Homely Food

Here are three dinners I cooked recently. These are great meals if you want to cook enough for a few meals.

1. Chicken and Broccoli Bake

Ingredients:

• Chicken Breast
• Head of broccoli
• Mushrooms
• Coconut milk
• Chicken Stock
• Hazelnuts

Method:

• Chop up the mushrooms, add to a saucepan and cook for a few minutes until they brown.
• Add a cup of coconut milk and stock to the pan.
• Mix it in a food blender.
• In another pan add chicken and broccoli for about 5-10 minutes
• Add hazelnuts to the blender until they resemble breadcrumbs
• Into a casserole dish, add chicken and broccoli
• Then add your mushroom and coconut milk sauce
• Top off with hazelnuts and bake for 35 minutes.

2. Mexican Shepherds Pie

Ingredients:

• 2 sweet potatoes
• Lean minced beef or lean turkey mince
• Red Kidney beans (soak in water over night)
• Tin of tomatoes
• Cumin
• Garam Masala
• Onion

Method:

• Boil sweet potatoes for 15-20 minutes.
• In a saucepan add your onion, then add your beef or turkey and cook through
• Add the spices to the meat
• Pour in a tin of tomatoes and then add your kidney beans
• Stir and cook for 5 minutes on a low heat
• Peel potatoes and mash, adding salt and pepper
• In a casserole dish at your meat and top with sweet potato.
• Bake in over for 35 minutes

3. Butternut Squash, Chickpea and Chicken Curry

Ingredients:

• Butternut Squash
• 2 breast of chicken
• Broccoli
• Onion
• Chickpeas
• Mushrooms
• Brown Rice
• Greek yoghurt
• Cumin
• Garam Masala
• Cayenne Pepper
• Ginger
• Veg Stock

Method:

• Cook chicken and set aside
• Cook butternut squash on the pan until starts to soften
• Add onions, and other veg
• Add spices
• Add your stock
• Stir and cook on a low heat for 10 minutes
• Serve with brown rice and some greek yoghurt.