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Chicken, Cauliflower, Broccoli Pasta Bake

Chicken, Cauliflower, Broccoli Pasta Bake

For the “Q” in our Ingredients Alphabet we used Quark as the base for the Cheese sauce.

Ingredients:-

2 cooked Chicken breasts, cubed
Cauliflower and Broccoli, cut into florets
Mature Cheddar Cheese, grated
200ml Quark
Milk
Pasta ( Gluten free in our case )
2 cloves of Garlic, grated
½ a large Onion, chopped
Mixed Herbs
Black Pepper
Salt & Vinegar crisps crushed
Oil and Margarine

Method:-

(1) Gentle Blanch the Cauliflower and Broccoli and drain.
(2) Boil the Pasta until it has a little bite and drain.
(3) Fry the Onions and Garlic in the Oil and Margarine and season with Salt & Pepper.
(4) Add the Chicken and heat through.
(5) Add ½ Quark and ½ Milk as the foundation of your sauce.
(6) Add ¾ of your grated Cheese.
(7) Add mixed herbs and Pepper to season.
(8) Add the Onions and Garlic and stir in.
(9) Add the Broccoli and Cauliflower and stir in.
(10) Stir in the Pasta.
(11) Transfer to an oven proof casserole.
(12) Sprinkle with the crushed Crisps and the remaining grated Cheese.
(13) Bake at 180c for 20 minutes or so until the Cheese has melted and slightly browned.

We made some Gluten free Galic bread and cobbled together a salad. It was very tasty.

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Fusion Turkey stuffed Peppers

There was a 500g pack of Turkey Thigh mince with a yellow sticker on it, it was bound to come home reall. This meal used 1/2 of it and the Peppers were free as they were destined for composting!
 

Ingredients:-

2 Red Peppers, halved and de-seeded
250g Turkey Thigh mince
1 Tin of chopped Tomatoes
A hearty squirt of Tomato Puree
200ml Chicken Stock
1 Onion, finely diced
2 Cloves of Garlic, minced
Salt & Pepper
Mixed Herbs
Basil
Grated Mozzarella
Oil to fry

Method:-

(1) Fry The Onion until softened and then add the Garlic.
(2) Add the minced Turkey and fry until it begins brown.
(3) Season with Salt & Pepper and add the dried Herbs.
(4) Stir in the Tomato Puree.
(5) Add the chopped Tomatoes and Chicken stock.
(6) Simmer to reduce for 30 minutes.
(7) Load the filling into the Peppers with a slotted spoon.
(8) Sprinkle the Cheese over the top and roast in the oven at 180c until it is piping hot and the Cheese has browned.

We had some chopped Collard greens so Sue fried them with a little dried Laver (Seaweed), Cumin seeds, Chinese Five Spice, Sugar, Salt and Pepper.


 

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