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Below are recipes submitted by members for the Gordon Ramsey competition in January 2008.
The recipes are our members own and have not been tested by us, but look really nice!
Thank you for submitting your recipes and I hope everyone enjoys them. If you have a favourite recipe
let us know and we will publish it on the site.
Really Easy 'Better for You' Pizza
If you're short of time but want something warm for lunch or supper and fancy something with a take-away feel but without all the calories, try this.
Take some pitta bread, about 2 for each person for a filling lunch.
Spread with tomato puree, or if you have some left over tomato based pasta sauce you can use that.
Top with some grated cheese, mozzerella, cheddar, feta, whatever you like. Choose a lower fat one to make this even more good for you.
Top with your favourite toppings, ham and pineapple, peppers, onions, whatever you like best or whatever leftovers you have.
Either, stick them in the microwave for a minute and they'll be soft and gooey, or put them under the grill for 2-3 minutes for a crisper pitta pizza
It's that easy from Emily in Yorkshire
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Chicken Pesto (serves 2-3, Cooking time: 10mins)
Ingredients:
- 2-3 chicken breasts, chopped.
- 2-3 tbsp pesto
- 6 sundried tomatoes, chopped
- 4 large handfuls of dried pasta (fusilli or similar)
Cook the chopped chicken in olive oil until browned.
Meanwhile, cook the pasta.
Add the pesto to the chicken, making sure to coat the chicken well.
Add the chopped sun-dried tomatoes
Stir well.
Add the cooked pasta to the chicken, pesto and tomatoes.
Serve with crusty bread.
From Kate
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Good Winter Warmer
This is a good winter warmer, made regularly in our house, really easy and takes less than half an hour so makes a good quick lunch.
Serves 4
- 2 medium sized peeled diced potatoes
- 3 large courgettes, halved lengthways then sliced
- a leek, halved lengthways then sliced (optional)
- 850ml(1 and half pints) veg stock
- half teaspoon dried thyme
- a wedge of Brie, rind removed then diced
- Black pepper
Put all ingredients except Brie into large saucepan.
Bring to boil, cover and simmer for 12-15 min until vegetables are tender
Add Brie and stir until cheese melts - do not overcook at this stage as it only takes 1-2 mins (cheese sticks to bottom otherwise)
Liquidise, season with black pepper and serve - very healthy fast food idea that even my fussy love.
Great to use up leftover veg as broccoli & cauli can be used with the courgettes. If you cant get hold of brie try stilton - the key is don't cook for too long once the cheese is added it just needs to melt before blending.
From Tracey in Manchester
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Pizza Toast
Spread a little tomato puree on a toasted slice of wholemeal bread. Cover thinly with a little grated cheese then add your favourite topping (tomato, mushroom, a little tuna perhaps), sprinkle with oregano and pop under a hot grill for a couple of minutes until the cheese is melted.
From Cristina in Devon
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Fruit with Mango cream
Ingredients:
- 2 mangoes sliced
- 1 kiwi fruit
- Raspberries
- 1 tbs brandy
- 2 passion fruit
Mango cream: 1 mango 3/4 cup cream
Method:place mangoes,kiwi fruit and raspberries in dish.Sprinkle brandy over fruits. Top with mango cream and passion fruit pulp.
Mango cream: blend or process mango pulp until smoth. beat cream until smoth then mix with mango puree.
From Shama
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Tasty chicken
Ingredients:
- 1 tbs lemon juice
- 1 tsp garlic
- 3 tbs curry powder or tandori powder
- salt according to taste
- 1 tsp turmeric powder
- 1/2 chicken
- oil according to need
Method:Mix all the ingredients with chicken and leave for 1 hour. then fry in oil. tasty chicken is ready.
From Shama
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Lean Back Bacon
Ingredients:
- Lean back bacon,
- onions,
- carrots,
- potatoes,
- salt, pepper and water.
Put a layer of sliced onions on the bottom of a pressure cooker, top with thick wedges of carrot, slices of lean back bacon and thick slices of potato, layer this using all of the ingredients, top with 1/2 pint of water, little salt (in case the bacon is salty) and pepper. Cook on high pressure for 5 minutes.
Delicious. From Janet in Southport
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Orange Ginger Tuna Salad
A super simple yet different twist on tuna salad. Don't forget the crusty bread!
Serves 2 Total Time 10 minutes
Ingredients
- 1 (6 ounce) can tuna, drained
- 1 orange, peeled, sectioned, and cut into bite-size pieces
- 1 1/2 tablespoons mayonnaise
- 2 tablespoons cashew halves
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- salt and pepper to taste
- 6 leaves fresh spinach
Directions
In a bowl combine the tuna, orange pieces, mayonnaise, cashews, ginger, lemon juice and salt and pepper to taste.
Mix well. Serve over a bed of spinach or lettuce leaves.
From Anna in Cannock
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Zingy Chicken & Winter Veg Stir Fry
(for 2 generous servings)
Ingredients :
- 2 chicken breasts
- 2 parsnips
- 2 carrots
- 1 piece of swede (to give the same quantity as the parsnips or carrots)
- 1 large onion
- 1 tsp ground ginger (or fresh if you have it)
- a generous drizzle of honey
- a squirt of lemon and/or lime juice
- a drizzle of olive oil
- 1 clove of garlic, peeled and crushed
- 1 handful cashew nuts
- salt & freshly ground pepper
Method
1) Peel all the vegetables and chop into small, evenly-sized pieces. Chop the chicken into small pieces.
2) Heat a drizzle of oil in a wok or large frying pan. Gently fry the garlic until it starts to sizzle and go golden brown.
3) Toss in the chicken and fry for 5 minutes, stirring constantly so it doesn't stick. Season with a little salt and freshly ground pepper.
4) Add the vegetables (parsnips, swede, carrots, onions) and continue to stir fry for 5-10 minutes, until the chicken is nicely cooked through and the vegetables are slightly soft (but still crunchy).
5) Add a generous squirt of lemon/lime juice, a drizzle of honey and sprinkle over 1 tsp ginger.
6) Mix until all the chicken and vegetables are coated in the honey/juice/ginger, stir in the cashew nuts and serve immediately with rice or noodles.
From Cheryl in Hastings
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