. Enjoy

Carrot, Orange and Coriander Soup

Ingredients

2 oz butter ( i only used 1oz in the end)
2 medium onions
1 lb carrots
1 1/2 pints of stock - i used veggie
1/2 pint of orange juice. a friend uses lemon juice in hers
2 tsp of ground coriander
salt pepper to taste
cream for decoration
coriander leaf for decoration

Preparation

Melt the butter in a large pan and fry the chopped onions until very soft.

Add the carrots and fry for another minute or two.

Stir in the stock, orange juice and Ground Coriander and simmer covered for 40 - 50 minutes or until the carrots are very tender.

Liquidise the soup, season to taste and serve garnished with swirls of cream and a sprinkling of Coriander Leaf.

Tomato and Cinnamon Chicken

1 large Onion
5 Cloves of Garlic
3 oz Butter
1 tsp Cayenne Pepper
1 tsp Tomato Puree
1 tsp Cinnamon
4 Tomatoes
1 lbs of chicken

• Heat oven to 325F
• Place Onion, Butter, Garlic in a casserole dish on the stove top and saute slowly.
• Chop chicken into cubes and then add to the dish.
• Once the chicken is cooked, add the Tomatoes, Puree and spices, plus one cup of water.
• Bring it all to the boil, then cover and place the dish in the Oven for 2 hours.
• Excellent with Potatoes or Rice.

Quick and Easy Meatloaf

OK lets be honest, where i come from, Scotland, we do not have meatloaf. When i see it on a menu here in the US i avoid it, i have heard so many weird and wonderful stories about it that it scares me. then my friend posted her Tuesday tip - Easy Meatloaf. I read the ingredients, all things we ate, what was my problem, so i thought what the heck, better just give it a go! My family, and I loved it! So i thought i had better share, with my fellow mummies who read this blog, Enjoy.

Meatloaf

The recipe is great and the ingredients things most will have, and you can add to it. She likes to use Ground Turkey breast and as many healthy and organic ingredients as possible. Her final tip is to cook it in Muffin tins. Just put your meatloaf filling in the muffin tin using a scoop and you have individual sized portions for you and your family in 25 minutes.

1lb ground turkey breast

splash of milk for moistness

squeeze of organic ketchup or 3/4 cup tomato sauce

handful of breadcrumbs or dried quick cooking oats are a wonderful addition

1 egg

handful of feta cheese or grated cheddar cheese

handful of Romano cheese (you could use Parmesan, we only use Romano here)

pinch of dried parsley, oregano, and basil

1 clove of fresh garlic minced

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees,
• Use cooking spray to coat muffin tin.
• Mix together well in a bowl.
• Feel free to use your hands.
• Then scoop into the muffin tin.

Other additions that go well with the turkey meatloaf base (just add in when mixing):

*Chopped baby spinach, sundried tomatoes, feta, red bells

*sauteed vegetables such as onions, carrots, and bell peppers

Tattie Scones

Boy it's been a while since anyone posted anything but hey, that's the way it goes, since our last post there has been two new babies, between the 5 of us we now have 10 kids, hence the reason why there has been no posts!

Anyway this isn't really a meal it's a snack, goes well with a cooked breakfast of bacon etc, kind of a replacement for hash browns i guess

Tattie (potato) scones

9oz potatoes
1 oz butter
2 oz flour (in Colorado i would use 3 oz)
1/2 tspn of salt
1/4 tspn baking powder


Peel and cut the potato and boil.

Mash the potato with the butter, then sift in flour, salt and baking powder.

Divide mixture into two balls. Roll out the balls into circles about 1/4" thick.

Cut the circles into quarters and the prick with a fork all over. Use a fish slice to transfer to a hot griddle or frying pan and cook on each side till golden brown.

Serve warm with butter and a breakfast, or wrap in foil and keep for a day. Re-heat in the toaster and not the microwave.