Tag Archives: Recipe

Recipe of the Week | Pancetta & Mushrooms on Toast with Egg

Pancetta & Mushrooms on Toast with Egg

This is THE perfect breakfast for a lazy morning.

Enjoy with a cuppa and your favourite magazine.

Pancetta & Mushrooms on Toast with Egg

  • Servings: 1
  • Difficulty: easy
  • Print

Calories 152 per portion
Fat 9g (3g sat) per portion

Ingredients

  • Sliced ready-to-cook pancetta 6–7 rashers, cut into strips
  • Oyster mushrooms 125g (4½oz), wiped, trimmed and sliced
  • Freshly ground black pepper
  • Egg 1
  • Bread 1 thick slice, toasted

Instructions

  1. Heat a non-stick frying pan until hot and add the pancetta. Cook for 2-3 minutes until crisp, stirring every now and then.
  2. Add the mushrooms to the pan and fry for about 5 minutes until they start to turn golden. Season with pepper only as the pancetta is already salty.
  3. Meanwhile, bring a small pan of water to a simmer, crack in the egg and poach according to taste.
  4. Pop the hot toast onto a warmed plate and spoon over the hot pancetta and mushroom mix. Top with the poached egg, season with black pepper and serve at once.

 

This recipe is taken from our fantastic cookbook;  Just For One Or Two – see more about how great it is.

 

 

#tripletested

#eatbreakfast

#pancakes

#dairydiaryrecipe

#recipeoftheweek

Recipe of the Week: Chicken & Avocado Fajitas

Chicken-&-Avocado-Fajitas--

 

Perfect for eating in the garden, these fajitas are easy to prepare and taste amazing.

Chicken & Avocado Fajitas

  • Servings: 3
  • Difficulty: easy
  • Print

Calories 598 per portion
Fat 19g (5.7g sat) per portion

Ingredients

  • Sunflower oil 1 tbsp
  • Paprika 1 tsp
  • Cumin ½ tsp
  • Ground coriander ½ tsp
  • Chilli powder ½ tsp
  • Lime 1, zest and juice
  • Mini chicken breast fillets 350g pack, cut into chunks
  • Tortilla wraps 6
  • Cos lettuce ½, shredded
  • Avocado 1 large, peeled, stoned and sliced
  • Chopped coriander 3 tbsp, optional
  • Soured cream 4-6 tbsp, optional

Instructions

  1. In a bowl mix together oil, spices, lime zest and juice and use to coat chicken. Heat a non-stick frying pan and fry chicken over a medium-high heat for about 5 minutes, until cooked.
  2. Warm wraps according to packet’s instructions. Divide lettuce and avocado between them, top with chicken, coriander and soured cream, if using, roll up and serve.

Watch out for the 2017 Dairy Diary, which goes on sale very soon!

#tripletested

#dairydiaryrecipe

Recipe of the Week: Chilli Beef Noodles

There are many delicious recipes that cost very little in our cookbook, Fantastic Food for Less.

Here’s one of my favourites:

 Chilli Beef Noodles

Chilli Beef Noodles

  • Servings: 3
  • Difficulty: easy
  • Print

Calories 494 per portion
Fat 15g (4.4g sat) per portion

Ingredients

  • Egg noodles 2 nests
  • Olive oil 1 tbsp
  • Beef frying steak 175g (6oz), thinly sliced
  • Red onion 1, peeled and cut into 8 wedges
  • Frozen peas 110g (4oz)
  • Ready prepared stir-fry vegetables 225g pack
  • Chilli powder ½ tsp
  • Dried oregano ½ tsp
  • Sherry 2 tbsp (optional)
  • Soy sauce 2 tbsp

Instructions

  1. Cook the noodles according to the packet’s instructions.
  2. Meanwhile, heat the oil in a large frying pan or wok and fry the beef and onion for 4-5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until browned all over. Remove from the pan and keep warm.
  3. Add the peas and stir-fry vegetables to the pan and cook for 2-3 minutes. Then stir in all the remaining ingredients with 4 tbsp water. Stir in the beef and drained noodles and cook for 1 minute before serving.

 

Cook’s tips
Ready prepared stir-fry vegetables are really inexpensive to buy and make midweek cooking super-speedy. If you don’t have sherry available then replace it and the water with 6 tbsp beef stock.

#savvy #savemoney #tripletested #toptips

5 Top Tips for Managing your Budget

5 top tips to manage your money

It’s not the jolliest of subjects but keeping track of finances is essential.

Having juggled cash for a family of five on just one income I’ve learned a few savvy tricks over the last five years.

  1. Have two bank accounts; one for all your bills and another for your spending money. That way, you will always know how much you have to spend as you can see online or at the cashpoint exactly how much money you have left before payday.
  2. If at all possible, pay your credit card bill, in full, every month.
  3. Home Budget with the Dairy DiaryHome Budget with the Dairy DiaryUse the home budgeting pages in your Dairy Diary. This is invaluable as you can see how much is coming in and going out each month. And you know how much to transfer to your bills account and how much you have left for fun.
  4. When contracts for utilities or phones etc. end ALWAYS compare deals online. I use moneysavingexpert.com all the time for reference. Ensure you never pay more for anything than you need to.
  5. Use a savings account for Christmas and birthdays. Add up how much you spend on everyone for their birthday and at Christmas and divide it by 12. Then transfer this amount into a savings account by direct debit every month. You could also set up a direct debit to a holiday savings account.

 

There are many delicious recipes that cost very little in our cookbook, Fantastic Food for Less.

Here’s one of my favourites:

 Chilli Beef Noodles

Chilli Beef Noodles

  • Servings: 3
  • Difficulty: easy
  • Print

Calories 494 per portion
Fat 15g (4.4g sat) per portion

Ingredients

  • Egg noodles 2 nests
  • Olive oil 1 tbsp
  • Beef frying steak 175g (6oz), thinly sliced
  • Red onion 1, peeled and cut into 8 wedges
  • Frozen peas 110g (4oz)
  • Ready prepared stir-fry vegetables 225g pack
  • Chilli powder ½ tsp
  • Dried oregano ½ tsp
  • Sherry 2 tbsp (optional)
  • Soy sauce 2 tbsp

Instructions

  1. Cook the noodles according to the packet’s instructions.
  2. Meanwhile, heat the oil in a large frying pan or wok and fry the beef and onion for 4-5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until browned all over. Remove from the pan and keep warm.
  3. Add the peas and stir-fry vegetables to the pan and cook for 2-3 minutes. Then stir in all the remaining ingredients with 4 tbsp water. Stir in the beef and drained noodles and cook for 1 minute before serving.

 

Cook’s tips
Ready prepared stir-fry vegetables are really inexpensive to buy and make midweek cooking super-speedy. If you don’t have sherry available then replace it and the water with 6 tbsp beef stock.

#savvy #savemoney #tripletested #toptips

Simnel Cake

Simple Cake

One of the oldest Christian festivals, Easter marks Christ’s resurrection from the dead.

Simnel cake has at some point been adopted as a traditional Easter cake.

The 11 marzipan balls on the
top represent the apostles,
minus the treacherous Judas.

Simnel Cake

  • Servings: 11 slices
  • Difficulty: medium
  • Print

Calories 722 per portion
Fat 30g (13.2g sat) per portion
Suitable for vegetarians

Ingredients

  • Butter 250g (9oz), softened
  • Light muscovado sugar 250g (9oz)
  • Eggs 4
  • Plain flour 300g (11oz)
  • Baking powder 1 tsp
  • Ground mixed spice 2 tsp
  • Ground almonds 50g (2oz)
  • Luxury dried mixed fruit 500g (1lb 2oz)
  • Lemon 1, finely grated zest and 2 tbsp juice
  • White marzipan 500g (1lb 2oz)
  • Apricot glaze or sieved apricot jam 2 tbsp

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 150°C/300°F/Gas 2 and line a 20cm (8in) cake tin with baking parchment.
    Cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time, adding a spoonful of the flour along with each egg. Sift in the remaining flour, baking powder and spice and fold the almonds, dried fruit and lemon zest and juice into the mixture. Spoon half into the cake tin and smooth the surface level.
  2. Roll out one third of the marzipan until it’s a circle, just smaller than the cake tin, and lay it on top of the mixture in the tin. Spoon the remaining mixture over the top and level the surface.
  3. Bake the cake in the centre of the oven for 2–2¼ hours, or until a skewer comes out clean after being inserted into the cake. Cover with a sheet of baking parchment if it starts to brown. When cooked, remove the cake from the oven and leave to cool.
  4. Remove the cake from the tin and peel away the lining paper. Spread the apricot glaze or jam over the top. Roll out half of the remaining marzipan to fit the top of the cake. Place it on the cake and smooth down, taking care not to trap any air pockets underneath. Pinch around the edges.
  5. Divide the remaining marzipan into 11 pieces and roll each into a ball. Brush a little apricot glaze or jam onto the base of each and evenly space around the top of the cake. Place under a hot grill to brown the marzipan lightly. Remove from the grill and leave to cool before serving.

Cook’s tips
The cake will keep in an airtight container for up to a week.
If you have a choice of marzipan, choose white marzipan, which has a more natural flavour than golden marzipan.

Recipe of the Week; Easter Egg Cake Pops

 

Easter Egg Cake Pops

Easter Egg Cake Pops

  • Servings: 10
  • Difficulty: easy
  • Print

Calories 291 per portion
Fat 15g (6.5g sat) per portion
Suitable for vegetarians

Ingredients

  • Plain Madeira cake 285g pack
  • Chocolate spread 5 tbsp
  • White chocolate 225g (8oz), broken into pieces
  • Lollipop sticks 10 x 15cm (6in) Neon sugar sprinkles

Instructions

  1. Trim off brown edges and crumble cake into a bowl. Add half the chocolate spread and mix well with your hands. Add remaining spread a tablespoon at a time until you have a mixture that can be squished and rolled into 10 tightly packed 30g (1oz) egg shapes.
  2. Place on a tray lined with non-stick baking paper and chill for 1 hour.
  3. Melt chocolate in a heatproof bowl set over a pan of barely simmering water, stirring often.
  4. Dip end of each stick into chocolate and insert into eggs. Place in a cake pop stand or glass and leave to set. Dip cake pop into chocolate and slowly rotate until evenly covered. Hold over a plate and sprinkle with decorations. Leave to set as before. Repeat with other pops.
  5. If giving as an Easter gift, pop into a cellophane bag and tie with a pretty coloured ribbon.

 

 

#easterrecipe

 

1 … 6 7 8 … 31
Blog at WordPress.com.